The Job holder will be working closely with Head of Education and NGOs coordination Department in the External Relation and Donor Affairs Directorate of Ministry of Education. The position holder will spend split the %age time between SCI Country Office and Ministry of Education.

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

• Responsible for capacity and technical support to the MOE and other education teams on the education programs including MoUs, reports, implementation, and monitoring, as well as supervision and coordination of all other activities assigned to the job holder for ensuring smooth Program implementation and facilitation.
• Provide technical support to Donor Relation Directorate in the MoE on INGO and Local NGOs Education activities and programs, relations, coordination, and communication,
• Work with the provincial teams including PCOs to coordinate smooth implementation, problem solving, reports collection and IPs management at provincial level and provide necessary reports and information about provincial activities,
• Provide technical support to MOE on communication/ correspondences, reviewing reports, and following up reports with relevant technical departments to get the feedback of technical departments.
• Provide necessary support, advice, and inputs on development of educational plans, strategies and programs on ensuring access to all children to quality education and learning opportunities with special focus on vulnerable and marginalized groups including out of school children, children with disabilities and girl’s education. This includes both formal schools and Community Based Education.
• Work with the MOE teams to make sure the process of transition from INGOs to local NGOs is smooth, transparent, and technically sound and acceptable to international and local standards, donors, MoE and INGOs.
• Work with provincial teams on reporting, monitoring and share the feedback with relevant technical teams at MoE and follow up for solutions and feedback.
• Support and collaborate with the other education coordination platforms including the Education cluster, DPGs and Education STWGs etc.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength.

• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
• willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and 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.