Emergencies Response Personnel - Education Adviser
Save the Children’s origins are in emergency response and it has remained central to our work ever since. Our approach integrates our emergency and development work, through the medium of our country programmes, and we therefore expect to have the expertise for both types and phases of work.
With the increasing frequency and severity of emergencies world-wide, the organisation is in the process of increasing its capacity to support programmes in both sudden onset and chronic emergency situations. Our Emergency Response Personnel [ERP] Scheme plays an important role in the realisation of Save the Children’s emergency response strategy. ERP’s are typically deployed for medium-term assignments of approximately three months at a time, providing emergency expertise to help programmes respond quickly and effectively to emergencies. ERPs generally spend 75 to 80% of their time on assignment.
Save the Children believes that education is a vital part of emergency interventions and should be provided as an essential component of humanitarian responses. An Education ERP’s work in the field contributes to achieving this wider organisational education objective which is defined in our ‘education breakthrough’. This aims for education to part of every humanitarian response.
Furthermore, as Global Co-Lead Agency with UNICEF of the Education Cluster, we are accountable for strengthening system-wide preparedness and technical capacity to respond to humanitarian emergencies and for providing predictable leadership to humanitarian crisis. Our ERP Education Advisers will support this endeavour – supporting and promoting effective cluster coordination and other cluster functions as well as providing specialist advice, guidance and expertise with regards to achieving quality education in emergencies.
Job Purpose
The ERP Education Adviser works to ensure children affected by emergencies enjoy access to quality basic education. He/she is responsible for leading assessment, design, and implementation of high quality education responses in large and complex crisis. He/she also directly contributes to humanitarian action through Cluster Coordination at country level and utilise this experience to inform policy development and improvement of knowledge management systems at the global level.
Key accountabilities
i. Emergency education programme development and management
• Undertake rapid emergency assessments in complex, large scale, emergency contexts.
• Lead on the development of a clear strategy for the overall education response in large scale emergencies, considering the immediate and longer-term needs, keeping the rights of the most marginalised children at the forefront of project design. Initiate project work as necessary.
• Plan activities in line with organisational emergency and education policies, as well as the relevant country programme strategy. Ensure children participate in the design, implementation, and/or monitoring of programmes.
• Devise an effective monitoring and evaluation system to track education activities and train staff in setting up and utilising the system accordingly.
• Provide high quality, specialist expertise in emergency preparedness for the development of quality education systems and programming activities.
• Provide appropriate guidance and advice to Education Ministries, Save the Children programmes and potentially other partners in the design and development of education strategies that leads to inclusive, quality basic education for all.
• Implement, disseminate and promote the Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies, coordinated through the Interagency Network on Education in Emergencies.
• Develop clear staff structure and recruit staff according to programme needs and SC Policy.
• Produce regular activity updates and at the end of each deployment, a written report detailing relevant lessons learned that are directly related to that deployment, to enhance institutional learning. Ensure ERP debriefing process is completed with the line manager in country and shared with relevant persons within HQ.
• Identify and assess potential funding sources, develop proposals for funding in emergency education and monitor and manage grant budgets, ensuring that all reporting to donors is completed.
• Co-ordinate plans and share information with local authorities, e.g. Ministry of Education, UN agencies (UNICEF, UNHCR, UNESCO), and other NGOs active in the education sector
• Develop the capacity of the team and partners to advocate on behalf of children for the protection
ii. Cluster Coordination
• Undertake deployments in the role of a Cluster Coordinator, fulfilling responsibilities as outlined in the Cluster Coordination Guidelines and, more specifically, the Terms of Reference for each cluster deployment.
• Ensure lessons learned from Cluster deployments are effectively captured and communicated with the Education Adviser based within HQ. Facilitate communication of lessons learned into Global Education cluster learning processes.
• Review training needs of staff, including Cluster staff and others involved in the functions of the cluster.
• Effectively represent the cluster within the humanitarian community [for example, in inter-sector cluster forums].
iii. General
• Work in close collaboration with the SC Emergencies team, including Education Technical Unit colleagues, and also the Education Policy Team, for the sharing of information and policy development as and when necessary.
• Ensure each aspect of the Performance Management Review process is undertaken and contributing to personal and professional learning and development.
• Complete other tasks as assigned by the SC Country Director of the relevant country programme, and as necessitated by the emergency situation
Person specification
Essential
• International humanitarian experience gained in the education sector
• Demonstrated experience of education assessments in a range of emergency contexts including rapid onset natural disasters and other complex emergencies.
• Experience of designing and managing large education programmes in complex or challenging environments
• Demonstrated experience of managing large budgets for education programmes.
• Able and willing to be deployed at short notice for rapid response in order to lead education programmes or cluster operations.
• Advanced university degree in education or a related field or significant, demonstrated experience in education programmes in humanitarian contexts.
• Demonstrated experience of designing or implementing capacity building initiatives, including training programmes for education teams or other education personnel.
• Good understanding of humanitarian reform and the Cluster system with some direct experience of cluster operations.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively coordinate working groups or coordination group members
• Demonstrated ability of playing a leading role in effective coordination, preferably within the Cluster system or the education sector more broadly.
• Ability to work effectively in French, both spoken and written
• Proven experience of high quality report writing and documentation
• Ability to think creatively and translate policy and general guidance into appropriate project activities
• Excellent communication, administrative, and budget management skills including the willingness to listen, to give opinions and advice.
• Resourcefulness, flexibility, and the ability to prioritise large amounts of work while under pressure
• Politically and culturally sensitive, awareness of gender issues, with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
• Willingness to live and work in uncertain security environments
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Commitment to the aims and principles of SC. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin all aspects of work.
