Who we are
SOS Children’s Villages Ethiopia is an International Non-governmental organization and a member of SOS Children’s Villages International Federation. We started our humanitarian work in Ethiopia with the opening of our first Village in Mekelle, Northern part of Ethiopia in 1974. Since then, we have expanded our programs to different regions where there are significant needs for intervention and where we believe we can work in partnership with all relevant actors to bring sustainable positive outcomes for children’s and young people.
Today, we have grown significantly to meet the persistent challenges that confront Ethiopian children who have lost parental care and those that are at risk of losing their parental care. Working in close collaboration with international donors, local government and community based organizations across seven program locations; we aspire that every child grows up with love, respect and security.
What we provide?
An amazing work environment that promotes personal growth through providing professional space to grow and advance your career!
Your role?
Under the supervision of the Project coordinator, the Education officer will be responsible for empowering children, women and youth, with a particular focus on the Welfare of most vulnerable children.
The Education officer will act as the focal point for the education sector in the area of operation, provide leadership for the project team regarding education strategic directions. The incumbent will liaise with partners to assess the education context, identify and address gaps, to develop annual implementation plans and to monitor the Programme and assess impact.
The position holder will develop innovative education approaches for emerging needs, including attention to special needs, girls, and pre-school education etc activities and will foster and ensure inter-sectoral linkages with child protection, gender, livelihoods and health, among others.
The incumbent is required to carry out his/her duties following the SOS CV Safeguarding policies and regulations, the Code of Conduct, the values-based competency frame “Living our Values” and any further international and local regulation that influences safeguarding at SOS CV.’
PRIORITY TASK AND RESPONSIBILITY
PROJECT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
- Support on developing detailed implementation plans and budget for the intervention areas, ensuring alignment with the project goals and timelines.
- Implement all projects according to the objectives, indicators and timelines outlined in the project documents.
- Preparing monthly, quarterly and annual progress reports based on the timeline,
EDUCATION ACCESS AND SUPPORT
- Assess and identify the needs and gaps of the target schools and align with the objectives and goals of the program
- Equip the target schools with the necessary emergency learning kits and school materials for the support
- Install equipment such as solar panels lacking electric to power mini media clubs and improve access to learning resources.
- Provide holistic materials to students who dropped to lack of family support.
- Conduct back-to-back school campaign to reintegrate out of schoolgirls and children with disability.
- Condict assesses and accelerate the learning programs in crisis affected schools.
- Ensure the timely delivery and proper usage of purchased materials distributed to beneficiaries.
CREATE A SAFE AND INCLUSIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.
- Set up or refurnish girls’ safe space in schools based on the need identified and planned activities.
- Support and strength school-based clubs such as mini-medial child protection and girls clubs focused on child rights and safe reporting.
- Enhance girls’ clubs through provision of materials and capacity-building training to foster an inclusive environment.
- Follow up on school club activities to ensure alignment with project objectives.
CAPACITY BUIDLING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
- Facilitate and/or provide training to volunteers, teachers, and school communities on child protection and project-related activities.
- Follow up on the cascading of trainings at school and community levels to ensure wider impact.
- Conduct regular parent-teacher-student dialogues to foster collaboration and ensure accountability in education.
- Work closely with the Woreda Education Office, other government stakeholders, and implementing partners to ensure coordinated implementation.
MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND LEARNING
- Facilitate and participate in data collection for assessments, baseline studies, midline and endline evaluations, ensuring data quality and ethical standards are upheld.
- Conduct regular monitoring visits to target schools and education program sites to assess progress, identify challenges, and verify the accuracy of reported data.
- Track and evaluate the effectiveness of capacity-building activities such as teacher trainings, school clubs, and learning sessions, using both quantitative and qualitative methods.
- Analyze learning outcomes and participation data to inform adaptive programming and improve education quality and relevance.
- Collaborate with MEAL and program teams to develop tools and methods for collecting feedback from learners, teachers, and caregivers, ensuring inclusivity and accessibility.
- Document and disseminate lessons learned, success stories, and good practices from education activities to support evidence-based decision making and advocacy.
REPORTING
- Document success stories, case studies, and lessons learned from school-based activities, trainings, and community engagement to support adaptive programming and advocacy.
- Maintain organized and secure records of training sessions, school club activities, attendance, and assessment results following data protection and confidentiality guidelines.
- Collaborate with MEAL and communications teams to collect and validate qualitative data such as testimonials, photos (with consent), and community feedback for visibility and learning purposes.
- Support the preparation of donor reports by providing technical and contextual inputs related to education interventions.
- Coordinate with partners, schools, and community volunteers to consolidate data and updates for comprehensive program reporting.
