Education and Livelihood Expert – Home Grown School Feeding project (HGSF)
Location: The position is based at Erer Woreda, Sitti Zone, Somali Region
Job Description:
Purpose of the Position
The Education and livelihood expert is responsible for ensuring the intended objectives of the Home Grown School Feeding pilot program in Somali Region are achieved. The expert provides strategic direction and overall follow-up to the program. The major areas of focus are: Close follow up of the home grown school feeding program, technical advisory service and guiding of the project team, establish and lead close collaboration with woreda education offices, ensuring DF’s and back donor’s requirements and timelines are strictly applied throughout the project implementation, to be the link between DF and the implementing partner PWO
Main tasks:
Understand the project objectives and the requirements from DF and the back donor and provide guidance to PWO field team on applying all the requirements
Develop/review and revise detail implementation plan together with PWO field team that will guide the overall project activities’ timeline
Provide technical support on different activities focusing on those implemented in-school
Facilitate establishment of clear network between schools and different levels of the government education offices/bureaus to ensure sustainability and handing over of the project’s activities
Closely follow up the field activities to ensure timely implementation, identify challenges and propose solutions. In doing so, evaluate the feasibility of all program activities continuously and propose practical way outs as found necessary
Facilitate linkages and networking between other school feeding programs
Ensure coordination among the different stakeholders that are responsible for the success of the program (Woreda/Zone/Region level government offices, ICARDA, ESMI, Haramaya university etc)
Ensure DF is visible and the project information is shared in different forums at woreda/zone/region level and the necessary cooperation is obtained from high level officials
Prepare periodic report to DF Addis office focusing on major achievements, challenges and proposed solutions mainly on issues that would require strategic decision
Job Requirement
Qualification required: A university degree in development related fields such as Education, development studies, Social work or other related fields
Experience:
3 - 5 years working experience on Education related programs (community and schools)
Experience on school feeding programs and working with Woreda Education offices is preferable
Excellent command of English. Somali language is an asset