Position: Somali Region Education Cluster Coordinator

Job Time: Full-Time

Job Type: Contract

Place of Work: Jijiga - Somali Region - Ethiopia

Posted date: 7 hours ago

Deadline: October, 31/2024 (8 days left)

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; ore because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

Save the Children (SCI) and UNICEF share global responsibility for the coordination of Education in Emergencies as part of the UN humanitarian reform (www.humanitarianreform.org) and the Cluster system.

The overall aim of the Education Cluster in Ethiopia is to support the coordination of a timely, coherent and effective education preparedness, plan and response by mobilizing and coordinating stakeholders to respond in a strategic manner to existing and potential emergencies. The education cluster is accountable to the Humanitarian Country Team and Humanitarian Coordinators through the lead agencies (Save the Children and UNICEF) to fulfil this aim. The Education Cluster is essentially a voluntary group of organizations working in the humanitarian response, membership is voluntary but those who are members are expected to support with achieving our functions (below) including monthly reporting and other tasks.

The Education Cluster is led by a National Cluster Unit team based in Addis Ababa Chaired by the Federal MoE and co-led by UNICEF and Save the Children, working closely with regional clusters in 11 regions. Regional clusters are chaired by Regional Education Bureaus with co-leadership assumed by UNICEF, Save the Children or both.

Existing subnational cluster co-coordinators/focal points are in Oromia, Southern Ethiopia, Southwest Ethiopia, Sidama, Somali, Gambella, Benishangul Gumuz, Amhara, Afar, and Tigray, and facilitate communication and two-way information-sharing with them.

The Somali regional cluster co-coordinator is expected to work closely with the REB and UNICEF to coordinate humanitarian actors in education to do the following:

Coordinating service delivery:

• Ensure progress against the targets outlined in the annual humanitarian response plan

• Co-lead/ lead bi-weekly/ monthly cluster coordination meetings with humanitarian partners working in the Somali region

• Support convening of zonal/woreda level meetings with partners on a need basis, led by the Zonal Education Office and Worda Education Office

• Attend all Regional ICCG/ OCHA meetings as expected from all Cluster Coordinators and Co-coordinators

• Attend all Regional/Somali Disaster Risk Management Commission meetings as expected from Cluster Coordinators and Co-Coordinators

• Attend bi-annual meetings with all Clusters units conducted at the national level

• Collaborate with the Somali Refugee Education Working Group, led by RRS and UNHCR for stronger harmonization between emergency education responses

• Attending relevant regional cluster meetings for strong inter-cluster engagement (Child Protection AoR, WaSh Cluster, Health Cluster, etc)

Assessment and Monitoring/ Humanitarian Planning

• Proactively engage national cluster with reporting updating needs and situational analysis of the region

• Conduct field visits across the Somali region to:

• Monitor education cluster interventions (of all cluster partners)

• Conduct meetings at lower administrative level with authorities (ZEO, WEO)

• Conduct assessments of needs for reporting to the national cluster

• Work closely with the National Cluster Information Management Specialist and Somali Information Management Officer to ensure monitoring as well as other information-related tasks:

• Ensure timely, quality reporting of interventions of partners in the Somali region

• Conducting of rapid/joint needs assessments

• Ensure education participation in any multi-sector needs assessments including (MIRA, and MSNA)

• Regularly sharing updated regional cluster contact list

• Supporting people in need (PIN), target calculations prepared annually for the humanitarian response plan (HRP) - a process led by the National Education Cluster Information Management Specialist(s) based in Addis Ababa

• Participate in the annual core coordination performance monitoring (evaluation) upon request

• Advocacy and resource mobilization

• Conduct bi-lateral meetings with donors upon request visiting the Somali region

• Coordination/ planning of donor/key stakeholder visits as needed with the support of the national cluster units team including Save the Children FO and CO

• Provide data upon request to the National Cluster for advocacy and resource mobilization purposes

Reports to: Jigjiga Head of Field Office with dotted/Technical line manager National Education cluster coordinator (Country Office)

Staff Directly Reporting to this Post N/A

Dimensions: Save the Children works in - regions in Ethiopia with a current staff complement of approximately - staff and current expenditure of approximately $90+ million each year.