- Contribute to internal learning and review processes by providing relevant documentation and insights from education activities.
SAFEGUARDING
- Ensure adherence to SOS CV policies such as the Code of Conduct, Safeguarding Standards and others as well as the minimum standards of humanitarian relief
- Ensure that all support is provided in the best interest of the child.
- Responsible for taking part in awareness-raising sessions and capacity building training in relation to Safeguarding and Code of Conduct and to protect children and young people from all forms of abuse, abandonment, exploitation, violence and discrimination
- Support children, young people and program participants to make them understand the Safeguarding risks and protection mechanisms
- Ensure proper safeguarding procedures and policies are in place to protect programme participant children, young persons, adults and other stakeholders.
- Responsible for reporting any safeguarding suspicion, concern, allegation, or incident immediately, following the safeguarding reporting procedures.
- Responsible for ensuring behaviours and all relationships are based on safeguarding and in line with the Code of Conduct and adhering to it in every situation
- Be vigilant about any possible form of abuse/harm, neglect, harassment, or exploitation against, children, youth and adults in personal and professional lives;
- Report any Incident Management Team or concern within 24 hours to the Incident Management Team, focal person or concerned party through the defined channels for reporting the allegation
Job Requirements
Up for the challenge...
Then check out our criteria’s:
MUST CRITERIA
- Education: B.A./B.Sc./B.Ed. degree in Educational planning and Management, project management, Pedagogical science, sociology or related fields
- Experience: A minimum of three years’ experience in planning, implementing and supervision of educational projects
- Experience in Training need Assessment, Planning and Facilitation
- Demonstrated understanding of the Ethiopian education policy
- Proven experience in facilitation and community mobilization skills
- Technical and report writing skills
- Fluent spoken and written English: Fluency in at least one of the languages spoken in the program’s target area is a plus
- Experience in Monitoring, evaluation and reporting is an advantage
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
DESIRED CRITERIA
- Education: MA degree in Education, Psychology, Social Work or related filed
- Experience working in education in humanitarian programs and MHPSS programs.
- Pervious work experience in remote/rural or humanitarian settings
- Knowledge of local education system and collaboration with the government structures.
- Experience in gender-sensitive program experience, particularly related to girls’ education.
COMPETENCIES – KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES
- Understanding the organization and commitment to its vision and mission: able to clearly communicate SOS Children’s Villages Who We Are (Vision, Mission & Values), “Living our Values” policies and strategies in all areas.
- Child rights & child development: Working knowledge in all areas of child rights, child protection, child development, family & community development, and rights-based programming in a developing country.
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting: experience in preparing structured report and using evidence to support the program.
- Community Engagement and Capacity Building: ability to build and maintain partnership with stakeholders such as schools, community and government stakeholders.
- Networking and Relationships Building: ability to build, maintain and leverage networks with local government, NGO communities’ leaders and other relevant stakeholders.
- Accountability and Result Orientation: ensure the ownership of task and meets deadlines effectively and monitor progress and communicate concerns proactively.
- Collaboration: driven to work with others, able to build partnerships and teamwork internally and externally.
- Advocacy– Ability to influence community norms around education and child protection.
- Inclusive Education – experience in ensuring gender, disability, and crisis-sensitive approaches in education programming.
- Integrity: able to state views openly and act in line with beliefs, maintain the organization’s values, maintain deadlines and commitments; have ethical standards, ability to gain the trust of co-workers, and desire to be of service.
- Communication: high-level written and verbal communication/presentation skills; ability to interact effectively with partners and staff at all levels; ability to represent the organization externally; exceptional ability to communicate consistently, clearly, and effectively with a range of stakeholders.
- Software: - Computer literacy (MS Office and MS Project, and other statistical softer wares such as STATA, and SPSS)
COMPETENCIES
Core COMPETENCY (these competencies are relevant for every co-worker):
- Kindness: Act with empathy towards everyone he/she works with.
- Continuous Learning: Make an effort to learn, understand and grow as a person, admitting your own mistakes.
- Inclusiveness: In any actions show respect and care for others.
- Initiative: speak up when things are not right, do not hesitate to act, and adapt to change when necessary.
- Results Orientation: look for solutions and focus on desired results.
How to Apply
Excited to take on a new Challenge...
Then send us your application (application letter, detailed CV containing contact details of their references) electronically through SOS Children Villages Application portal (ICIMS)
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Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
SOS Children’s Villages in Ethiopia holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance policy for conduct of sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered. Parallel to technical competence, recruitment, selection, and hiring decisions will give due emphasis to assessing candidates value congruence and thorough background checks, and police clearance reference check processes.
SOS Children's Villages in Ethiopia provides equal employment opportunities to all co-workers & qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or class.
