Deadline: 27 May, 202
Location: Kailahun, Sierra Leone
Save the Children International (SCI) has opened applications for the role of Project Officer.
The organisation works to ensure children around the world get health care, food and shelter as well as learning and child protection services.
Responsibilities
- Serve as education officer, ensuring the effective and quality implementation of TPD activities for allocated schools and coaching of teachers in collaboration with the TSC
- Deliver the detailed implementation plan and ensure that high quality standards are met
- Establish relationships with communities, school staff and relevant district education personnel, allowing for capacity-building, and ensuring sustainability for the future scaling of interventions
- Mobilise teachers, identify training needs and work with parents and care-givers to strengthen their ability to support children’s learning
- Work closely with the MEAL officers in the data collection process
- Play a key role at district level in ensuring that SCI is well represented and that SCI is always meeting key project deliverables in a timely manner
- Work outside the normal role profile in order to support the emergency response
Requirements
- Teaching certificate or diploma in Education, Development Studies, or a related field from a recognised institution
- Bachelor’s degree in Education (preferable)
- Two years, minimum, of experience working in the education sector (applicant that hold bachelor’s degree in Education, with less experience, will be considered)
- Some knowledge of child protection, particularly safe programming
- Demonstrable experience working in relatively similar position in an NGO setting
- Significant experience of project management
- Demonstrable experience of monitoring and evaluation and beneficiary accountability
- Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
- Ability to be flexible and make things work
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken, with good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate at all levels
- Strong influencing skills, experience and passion in advocating for children
- Political and cultural sensitivity, with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
- Capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances
- Commitment to the aims and principles of SCI
- Good understanding of the SCI mandate and child focus
To apply and for more information, click here.
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