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.
Why we need you?
We’re building a pool of great candidates for upcoming roles- come join the roster!
Your application will only be considered if you complete these MANDATORY SCREENING QUESTIONS and submit resume through this portal.
Incomplete applications will be automatically rejected.
What we provide?
An amazing work environment that promotes personal growth through providing professional space to grow and advance your career!
Your role?
As the FSCP, Officer ,Education will be responsible for supporting the design, implementation, and monitoring of initiatives that enhance children’s access to quality, inclusive education and ensure their protection, participation, and overall well-being.
Project Planning and Management
- Support the development of detailed implementation plans and budgets for education interventions, ensuring alignment with program goals and timelines.
- Implement all education projects according to objectives, indicators, and timelines outlined in program documents.
- Prepare timely monthly, quarterly, and annual progress reports.,
Project Implementation
- