Education Manager

JOB Vacancy Announcement #: 7199

Job Title: Education Manager

Application deadline: 04.August.22

Duty Station: North East Syria

Job Requirements:

Essential criteria

University degree in Education, social sciences or relevant subject.
At least two-year’s professional experience in Education management.
At least one-year’s professional experience working directly with children or adolescents.
Experience in delivering trainings to education staff.
Knowledge of Education in Emergencies, INEE minimum standards, Child Protection and Prevention of Gender Based Violence minimum standards.
Strong written and verbal English language skills
Good IT skills (minimum Microsoft Office Packages)
This position requires regular travel across NES; the candidate must be able and willing to travel across NES regularly for site visits.

Desirable criteria

Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

Job Description:

Programme Management and Implementation

Ensure quality control of all education projects and activities and carry out regular field visits to inspect and assess activities and ensure that standard operating procedures, sectoral standards and guidelines are implemented across the area of operation.
Lead a participatory approach to identify emerging needs/gaps and priorities and ensure these are raised to the Education Coordinator.
Identify opportunities for effective sharing of learning, innovations and continuous programme improvement through leading monthly Education programme meetings and contributing to periodic project review sessions with the Education lead.
Ensure all programme targets are reached in accordance with agreed programme objectives and communicate changes and challenges to the Education lead.
Lead on the assessment of new project locations and conceptualisation of new project activities ensuring an evidence-based approach to programme planning.
Support the Education Coordinator on the Grant kick-offs, review and closeouts.
Develop procurement plans, in consultation with logistics as well as recruitment plans with support from HR
Support the Education Coordinator in cross department meetings as relevant to strengthen the integration of approaches and effectiveness of programs bringing in learning and adaptions of approaches.

Team Management and Development

Work with and develop the team to ensure all activities are planned, prioritized, carried out and monitored efficiently using appropriate tools and work plans, with due consideration to gender, access and inclusivity issues.
Lead team workshops and capacity building activities to provide opportunities for staff growth, sharing of ideas and best practices and documentation of lessons learnt.
Supervise assigned staff, contributing to Performance Development Reviews (PDRs).
Identify capacity building needs and assist HR in the development of a training plan; work with the Education Training Officer to deliver trainings, and organise/identify other trainings opportunities (workshops; e-learning etc).
Ensure full compliance of all staff under your direction with Concern’s security plans and protocols, and with the organization’s Code of Conduct and associated policies.
Participate in the recruitment of Education staff as required. This includes but is not limited to supporting the preparation of job descriptions and participating in interviews.
Update the staffing plan and organogram for the Education department as needed.

Representation and Coordination

Participate proactively and contribute in the education technical working groups, sharing information on Concern activities and intervention and promoting good relations and collaboration with other actors working in education within areas of operation to avoid duplication and ensure needs are identified and met.
Coordinate with Concern staff, partners, local authorities and communities with a view to establishing and/or verifying emerging needs, gaps and priorities in the educational sector as part of a continuous programme review and improvement process.
Collaborate effectively with Area Coordinators, Programme Managers and Officers to support on coordination efforts with local authorities and to secure necessary approvals in a timely manner.
Coordinate closely with the Protection team to ensure protection mainstreaming is integrated into all education activities.

Reporting and Education Information Management

Contribute to the design, roll-out and follow up of standardised reporting tools for the tracking and reporting of education activities.
Ensure that relevant project data are accurately collected and comply with internal and donor reporting systems.
Oversee the regular updating of implementation plans and track progress to date on outputs and activities.
Support the Education Coordinator and Area coordinators with organizing donor visits, evaluations and programme reviews as necessary.
In collaboration with the Education Coordinator, contribute to the development and design of Concern’s education program and activities including drafting of proposals.
Contribute to the preparation of timely and high-quality progress and donor reports.

Monitoring and Evaluation

Ensure that the monitoring framework within the programme is implemented, including baseline data, secondary data, reviews, end line surveys, donor reporting and internal/external evaluations.
In coordination with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team monitor the progress of education activities against project plans and timelines and against pre-defined objectives and indicators
Work with the team to identify and document project learning and success cases and disseminate learning on the humanitarian response.
Working with Concern’s M&E team and Accountability staff, ensure strong community response mechanisms are in place and functioning optimally for all educational activities, including Child Friendly mechanisms, and analyse results to inform project planning
Lead on education needs assessments and focus group discussions to help inform project activities and methodologies.

Financial Management and Procurement

Ensure that all project expenditure is undertaken in line with the organization’s finance policies and procedures, are donor compliant and that all resources are optimally utilised.
Ensure Cash Flow Forecasts are completed in a timely and accurate manner.
Support the Education lead to oversee Education-specific budgets and financial management by ensuring that all area teams have updated procurement plans and track spending closely.
Manage a participatory process for procurement planning and resourcing of education activities and contribute to the drafting of technical requirements and specifications for the resourcing of education activities.

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