Job Details

TITLE:  Education Working Group Coordinator
 

TEAM/PROGRAMME: Programme Development and Quality (PDQ) 
LOCATION: Cairo, Egypt 

GRADE: 3
CONTRACT LENGTH: 12 Months

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: Level 3:  the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for ensuring the implementation of SCI policies.
 

ROLE PURPOSE:The Education Working Group (EWG) in Egypt, which is led by UNHCR and co lead by UNICEF, aims to have a comprehensive and coordinated response to refugees and migrants’ education needs in Egypt. The EWG has recently finalized a new strategy and advocacy plan to address existing barriers to a broader access to sustainable education options and serve all refugee school-aged children and youth in Egypt. The strategy aims to achieve the following objectives.· Enhance EWG coordination and advocacy.· Support the MoETE in providing access to safe, quality public school education for children and youth.· Education members will coordinate their programmes and advocacy efforts to provide appropriate learning opportunities and awareness raising of the educational pathways available to refugee girls and boys.This role will be responsible for enhancing the coordination and operationalizing the EWG strategy and advocacy and work closely with the EWG Co-Chairs and all EWG members to ensure that action plans are developed and appropriately shared with relevant stakeholders.
 

SCOPE OF ROLE:  On behalf of Save the Children and in close coordination with the EWG Co-Chairs and members, the Education Working Group Coordinator will operationalize the EWG strategy and enhance the coordination among its members to achieve the strategy and advocacy objectives.Reports to: Education TAStaff reporting to this post: N/A Budget Responsibilities: N/A Role Dimensions:Role requires frequent and complex interactions with UN agencies, INGOs, government, civil society partners, and liaison with refugee communities in Egypt. This role is meant to strengthen the work of the EWG by enhancing coordination and collaboration among education partners. The role requires excellent leadership and relationships building skills, analytical and conceptual thinking; and ability to work in high pressure environments, with limited supervision. 
 

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:· Participate in EWG meetings.· Ensures the sharing of information by and among EWG members.· Ensures the sharing of information with other thematic working groups.

• Engage with the refugee community and capture their needs and expectations in terms of education and protection.

· Support the compilation and documentation of EWG members interventions and activities.

• Develop and maintain a strong and positive relationship with UNHCR and UNICEF, the EWG Co-Chairs.
• Develop and maintain a strong and positive relationship with all EWG members.

· Support members to fulfil monitoring and reporting requirements and collate, analyse and disseminate results.· Support the facilitation of EWG forums, to proactively engage and support new and existing members, and to represent the EWG as needed.· Identify and share coordination opportunities among EWG Members.

• Enhance inter agency and cross thematic coordination on key approaches and cross thematic areas.
• Develop mechanisms and procedures to expand the inclusive and effective representation of NGOs in the EWG.
• Develop procedures and tools for encouraging participation and representation of local partners in EWG membership and decision-making mechanisms and identifying and addressing their institutional capacity gaps 
• Support the empowerment of local NGOs that provided services to refugee community and identify and address barriers that prevent them from active participation; especially refugee led NGOs.
• Display neutrality and act as the representative of all Education Working Group Members
• Capture and develop EiE approaches in Egypt to better address the needs of the refugee communities.

· Engage with members on discussions around their contribution to overall EWG strategy and advocacy.· Work closely with all members to develop models and action plans for operationalizing the EWG strategy.

• Review existing strategies and plans to identify and discuss linkages and opportunities e.g., with Education Sector Plan, Refugee Joint Platform plans etc…

· Periodically revise and develop overall EWG plans.

• Support the costing and budgeting of proposed action plans and models that lead to operationalization of the EWG strategy.
• Disseminate the EWG strategy and Advocacy with all relevant partners and in close coordination with the EWG members.
• Produce and share progress reports on operationalization of the EWG Strategy.
• Prepares draft letters and requests to MoETE and other partners.
• Represent the EWG in coordination with the Chair and Co-Chair.
• Advocates for EWG strategy and action plans
• Coordinate with other thematic WGs to highlight and address issues of protection, GBV, and inequality.
• Support improving the overall quality of EiE in Egypt to avoid overlap and duplication.
• Ensure that child safeguarding protocols are streamlined across the EWG members.
• Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child safeguarding, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures

BEHAVIOURS (Competencies and Values in Practice) Leading and Inspiring Others (leading and inspiring others, delivering results) Engaging (Networking, communicating with impact, working effectively with others) Thinking (Problem solving and decision making, applying technical and professional expertise) 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 · Demonstrates commitment and accountability to the EWG, partners and affected populations and independence from employing organisation Ambition: · Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves.· Future orientated, thinks strategically and represents EWG ambitious goals to others, engaging and motivating others to contribute to these goals Collaboration: · Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength and makes a specific effort to engage and build the capacity of local partners· Builds and maintains effective relationships with EWG partners and a wide range of stakeholders, from Humanitarian actors, Government counterparts and donors· Approachable, active listenerCreativity: · Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions to EWG identified needs, by identifying individual organizations´ innovations and supporting experience sharing amongst EWG partnersIntegrity: · Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity 
 

QUALIFICATIONS  State what qualifications are required and at what level; you can also state any desired qualifications which should be taken into consideration when shortlisting or evaluating the job) · University degree, preferably a Master’s degree, in a subject area relevant to education, international relations/politics, or humanitarian coordination/management
 

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS Essential: Experience: · At least 5 years progressively responsible work experience with UN, INGO, government and/or NGO, including in a humanitarian context · Significant experience in education in emergency at field and/or policy levels.· Proven experience working with working groups and coordination bodies responsible for planning, strategy development, and humanitarian response.· Experience applying relevant interagency humanitarian frameworks and standards in education in emergencies (for example INEE Minimum Standards)· Previous experience working in education for refugees in EgyptSkills: · Politically and culturally sensitive with excellent interpersonal, communication and diplomatic skills· Solid project management skills related to program development cycle.· Demonstrable ability to work and represent views across different stakeholders taking part in the Education Cluster. · A high level of written and spoken English and Arabic.Knowledge · Knowledge of EiE concepts, issues, innovations· Demonstrable knowledge of Egypt context and political situation
 

Additional job responsibilitiesThe duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience. 
 

Equal Opportunities  The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures. 
 

Child Safeguarding: We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. 
 

Safeguarding our Staff: The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy 
 

Health and Safety The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures. 
 

JD written by: Yasser Hashem, Education Technical Advisor
Date: 6 March 2023

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JD agreed by: PDQ Director (Egypt)
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