Job Details

TEAM/PROGRAMME: Education

LOCATION: Moyale Project Office with frequent field trips

POST TYPE: National

GRADE: 3B

Child Safeguarding:

Level 3: the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE:

Save the Children is the world's leading independent organization for children. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. Recognized for our commitment to accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity, and integrity, our work takes us into the heart of communities, where we help children and families help themselves. We work with other organizations, governments, non-profits, and a variety of local partners while maintaining our independence without political agenda or religious orientation.

The Education Coordinator will be under the direct supervision of the FO Education and CP Program Manager and dotted line reporting relationship with the ECW-MYRP II Senior Program Manager. They are responsible for the coordination and effective implementation of the program through supportive supervision and providing capacity-building support to implementing partners in their assigned target area.

The coordinator will work closely with implementing partners responsible for direct implementation of the program in target woredas/settlement sites under their assigned field office, providing technical support and ensuring effective implementation of program activities. The incumbent will also collaborate with the field level staff of technical partners HI, NRC, and FAWE that provide technical support to the implementing partner. This role will focus on coordinating project implementation, capacity building, and fostering collaboration among stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of education initiatives under ECW-MYRP II.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Project Management and Coordination

1. Oversee the coordination and implementation of the ECW-MYRP II project in target woredas under the North Area Office, ensuring alignment with program design and donor requirements.
2. Track project progress and ensure timely and quality delivery of project activities and submission of regular updates and reports.
3. Ensure effective engagement with communities and local government partners to foster responsive and sustainable programming in line with Save the Children (SCI) policies and compliance procedures.
4. Support the development of a detailed implementation plan (DIP) in collaboration with the project team and implementing partners' staff.
5. Participate in consortium-wide technical discussions relevant to MYRP II program, apply and track implementation of agreed action plans.
6. Collaborate with the National and sub-national Cluster Coordinators and provide support in the implementation of cluster-related activities in MYRP II as deemed necessary.

Capacity Building and Support

1. Facilitate technical capacity-building sessions for implementing partners, tailored to their specific needs.
2. Provide ongoing mentorship and support, and roll out technical guidelines, tools, approaches, and quality benchmarks to enhance the capacity of partners to deliver quality education interventions.
3. Organize workshops, training, and learning events at the field office level to strengthen partner and staff capacity.
4. Identify gaps in partner capacity and propose actionable solutions to address them.
5. Ensure that cross-cutting issues of resilience, gender, child protection, disability, and others designed in MYRP II are properly executed and tracked in the course of program implementation.

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)

1. Collaborate with the MEAL team to ensure accurate data collection, tracking of key performance indicators, and monitoring of project outcomes.
2. Support foundational learning baseline assessments and other evaluation activities in the field in collaboration with technical teams and implementing partners.
3. Ensure regular monitoring of project results, documentation of project case studies, lessons learned, significant changes, and best practices.
4. Coordinate and participate in learning and reflection meetings or sessions.
5. Ensure timely submission of quality project reports and adherence to monitoring and evaluation systems.

Stakeholder Engagement

1. Liaise with local government offices, particularly with the zone and woreda education offices, to ensure coordination and smooth implementation of the program.
2. Represent Save the Children in local-level coordination forums, meetings, and stakeholder engagements.

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

1. Accountability: Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
2. Ambition: Sets ambitious and challenging goals, takes responsibility for personal development, and encourages others to do the same.
3. Creativity: Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions; willing to take disciplined risks.
4. Integrity: Honest, encourages openness and transparency.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

1. Minimum of a bachelor's degree in education, Educational Planning and management or other related social science field of study.
2. Experience in managing integrated programs across different thematic areas such as education, child protection, and child rights governance is desirable.
3. At least 4 years of accrued working experience in program implementation with a minimum of 3 years in a coordinator position in an INGO set-up organization or other related that had a good reputation within the region.
4. Experience in strategic thinking and planning skills, able to set priorities, prepare manageable plans and evaluate progress.
5. Strong analytical skills and strategic planning abilities.
6. Ability to establish and maintain conducive collegial relations and perform effectively as a member of a team.
7. Willingness to travel and work in hard-to-reach areas, occasionally under strenuous conditions.
8. Computer literacy and excellent documentation skills are a must.
9. Availability and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses.
10. Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
11. Ability to intervene with crisis management or troubleshooting as necessary.
12. Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation, and coaching.
13. Excellent time management and planning capacity.
14. Excellent knowledge and understanding of the Ethiopian Education Policy, Policy frameworks and strategies, as well as the education sector development program and the challenges.
15. Experience of working with the Ministry of Education at national or regional, Woreda or school levels.
16. Fluency in English, both verbal and written, is required.
17. Familiarity with the target area.
18. Local language is advantageous.

How to apply

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.

****Female candidates strongly encouraged to apply ****