Education Coordinator

  • Location:
  • Salary:
    negotiable / YEAR
  • Job type:
    FULL_TIME
  • Posted:
    1 month ago
  • Category:
  • Deadline:
    29/08/2024

JOB DESCRIPTION

TITLE: Education Coordinator (subject to donor funding) TEAM/PROGRAMME: Operation LOCATION: Alexandria Field Office GRADE: 5 CONTRACT LENGTH:

Until end of September 2025

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people eitherfrequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Education Coordinator is responsible for the overall coordination and implementation of educational programs in Alexandria. This role involves working closely with various stakeholders, including schools, teachers and community members, to ensure that educational initiatives are delivered effectively and achieve their intended outcomes. This educational activity will aim to promote and facilitate access to quality and safe educational opportunities for the children from refugees communities in Alexandria. The Education Coordinator will also oversee the monitoring and evaluation of programs, ensuring continuous improvement and adherence to best practices.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Education Officer

Staff reporting to this post: No

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Project Implementation

• Support in planning, implementing reporting, and documenting the educational activities of the project i.e CUCs and solutions in education especially Literacy Boost, Numeracy Boost, Enabling Teachers and leadership/ MHPSS programs.

• Coordinate assessment activities to assess children needs and abilities to support in designing a tailored content that meet their educational needs.

• Follow up on the day-to-day operation to ensure the delivery of quality educational classes and activities including financial and non-financial support i.e distributing transportation allowances and school meals.

• Coordinate activities with CLCs and relevant stakeholders to provide safe, inclusive, and enabling learning environments.

• Conduct regular observation and monitoring visits to the educational activities using relevant assessment tools.

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• Assist in providing coaching and technical support to build the capacities of Education Facilitators and CLC’s

staff to provide quality teaching.

• Maintain the education component’s comprehensive database of the related educational activities.

• Ensure participation of all children in their education and support the establishment of child safeguarding and accountability mechanisms inside the learning centers.

• Coordinate activities with children and parents to support children with disabilities having access to education.

• Ensure that project’s activities are implemented in line with SCI’s policies and procedures and adhering to

donor requirements and guidelines.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in education, Social Sciences, Development Studies, or a related field.

• Minimum of 2 years of successful experience in project implementation in the development/humanitarian field with a reputable NGO in Egypt, preferably in the education field.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Highly familiar with the refugees and migrant’s context in Egypt, is a must.

• Previous experience in the education field is required.

• Proven knowledge and skills in education activities’ planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.

• Proven successful experience in team management.

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• Highly developed interpersonal, communication, writing, and organizational skills.

• Good training and facilitation skills.

• Strong networking, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

• Fluency in Arabic (spoken and written).

• Good command of the English language (spoken and written) Very good at using the internet, MS Office, Email, and spreadsheets.

• Commitment to Save the Children values, and Child Safeguarding policy.

Preferably

• Experience in working with UASC, youth, and adolescents.

• Experience in implementing similar educational interventions to the targeted group.

• Experience with using technology in education.

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

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We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Safeguarding our Staff:

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

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