Education in Emergencies Specialist at Save the Children

Role Purpose:

Under the guidance of the Education Technical Specialist, the Education in Emergencies Specialist (EiE Specialist) will work in close collaboration with Save the Children PDQ team members, Programme Operations and education staff based at the field offices as well as partners/actors to provide technical expertise in assessing, designing, developing, implementing and monitoring the Emergency Education responses to the conflict and natural disasters affected areas in the country.

Contract Duration: 6 months

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum 5 years of progressively responsible relevant experience in the field of education, especially Emergency Education response. Experience in complex emergencies and experience with either the UN and/or NGO strongly preferred.
• Technical experience and knowledge in the area of education in emergencies response required, including assessments, monitoring and evaluation, and collaboration with partners.
• Proven experience of high quality report writing and documentation.
• Resourcefulness, flexibility, and the ability to prioritize large amounts of work while under pressure.
• Good analytical, facilitation, communication and presentation skills.
• Politically and culturally sensitive, awareness of gender issues, with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
• Fluency in English (verbal and written).
• Good knowledge of the context of South Sudan and/or the region is an asset

Desirable:

• Communicates effectively to varied audiences, including during formal public speaking.
• Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
• Sets high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves project goals.
• Has good leadership and supervisory skills; co-ordinates group activities, ensuring that roles within the team are clear.
• Translates strategic direction into plans and objectives.
• Analyzes and integrates diverse and complex quantitative and qualitative data from a wide range of sources.
• Quickly builds rapport with individuals and groups; maintains an effective network of individuals across organizational departments.
• Identifies urgent and potentially difficult decisions and acts on them promptly; initiates and generates team- and department-wide activities.
• Demonstrates, applies and shares expert technical knowledge across the organization.