Education in Emergencies Technical Advisor at Save the Children

Role Purpose:

The Regional EiE Techincal Advisor will work as a member of the regional humanitarian team to improve the volume and quality of education in emergencies programming undertaken as a part of emergency response in the East and Southern Africa region. The EiE TA will help lead a multi-agency regional EiE working group and facilitate a UNICEF collaborative MOU, based in Nairobi and work with Save the Children country teams to advocate for, design and implement quality education in emergencies programming.

Contract Duration: 1 year

Location: Nairobi with travel

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• Significant management and technical experience implementing EiE in an emergency response: at least 3 years of experience in Education sector.
• Previous first phase emergency response experience
• Education to MSc/MA/MEng level in a relevant subject or equivalent field experience
• Demonstrated experience in leading assessment activities and of designing, managing, monitoring and evaluating education programmes in emergencies for international NGOs.
• Experience of applying relevant interagency humanitarian frameworks and standards in education in emergencies (for example INEE Minimum Standards)
• Experience of and commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability
• Demonstrated monitoring and evaluation skills
• Ability to work both in an advisory and a hands-on implementation capacity
• Experience of representation, including Cluster coordination, and ability to represent SC effectively in external forums.
• Experience of preparing successful funding proposals for donors, with a focus on gender issues.
• Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong influencing skills and experience in advocacy
• Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
• A high level of written and spoken English
• The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.

• Commitment to the aims and principles of SC . In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support Desirable

• Experience or knowledge of working and living in humanitarian contexts in East and Southern Africa. Please apply in English saving your CV and covering letter as a single document, including your salary expectations for this role. To see a full a job description, please visit our website at www.savethechildren.net/jobs

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Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent.

Disclaimer:

Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents