Education in Emergency Coordinator 

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SOS Children’s Villages works with children’s and youth. Any applicant he/she should act in a way that safeguards children and youth from all forms of discrimination, abuse, mistreatment and neglect, and will keep data about the children and youth in SOS Children’s Villages programmes confidential. He/she will report all concerns regarding actual or potential child abuse, mistreatment or any other violation of the Child Protection Policy according to our reporting and responding system. For sure, He/she would be protected and supported by the organization.

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SOS Children’s Villages, has a zero tolerance to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of beneficiaries.  Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) is everyone’s responsibility and all staff are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct, that enshrines principles of PSEA, at all times (both during work hours and outside work hours).  Familiarization with, and adherence to, the Code of Conduct is an essential requirement of all staff, in addition to related mandatory training.  All staff must ensure that they understand and act in accordance with this clause. 

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SOS Children’s Villages Palestine is searching for:

Position Title: Education in Emergency Coordinator

Working Location: Gaza

Contract Type: Limited Contract

Mission of the position:

The Education in Emergency Coordinator has the leadership & management role for all educational heads in the programme location, and responsible to coordinate the activities for the Education In Emergency component within the current Humanitarian Appeal (HA) response plan.

Main clients:

·       Children’s Village teams

• Emergency teams
• Education in Emergency team

Key performance areas and main responsibilities:

Leading the development and implementation of educational programmes       

The Education in Emergency coordinator

·       develops with the support of his/her team, the location’s education contribution to the National Strategic and HA Plans, in line with timeline and donor requirements including monitoring and reporting (both narrative progress reporting and financial reporting)

• Ensure children participate in project design, implementation and monitoring
• leads the development, implementation, reporting, review and monitoring of a programme location’s educational work plan for the project to meet the National Strategy and priorities.
• manages/controls the preparation, monitoring and reporting of education budgets in the programme location.
• supports the implementation of defined policies and guidelines in the location.

·       Initiate and coordinate project activities in coordination and liaison with Programme staff in the Gaza Strip;

·       Match and align project activities according to agreement with donor and in liaison with Ministry of Education, Education cluster and civil society actors in the field that will support in the implementation of the project;

·       Assisst the Emergency Projects Manager in maintain Ministry of Education, Education Cluster and  civil society actors involved in the project and create an actors network.

·       Liaise and represent the Emergency Projects manager with internal and external stakeholders and participate in stakeholder meetings and forums;

·       Follow up the implementation of memorandum of undrestandings with partners.

• Oversee implementation of planned education activities
• Identify suitable community-based activities that provide a safe, child-friendly environment for children in programme locations
• Work with communities to establish safe settings for group activities and recreation for children in programme locations
• Work closely with the SOS CV programme team and other departments to develop applicable education materials on health education, safety and child protection, environmental protection and child rights messages, or other selected subjects
• Work with teachers, children and parents to identify and help children who are particularly badly affected, or those thought to be at particular risk
• Document and evaluate experiences and lessons learned for purposes of institutional learning and national/regional networking

Supporting the development of education co-workers

The Education in Emergency coordinator

·       leads, manages and supports all educational facility heads and all SOS Camp educators.

·       promotes strong collaboration among all education facilities and co-workers to encourage effective communication.

·       adopts the HRM cycle and implements all processes (e.g. recruitment, orientation, performance management, grievance and discipline, retirement etc.).

·       provides management support, guidance and leadership to all educational facility heads and all SOS camp educators, motivating them to work as one educational team.

·       Review training needs of staff, teachers and others involved in education

·       Work with education staff to design training content and ensure appropriate training occurs

Resource management

·       Arrange for procurement of supplies needed for use in education activities

·       Ensure that the mechanisms for monitoring the use of SOS CV resources and education supplies are in place

·       Maintain responsibility, in collaboration with finance staff, for day-to-day financial aspects of the education component

Representing the programme location on educational aspects

The Education in Emergency coordinator

·       is the lead external contact and partner for the programme location in relation to education programmes.

·       is a source of information for internal and external stakeholders.

·       promotes child rights and the work of SOS Children’s Villages’ education programmes within the local community and through networking with partner organisations

·       supports/promotes relevant fundraising initiatives with the support of the Emergency Projects Manager, Programme Director and National Fundraising team

·       establishes and maintains regular contact with relevant government departments, service providers, local community groups and individuals to establish and maintain good relationships/partnerships.

·       Initiate outreach to the emergency-affected population to identify education needs and possible programme interventions

·       Assist in building contacts with government representatives and local NGOs active in education.

·       Liaise with the ministry of education or other appropriate authorities with regards to operations, planning, co-ordination and information sharing for this intervention

·       Provide the Emergency Projects Coordinators with monthly activity reports, with additional reports scheduled as required by superiors and donors. 

Child Safeguarding (CS)

• Responsible within own area of work to raise awareness of the SOS Child Protection Policy principles and to prevent and protect children from all forms of abuse, abandonment, exploitation, violence and discrimination
• Responsible to report any CS suspicion, concern, allegation or incident immediately, following Child Safeguarding reporting procedures. CS reports should be made to the IOR CS focal person and/or to the respective line manager  

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Key skills and qualifications for the position:

     Must Criteria

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in education or closely related field.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in education programmes among which minimum 2 years in an emergency response or recovery context
• Proficiency in local language and English  
• Good proficiency in the use of MS Office, Email and other computer applications 

    Competencies – knowledge, skills, abilities

• Preferably teaching or administrative experience in the country of operations
• Proven competence in using participatory/interactive methods of teaching and of working with children in difficult circumstances.
• Experience in production of teaching & learning materials and providing capacity building and on the job training/mentoring
• Experience in establishing strong and effective working relationships with colleagues from different backgrounds and culture
• Ability to represent SOS CV and its work in external meetings
• Flexibility, excellent organization and improvisational skills
• Ability to set priorities, maintain positive attitude and take decisions
• Ability to work under pressure and handle stress
• Politically and culturally sensitive, awareness of gender issues, with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
• Proven experience in project monitoring and evaluation as well as reporting in alignment with international and donor requirements
• Very good analytical skills and knowledge management

    Preferred additional criteria

• Willingness to potentially work in a volatile security environment  
• Willingness and ability to frequently travel to field locations
• Local knowledge in terms of culture, economic and social trends is an asset

Interested candidates must send their Cover Letter including related job achievements, CV, and three traceable references, to:

                                      [email protected] by Sunday 05/01/2025

 Indicating in the subject line:  Education in Emergency Coordinator- “Name of the applicant”, Otherwise will not be considered. These posts are open for internal and external candidates. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Applications after deadline will be excluded. Applications not conforming to the conditions will not be considered.