TEAM/PROGRAMME: Program Implementation
LOCATION: Addis Ababa
GRADE: 1A
POST TYPE: National
Child Safeguarding:
Level 2: 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:
The Senior Advisor - Community-Based Intervention will be responsible for providing technical leadership to build upon existing social, physical and cultural structures and reconstruct socio-ecological layers surrounding children. She/he build resilience and capacity at structural, community, family and individual levels in improving knowledge, attitudes, norms, beliefs and behavior towards early childhood education services. She/he will ensure increased use of high-quality community-based early childhood education service delivery, supported by strengthened demand and community engagement. The senior advisor - community based intervention will lead the development of strategies and approaches on changing knowledge, attitudes, norms, beliefs and behavior in promoting early childhood education services in emergency set up. She/he will be involved in training, coaching and mentoring technical staffs and local implementing partner staff on social behavioral change strategies. She/he will be involved in the engagement of regional and district level authorities in the prioritization of ECCEiE in the education intervention for conflict and crisis affected areas.
Scope of Role
Reports to: Technical Lead-ECCEiE
Staff Reporting to: One Position
Budget Responsibility: none
Role Dimension:
The Senior Advisor - Community Based Intervention will lead the development/adaptation of SBCC, parenting education and SEL manuals. The Senior advisor - Community-based intervention will ensure the implementing partners have the technical skills to implement SBCC, parenting education, SEL, and ELM at home approaches at a community level. Leads parental group sessions at a community level. Lead Coaching and mentoring of technical project staff and LIP staffs on SBCC approaches. She/he works closely with the project’s technology based team that both audio and print materials are prepared in improving existing social norms towards girls and children with disability.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
A. Technical Leadership:
B. Ensuring Programme Quality (Design & Implementation):
C. Networking & External Engagement:
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:
Ambition:
Collaboration:
Creativity:
Integrity:
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
KEY COMPETENCIES
Technical competencies:
• Ensures all children’s access to quality education
• Ensures all children’s wellbeing
• Supports all children’s learning and development
Generic Competencies
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 SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.