Education Core competency Coordinator-Sana'a( National Position) - Yemen

Sanaa

Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
Location: Sanaa
Grade: Supervisor
Occupational Groups:
- Education, Learning and Training
- Emergency Aid and Response
- Education / Training
Closing Date: Closed

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, education, emergency food security, legal assistance, and water,sanitation and hygiene sectors.

The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs

The purpose of the Education CC Coordinator position is to implement delegated Core Competency (CC) Education projects portfolio.
The Education CC Coordinator is a national role and expected to travel and support all the project locations in the country such as ( Aden,Lahj, Taiz, Hajjah, Sa'ada)

Job description

Responsible for the overall Education projects management in designated area with the technical dotted line support of the Education CC Specialist. Ensuring activities are in line with Programme Strategy, objectives, proposals & budgets; together with Field Support Coordinator and CC formulate detailed implementation plans, risk management plans, spend plans and project cash forecast. When necessary, flag up anomalies to Area Manager/CC Specialist and develop, implement and monitor corrective action plans.
Direct line management and support to Education Officer, ensuring capacity building is provided to all Area projects staff (.e.g. identification of training needs, development of individual WDP, etc.) .
Provide inputs to the Area strategy, lead on design and needs assessment of the CC component. Together with CC, contribute to the development of new proposals and concept note for the area programme. Continuously assess the context and make recommendations to the AM to adapt the programme and team composition as required by the context.
Ensure adherence to NRC policies and donor requirements; which includes optimal use of resources within allocated projects budget; working with Area SMT to ensure financial, security and reputational risks are kept to a minimum.
Manage the monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning systems and processes, ensuring staff are clear on what is required, that quality is maintained as per agreed standards, lessons learnt are documented and applied for current and future projects.
Conduct regular monitoring visits to project sites to meet the beneficiaries for necessary verification the reported progress.
Provide regular, consistently high quality reports on programme and projects by ensuring that proper monitoring is included in all work.
Ensure a high quality, multi-sectorial integrated approach, working closely with Education CC Specialist to ensure that NRC reaches minimum technical standards, with a focus on quality and accountability, maximizing opportunities to achieve impact.
Lead and ensure the mainstreaming of cross cutting issue (.e.g. gender issues, protection, right based approach, advocacy etc.) across the different area projects .
As and when requested, represent NRC in external forums, ensuring the NRC profile is positively maintained as per NRC values, objectives, strategy and advocacy plan. This includes proactively representing in cluster coordination meetings and maintaining contact with relevant local authorities, UN and other agencies; ensuring that NRCs mandate, vision, approach an activity is understood and accepted.

Qualifications

Relevant university degree or masters in Education or other related social sciences.

Education level

College / University, Master / Phd grade

Personal qualities

At least 3 years’ experience in planning, coordination and management of Education programme with international NGOs in humanitarian setting; particularly in primary education & youth enterprise projects. Experience of cash and voucher as well as protection is added bonus
A proven record of effective and complex management including managing project cycle management and staff. This includes excellent people management skills, with a good understanding of programme cycle, team development and proven financial management skills.
Experience in emergency response and scale up programming.