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The role
The Education Coordinator is a central part of the SC Syria Response Office Education team to support the implementation of the overall educational sector response which are delivered by Syrian NGO partners.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Programme Development and Implementation:
* Assist on collaborative design of education strategy documents for response, sector response plans and program design, and situation response analysis. Collaboration should include the education team and key stakeholders such as government officials and national education counterparts.
* Assist Programme Manager on technical assessments in coordination with other Save the Children thematic areas and/or other external sector agencies, ensuring assessment findings are documented and that all assessments include a specific analysis of children’s needs.
* Assist AO on establishment of funding for the sector, including development of high quality concept notes and proposals, and engagement with donors’ technical advisors.
* Prepare timely programme and donor reports on project activities in compliance with internal Save the Children requirements and any relevant external donor requirements.
* Monitor and support SCI partners in implementing project management systems and guidelines to ensure the smooth implementation of approved activities.
* Assist Programme Manager and Partner staff to ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian relief are maintained in accordance with the Sphere Charter, the Red Cross Code of Conduct and with INEE Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies.
* Provide support to the relevant national staff in all aspects of program planning, implementation, quality and accountability.
* Assist in the implementation of EiE projects in NW Syria.
* Review partners reports and provide assistant to improve reporting skills to education projects
* Assist program manager to prepare and submit donor reports on time and with all supporting documents.
* Work with the partner and SC MEAL team to assure partners collecting and submitting all project Monitoring tools
* Engaging with partners through the monthly Sub-Award Agreement SAA meeting and review the program progress, challenges and achievements to assist partners in compliance to donor and SCI procedures.
* Support partners SAA to be in place and payments are processed as scheduled with the respective approvals
* Review partner financial reports and transactions with the program manger to double check on meeting the allowed and eligibility of spending and work closely with SCI finance to process partners financial repots.

Capacity Building:
* Assist in the coaching and mentoring of partner organisation’s counterparts and link in to wider organisational talent development mechanisms..
* Support Education Programme Manager in the capacity building of SCI and partner staff on EiE

Representation & Advocacy & Organisational Learning:
* Represent SC in cluster coordination meetings and/or in other hubs as required
* Improve/strengthen to coordination of SC’s work with the relevant stakeholders on education.
* Take the initiative in documenting lessons learnt, best practice and case studies to shape in-country strategies and programme approaches, and contribute to broader sector learning.
* Work closely with partners to track incidents report from the field and share it with SCI to increase advocacy on school and education personals being under attack.

General:
* Demonstrate leadership in relation to Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child safe guarding, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

Qualifications and experience
* Bachelor’s degree, and preferably post-graduate university degree, in subject related to emergency education
* At least 3 years demonstrated experience managing Education in Emergencies programmes
* Previous first phase emergency response experience
* Technical expertise or experience in key thematic areas such as child centred learning methodologies, teacher pre and in-service education, adolescent programming, community participation, TVET.
* Demonstrated experience in working on EiE programming in an humanitarian cotext
* Experience of applying relevant interagency humanitarian frameworks and standards in education in emergencies (for example INEE Minimum Standards)
* Previous experience of project management
* 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
* Proven capacity to supervise, train and coach partner staff
* Experience of preparing successful funding proposals for donors
* Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
* Excellent communication skills
* A high level of written and spoken English

Desirable:
* Arabic language skills highly desirable
* Experience or knowledge of working and living in relevant regions/contexts
* Specific experience of designing and managing ECHO, NMFA, French MoFA and other major donor projects

Contract length:

The Organisation
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 realise 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 workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:
Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/jobs

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.