• Commitment to SC UK’s child protection policy
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With the increasing frequency and severity of emergencies world-wide, the organisation is in the process of increasing its capacity to support programmes in both sudden onset and chronic emergency situations. Our Emergency Response Personnel [ERP] Scheme plays an important role in the realisation of Save the Children’s emergency response strategy. ERP’s are typically deployed for medium-term assignments of approximately three months at a time, providing emergency expertise to help programmes respond quickly and effectively to emergencies. ERPs generally spend 75 to 80% of their time on assignment.
Save the Children believes that education is a vital part of emergency interventions and should be provided as an essential component of humanitarian responses. An Education ERP’s work in the field contributes to achieving this wider organisational education objective which is defined in our ‘education breakthrough’. This aims for education to part of every humanitarian response.
Furthermore, as Global Co-Lead Agency with UNICEF of the Education Cluster, we are accountable for strengthening system-wide preparedness and technical capacity to respond to humanitarian emergencies and for providing predictable leadership to humanitarian crisis. Our ERP Education Advisers will support this endeavour – supporting and promoting effective cluster coordination and other cluster functions as well as providing specialist advice, guidance and expertise with regards to achieving quality education in emergencies.
Job Purpose
The ERP Education Adviser works to ensure children affected by emergencies enjoy access to quality basic education. He/she is responsible for leading assessment, design, and implementation of high quality education responses in large and complex crisis. He/she also directly contributes to humanitarian action through Cluster Coordination at country level and utilise this experience to inform policy development and improvement of knowledge management systems at the global level.
Key accountabilities
i. Emergency education programme development and management
• Undertake rapid emergency assessments in complex, large scale, emergency contexts.
• Lead on the development of a clear strategy for the overall education response in large scale emergencies, considering the immediate and longer-term needs, keeping the rights of the most marginalised children at the forefront of project design. Initiate project work as necessary.
• Plan activities in line with organisational emergency and education policies, as well as the relevant country programme strategy. Ensure children participate in the design, implementation, and/or monitoring of programmes.
• Devise an effective monitoring and evaluation system to track education activities and train staff in setting up and utilising the system accordingly.
• Provide high quality, specialist expertise in emergency preparedness for the development of quality education systems and programming activities.
• Provide appropriate guidance and advice to Education Ministries, Save the Children programmes and potentially other partners in the design and development of education strategies that leads to inclusive, quality basic education for all.
• Implement, disseminate and promote the Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies, coordinated through the Interagency Network on Education in Emergencies.
• Develop clear staff structure and recruit staff according to programme needs and SC Policy.
• Produce regular activity updates and at the end of each deployment, a written report detailing relevant lessons learned that are directly related to that deployment, to enhance institutional learning. Ensure ERP debriefing process is completed with the line manager in country and shared with relevant persons within HQ.
• Identify and assess potential funding sources, develop proposals for funding in emergency education and monitor and manage grant budgets, ensuring that all reporting to donors is completed.
• Co-ordinate plans and share information with local authorities, e.g. Ministry of Education, UN agencies (UNICEF, UNHCR, UNESCO), and other NGOs active in the education sector
• Develop the capacity of the team and partners to advocate on behalf of children for the protection
ii. Cluster Coordination
• Undertake deployments in the role of a Cluster Coordinator, fulfilling responsibilities as outlined in the Cluster Coordination Guidelines and, more specifically, the Terms of Reference for each cluster deployment.
• Ensure lessons learned from Cluster deployments are effectively captured and communicated with the Education Adviser based within HQ. Facilitate communication of lessons learned into Global Education cluster learning processes.
• Review training needs of staff, including Cluster staff and others involved in the functions of the cluster.
• Effectively represent the cluster within the humanitarian community [for example, in inter-sector cluster forums].
iii. General
• Work in close collaboration with the SC Emergencies team, including Education Technical Unit colleagues, and also the Education Policy Team, for the sharing of information and policy development as and when necessary.
• Ensure each aspect of the Performance Management Review process is undertaken and contributing to personal and professional learning and development.
• Complete other tasks as assigned by the SC Country Director of the relevant country programme, and as necessitated by the emergency situation
Person specification
Essential
• International humanitarian experience gained in the education sector
• Demonstrated experience of education assessments in a range of emergency contexts including rapid onset natural disasters and other complex emergencies.
• Experience of designing and managing large education programmes in complex or challenging environments
• Demonstrated experience of managing large budgets for education programmes.
• Able and willing to be deployed at short notice for rapid response in order to lead education programmes or cluster operations.
• Advanced university degree in education or a related field or significant, demonstrated experience in education programmes in humanitarian contexts.
• Demonstrated experience of designing or implementing capacity building initiatives, including training programmes for education teams or other education personnel.
• Good understanding of humanitarian reform and the Cluster system with some direct experience of cluster operations.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively coordinate working groups or coordination group members
• Demonstrated ability of playing a leading role in effective coordination, preferably within the Cluster system or the education sector more broadly.
• Ability to work effectively in French, both spoken and written
• Proven experience of high quality report writing and documentation
• Ability to think creatively and translate policy and general guidance into appropriate project activities
• Excellent communication, administrative, and budget management skills including the willingness to listen, to give opinions and advice.
• Resourcefulness, flexibility, and the ability to prioritise large amounts of work while under pressure
• Politically and culturally sensitive, awareness of gender issues, with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
• Willingness to live and work in uncertain security environments
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Commitment to the aims and principles of SC. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin all aspects of work.
• Commitment to SC UK’s child protection policy
How to apply
If you are interested in applying for this role, please follow the link below to the Save the Children website:http://www7.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_savethechildren01.asp?
(job ref. 6299)
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