LOCATION: Ministry of Education, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (with significant field travel, up to 30%)

Open for - Local and International Applicants

Job Summary:

The Programme Coordination Lead for the Education Cannot Wait (ECW) funded MYRP programme will work with a number of partners mainly The Federal Ministry of Education, UNICEF, SCI, other local and international NGOs and UN agencies that will be involved in programme implementation.

The Programme Coordination Lead will lead the MYRP Coordination Unit, which will be responsible for: (i) overall coordination of MYRP, (ii) resource mobilization and advocacy; (iii) coordination of steering committee meetings; (iv) overall monitoring, review and reporting processes of the programme, and (v) ensuring a harmonized approach across the entire programme.

The position will technically guide and advise programme implementation ensuring that it is of high quality and aligned with national education standards and programmes. The role-holder will also be responsible for aligning the programme to the Education Clusters emergency response especially in establishing and maintaining inter-agency coordination mechanisms and guiding research and evaluations.

Given the emergency nature of the programme and areas of intervention, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

The MYRP Program Coordinatoion Lead will be accountable for the following areas of work, reporting to the MYRP Steering Committee, and in conjunction with two team members: (Reporting and Communications Specialist and M&E Specialist)

Programme Quality, Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Liaise with all relevant stakeholders, including the Education Cluster, local government offices and the various committees and units established within the MoE to support MoE’s overall leadership of the MYRP.
• Ensure that the education programme is implemented by partners to a high technical quality and standard, aligned to and utilising inter-agency, national and global education standards with particular focus on Education in Emergencies.
• Consolidate progress updates on implementation of the MYRP for the Steering Committee, including achievements and gaps, and prepare related reports and periodic updates for dissemination to relevant stakeholders
• Prepare recommendations on updates /revision of the MYRP on an annual basis in consultation with concerned stakeholders (including the ECW Seed funding Grantees and Education Cluster) for review and approval by the Steering Committee
• Ensure that MYRP planning is based on the experience of implementation as well as changes in the country context.
• Monitoring and Evaluation – set up a Monitoring and Evaluation framework and system for the MYRP, building on existing systems within the MoE, Education Management Information System (EMIS) and inputs from the Education Cluster and ECW Seed funding Grantees. In addition, manage the delivery of the MYRP Baseline and Endline for the overall plan.
• Conduct monitoring visits of programme implementation and identify areas in need of support and follow-up; support partners to implement corrective actions.
• Work with the M&E specialist to ensure that the monitoring and evaluation system is supportive of quality implementation and recommendations are implemented in line with quality standards.
• Develop and oversee Quality Benchmarks for the Education Cannot Wait programme.
• Ensure that programme implementation is gender sesntive and gender responsive (considering needs and conditions of girls, boys, women and men).
• Ensure that that sex disaggregated data relevant to country programme are provided as integral part of programming.
• Ensure the programme reaches and reports on the most marginalised groups especially children with disabilities
• Programme monitoring and evaluations effectively conducted to improve programme performance, and programme status reports are prepared on time.

Advocacy, resource mobilisation and representation

• Undertake key advocacy with a range of donors in order to mobilize further investment in the $165m MYRP plan
• Deliver advocacy briefs and other documents as needed, in support of MYRP resource mobilization and delivery
• Represent the MYRP Steering Committee within the education and wider humanitarian and development sectors, in consultation with the MYRP Steering Committee, MoE and the Education Cluster.

Support to the MYRP Steering Committee:

• Support the Steering Committee in its coordination and oversight role to the whole MYRP, including:
• Providing secretarial support to the Steering Committee (with the Information and Communications Coordinator), including organising Steering Committee meetings, sending invitations for meetings, preparing meeting minutes and other required documentation, ensuring that Steering Committee members are furnished with all pertinent information in a timely manner, maintaining updated lists of contacts, maintain records and archive information pertinent to the Steering Committee, and providing other related administrative support for the Steering Committee to implement its roles;
• Ensure that decisions made by the Steering Committee are communicated through appropriate channels to other relevant stakeholders including MoE, ECW Seedfunding Grantees, and Education Cluster

Training & Capacity Development:

• Oversee the development of technical training packages for the field and programme staff with focus on education in emergencies
• Coordinate the field testing, monitoring and redesign of technical training packages accordingly
• Facilitate training and capacity development for partner staff and field level government partners and beneficiaries.
• Strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Education and the Education Cluster to respond to emergencies. This includes supporting coordination mechanisms, data collection and advocacy.

Coordination, information and learning

• Support coordination in order to insure the MYRP is aligned with and informed by the education sector and its stakeholders – specifically supporting the linkages between the following stakeholders in relation to the delivery of the MYRP: the Steering Committee, concerned government agencies, local government offices, relevant committees and units within MoE, relevant humanitarian and development actors, existing coordination systems at national, district, and refugee settlement.
• Undertake the collection, processing, and analysis of relevant data on the education in crisis contexts in Ethiopia, and produce standardized information products in collaboration with other key sectors and stakeholders
• Document and disseminate learning, best practice, ways of working, innovations and technical approaches that relate to the MYRP and the EiE response, in conjunction with the Education Cluster, ECW Seed funding Grantees, other Grantees (if applicable), MoE and other education sector stakeholders
• Ensure that the Mult-Year Resilience Programment and the Education Cannot Wait are supporting and strengthening existing EiE coordination mechanisms and the Education Cluster.
• Identify opportunities and materials that will support communication and advocacy work of Education in Emergency.**

COMPETENCIES

• SC Values are: Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity, and Integrity. To meet the value system, the post holder is expected to demonstrate the following competencies on an ongoing basis.
• Leading Delivering result: Takes personal responsibility and holds others to account to deliver our ambitious goals for children, continually improving own performance or that of the team/organisation.
• Thinking Applying technical and professional expertise: Applies the required technical and professional expertise to the highest standards; promotes and shares best practices within and outside the organisation.
• Engaging
• Working effectively with others: Works collaboratively to achieve shared goals and thrives on diversity of people and perspectives; knows when to lead and when to follow and how to ensure effective cross-boundary working.
• Communicating with Impact: Communicates clearly and confidently with others to engage and influence; promotes dialogue and ensures timely and appropriate messages, building confidence and trust with others

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIANCE REQUIRED

· A minimum of 10 years of relevant progressive experience, out of which 5 years in managerial positions. considerable experience in contributing to the development of organizational strategies, policies, guidelines and work processes **

· Excellent knowledge of education in emergencies programming and links to long-term programming, including standards, policies, frameworks, and relevant networks and stakeholders.**

· Experience designing and conducting training and capacity building activities **

· Strong experience working in a partnership model and establishing and maintaining coordination and communication systems at inter-agency level and with the Education Cluster, and other clusters (mainly child protection and WASH).

· Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation, coaching and capacity building as well as ability to work with culturally diverse teams.

· Excellent skills in results based management. as well as strong communication and data visualization skills are considered an asset.

· Experience with data sources, data assessment, and data analysis, particularly related to data on children and women are considered an asset

· Experience working with donors.

· Cultural awareness and ability to work well in both international and local environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.

· Fluency in English, both verbal and written.

Desirable

· Background in child safeguarding and protection in education environments

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 environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued