Education Project Officer (GPE-MCA) – Beledweyne – Somali Nationals Only

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SCOPE OF ROLE:**

Reports to: Education Project Coordinator

Staff directly reporting to this post:** None

Budget Responsibilities: N/A

Country Dimensions: Save the Children has been working in Somalia for more than 60 years. The Country Office has over 500 staff across 14 field offices (Boroma, Burao and Hargeisa in Somaliland; Bosasso, Garowe, Galkayo and Gardo in Puntland; Beletweyne, Adaado, Abudwak, Baidoa, Kismayo, Dhobley and Mogadishu in Central South Somalia). Our Country Office coordination and administration base is in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2017, as a result of significant scale up for the countrywide drought response, our annual spend FY2017 was US$117 million and we reached more than 2 million people through our humanitarian and longer term development work in Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), Education, Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL), Child Protection and Child Rights Governance. The Country Office manages 61 active awards totalling US$165 million from a range of governmental/institutional donors, including DFID, ECHO, EU, FFP, OFDA, and DANIDA being some of our largest.

Qualifications and Experience

• Diploma or Bachelor degree in education or a related field with additional training in education planning and management and project planning and management techniques
• Knowledge of current national international strategies on access, equity, and quality education policies and models
• Recommended a minimum of 3 three years of relevant experience in similar position in implementing developmental education project.
• Experience of working with local/national governments and capacity building of systems, partners and staff
• Ability to write quality narrative donor reports
• Good interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
• Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mind-sets

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Somali.

• Sensitive to issues affecting children and committed to Save the Children’s Education and child safeguarding policies.

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Application will be closed on 1st August 2020

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