We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

• To provide overall coordination of ECCD project of PIE in the intervention areas.
•  To assess the outputs, outcomes and impact of program interventions and activities of ECCD and host community education programs.
• Facilitate ECCD project implementation in collaboration with Regional, Zonal and woreda education offices , UNHCR and provide reports on weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis to PIE PA and CO and all concerned bodies.
• Representing PIE in in high profile different education technical working meeting, cluster, camp level coordination meetings.

Related to Program Design;

• Facilitate and collect baseline information and data from in line in collaboration with ARRA and UNHCR and shar detail regular updates to the comp coordination meeting and the regional sub EiE cluster.
• Facilitate signing of project agreements and MOU with  ARRA concerned the regional government sectors offices and submit to PA and CO for documentation.

Related to Monitoring and Evaluation;

• Facilitate quality monitoring and joint supervision with in collaboration with ARRA, UNHCR and the local government and take timely action in consultation with education offices and PIE.
• In close coordination with Emergency Response and Recovery sector and program effectiveness team develop project monitoring tools and utilize them efficiently.    
• Manage and oversee the development, implementation, monitoring and tracking of work plans and budgets.
• Provide operational guidelines and procedures for use by all partners implementing the program

Related to Reporting and Documentation;

• Ensure high quality reports are submitted in a timely manner and according to the donor and PIE requirements.
• Ensure to develop weekly project progress report that should be submitted to UNHCR, ARRA and UNICEF and also for internal consumption.
• Monitor the impact of the ECCD project and ensure the proper documentation of best practices for future emergency works.

Related to coordination, partnership and networking

• Ensure regular participation in Education, NFI, Shelter and other related clusters, task force meetings, networks and other platforms at zonal and woreda levels and ensure timely sharing of information collected within woreda, zone and PIE.
• Provide other related supports as required

Related to capacity building support

• Provide adequate technical support to EiE and ECCD Offices and partners in the area of planning and programming projects focusing on education in emergency.
• Participate on ECCD related TOT trainings and workshops and cascade the training to concerned government experts, school structures and local communities.
• Have adequate leadership capacity to manage multi-sectorial staffs and provide necessary support the EiE & ECCD officers and other teams as needed.

Job Requirement

Education: 

• BA/BSc degree in Education, Educational Psychology, Educational Administration, Pedagogy and other related fields.

B. Work Experience: 

• A minimum of 3 years of humanitarian aid experience applied in emergency/recovery response operations preferably in the area of education in emergency/ECCD project interventions. 
• Basic knowledge on Minimum standards for education highly knowledgeable and conversant of child protection and education in relation to emergencies.    
• Good understanding and experience in program management (assessment, designing, planning, implementation, report writing, monitoring and evaluation etc…) and supervisory experience
• Demonstrated experience in working on emergencies and be familiar with Minimum standards for education - preparedness, response and recovery. 
• Good knowledge of donor grants and contract regulations.
• Refugee Response management experience is highly desirable and have added value

Desirable

• Ability to deliver quality programs in a short time and work under stressful conditions.
• Proven ability to work in a team environment and independently.
• Excellent written, verbal communication skills in English and Amharic.
• Computer literate.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Gender sensitive.
• Proposal and report writing skills.
• Analytical and strategic thinking

How to Apply

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NB: This position is only open to Ethiopian Nationals, who must be eligible to live and work in Ethiopia. Applications and CVs written in English will be accepted and note that we are not accepting CVs that are not sent through the indicated link. Female applicants are highly encouraged to apply. Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early. Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.