Education Technical Advisor (Ukraine Nationals Only) – Maternity Cover

Save the Children International

Save the Children International is a leading global humanitarian organization that has been protecting childrens rights worldwide for over 100 years. We operate in more than 100 countries responding to emergencies implementing innovative development programs and advocating for childrens rights on a global scale.

Our work in Ukraine began in 2014. Since then we have significantly expanded our presence providing support to children and families affected by war. Our key areas of focus include education child protection food security social support and advocacy to drive lasting change in childrens lives.

ROLE PURPOSE:

The national Education Technical Advisor (TA) is responsible for ensuring that all Save the Children (SCI) interventions related to education are of a high technical quality meet national and international standards and are fully aligned with Save the Childrens 2025-2027 Country Strategic Plan for Ukraine. The national Education Technical Advisor supports SCIs Education in Emergencies (EiE) programming in Ukraine and prepares and pre-positions SCI for nexus recovery and development education programming. SCIs education response focuses on improving education access and quality and strengthening education systems within Ukraine and activities currently include:

• School and kindergarten rehabilitation
• SCIs Safe Schools Common Approach
• Catch-up and remedial programming;
• Teacher wellbeing and professional development;
• Mobile learning and wellbeing support;
• Mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) for children and teachers
• Provision of learning and recreational materials (including to children with special educational needs).

SCI co-chairs the Education in Emergencies Thematic Working Group (EiE TWG) within the Education Sector Working Group (ESWG) alongside the Ministry of Education and Science (MoES) and the national NGO Teach for Ukraine and represents SCI as co-lead agency for the education sector alongside UNICEF at the Inter-Cluster Coordination Group (ICCG). As such SCI plays a key role at sector level including supporting MoES ensuring a coordinated response in Ukraine and actively contributing to the professional development of the sector.

The national Education Technical Advisor supports SCI implementing teams and local partners to deliver quality education programming that responds to the needs of children (including adolescents and youth) parents teachers and schools while also adapting and responding to changes and challenges that arise in the Ukraine collaboration with international Education TA the national Education Technical Advisor ensures that education interventions are in line with relevant quality standards and procedures international guidelines and national ministerial priorities and approaches and agreed best practices and contextualizes educational approaches for implementation in Ukraine when needed. The national Education Technical Advisor maintains close working relationships with other TAs to integrate programming effectively to meet the holistic needs of children and families and builds internal and external capacities on a variety of education topics including those related to inclusion adolescents and youth and others. With guidance from international Education TA the national Education TA contributes to project and proposal development and also plays a critical role in networking and relationship building with key internal and external stakeholders including the MoES.

This position demands a highly motivated detail-oriented individual able to solve challenges and communicate effectively in a rapidly changing context that spans the humanitarian-development nexus.

Please note: This is a maternity cover role for minimum six months open to national candidates only with an expected start date of mid-September.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
In collaboration with the international Education Technical Advisor provide technical leadership on SCI Ukraines Education programming and practice:

Strategic planning and reporting

• Provide strategic input to Save the Childrens education work in Ukraine.
• Contribute to the development of education technical strategies in line with SCI Ukraines strategic priorities and SCI global education objectives and approaches.
• Contribute to review of 2025-2027 Country Strategic Plan and reporting on the education-related strategic goal working closely with the MEAL team and the other TAs.
• Maintain strong knowledge of the country context in education including MoES and other governmental policies practices and standards; ensure adherence and contribution of SCI education interventions to MoES priorities and approaches.

Program development and donor reporting

• Contribute to technical development of education concept notes and technical proposals ensuring that project design and proposal development processes are evidence-based and utilize participatory approaches.
• Ensure that technical proposals are aligned with SCIs Country Strategic Plan and global priorities and reflect the needs of children teachers and families in Ukraine.
• Ensure that education technical proposals consistently and effectively integrate other thematic areas (such as child protection adolescents and youth MHPSS and others); in particular facilitate mainstreaming of gender inclusion and resilience throughout all aspects of education technical proposals (narrative logical framework etc.).
• Explore innovative solutions and approaches to design competitive effective high-quality education programs in Ukraines rapidly changing context.
• Contribute to donor reporting for SCIs education programs ensuring high-quality timely and compliant reporting that reflects program impact challenges and learning.
• Coordinate effectively with Area Office teams to collect and validate necessary information for donor reporting ensuring accuracy and coherence in program updates.

Support to program implementation

• Support the Education Operations Teams in SCIs Area Offices to implement high-quality education projects.
• Participate in the development of operational plans for education.
• Support the Education Operations Teams in Area Offices to deliver activities to the highest standards identify areas for improvement and assess capacity building needs.
• Conduct monitoring visits in collaboration with the Education Operation and MEAL Teams to assess quality of implementation both for directly-delivered and partners delivered projects.
• Work in close cooperation with Partnership team to assess identify and support implementing and strategic partners in Education.

Program quality technical expertise knowledge management innovation

• Continuously explore and synthesize information on education needs barriers issues and constraints.
• Support implementation of Save the Childrens Common Approaches where relevant with a focus on Safe Schools.
• Ensure that education programs are of high quality with reliable data and outcomes in collaboration with the MEAL team.
• Contribute to development of terms of reference (ToRs) and data collection tools for education-related assessments and research.
• Strengthen program learning and documentation on education in collaboration with the MEAL team.

