Education Technical Advisor

Save the Children International Hatay,Gaziantep
Yüksek Lisans
Tam Zamanlı 4-9
İngilizce (C2, Level 6, Advanced)
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JOB ADVERTISEMENT – Education Technical Advisor

SCI employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

  • No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
  • All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
  • Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3 - The post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (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: 

Save the Children is a dual mandate organization which seeks to make breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and make immediate and lasting change for children in all contexts.

The Education Technical Advisor will support all education program teams and ensure that all Education / Emergency Education programming is of excellent technical quality, attracts significant donor funding and contributes significantly to Save the Children’s strategic objectives for education, including that children learn, are safe and have improved wellbeing, in addition to national/global learning and country level advocacy. S/he will provide strategic and technical leadership and assume the overall responsibility for the growth, development and quality of the education portfolio. S/He must bring a senior leadership profile with a proven track record in education and a sound technical background in programme design and delivery in emergency and protracted EiE contexts. S/he should also have experience of managing complex programming delivery in conflict and fragile contexts.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: 

General management

  • As a senior member of the the Earthquake Emergency Response and Country Programme in Türkiye, demonstrate behaviours that are consistent with Save the Children’s Mission, Vision and Values and ensure their broader application by staff across the programme.
  • Contribute to a conducive and productive work environment, characterized by enthusiasm, ambition, hard work and due process.
  • Contribute to the wider country programme agenda.
  • Participate actively in PDQ meetings, planning and review activities, providing enhanced insight into education programming.
  • Participate in any donor visit to project(s) within the country office portfolio, as required.  
  • Carry out the responsibilities of the role in a way which reflects Save the Children’s commitment to safeguarding children, in accordance with our Code of Conduct and Child Safeguarding Policy.
  • Comply with and promote Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

Programme Quality

  • Overall responsible to ensure the programme quality of Save the Children’s Education programming;
  • Provide, or obtain from members/external sources, appropriate high level technical support on methods and practices to be rolled out within Education / Emergency Education programming, focusing on improving access as well as learning and wellbeing outcomes for children;
  • Lead the continuous assessment of Education needs and ensure that these are appropriately reflected in sectoral strategies and responsive programmes design;
  • Develop and update the Education strategy, ensuring consistency with global Education Breakthroughs, Quality Learning Framework, and with Save the Children’s Theory of Change;
  • Work collaboratively with other sectors on ways to integrate Education with other programmes, where relevant, in order to maximize impact for children and families;
  • Conduct regular visits to the field offices to coordinate with field managers and senior field staff to ensure, monitor and assess program quality and necessary inputs;  
  • Ensure recognized international best practices and Save the Children policies are applied in the work with children including the integration of SC’s Common Approaches for Education; promote the safe participation of children in our programmes through innovative child participation tools; and actively support teacher’s professional development and wellbeing in program design and implementation;  
  • With Education Programme Managers and the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team, collaborate on the development of tools to monitor and improve the quality of education work, including cohesive and responsive program level databases to track students and teachers. Where necessary provide technical training for staff and partners as required;
  • Improve/strengthen the coordination of Save the Children’s work with the Ministry of Education in at national and provincial level, in coordination with TCO SMT.
  • With the Programme Managers and Awards Management Unit, ensure reports to donors are of the highest quality, that there is alignment between the narrative and financial, and that they are submitted in a timely fashion;
  • Serve as the point of contact for all matters related to education, particularly the scaling up or down of the Save the Children education programmes, emergency response capacity, working group representation, policy development and capacity building.

Programme Development

  • Define annual programme framework and master budget for the country programme;
  • Lead programme development for Education in close coordination with Programme Managers and Area Managers,  proposal development, awards, finance and operations staff;
  • Grow Save the Children’s Education portfolio sustainably and strategically, consistent with the Country Strategy, Save the Children’s Education Breakthrough, and the needs of children in Türkıye.
  • Ensure updated and accurate information for use in program development;
  • Lead on technical visioning of new programs and proposals;
  • Coordinate with proposal development team on identifying new opportunities;
  • Work with colleagues from other sectors to coordinate on and integrate programming to ensure all children’s needs are met.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL)

