Education Specialist

Contract

This is a Professional contract, Grade 9 (NRC) contract. More about Professional contract, Grade 9 (NRC) contracts.

Role and responsibilities

The purpose of the Education Specialist position is to be responsible for technical development, strategic direction, and quality assurance as well as monitoring of NRC Sudan’s Education activities and programme, as well as relevant staff mentoring and capacity development. The Education Specialist is expected to follow NRC’s standards, procedures, and guidelines for CC programme governance.

Generic responsibilities

1. Ensure adherence to NRC policies, handbooks, procedures and SOPs/guidelines;
2. Develop the Education Core Competency strategy, technical SOPs / guidelines and Macro logrames;
3. Responsible for technical quality and contribute to identifying funding opportunities, including funding proposals, project budgets, and donor reports;
4. Responsible for following up on compliance with contractual commitments within the Education CC, and ensure high technical quality and synergies;
5. Provide technical direction and project implementation support;

Specific responsibilities

These responsibilities have been adapted to the particularities of the job location and context, phase of operation, strategic focus, and type of programme intervention.

• Gather and analyse Education-related data from target or proposed target populations, as part of integrated or joint assessments, and use this in response analysis to develop contextually appropriate, technically sound new projects and programmes and inform advocacy efforts;
• Provide technical leadership in developing a robust Education strategy, outlining the key expected outcomes, the outputs, and activities required to enable NRC to respond to humanitarian and recovery needs relevant to the context;
• Proactively work closely with the Head of Programme in defining the funding plan for the Education strategy; and provide sound and proactive technical leadership in developing project proposals and budgets to donors;
• Support Area managers and programme staff to implement funded projects, paying specific attention to technical quality, cost effectiveness, efficiency, timeliness and conformity to grant agreements;
• Support the consolidation as well as the enhancement of market-based approaches within (and across) NRC core competency responses, where appropriate;

Professional Competencies

Generic professional competencies:

• At least four years in a development and/or humanitarian Education programming environment, including two years’ experience in a senior level project management position;
• Previous experience working in complex and volatile contexts;
• University degree in and relevant field;
• Documented results related to the position’s technical responsibilities;
• Knowledge in community outreach/engagement, community capacity building, protection mainstreaming, and/or community-development oriented programming;
• Well-developed skills in community engagement and qualitative research;

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:

• Knowledge of the context in Sudan desirable;
• Experience in community-based and participatory programme design and planning approaches;
• Demonstrated ability in thinking creatively and practically to improve the quality of projects ;
• Demonstrated ability in conceptual, analytical, and critical thinking with the ability to develop strategies;
• Strong monitoring and evaluation skills including in managing, reporting, and communicating related data analysis in a clear, concise manner;

For more detailed information see the attached Job Description

Additional Information:

Grade: 9

Reports to: Head of Programme

Duty station: Temporarily Home Based (the position will be required to move to Sudan in due time)

Duration and type of contract: 12 months, with possible extension

What We Offer

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to join our work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility: At NRC, we think outside the box. We encourage ideas and give responsibility to all employees at all levels, to help solve the complex issues that we face. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative

• 12 months fixed term contract
• An opportunity to match your career to a compelling cause
• A chance to meet and work with people who are the best in their fields

Internal candidates are encouraged to apply but we are also open to external applicants who can show a commitment to NRC and being part of a challenging, but important mission to make a difference.

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