Education Coordinator Aswan

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people eitherfrequently (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 implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Education Coordinator is responsible for the overall coordination and implementation of educational programs in Aswan. This role involves working closely with various stakeholders including schools teachers and community members to ensure that educational initiatives are delivered effectively and achieve their intended outcomes. This educational activity will aim to promote and facilitate access to quality and safe educational opportunities for the children from refugees communities in Aswan. The Education Coordinator will also oversee the monitoring and evaluation of programs ensuring continuous improvement and adherence to best practices.

The project is funded from the Swiss Development Corporation (SDC) and will be based in Aswan. The project duration is one year from January 2026 to December 2026. The project will be targeting Sudanese community in Aswan based in Aswan field office and the team will be working and based across 3 friendly scpaces in areas with high Sudanese concentration as Karkar and Nasr Elnuba working on multisectors:

- Child Protection: case management for children exposed to protection risks besides providing emergency cash and protection for cash. It will also include mentorship program for children especially the unacompanied and separated children. Additionally there will be capacity building for community leaders and teachers on CP and safeguarding. Furthermore there will be awareness raising for children on their rights besides awareness for their parents as well.

- MHPSS: providing groups and individual mental health and psychosocial support to the children in groups and also individually according the care plan of each child. There will be also positive parenting groups conducted for the parents. Moreover there will be community events held to enhance their wellbeing and integration.

- Education: it will include renovation for community learning centers of Sudanese community beside training to the teachers on the main technical and socio-emotional mechanisms. The project will provide education grants as well for the children enrolled in these centers. There will be also programs provided to the children who dropped out to enable them to return back to school and other program for children who have weak literacy skills.

- Livelihood: the component will have two tracks; wage employment and self employment. The 1^st track will include capacity building for the beneficiaries followed by matching to employment opportunity. Beneficiaries will be supported by cash assistance and apprenticeship for 3 months. The 2^nd track will be self employment starting with capacity building for the beneficiaries then provision of seed fund to start their business. Beneficiaries will have at least 3 month of coaching and monitoring. Vocational training will be also provided based on need.

- Cash Assistance: the project will provide multipurpose cash assistance for vulnerable families besides winteriation assistance as well. There will be also awareness raising on money management for those receiving the cash assistance.

- Health: will include emergency nutrition screening and rapid nutritional support provided to newly arrived crisis-affected children and women. Additionally there will be support to the public health system by training provision to staff and providing medical supplies. There will be also trainings for mental health and GBV-related service providers in Aswan. The project will support the establishment of health service points within the community to provide health care services as check up and also providing cash for health.

Gender will be mainstreamed across all sectors with focus on gender equality in awareness sessions girls empowerement and health and protection support for GBV cases

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Education Officer

Staff reporting to this post: No

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY Project Implementation

Support in planning implementing reporting and documenting the educational activities of the project i.e CUCs and solutions in education especially Literacy Boost Numeracy Boost Enabling Teachers and leadership/ MHPSS programs.

Coordinate assessment activities to assess children needs and abilities to support in designing a tailored content that meet their educational needs.

Follow up on the day-to-day operation to ensure the delivery of quality educational classes and activities including financial and non-financial support i.e distributing transportation allowances and school meals.

Coordinate activities with CLCs and relevant stakeholders to provide safe inclusive and enabling learning environments.

Conduct regular observation and monitoring visits to the educational activities using relevant assessment tools.

Assist in providing coaching and technical support to build the capacities of Education Facilitators and CLCs staff to provide quality teaching.

Maintain the education components comprehensive database of the related educational activities.

Ensure participation of all children in their education and support the establishment of child safeguarding and accountability mechanisms inside the learning centers.

Coordinate activities with children and parents to support children with disabilities having access to education.

Ensure that projects activities are implemented in line with SCIs policies and procedures and adhering to donor requirements and guidelines.

Reporting and documentation

Draft monthly and regular field reports to the education officer.

Document the educational activities operational work processes and success stories.

Regularly update the project officer with progress obstacles and developments.

General:

Demonstrate good example in relation to Save the Children policies and practice with respect to the safeguarding code of conduct health and safety equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to safeguarding policy code of conduct health and safety equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

holds self-accountable for making decisions managing resources efficiently achieving and role modeling 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 their team to do the same

widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children engages and motivates others

future-orientated thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

builds and maintains effective relationships with their team colleagues Members and external partners and supporters

value diversity and sees it as a source of competitive strength

approachable good listener easy to talk to.

Creativity:

develops and encourages new and innovative solutions

willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity: honest encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates the highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelors degree in education Social Sciences Development Studies or a related field.

Minimum of 2 years of successful experience in project implementation in the development/humanitarian field with a reputable NGO in Egypt preferably in the education field.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Highly familiar with the refugees and migrants context in Egypt is a must.

Previous experience in the education field is required.

Proven knowledge and skills in education activities planning implementation monitoring and evaluation.

Proven successful experience in team management.

Highly developed interpersonal communication writing and organizational skills.

Good training and facilitation skills.

Strong networking leadership and problem-solving skills.

Fluency in Arabic (spoken and written).

Good command of the English language (spoken and written) Very good at using the internet MS Office Email and spreadsheets.

Commitment to Save the Children values and Child Safeguarding policy.

Preferably

Experience in working with UASC youth and adolescents.

Experience in implementing similar educational interventions to the targeted group.

Experience with using technology in education.

Additional job responsibilities

The 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.