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How can you make a difference?
The Education Specialist (Emergencies) is a critical role within the Programme Delivery and Quality Team supporting the Chief of Education to oversee ECW's portfolio of country investments and alignment with ECW's strategic approach, programme priorities and standardised programme delivery, and quality assurance approaches. The postholder will ensure the effective design, implementation, and strategic oversight of ECW's country-level investments. This role ensures coherence across ECW's country portfolios, governance processes, and technical operations, while driving excellence in programme design, implementation, and monitoring. The Education Specialist serves as a key member of the Programme Delivery and Quality Team, working closely with the chief of education to ensure effective running of the team, and contributes to ECW's mission to deliver quality education in emergencies and protracted crises.
Key functions, accountabilities and related duties/tasks:
* Portfolio Oversight & Strategic Alignment
* Portfolio management, Programme Design & Coherence
* Lead on Quality Assurance framework and process
* Country Engagement Programming monitoring for quality learning
* Governance and Coordination at Programme Level
* External Representation, Sector leadership and partnerships
If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: JD - Education Specialist (Emergencies), P-4, 00137696.PDF (https://secure.dc7.pageuppeople.com/apply/TransferRichTextFile.ashx?sData=UFUtVjMtGGGSxyPdOg_L-sBQLERv_C80r0GheTWCkxqivCH658sn2CnRM0Sf_9YVodkh3nu9cgIkUq54QtbtzSbSu03av5THRIPpkyBKLFtJgmp7IZPmGqedX82GpFamwqz7syRDAktg9toyr-QqV_PIteKoNA~~)
To qualify as a champion for every child you will have…
Minimum requirements
* Education: Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in Education, International Development, or other related fields.
* Work Experience: Minimum eight (8) years of progressive professional experience in Education in Emergencies and Protracted Crises (EiEPC).
- Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, managing and/or evaluating education programmes in humanitarian, conflict-affected, displacement, fragile-state, or post-crisis settings.
- Strong technical expertise across the humanitarian-development nexus, including crisis preparedness, emergency response, resilience building, and learning outcomes.
- Demonstrated field-level responsibility for education programme implementation and management (not solely headquarters-based advisory experience).
- Experience working in and/or managing education portfolios in at least five ECW-supported countries, preferably across East Africa and/or the Middle East and in crisis-affected contexts.
- Proven ability to manage country portfolios, work with implementing partners and governments, and navigate complex operational environments.
- Significant experience overseeing multi-country education portfolios and/or large-scale donor-funded education investments.
- Demonstrated responsibility for the full grant lifecycle, including programme design, quality assurance, monitoring, reporting, governance reviews, and donor compliance.
- Proven experience coordinating complex stakeholder structures, technical review processes, and quality assurance mechanisms.
- Demonstrated experience representing organisations with governments, donors, UN agencies, implementing partners, and global education coordination platforms.
* Skills:
- Strong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Leadership and Change Management.
- Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL/MEL).
- External Representation and Advocacy.
- Cross-Sectoral Collaboration.
- Experience working in complex humanitarian and crisis-affected contexts.
* Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.
Desirables
* Language: Professional working proficiency in Arabic and/or French strongly preferred. Knowledge of another official UN language (Chinese, Russian, or Spanish) or a local language is considered an asset.
* Experience in MEAL systems and programme quality assurance.
* Experience leading or supporting change management and organizational adaptation initiatives.
* Experience in stakeholder representation, including engagement with governments, donors, UN agencies, and global education coordination platforms.
* Experience providing education programme leadership in humanitarian and development contexts.
* Relevant humanitarian field experience, particularly in crisis-affected, displacement, fragile-state, or post-crisis settings.
* Experience with inter-agency coordination and multi-stakeholder partnership mechanisms.
* Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings, and humanitarian contexts.
For complete job description and to apply, visit:
https://jobs.unicef.org/en-us/job/594408/education-specialist-emergencies-p4-ta-364-days-00137696-education-cannot-wait-ecw-unicef-hosted-fund-geneva-switzerland
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