Program Officer – Early Childhood Education - Open to Somali Nationals Only
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ROLE DIMENSION
Save the Children operates across all zones in Somalia and currently has three main area offices and additional 11 field offices. Programmatically Somalia is a large Country Office with more than $110million annual budget and staff over 700 staff.
ROLE PURPOSE:
The Program Officer-Early Childhood Education will be responsible for implementing the Early Childhood education interventions of the programme in collaboration with Programme team, stakeholders (Internal/external), partners under the guidance of the technical line manager. The Programme Officer will collaborate with programme assistants and other counterpart officers to ensure integrations and SCI program synergies.
The programme officer will oversee community structures on implementation and delivery to ensure effectively owned and managed programme support system and provide effective and regular professional support to the respective teams from different institutions within the programme targeted areas.
He/she will report on the progress of activities on weekly, monthly and quarterly basis to the line manager
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Jubaland Field Manager
Staff reporting to this post: N/A
Role Dimensions:
Save the Children operates across all zones in Somalia and currently has three main area offices and additional 11 field offices. Programmatically Somalia is a large Country Office with more than $110million annual budget and staff over 700 staff.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree/Diploma in education preferably Early Childhood Education.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- Minimum 2-3 years of Experience with an international NGO/UN/ Local NGO & Government in Somalia in implementing and coordinating humanitarian/development program activities Including Early Childhood Education
- Excellent verbal and written communication and relationship building skills.
- Experience in community mobilization/Education management/ teachers training/case management and relationship techniques,
- Basic knowledge of project planning, implementation, and monitoring.
- Good understanding in local language and culture practises.
- Basic understanding of child right frameworks.
How to apply
Please apply in English saving your CV and cover letter as a single document. To see a full a job description, please visit our website at https://somalia.savethechildren.net/career
Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent.
Application will be closed on 29th December 2024
We need to keep children safe, so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. Employment is subject to our Child protection standards including background checks and adherence to our Child Safeguarding Policy
Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent.
Disclaimer:
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