Education Program Manager - Bekaa

ROLE PURPOSE: The Education Programme manager will be responsible for ensuring that Education programming is implemented in a timely and qualitative way. The Education Programme manager is expected to lead on sectorial needs assessments and in education programmes implementation including recruitment and management of staff, monitoring of program activities, financial and procurement follow up in coordination with the relevant departments. SCOPE OF ROLE: Reports to: Deputy Area Manager Bekaa Staff directly reporting to this post: Education Coordinator KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: To ensure the implementation of  the emergency Education response in area of implementation in conjunction with the Education advisor (Beirut) plan and lead Education team on further assessments in the field and to ensure the quality of the Education response in accordance with international standards and country strategy Human Resources: work with and support human resources in the process of recruiting Education staff for field positions To ensure implementation of Education activities in the field and regularly update the Deputy Field Manager, Field Manager, Technical Advisors and operations on the Education situation and as well as the progress with Save the Children’s response; Proposals: in collaboration with the Field Managers/Deputy Field Managers and field Education staff, lead the technical development of Education related concept papers and proposals at field level and ensure that field gap analysis is inputting into development of concepts papers and proposals Reporting: produce Education situation reports; utilised to ensure support to schools are focussing on main needs Reporting: working with the Education Advisor to ensure the on time inputs into donor reports and contribute with case studies and stories from field level Monitoring and evaluation accountability and learning (MEAL): in collaboration with Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, ensure monitoring and evaluation plans are well understood by field team and collected in a timely manner, including feedback mechanisms to track progress ensuring high quality on-going M&E and accountability to beneficiaries in all Education activities Capacity building / technical support: in collaboration with the Education Advisor provide capacity building and technical support to Education staff, partners and government authorities as required. Ensure on the job training of teachers in supported schools. Coordination: At field level represent Save the Children at Education coordination and technical working group meetings, and other relevant forums. To meet regularly and liaise closely with relevant authorities and organisations working in the field of Education. Integration: strengthen and maintain the links between Education and other sectors, ensuring that joined up working in communities is actively promoted and take an active role in integrating emergency responses including assessments and project design Liaise with finance, logistics, and administration to guarantee the smooth running of programmes.  Assist Field Managers and Deputy Field Managers with the review of BvAs for education activities. In case of worsening in humanitarian situation, lead SC Education response team at the field level. Policy / Advocacy: Be aware of SCI policy and advocacy issues; Report if there are any education issues at field level that require advocacy, e.g. user fees Save the Children: Comply with Save the Children health, safety and security procedures; child safeguarding policy; code of conduct and  other relevant policies QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE AND ATTRIBUTES Minimum of 5 years of working with an NGO in emergency education Education to BSc/BA/BEng level in Education, Social Work, Human rights Law, International Relations, Development Studies or equivalent field experience. Experience in designing, managing, monitoring and evaluating education programmes in emergency, transition and development contexts. Ability to identify the main gaps in education in the given context to inform a holistic response for children. Knowledge of established inter-agency standards and guidelines in education, such as Minimum Standards for education in emergency. Familiar with humanitarian sector, donors, technical aspects of humanitarian Education, Sphere standards, distributions and Humanitarian principles. Familiar with liaising with NGO’s and UN bodies. Experience of staff training and capacity building of organisational staff and partner staff (MoE) Flexible, adaptable, ability to improvise Results orientated Familiarity with SPHERE standards guidelines and other humanitarian standards Ideally fluency in written and spoken Arabic Strength in interpersonal communication and presentation skills