Location: Welega & Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Deadline: Mar 15, 2023
Job Description
Employee Contract Type:
Local – Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)
Key Responsibilities:
Program development and implementation
- Assess the situation of drought crisis affected areas (IDPs) and contribute in the development of appropriate and quality EiE project proposals
- Facilitate and carry out baseline and endline studies, semi/annual reviews, and evaluations for the project
- Coordinate evaluation & assessment of the existing data on targeted beneficiaries and their education needs – Prepare detail implementation plan & work to ensure the effectiveness
Coordination, partnership and networking
- Liaise with local government at field level to ensure compliance with government & zonal education cluster coordination
- Represent WVE in zonal & regional education coordination meetings of agencies & government (clusters, task force meetings, networks & others)
- Provide regular updates to project manager on a weekly & monthly basis on the project progress, priorities & constraints – Coordinate with other EiE partners to maximize use of resources
Resource Management
- Manage operation budget of the project in the implementation sites (procurement, & cost for the materials)
- Contribute to the selection of pre-qualification and bidding of local suppliers & contractors for logistics availability & purchase
- Track regularly the project budget versus actual expenditure with EiE officers, field finance for timely correction – Make close follow up to project financial management (cash flow, field financial report review, monitoring )
Reporting and Documentation
- Work to ensure quality reports are submitted in a timely manner and in accordance with the donor and WVE requirements on target schools.
- Monitor the impact of ECW project in the framework of EiE response program and promote learning by documentation of best practices
- Work with project manager to provide necessary information to the EiE program team at NO, NECR & regional cluster – Assist on the documentation of best practices & challenges for further learnings
Required Professional Experience
- Experience in leading the EiE project implementation specially in emergency program context – Minimum three years relevant field experience in emergency or post-emergency settings, IDP and returnees & refugee setting experience is preferable and five years in the field of education.
- Technical experience in managing education program in both emergency and development, teaching methodology, need assessment, planning and facilitation skills is an asset
- Demonstrated understanding of the Ethiopian education policy and education in emergency programming
- Experience in life skills education and alternative basic education, accelerated learning program (ALP) & accelerated school readiness (ASR), psychosocial support, teachers training, community capacity enhancement, and related.
- Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification
- The following may be acquired through a combination of formal or self-education, prior experience or on-the-job training:
- BA degree in education and other education fields especially in pedagogy, educational planning and management, education leadership, curriculum and instruction and project managemnet
Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications
- BA degree with strong planning, monitoring and evaluation, reporting and documentation of lessons learned
- Strong experience in collaborating and partnering with the government and other EiE partners
- Proven operational level experience and leadership in project managemnet
Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement
- Frequent travel to the project sites and to NO as needed
Physical Requirements
- Project site
Language Requirement
- Fluent in written and spoken English; other regional language(Afaan Oromo) is also an asset.
Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants Only