ROLE PURPOSE:

The Education Advisor is responsible for technically leading Save the Children (SC) Ethiopia’s child protection (CP) Programs, in both humanitarian and development contexts, working closely with other thematic advisors and relevant units. The advisor will play a leading role in initiating innovative project ideas, designing and writing up technically sound proposals; developing and roll out technical guidelines, tools and systems to ensure program quality and education outcomes on children; playing the leading role in internalizing, mainstreaming and rolling out of SCI programming principles, Theory of Changes and Common Approaches; ensuring the development and application of robust education quality bench marks across all projects whereby   implementation and monitoring of projects guided through the roll out of the quality benchmarks; assessing and building the capacity of education staff involved in implementation of projects to ensure the quality and outcomes of projects on the at delivery levels; generate and present high quality evidences for learning, advocacy of donors and policy actors; undertaking effective and impactful representation in national and regional education platforms

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Education Thematic Director

Staff reporting to this post: no direct reports but will have a functional/technical management responsibility with education project managers of the Area Programs using a matrix management arrangement

Budget Responsibilities: None

Context: Humanitarian and development

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITIES with expected level of effort

1. Technical Leadership: 5%        

• Provide technical leadership to education
• Technically initiate, lead and supports the development of education related technical strategies and support roll out of strategy

1.  Program Design and Proposal Development: 20%

• Scoping of opportunities through members and donors engagement
• Contribute to initiation and development of high quality proposals
• Provide technical input to improve the planning through provision of up-to- date needs/data/information; data management and use for reporting

1. Program Quality (40%)

• Lead the development and application of robust program quality benchmarks for all education programs
• Conduct regular joint supportive supervisions by using predesigned quality benchmarks and indicator tracking tools, identify gaps, provide on-site hands-on support to address quality gaps and ensure that improvement measures are captured into the automated system and adequately addressed
• Ensure that gender, disability, resilience and children’s and beneficiaries’ participation are fully considered and are reflected in all education programme design and implementation
• Provide technical backstopping as needed during humanitarian education responses for the country office
• Closely work with and contribute on the national technical advocacy platforms, taskforces, working groups and subgroups
• Provide technical assistance to projects through on-site and virtual platforms as appropriate Respond to requests for technical expertise from field offices on education based on systematic needs identification and plan 
• Take responsibility for discharging TE related responsibilities of PDQ as shown in CO’s Activity Map document
• Produce and roll out technical manuals, guidelines and tools to ensure the effective and quality implementation of projects.

1. Evidence and Learning: 30%

• Extract, synthesize and produce high quality evidences and work closely with evidence and learning team in disseminating findings internally and externally including SCI
• Roll out the technical evidence and learning plans and agendas and produce and present high quality reports 
• Monitor new developments in education technical areas and facilitate transfer and application of knowledge
• Provide technical leadership and closely work with MEAL and other sectors in strengthening Monitoring and Evaluation and use of data across all levels to improve program performance
• Identifies emerging practice, pilot and assess education outcomes and added value for children and advises on modifications to standardize programing based on the result to maximize education outcomes and impacts
• Identify, introduce and take measures for scaling up effective and efficient or evidence-based best/innovative practices/approaches for emergency and development context emergency response and apply in emergency settings.
• Exercise digital technologies in education program, generates evidence of the effectiveness of digital education solutions to improve quality, reach and outcomes of education.
• Undertake/contribute to education community of practices sessions regularly for CO teams 

Understand and apply cross-cutting issues of resilience, gender, child participation, disability and others to ensure their incorporation into program design and implementation

Networking & External Engagement: 5%

• Take part and contribute to education policy dialogues
• Participate and represent SCI on various national technical advocacy platforms, taskforces, clusters, working groups and subgroups as appropriate
• In collaboration with New Business Development and other units, contribute to in strengthening strategic partnerships in identifying partners and donors to strengthen our health and nutrition portfolio of the country office

KEY COMPETENCIES (Indicative / Key Competencies) - A selected candidate is expected to possess the competences shown below.

Technical competencies:

• Drives education Programming including SCI Common Approaches, programming principles, Theory of Changes and Program Quality Framework and applies them in all stages of a program
• Understanding of the impact of emergencies on education programming and education outcomes: Engages in the humanitarian aid architecture, the cluster approach and inter-cluster coordination of education
• Writes strong and high quality documents such as proposals, reports, technical papers
• Able to build sustainable and integrated education programmes: Builds the capacity of others to design and implement integrated education and specific programming and advocacy
• Able to link local to national and global level advocacy efforts, supporting localisation of change and influencing global policy development
• Strong child participation in general and interactive learning methodologies competencies
• Advance adaptive and innovative education programming
• Proven experience and competencies in designing and implementing quality education projects at community levels
• Designing of adoptable, efficient and high quality education programs
• Data analytic and presentation

Job QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachler degree in education, Master’s degree is desirable 
• Training in project or program, strategy design and ensuring quality and child right based programing is an asset.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• At least 10 years’ experience of leading the design and quality implementation of major humanitarian and

     development programmes in education

• Through understanding of the education sector in Ethiopia
• Familiar with education systems (humanitarian/cluster systems as needed) for ex. the INEE Minimum Standards, the key issues related to Sustainable Development Goal 4 – to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
• Proven experience and competencies in writing high quality and winning proposals, technical education papers including research Demonstrated program design, monitoring and evaluation skills, including designing pathways to sustainable impact at scale.
• Proven experience in undertaking education needs assessments and baselines
• Skilled at networking, representation and partnership development in order promote learning, strengthen civil society and mobilise resources and evidence learning documents
• Able to generate and use data and evidence to innovate, deliver, learn and share what works and what doesn’t work for children
• Experience of supporting humanitarian preparedness, response and recovery
• Significant experience in training, capacity building, and mentoring
• Fluent in English and high level of English writing skills.
• Skill in using different computer application soft wares, the ability to fluently speak and write in Amharic language

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI’s global Diversity, Equity and

Inclusion and Gender Equality Policies, supported by relevant procedures

Child Safeguarding:

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

Safeguarding our Staff:

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures

• We offer a competitive package in the context of the sector. 

The Organization

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. 

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

 How to apply

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

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Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.  A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers

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.

Location: Addis Ababa

Employee Status: Fixed Term

Closing Date: Dec 22, 2021