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Mission 1 : Program Coordination
The Education Specialist will :
- Serve as a key focal point for the education unit/ sector at organization level.
- Will lead internal coordination that is required for effective implementation of project.
- Will ensure program coordination, lead and oversight implementation, team building, and programmatic reporting both internal and external.
- Will ensure effective coordination and collaboration of all stakeholders who have critical role in project success.
- Will create an environment at all levels that support and promote effective implementation of program activities with planned outcomes.
- Develop implementation strategies that are align with project scope and contextual to local environment.
- Capacity building of team, objective setting, staff performance appraisal, and mentoring.
- Capacity building of stakeholders including CAR, Community, ESED, and SWD etc
- Ensure Internal inter-departmental coordination for effective implementation of program activities.
- Develop, review, and revise both programmatic and financial plans as appropriate.
- Develop and implement communication plan within team and with relevant stakeholders.
- Ensure that all practices of the organization in the field strictly comply with HI’s policy of PSEAH (Protection of beneficiaries from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment).
Mission 2 : Program Development
- Lead in developing new education projects with a focus on EIE, NFE (ALP) with cross cutting themes of Inclusion, MHPSS, SEL and GBV.
- Develop 5 years’ education strategic plan for country office in close coordination with THOP, PD section, ERT, Area Manager and Country Director.
- Developing project design is linked to HI country strategic plan and sector strategic objectives.
- Developing technical narratives and log frames, program budgeting, staffing plans, phased budgets, and identifying new partners, etc.
- Leads in continuous assessment of education projects need, and ensures that these are appropriately reflected in sectoral strategies, proposals, and programs.
- Identify additional funding sources to pilot and scale-up proven innovative education initiatives.
- Develop the education program policy, strategy, milestones, country annual plan, and country annual review plan.
Mission 3 : Program Quality and MEAL
- Provide direct technical support to field teams, e.g. project monitoring, field staff, and partner capacity building, training, etc.
- Ensure a minimum of 8 monitoring visits on monthly basis to running education projects.
- Supports research and evaluation efforts by drafting ToRs, supporting with consultant hiring and oversight. Provides analysis of Research & Evaluation findings.
- Ensures education projects collect information on the progress towards project outcomes/results, collect information or observations for the variations in these outcomes/results, and draw conclusions/lessons, and take actions to address these conclusions/lessons.
- Provides critical feedback and technical inputs on periodic project reports including baseline, midterm, and final evaluation reports, including annual reports.
- Ensures Quality Benchmarks and monitoring tools for education projects are in place, updated as per required, and effectively used in the education projects.
- Engages in periodic project reviews, including annual Program Learning events.
- Hold self-responsible for staying current on the latest news, innovations, and adaptations in sector.
Mission 4 : Capacity building, Representation, Networking and Advocacy
- Develop the capacity development plan for education staff in HI and partners, and organize capacity development initiatives.
- Works with education project teams and partners to identify technical strengths and weaknesses areas and develops plans to address gaps.
- Ensure strong linkages and coordination amongst line Ministries, strategic partners, external development partners on program related matters.
- Assist P & D section for donor engagement, linkages, and coordination on education initiatives.
- Support P & D section in developing and maintaining an in-depth understanding of the Education sector, including national policies/policy development, key players in government, UN agencies, INGOs and national civil society organizations.
- Actively engage with relevant Education networks and coalitions at the national level and ensures representation at the regional/district level networks as necessary.
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