Education Specialist–
Tanzania Country Office
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Programme
Development and Quality
LOCATION:
Dar-es-Salaam with frequent travel to the field
Apply Before : 17 Sep 2016
GRADE: Grade
3 POST TYPE: National Child Safeguarding:
Level 3 - the
responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular
contact with or access to children or young people
ROLE PURPOSE:
Save the Children is
expanding its activities in the education sector, particularly in early childhood
development and basic (primary) education.
The Education
Specialist will provide strategic and technical leadership in this process.
She/he will assume the overall responsibility for the growth and
development of the education portfolio, including training for staff
implementing in the field and operations research to test new approaches or the
application of approaches in Tanzania.
S/He must bring an
innovative leadership profile with a proven track record in education and a
sound technical background in programme design and delivery.
The postholder should
also have a solid understanding of the public education sector in Tanzania and
some of the current challenges to delivery of quality basic education.
The position is a core
actor in mobilising new resources for our education portfolio.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to:
Director of Programme
Development and Quality
Dimensions:
Save the Children has
been operational in Tanzania (starting in Zanzibar) since 1986.
It is currently
starting a new strategic plan period (2016-2018), with approximately $8 million
projected spend in 2016.
The advocacy work at Save
the Children in Tanzania is a strong component of the Programme Development and
Quality Team, but is implemented through Programme Operations in the field
offices and through projects.
The ”Every Last Child”
campaign in Tanzania focuses on ending child marriage which has not yet
attracted sufficient political action.
The necessary policies,
systems and operational structures required to address child marriage are
largely lacking and accorded low-priority on the national development agenda.
The project funded by
Breakthrough Strategic Investment will support the campaign by piloting a
diagnostic toolkit to identify which children are excluded and what are the
drivers behind their exclusion.
The project will be
designed in consultation with national statistics authorities, local academics
and other organisations working on exclusion and data to engage their expertise
as well as build longer-term relationships with these actors in support of
other activities connected to the campaign.
Staff directly reporting
to this post: to be determined
KEY AREAS OF
ACCOUNTABILITY:
·
Strategic Planning and Programme Development
·
Be fully aware of and actively participate in the development
and review of country strategy and thematic programme plans.
·
Specifically lead the development and implementation of the
Educationstrategy in collaboration with other technical sectors.
·
Build on technical knowledge, personal understanding of
education policy and services in Tanzania, and current/previous programming to
develop projects for funding in close coordination with the programme quality
team (including monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning).
·
Ensure all new programming supports the achievement of Save the
Children strategic and thematic objectives in both development and humanitarian
contexts.
·
Maintain a gender sensitive lens and work towards gender equity
in programmes.
·
All programming must reflect the Government of Tanzania’s
priorities (or influencing updates in policy) and be aligned to building their
capacity to effectively provide education services to all Tanzanians,
particularly adolescent girls and the disabled.
·
Analyse donor priorities and positions on issues related to
education; identifying institutional funding opportunities and
developing/maintaining contacts with potential donors, partners and key
technical agencies. Ensure that new partnerships in this technical area
reflect the programme quality we expect of ourselves.
·
Ensure that programme strategy supports and demonstrates good
practice in child safeguarding and gender mainstreaming.
·
Using a child rights programming lens, ensure that our Education
programming is built around the Theory of Change and aligns with Global
Initiative strategic directions for Education, including Education in
Emergencies (where appropriate).
Advocacy and
Policy Development
·
Be fully aware of national policies, strategies and other
initiatives and developments by the Government of Tanzania and other
stakeholders relating to Education (especially early childhood development and
primary education), and critical intersections with child protection, health
and nutrition, and child poverty.
·
Regularly assess and communicate the implications for Save the
Children’s programme and priorities of any changes in the operating environment
relevant to this theme in close collaboration with the relevant Specialist(s).
·
Help to clearly articulate the Education advocacy messages for
the Tanzania country office.
·
Develop an advocacy plan (with timeline and key outcomes) and
ensure its implementation at national, county and community level, particularly
aligned to ending corporal punishment and elimination of child marriage.
·
Develop policy briefs and position papers when required related
to the Education programme in coordination with the Child Protection, Health
and Nutrition, Child Rights Governance and Senior Campaign and Advocacy
Manager.
·
This may require technical collaboration with other Technical
Specialists within the country office or within the SC Members.
·
Represent and advocate for Save the Children with UN agencies,
donors, Government of Tanzania, NGOs and others at the highest levels in both
verbal and written communications to ensure Save the Children is seen as the
lead international agency in terms of innovation and quality of implementation
that focus on education and child protection issues. Specifically ensure
the following:
·
Participation in regular working groups and technical meetings.
