Education in Emergencies Adviser – Humanitarian Surge Team

About the role
We are currently looking for an Education in Emergencies Adviser to join our team. As an EiE Adviser, you will be responsible for developing and articulating education in emergencies program strategies across all humanitarian contexts – acute first phase responses, protracted crisis and the nexus, in complement to existing local capacity. In close coordination with the program operations team, you will provide technical guidance and oversight in the development, implementation, monitoring and reporting of all education activities, ensuring they are implemented in a high quality, relevant and timely manner.

You will bring to the role experience in working with a large Education team of diverse culture; experience in setting strategic direction of EiE programme in a large and/or complex humanitarian response especially at the onset; and, experience of implementing awards funded by institutional donors with medium to high levels of compliance requirements.

To be successful in the role you will be proficient in at least one of the following languages in addition to English: French, Spanish, or Arabic.

About us
The Global Expertise and Humanitarian Surge Platform (GEHSP) is Save the Children’s global humanitarian surge, technical expertise and new business development deployment management function, operating on behalf of both members and SCI. It is dedicated to identifying, developing and deploying skilled and experienced talent from across the movement to meet the needs of our domestic and international programmes and humanitarian responses. Our vision is to help to improve the quality, timeliness, and effectiveness of our humanitarian responses and programmes; directly contributing to Save the Children’s capability to deliver the best outcomes for children and their families.

Humanitarian Surge Team (HSTs) work alongside country, regional and member teams to support the scale up and management of international and domestic emergency responses, enabling positive change for children. The role of the surge staff varies depending on the needs of the response and could include:

• deploying in the first days or hours following a natural disaster or crisis to lead the first phase of a response to sudden onset emergency;
• supporting ongoing emergency response and recovery work through providing advice, guidance and expertise in a specific skill area;
• providing short term interim cover for country office staff;
• supporting delivery of capacity building initiatives.

For more information about the requirements and role’s scope and purpose, please check the attached Job Description.

We offer a competitive package in the context of the sector. This role can be based anywhere and is offered on the basis of compliance hiring.

How to apply
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers/apply

*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.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.*