Comité suédois pour l’Afghanistan recherche un(e) Spécialiste en éducation basé en Afghanistan.
The Education Programme Unit (EPU) is based in Kabul Management Office (KMO) for Programme Development and technical support to the education teams in Regional Management Offices (RMOs) under the guidance of the Director of Programmes. EPU’s mandate includes:
- Strategic oversight of the Education Programme components including programmatic support, process monitoring and technical backstopping; implemented through Project Management Teams (PMT) in five RMOs.
- Strategic Programme Development including evaluation, studies, assessments, and reviews.
- Steering, information sharing and cross-cutting integrations through facilitation and participation in various meetings and trainings.
- Capacity and institutional development of the education staff and major stakeholders of the programme.
- Networking and coordination with Ministry of Education, Ministry of Economy and other actors in education sector at national and international levels.
- Developing of concept notes, project proposals and designing of projects.
Scope of Work
The Senior Education Specialist role mainly focuses on three areas that include a) strategic and technical input to the programme development, and b) planning and reporting and c) Assessments and Evaluations of the programme components.
Under supervision of the Head of Education Programme, to whom s/he reports, the Senior Education Specialist has a central advisory role in designing, strengthening and developing of the Education Programme for ensuring long-term outcomes. S/he guides processes related to policy, strategy, and methodology, provides technical support for result-based planning, monitoring, and reporting and plays focal role in conducting Assessments and Evaluation Studies of the Programme components. The role encompasses strategic work on institution and system levels as well as capacity building of key Programme/Project staffs.
Entry Requirements
Qualifications:
- University degree at master’s level, in education, holding PhD will be a preference.
- At least seven years of relevant work experience in senior positions in large organisations within international development including processes related to programme and project design, policy, strategy, and advocacy.
Essential skills and experience:
- Experience in the Community Based Education, Inclusive Education, and Institutional Development with strong preference in teacher education.
- Experience of mainstreaming human rights and gender equality in programmes and projects
- Experience of working with rights-based approaches and knowledge of participatory methods and tools
- Skilled in results-based planning, reporting and proposals development.
- Experience in programme monitoring, evaluation, accountability, learning and research.
- International experience related to education, working in conflict and/or post conflict country.
- Experience in team building and being a good team player in a cross-cultural context.
- Experience in capacity building of staff
- Analytical, facilitation and presentation skills
- Excellent command of spoken and written English
Desired skills and experience
- Experience of working in Afghanistan
- Familiarity in Afghan culture and local languages (Dari or Pashto).
Application information
- Contract period: 2 years with an initial 6-month probationary period
- Conditions: Non- family posting. SCA offers a competitive salary, free housing, insurance, and other benefits.
- Duties to begin: December 2023
- Last date for application: 18 July 2023