Program Coordinator Education

Job Description

JOB TITLE: PROGRAM COORDINATOR – EDUCATION

TEAM/PROGRAMMEProgram Operations

LOCATIONPetauke

GRADE: 3

POST TYPENational

Safeguarding:

Save the Children does not tolerate any form of exploitation, abuse, or harassment against any person. It is the responsibility of all employees and representatives to protect all people who come in contact with our organization. Save the Children commits to applying the same standards to all its employees and subject them to the same processes regardless of their position, influence, or reputation within or outside of the organization.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Save the Children International’s Diversity Policy, aims to promote equal opportunity in employment and to ban any kind of discrimination based on sex, age, social class, disability, HIV status, religion, race and ethnicity.

ROLE PURPOSE

The coordinator will support the implementation of the Sponsorship Education work in Eastern Province and contribute to the delivery of key education milestones for Save the Children. The role will have oversight of other Education activities going on the province with the aim of strengthening collaboration, learning and good practice. The role will integrate education, with all the other thematic areas – child Protection, child poverty, child rights governance, health and education to ensure children and family’s benefit from an integrated service delivery model.

The post holder will guide and spearhead strengthening interventions to ensure safe school model and other education approaches are implemented in the program area.

Reports toProgram Manager – Petauke; with dotted line to TS Education

SCOPE OF ROLE

Reports toProgram Manager- Field Office with dotted line to TS Education

Dimensions:

Staff directly reporting to this postNil

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Programme management and quality:

• Overall responsible for the implementation of the Sponsorship Education programme in line with the project log frame and implementation plan

• Work in collaboration with other Education projects to ensure generation of evidence, learning and good practices.

• Support partners implementing Education activities under Sponsorship project.

• Documenting of project/partner experiences to capture the good and bad practices, the results and impacts achieved and any other experiences relevant for sharing with others.

• Track partner implementation, budget spend and reporting of results

• With support of the Programme Manager, develop work plan and budgets that contribute to achievement of overall project goal.

• Analyse reports and funding requests from the partners and giving feed-back to ensure partner plans contribute to bigger project goal

• Provide on-going support through regular field visits and capacity strengthening of partner organisation in line with project goals.

• Ensure on going partner and project risk assessment and develop risk mitigation measures in consultation with Awards Manager and Programme Managers

• Ensure timely disbursement of funds to implementing partners including ensuring efficient utilisation of funds.

• Liaise with other practitioners in a similar field of work and with government on policy and practice issues and informing them of our interventions and work.

• Ensure effective activity and financial planning and implementation are in line with SCI and grant requirements.

• Facilitate community engagement including parents, caregivers and other duty bearers to support education and child rights.

• Participate actively in finance/awards meetings and contribute to financial decision making

• Ensure that projects adhere to international standards and best practices, with full donor compliance (including delegated budget management responsibility).

• Ensure that high-quality reports are submitted on time.