Finn Church Aid Regional Education Specialist Jobs in Kenya
Finn Church Aid Regional Education Specialist Jobs in Kenya
Finn Church Aid (FCA) is looking for a Regional Education Specialist to support FCA’s Right to Quality Education theme in the Eastern Africa region, based in Nairobi – Kenya. The position will cover Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan and Somalia.
Primary purpose of the position is to offer technical and content expertise, including participation in the development of funding proposals, to FCA’s education projects both in the education in emergency response and in the longer term humanitarian and development context.
Reporting to the person in charge in Service and Accountability Centre - Helsinki in close coordination with the Country Directors in the Region, the role holder serves as principle advisor to Education work in Eastern Africa. The Education Specialist will provide technical capacity building to project staff and partners to ensure that all FCA education programs and projects are of high quality and aligned with FCA strategy. The Regional Education Specialist will actively liase with the relevant networks and donors at the regional level and participate in related advocacy.
Main tasks
Strategic Planning, Education Programme Design and Development
Liaise with relevant regional and if agreed with country-level education partners (NGOs, inter-government, private partners, ACT Alliance, donors, UN agencies) to coordinate and contextualize education activities in Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Uganda, including regional and continental inter-agency initiatives.
Provide technical expertise and advice to education programmes in Eastern Africa in accordance with FCA policies, guidelines and strategy, including planning, monitoring, reporting and evaluation, promoting joint initiatives and learning between FCA country programmes.
Contribute to the education programs at country level paying special attention to most vulnerable people including people with disabilities, child protection and psychosocial support
Ensuring child protection and psychosocial support interventions are mainstreamed to all education programmes, in accordance to international and national minimum standards, such as INEE MS and CMPS
Undertake field visits as necessary to identify and respond to specific needs, to monitor implementation of education projects, provide support to the work planning, prioritization and capacity building, with a special focus on support for the country based education specialists/ advisors.
Collaborate with FCA senior global education advisors and
other relevant colleagues at Service and Accountability Centre and in the COs to enable innovations and pilot new solutions for quality education as relevant in the region.
Contribute to fundraising efforts (needs assessments, project design, quality control) in the region, with a bigger role in multi-country initiatives.
Learning and Knowledge Dissemination
Support as agreed the monitoring, research and learning activities in the region and support communication of evidence to key stakeholder groups and partners and facilitate learning between the Country Programmes.
Participate in capacity building and provide support to FCA National Education Specialists/ focal points in each country on education in emergencies, programme design, research, and M&E of education-related programming.
Advocacy and Partnerships
Identify potential opportunities in the region and build, develop and maintain key partnerships, networks and alliances for synergies to advance advocacy efforts in the field of education.
Represent as agreed on FCA in Regional and /or global education fora such as INEE and others to identify areas of synergy and learnings for improved education intervention.
Competence, experience, skills, knowledge needed
Master’s degree in Education or equivalent work experience
Preferably a solid understanding of the Finnish Education system and its strengths
Minimum of 4 years’ experience in managing education programmes or similar experience
The ideal candidate should have in-depth knowledge of the global education sector discussions and coordination such as INEE.
A good understanding of education in emergencies.
Preferably experience of operating in fragile contexts.
Preferably good knowledge of the East African region/context.
Good facilitation, presentation and writing skills.
Good interpersonal skills and cultural sensitivity.
Knowledge of recent developments in education sector.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Finn Church Aid Regional Education Specialist Jobs in Kenya
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