REPORTS TO: Program Development, Quality & Impact (Deputy Country Director)
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; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
CONTRACT LENGTH: 12 months (renewable)
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; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
ROLE PURPOSE: 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 Coordinator will lead this initiative by working impartially and closely with coordination staff from our co-lead (UNICEF) and lead (Ministry of Education) organizations, EiE information management specialists, UN OCHA, and other cluster coordinators, to serve the needs of all members of the Education Cluster. The Coordinator has the responsibility to strengthen and coordinate both national and sub-national education clusters. He/she will also work with key education stakeholders, which include children, families, communities, Regional Education Bureaus and other relevant authorities, ECW Coordination Unit, education institutions and INGOs, National NGOs and UN agencies, to provide an effective, timely and strategic collective response to the current situation.
The Coordinator will also work closely with the existing subnational cluster coordinators/focal points in Oromia, SNNP, Sidama, Somali, Gambella, Amhara, and Tigray, and facilitate communication and two-ways information-sharing with them. Depending on the scale of the emergency it may be necessary to facilitate the set-up of new clusters at sub-national level and to work with/supervise dedicated information management staff. | |
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Support service delivery by
Inform the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC)/Humanitarian Country Team (HCT)’s strategic decision-making through the SCI Country Director who is HCT member, by
Plan and develop strategy by
Monitor and evaluate performance by
Contribute to Localization and Capacity Building:
Advocacy and Resource Mobilization
Accountability to Affected Populations and Child Participation
Child Safeguarding
General:
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QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
Desirable
KEY COMPETENCIES
Generic Competencies
·Child Rights: Promotes an enabling environment for participation, and accountability to children
· Be the Innovator: Promotes innovation to find new and better approaches to driving progress for children
-Deliver Results at Scale: Promotes a clear focus on impact in a project and programme design, management, and oversight
Generic Competencies
Child Rights: Promotes the rights of children in own work and in work with colleagues and peers,
Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI’s global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Gender Equality Policies, supported by relevant procedures.
Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Safeguarding our Staff:
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SC Health and Safety policies and procedures
We offer a competitive package in the context of the sector. The duty station of the position holder will be in Addis Ababa This role is offered on the basis of national terms and conditions only.
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 that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right 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 that,
• 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.