Overview
The Education Programme Officer will support the implementation, coordination, monitoring, and quality delivery of education programmes. The role will contribute to programme planning, implementation, stakeholder engagement, reporting, monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Support partners and implement programmes and budget tracking.
- Coordinate and provide programme support for Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD), Basic Education (BE), and Inclusive Learning interventions.
- Ensure timely disbursement of funds to implementing partners and Government.
- Represent Save the Children in key strategic coordination meetings and contribute to policy debates and national education strategies.
- Support localisation and responsible partnering approaches in programme delivery.
- Conduct routine field monitoring visits.
- Update progress in SCI data Management Systems and be accountable for MEAL tasks.
- Coordinate with the MEAL Manager to ensure effective implementation of MEAL systems.
- Consolidate and ensure timely reporting aligned with donor requirements.
- Support documentation of lessons learned, best practices, success stories, and case studies.
- Promote accountability mechanisms.
- Support programme learning and adaptive management processes.
- Support baseline, midline, endline, assessments, surveys, and evaluations.
- Prepare activity requests, procurement plans, and supporting documentation.
- Ensure appropriate utilisation and accountability of programme resources.
- Support logistical arrangements for trainings, meetings, and field activities.
- Ensure safeguarding, child protection, gender equality, disability inclusion, and Do No Harm principles are integrated into programme implementation.
- Promote safe, inclusive, and child-friendly learning environments.
- Report safeguarding concerns.
Required Experience
- Minimum of 3 years work experience in development or humanitarian programmes with non-governmental organizations.
- Experience of working in education sector, especially Foundational Learning and systems strengthening, is a plus.
- Ability to travel to the field with short notice (30% of the working time may be dedicated to field travel).
- Experience of working with funding from major institutional donors such as USAID, Swedish SIDA, EU and GPE.
Qualifications
Degree in Education or related field.