·
Ensure presence at relevant Education partner coordination
meetings, especially with the Government of Tanzania and key donors
·
Advise field teams to ensure adequate field visibility through
attendance at technical meetings at regional and district level.Ensure active
dissemination of programme findings and lessons learned through the production
of high technical quality lessons learned documents and their effective
dissemination to key stakeholders
·
Participate in and contribute to SC Global Initiative activities
for Education, as relevant.
Programme
Quality
·
Monitor and provide timely, relevant, accurate input on overall
technical aspects of Save the Children Education programme work in Tanzania.
·
The position will be required to travel 30-40% of the time to
Save the Children field locations.
·
Liaise with the Programme Operations department to ensure all
Education and other programme staff receive the necessary and appropriate
technical support. In consultation with staff and project managers agree on the
range of advice, support, training and/or other assistance required from you to
facilitate high quality programming and ensure it is delivered in a timely
fashion.
·
This will involve regular visits to Save the Children
operational areas. Assist in the development of tools for project staff
and partners to improve the quality of Education work.
·
Where necessary provide technical training for project staff and
partners as required (e.g. newborn child survival focus, community health
workers, care and support, monitoring tools, programme quality tools, etc.).
·
Where external consultants (local or international) are required
to technically support or monitor and evaluate projects, lead the recruitment
and subsequent management of contracted consultants as per the recruitment
guidelines.
·
Review relevant monitoring reports to donors to ensure that
technical debates are well articulated and reports are of acceptable quality
before submission.
·
Provide support where necessary to improve report writing
skills.
·
Provide input on partner selection and coach partners in
Education programming principles.
·
Analyse and provide feedback on programme implementation to
ensure gender equity and adequate child participation.
·
Monitoring and Evaluation
·
Ensure the development of an M&E framework and key
indicators for nutrition that helps each project improve quality of reporting,
clearly articulate progress and impact of projects, identify issues for
advocacy and new programmes/projects in the future. Participate in the
design of baseline, mid-term and end of project evaluations for Health and
Nutrition programmes, or Education components of multi-sectoral programmes.
Monitor the evaluation process and provide input and clarification as
needed.
·
Review evaluation findings and ensure that lessons and
recommendations are captured in the Lessons Learned database.
·
Regularly review and monitor education programmes for child
safeguarding issues.
·
Take corrective action in modifying programme activities and/or
report incidents.
Other
Participate actively in
PDQ programme meetings, planning and review activities, providing enhanced
insight into Education programming.
Actively participate in
key relevant internal meetings such as Quarterly Programme Review Meetings, BVA
review meetings and Field office meetings as required.
Participate in any Donor
visit to project(s) within the country office portfolio, as required.
Ensure the recruitment and training of health and nutrition
programme staff in technical areas of expertise as appropriate and ensure
availability of appropriate professional development opportunities.
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS
(our Values in Practice)
Accountability:
Holds self-accountable
for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role
modelling Save the Children values
Holds the team and
partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the
freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary
development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when
results are not achieved
Ambition:
Sets ambitious and
challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for
their own personal development and encourages others to do the same Widely
shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates
others Future orientated, thinks strategically
Collaboration:
·
Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team,
colleagues, members and external partners and supporters
·
Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
·
Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to
Creativity:
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Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
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Willing to take disciplined risks
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Integrity:
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Honest, encourages openness and transparency
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Models child safeguarding standards and ensures others in the
agency do as well
QUALIFICATIONS AND
EXPERIENCE
·
Bachelors’ degree or equivalent in education or related field.
·
At least 5 years of professional experience (not limited to
teaching experience alone).
·
Demonstrated experience in designing technical strategies around
education, specifically early childhood development and primary education.
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Experience with early grade reading/literacy and numeracy.
·
Prior experience at a senior level,advising projects of at least
Tshs. 50 million.
·
Technical expertise in education, specifically pre-primary
and/or primary education.
·
Demonstrated experience of developing and managing relationships
and funding from donors such as DFID, USAID, World Bank or other development
partners. Demonstrated experience working with national and/or regional
level government structures to strengthen the capacity of the government to
deliver services.
·
Ability to work with local structures to plan and effectuate
change in behaviour around teacher training, pre-primary and basic education
and community mobilisation.
·
Demonstrated ability to work at a community level.Strong English
communication and interpersonal skills, especially working with multicultural
teams.
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Experience in building personal networks, resulting new
opportunities for the organisation.
·
Experience solving complex issues through analysis, definition
of a clear way forward and ensuring buy-in of others.
·
Commitment to the Save the Children values and willingness to
abide by Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy.
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Ability to read, write and speak in Kiswahili.
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Fluency in English, both verbal and written, required.
DESIRABLE:
·
Exposure to NGO project design and delivery: 3+ years with
education development projects.
·
Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in
an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
·
Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge
existing mind sets
·
Experience of solving complex issues through analysis,
definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in.
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