Capacity building

• Build the capacity of Save the Children education program staff partners staff stakeholders and others as relevant in line with program priorities.
• Develop education-specific training packages conduct workshops trainings and other learning events for Save the Children project teams partners and other stakeholders.
• Provide direct technical support to partners implementing education activities.
• Participate in global learning and capacity building events and cascade learning to the team as appropriate.

Advocacy and representation

• Contribute to external representation in education in Ukraine and abroad networking and relationship building with key stakeholders.
• Help establish maintain and improve active and regular working relationships with government authorities donors partners and local and international NGOs related to education inclusion and adolescents and youth.
• Engage with education expertise available within the organization globally including members communities of practice and networks to be well aware of thematic updates best practices project models etc.

Adolescent and youth technical focal

• Develop and negotiate youth and adolescent inputs into strategic documentation policies and guidance (including integration and mainstreaming into other sectors).
• Provide technical inputs on adolescents and youth throughout project design processes ensuring high quality technical approaches.
• Explore innovative opportunities and trends which could be applied in adolescent and youth programming and support the response to pilot and document new or updated tools and guidance especially with a focus on gender disability and resilience.
• Mentor and build capacity of SCI and partner staff on priority areas of adolescents and youth programming.

General

• 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.
• Perform other responsibilities as agreed with line management.

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice):

1. Accountability: Holds self and team accountable for decisions resource management and delivering results in line with Save the Children values
2. Ambition: Sets ambitious goals for self and team takes ownership of personal development and thinks strategically about the education response
3. Collaboration: Builds effective relationships with colleagues partners and external stakeholders; values diverse perspectives as a source of strength
4. Creativity: Develops and encourages innovative disciplined approaches to programming challenges
5. Integrity: Acts with honesty and transparency and always in the best interests of children

Behavioural competencies:

1. Leading and inspiring others: Demonstrates leadership in own work embodies SCI values and motivates colleagues and partners to achieve goals for children. Level required: Accomplished
2. Delivering results: Takes personal responsibility for delivering agreed goals for children continually improving own performance. Level required: Accomplished
3. Developing self and others: Invests time and energy in own development and in building the capacity of partners and colleagues. Level required:Leading edge
4. Applying technical and professional expertise: Applies required technical and professional expertise to a high standard promoting best practice within the team. Level required: Accomplished
5. Problem solving and decision making: Takes effective timely decisions by gathering and evaluating relevant information. Level required: Accomplished
6. Innovating and adapting: Adapts and applies innovative solutions to succeed in changing and uncertain working environments. Level required: Skilled
7. Working effectively with others: Works collaboratively to achieve shared goals and thrives on diversity of people and perspectives. Level required:Leading edge
8. Communicating with impact: Communicates clearly and confidently to engage colleagues and stakeholders ensuring timely and appropriate messages. Level required: Accomplished
9. Networking: Builds and uses relationships and networks to support the work of Save the Children. Level required: Skilled

Technical competencies:

Education in emergencies:Recognizesthe impact of hazards disasters and emergencies on childrens wellbeing and learning as well as the protective nature of education. Promotes safe and quality educationcontinuity in complex contexts and engages in coordination of humanitarian aid efforts and transition from humanitarian programming to longer-term development programming andvice required: Accomplished

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

Essential

• Bachelors degree in education social workor related discipline.
• Minimum offiveyears relevant work experience ineducation or related fieldwith a strong technical understanding of the sector includingeducation in emergencies (EiE).
• Fluency in written and spoken Englishand Ukrainian.
• Experience working for an NGO or other humanitarian or developmentorganizationsin Ukraine.
• Experience coordinating with local or national authorities ( Ministry of Youth Ministry ofSoicalPolicy and other governmental and local authorities) INGOs and NGOs.
• Excellent project management skills including planningbudgetingcoordination evaluation and reporting with the ability tomanagea workload comprised of complex diverse tasks and responsibilities.
• Experience developingprojectproposals and familiarity with key project design tools ( treeslogical frameworks SMART indicators etc.).
• Ability to identifyeducation-related needs andgaps in a given context(humanitarian/development)to inform a holisticeducationresponse for children.
• Experience in building relationships fostering interagency coordination and representing anorganizationto external stakeholders.
• Experience in designing and facilitating trainingsand capacity building.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Commitment to upholding Save the Childrens Child Safeguarding Policy as well as principles of do no harm and confidentiality.
• Understanding of and commitment to SCI aims values and principlesincluding rights-based approaches.

Desirable

• In-depthknowledge ofone or more specific technical areassuch asadolescents &youthearly childhood education (ECE) inclusionremedialor accelerated educationorteacherprofessionaldevelopment.
• Masters degree in education public policy social work or related discipline.

Please note: This is a maternity cover role for minimum six months open to national candidates only with an expected start date of mid-September.

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.

Save the Children is committed to create a truly inclusive effective and representative organizational culture encouraging equity and diversity among its employees and eliminating discrimination. Having a diverse profile of employees different age groups backgrounds cultures gender identities and expressions sexual orientation etc. including a range of different experiences and capabilities helps us understand represent and serve children better. Therefore all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation disability or age.

Child Safeguarding Policy:

We are committed to ensuring childrens safety. Our recruitment process includes strict background checks and reflects our commitment to protecting children from harm.

Safeguarding our Staff:

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Safeguarding Code of Conduct and other policies.

Health and Safety:

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

Application Information:

If you are interested in this position please submit your CV and cover letter in English and include details of your salary expectation and English proficiency.

We need to keep children and their families safe so our selection process which includes rigorous background checks reflects our commitment to the safeguarding of children from abuse.

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