Key Areas of Accountabilities

The below are the overall functions of the National Cluster, the job holder is expected to support the National Cluster with achieving this by engaging at the sub-national level.

Support service delivery by

• Being/providing an impartial and neutral resource and platform for Education in Emergencies that ensures service delivery is driven by the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) and Education Cluster strategic priorities with a strong emphasis on localization, AAP, humanitarian and development nexus/continuum, and identification of durable solutions.

• Developing and maintaining mechanisms to eliminate duplication of service delivery and identify gaps and resources/partners to address them. (demonstrated by the maintained ‘Education Cluster Monitoring Tool’ database).

Inform the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC)/Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) of strategic decision-making through the SCI Country Director who is an HCT member, by

• Preparing needs assessments (review of secondary data, as relevant) and analysis of gaps

• Identifying and finding solutions for (emerging) gaps, obstacles, duplication, and cross-cutting issues.

• Formulating priorities based on analysis.

Plan and develop strategy by

• Developing and updating strategic documents for the sector, including Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO), Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), Education Cluster Strategy, and Annual Workplan that addresses cross-cutting issues (gender, localization, AAP, disability, protection, etc.) and Humanitarian-Development nexus/continuum.

• In collaboration with Child Protection and WASH Cluster, developing, applying, and adhering to common standards and guidelines.

• Clarifying funding requirements, helping to set priorities, and agreeing on cluster contributions to the HC’s overall humanitarian funding proposals.

Monitor and evaluate performance by

• Monitoring and reporting on activities and needs (quantitative and qualitative approach), including but not limited to the consolidation and analysis of the Education Cluster Monitoring Tool.

• Measuring performance against the EiE Cluster strategy and agreed results and recommending corrective action where necessary.

Contribute to Localization and Capacity Building:

• Identify institutional capacity needs and gaps of local and national cluster member organizations and facilitate addressing these gaps.

• Increase the voices of local and national members by facilitating their membership in cluster and Strategic Advisory Group

• Identify technical capacity-building opportunities for country Cluster staff, government counterparts, and National NGOs to guarantee ongoing sustainability and quality of the response.

Advocacy and Resource Mobilization

• Identifying concerns that contribute to HC and HCT messaging and action.

• Undertaking advocacy on behalf of the Education Cluster membership, and affected people, to ensure education is included in humanitarian appeals

• Manage relations with donors and provide information on funding requirements and operational capacity of members

• Maintain close engagement with the Ministry of Education

Accountability to Affected Populations and Child Participation

• Introducing/mainstreaming existing mechanisms by which to obtain feedback from communities, ensuring this includes representing the full spectrum of stakeholders (including women, children, and people with disabilities) on the effectiveness and efficiency of the education sector humanitarian response.

Child Safeguarding

• Ensure that the Cluster mainstreams Child Safeguarding principles and cluster members’ awareness and capacities on CSG are strengthened through planned activities.

General:

• Comply with Save the Children policies and practices concerning child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities, and other relevant policies and procedures.

• Display neutrality and act as a representative of all education cluster members.

• Develop and maintain a strong and positive relationship with key counterparts at the relevant line ministry/department and UNICEF

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modeling Save the Children values

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals, takes responsibility for own personal development, and encourages others to do the same

• Widely shares personal vision for Save the Children engages and motivates others

• Future-orientated, thinks strategically

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with colleagues, members, 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 risk

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency

Job Requirement

Essential

• Prior experience in cluster coordination, management of education in emergency programs

• Excellent communication skills, including ability to work with diverse groups

• Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact, and diplomacy

• Previous first-phase emergency response experience is essential

• Qualification in BA degree in Education or relevant degree, with 2-3 years work experience or equivalent field experience in EiE

• Understanding of opportunities to provide integrated or cross-cutting humanitarian interventions with other sectors and Clusters, especially Child Protection and WASH

• Experience in applying relevant interagency humanitarian frameworks and standards in education in emergencies (for example INEE Minimum Standards)

• The capacity and willingness to be flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.

Desirable

• Strong information management skills

• Strong influencing skills and experience in advocacy

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 who need better healthcare, education, and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the rights 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,

• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

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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