  • Fulfil the Save the Children Education Global Initiative mandate including Save the Children requirements in reporting;
  • Lead the roll-out of the Quality Learning Framework and Global Results Framework across the country programme;
  • Lead the development of coherent programme logistical frameworks, and advise on the development of robust MEAL plans, including Indicators Performance Tracking Tables(IPTTs) for each grant
  • Where external consultants are required to technically support or monitor and evaluate projects, lead the recruitment and subsequent management of contracted consultants as per the recruitment guidelines.
  • Lead the process of lessons learning to ensure high quality Educational programming, with support from the MEAL team, coordinating the documentation of said lessons across all the programmes;
  • Ensure program products and learning are maintained within the Save the Children country program

External Relations

  • Maintain strategic links with key duty bearers and stakeholders such as the Ministry of National Education, UN agencies, INGOs and other local NGOs etc.
  • Represent and advocate for Save the Children in working groups and other interagency fore to ensure Save the Children is seen as the lead international agency in terms of innovation and quality of implementation in Education;
  • Positively representing Save the Children to and actively engage with the Education working group at the national/provincial level, promoting appropriate representation at the field level.
  • Ensuring coherence between our representation to and communications with the Education working groups.
  • Help to clearly articulate the Education advocacy messages for the Türkıye country office, in cooperation with Advocacy and Communications staff.
  • Work at the policy level with high-level decision makers from the host government, participating in strategy development, policy making, and technical discussions, as well as negotiating to determine priorities for development.
  • Advocate for policy reforms that will promote the effective implementation of the National Education policy, in order to provide all children in Türkıye with quality education.

Working contacts

  • Internal (including Alliance): The post holder will be expected to work with senior management team, other sectoral Technical Advisors, Regional Education Advisor, Awards staff, Field Managers, Programme Managers & Coordinators;
  • External: The post holder will be expected to develop and maintain personal links and effective relationships with the Ministry of Education, UN (especially UNICEF), NGOs, INGOs, Local Education Group (LEG), Partners & key stake holders, counterparts, and other donors.

 

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

  • Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving results together with children and role modelling Save the Children values
  • Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved
  • Creates a managerial environment in-country to lead, enable and maintain our culture of child safeguarding

Ambition:

  • Sets ambitious and challenging goals for self and team, takes responsibility for own personal development and encourages team to do the same
  • Widely shares personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
  • Future oriented, thinks strategically and on a global scale

Collaboration:

  • Builds and maintains effective relationships, with own team, colleagues, members, donors and partners
  • Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
  • Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

  • Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
  • Cuts away bureaucracy and encourages an entrepreneurial approach
  • Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

  • Honest, encourages openness and transparency
  • Displays consistent excellent judgement
  • Always acts in the best interests of children

 

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential:

  • Education professional with a Masters Degree in education or equivalent
  • Significant (at least 5 years) professional experience of working at a senior advisory level in education for international NGOs in complex EiE settings.
  • Strong commitment to capacity building of national staff and partners with willingness to adopt participatory and consultative approaches with proven direct training capacity and experience.
  • Substantial progressive, professional-level experience at the management level with background in early childhood care and development and primary basic education and associated teacher professional development models 
  • An ability to effectively negotiate with prospective donors and a demonstrated ability to develop and write detailed technical project proposals meeting donor requirements, including budgets for the same. Strong report writing skills,
  • Ability to perform at a senior policy level must be demonstrable, and good communication, advocacy and leadership skills are critical.
  • The ability to liaise and effectively coordinate with government, local NGOs and community initiatives. Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and negotiate clearly and effectively at all levels, taking into account cultural and language difficulties.
  • Proven experience of living and working in insecure environments, able to follow security guidelines
  • High level of computer literacy
  • Fluency in Turkish and English 
  • Previous experience in Türkıye is preffered
  • Experience in promoting and mainstreaming Child Rights Based programming in education programme design, implementation and evaluation.

Position holder will be based in Gaziantep or Hatay, while international applications are welcome, priority will be given to local applications.

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.

Save the Children is committed to create a truly inclusive, effective and representative organisational culture, encouraging equity and diversity among its employees and eliminating discrimination. Having a diverse profile of employees, different age groups, backgrounds, cultures, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientation etc., including a range of different experiences and capabilities helps us understand, represent and serve children better.  Therefore all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, or age.

Child Safeguarding:

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.

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. 

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.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.

Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process. 

 

Save the Children International

SCI employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
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