Save the Children Regional Education in Emergencies Technical Advisor Jobs in Kenya
Save the Children Regional Education in Emergencies Technical Advisor Jobs in Kenya
Role PurposeRegional Education in Emergencies (EiE) Technical Advisor will drive the quality, accountability and timeliness of humanitarian responses and contribute to emergency preparedness in the region.
A core function is to ensure that our Education Cluster Co-leadership role is developed and maintained in the region.
Key Areas of Accountability
Strategy & Leadership
Provide overall thought leadership of education in emergencies work in East and Southern Africa (ESA) Region.
Monitor humanitarian and education trends and policies in the region, supporting countries to plan, take early action and respond when alerts are raised.
Maintain an overview of all programmes in the EiE sector within the region, and facilitate collaboration between Save the Children Members, regional and country offices to strengthen both preparedness and response quality.
Support country offices in the design of their preparedness, response and transition strategies (program and advocacy), ensuring alignment to Save the Children’s global education thematic priorities and programme policies, including a focus on gender equality and resilience.
Work closely with other technical advisors from the regional team to develop and implement knowledge and best practice for evidence-based education programming.
Support to Response Design, Development and Implementation:
Foster regional strategic partnerships for new business development, e.g. strategic positioning with donors at regional level, and positioning Save the Children as a leader in emergency education.
Lead the design of any regional education in emergencies initiatives, facilitating collaboration between COs and Members, ensuring high quality, coherent technical design.
Ensure that COs have access to and use internal and external best practice and evidence in the design of new programmes, as well as lessons learned from previous responses and Real Time Reviews, in line with Humanitarian Technical Working Group (HTWG) standards.
Supporting Technical Programme Quality Assurance:
Support to CO implementation and monitoring of EiE programmes, to ensure high quality, timely, delivery, monitoring and evaluation.
Lead or support education needs assessments in line with sectoral standards and Save the Children policies, ensuring a clear focus on gender inequalities. Support two-way dialogues with communities.
Understand and ensure alignment with operational humanitarian policy and commitments and HTWG priorities. Support countries to respond to emergency education using the Core Humanitarian Standard, Grand Bargain commitments and education best practice standard (e.g. INEE/Red Cross/NOG Code of Conduct, SDGs, Save the Children Common Approaches)
In coordination with the Regional Humanitarian Director and the HTWG, deploy to the field at short notice to help set up new emergency programmes and/or fill critical gaps within the region, including leading technical assessments, developing response strategies and plans, coordination and representation
Technical Capacity Building & Mentoring
In coordination with the Regional Humanitarian Director and the Humanitarian Technical Working Group, carry out learning needs assessments and identify critical areas for capacity building.
Technical mentoring to CO technical colleagues to support learning and professional development.
Support recruitment and talent management of country office technical EiE staff.
MEAL, Innovation & organisational learning
Providing support for health quality benchmark development and monitoring and supporting high-quality Real Time Reviews, evaluations and research at CO level
Work collaboratively as part of the global Education Technical Working Group to ensure technical work contributes towards organisational objectives and priorities.
Explore innovative opportunities and trends which could be applied in our humanitarian programming in the region and support country offices to pilot, and document, new or updated tools and guidance, especially with a focus on gender, youth, resilience and migration.
Coordinate with the ESA regional advisors to carry out monitoring and evaluation support visits and work with CO teams to develop programme improvement plans to improve outcomes.
Representation and Networking
Build collaborative regional partnerships, through representation on regional EiE working groups and technical fora, in partnership with UNICEF (regional MOU) and with other key
forums in order to facilitate learning on child-sensitive approaches and promote child rights and participation in humanitarian responses.
Maintain oversight of the humanitarian education sector in the region, regularly sharing relevant information with Save the Children COs and Members.
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
Qualifications
University education (Master’s degree preferred) within education, humanities, social science or the equivalent (e.g. professional teaching college).
Experience and Skills
Essentials
At least 7 years’ experience of delivering high quality education in emergency response and preparedness programmes, including first phase experience.
Understanding of education sector, especially emergency response, in ESA.
Good knowledge of theories and practices in education programming, especially for early childhood development and primary education.
Knowledge of global education issues, specifically relating to pre-primary and primary children, and the current trends, methods, approaches, policies and strategies to address gaps in education due to humanitarian crises such as conflict, migration, natural disasters and other emergencies.
Experience of context, capacity and policy analysis, and influencing and advocacy at regional/international level in order to hold duty bearers to account to realise children’s rights.
Skilled at networking, representation and partnership development in order promote learning, strengthen civil society and mobilise resources.
Able to generate and use data and evidence to innovate, deliver, learn and share what works and what doesn’t work for children.
Sound understanding of and commitment to SC generic programme approaches and core standards in humanitarian response, including safe programming, gender equality and child safeguarding.
Demonstrated program design, monitoring and evaluation skills, including designing pathways to sustainable impact at scale.
Experience of developing and supporting teams, and the ability to lead, motivate and build the capacity of staff through training, coaching and mentoring.
Results focused and ability to develop and drive innovative and pragmatic programmatic and operational solutions, including proposal development experience.
Good knowledge of cross sectoral linkages with Health, Nutrition, WASH, Child Protection, and Food Security, and willingness to engage with other sectors for shared outcomes.
Experience of strategy development and planning.
Fluency in written and spoken English.
Desirable
Ability to work well across different functional areas and departments.
Excellent technical writing, and editing.
Track record in successful business development/fundraising.
Language skills relevant to the East and Southern Africa region.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Save the Children Regional Education in Emergencies Technical Advisor Jobs in Kenya
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