GAC Project Coordinator

Location: Jigjiga  

Job Summary:

The position holder will coordinate for GAC project implementation in a quality standard at three different woreds in Somali region: -Kebribeyah, Erer and Mustahil for IDP children affected by emergencies. The position holder will be based in jigjiga the capital city administration of Somali region. S/he will ensure implementation of GAC project activities as per the project plan and budget provided, in consultation with district education office and Women, children and youth affairs office. The position holder will liaise with regional education bureau and respective woreda education offices and community in the districts regarding implementation of project activities. S/he will be responsible for sharing information about the project with district education office, community and beneficiaries. He/ she will collect data on project implementation and share it to project coordinator and project manager. 

The position holder will be responsible for coordinating training and awareness raising activities for project beneficiaries and documenting outcome of dialogue or conversation using minutes. S/He will identify logistic need and other issues for project implementation as per the project plan and budget. He/she will monitor project activities implemented in each target school and disseminates the necessary logistic support. He /she will document data (disaggregated by gender, disability, age and schools level).

He/ she communicates with project coordinators regarding issues related to GAC project implementation.

Job Specific Roles and responsibilities

Programme Quality, Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Ensure that the education project is implemented with high technical quality and standard, in line with the project narrative and aligned with regional and national education standards with particular focus on Education in Emergencies. 
• Prepare project detailed implementation plan for its location; Prepare training programme for teachers, district education offices and community members on gender sensitive education programme;
• Document education project beneficiary data disaggregated by gender, disability, in and out of school and by district.
• Conduct monitoring visits to project schools and identify areas in need of support; support schools and community to take corrective actions.
• Work with the M&E specialist to ensure that the monitoring and evaluation system is in line with quality standards.
• Contribute to Quality Benchmarks for the GAC project.
• Ensure active participation and representation of beneficiary girls and boys in the project.
• Ensure that programme implementation is gender sensitive and gender responsive (considering needs and conditions of girls, boys, women and men).
• Ensure that that sex disaggregated data relevant to country project are prepared as integral part of programming.
• Support programme baseline and evaluation studies in its location.
• Ensure the programme reaches and reports on the most marginalized groups especially girls and children with disabilities.
• Ensure that project monitoring and evaluations effectively conducted to improve programme performance, and programme status reports are prepared on time.
• Prepare project narrative and financial reports.

 Technical Alignment, Budget Management, Harmonization and Learning:

• Document and disseminate learning on innovations, ways of working, and new approaches to education in emergencies.
• Identity and address areas of collaboration and support among project stakeholders.
• Ensure that the programme is implemented in an aligned and harmonized manner.
• Provide periodic feedback to project manager.
• Participate in the preparation of the project budgets and monitor project expenditures as per donor requirements.
• Supervise performance report of Gender officers.
• Ensure the planning of all activities of the programme as well as budget in coordination with project stakeholders.
• Assist in establishing project work plans and monitor progress and compliance.  
• Ensure that funds are properly utilized, monitored and liquidated on time.
• Take appropriate actions to optimize use of project fund.

Training & Capacity Development:

• Prepare programme for the development of training packages for the target beneficiaries and programme staff, with focus on education in emergencies.
• Facilitate training and capacity development for partner staff and field level government partners and beneficiaries. 
• Coordinate the field testing, monitoring and redesign of technical training packages accordingly

Coordination, Representation & Advocacy:

• Ensure effective inter-agency coordination with key key stakeholders.
• Facilitate meetings and workshops in its intervention location with education stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities and materials that will support communication and advocacy work of girl’s education in an in emergency context.
• Responsible for some of the elements in system strengthening and advocacy outcome of the programme e.g. advocacy briefs etc.

Programme Development:

• Lead education assessments to inform future programmatic interventions and priorities in its intervention area.
• Support the revision and updating of the emergency situation in the areas of operation highlighting key educational needs of affected children.

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary capacity to improve performance and applying appropriate measures when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for himself/herself (and their team).
• Takes responsibility for his/her own personal actions and encourages others to do the same.
• Widely shares his/her personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, his/her team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength.
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

• Minimum level, Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (Education, social work, social science etc.)
• Working experience as gender focal person, distance education coordinator or girls education is a plus.
• Training in Humanitarian Programming is an added value.
• Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply and special consideration is given to competent and qualified female applicants.

Essential

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience working in education programme, and a minimum of 2 years’ working in humanitarian context (IDP/Returnee response or post conflict setting).
• Excellent knowledge of education in emergencies programming and links to long-term programming, including standards, policies, frameworks, and relevant networks and stakeholders.
• Experience designing and conducting training and capacity building activities, focused on gender sensitive education, WaSH intervention and distance education.
• Strong experience working in a partnership and establishing and maintaining coordination and communication systems at inter-agency level and with the Education Cluster, and other clusters (mainly child protection and WASH).
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation, coaching and capacity building as well as ability to work with culturally diverse teams.
• Excellent skills in results based management. as well as strong data visualization skills are considered an asset.
• Experience with data sources, data assessment, and data analysis, particularly related to data on children and women are considered an asset.
• Experience of working with donors.
• Cultural awareness and ability to work well in both international and local environments with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Fluency in English, both verbal and written.
• Communication using internet and virtually meetings
• Commitment to Save the Children.
• Willingness and availability to travel, including to remote and emergency locations and often at short-notice
•  Knowledge of local language is mandatory ( Af- Somali for Somali region).

Desirable

• Background in gender sensitive education programme, education in emergencies and child protection as well as working experience in the project locations.

We offer a competitive package in the context of the sector. The duty station of the position holder will be Jigjiga. This role is offered on the basis of national terms and conditions only.