Senior Humanitarian Education Advisor (SCI)

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Summary

Save the Children is a leading international organization dedicated to improving the lives of children around the world. As part of our commitment to humanitarian education, we are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to fill the role of Senior Humanitarian Education Advisor. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in providing technical leadership, driving fundraising efforts, contributing to program delivery, fostering innovation and research, and ensuring effective coordination both internally and externally.

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

The position will contribute to thought leadership and strategic partnerships around humanitarian education including strategy development, evidence generation and dissemination, quality program design and development and testing of technical tools and products that can be used in the field improving the operation systems, internal and external capacity building, research on humanitarian education and strengthen integration of holistic child centered programming.

As part of Save the children’s Centre Humanitarian Education Team (CHET), this position will enable Regional and country offices to deliver better programming impact for most vulnerable and hard to reach children including children on the move, refugee children many of which are found in crises and natural disaster affected countries or in fragile contexts.

Technical Leadership on Humanitarian Education (50%):

• Provide thought leadership on humanitarian education issues, including in-depth knowledge of current trends, best practices, and emerging challenges. Consequently, provide strategic direction and technical expertise in humanitarian education, ensuring alignment with Save the Children's mission and values.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of a strategic plan for humanitarian education within Save the Children, aligning with the organization's global strategy and objectives.
• Lead the development and implementation of high-quality education technical guidance, standards and tools based on best practices and evidence for quality programming in fragile settings.
• Stay abreast of global trends, best practices, and innovations in humanitarian education and integrate them into Save the Children's approach.
• Provide technical expertise and mentorship to Save the Children staff working on humanitarian education programs around the world.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with external organizations, donors, and academic institutions to enhance Save the Children's position as a thought leader in humanitarian education.
• Lead on key thematic workstreams in CHET’s priorities including Anticipatory Action and preparedness, Rapid integrated Response, Capacity strengthening, quality teaching and learning, education coordination systems, ALP and measuring holistic learning.
• Support and ensure that Save the Children’s Humanitarian Plans (SCHPs) are fit for purpose, articulate children’s learning and wellbeing needs with a clear theory of change to ensure learning continuity and achieve quality learning for all children especially the most vulnerable and marginalised groups.

Fundraising and Program Delivery (20%):

• Work closely with fundraising teams to drive fundraising efforts by identifying funding opportunities, preparing compelling proposals, and engaging with donors to secure financial support for humanitarian education initiatives for key humanitarian donors including BPRM, ECHO, ECW
• Develop and manage a portfolio of humanitarian education programs, ensuring alignment with Save the Children's global strategy and objectives.
• Provide technical support to select country offices in implementing humanitarian education programs. Oversee the monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian education programs, ensuring that they are achieving their intended outcomes.
• Collaborate with program teams to ensure effective and efficient delivery of education programs, adhering to established standards and guidelines.
• Monitor and evaluate program impact, making recommendations for continuous improvement and ensuring accountability to donors and beneficiaries.

Innovation, Research, Evidence, and Learning (20%):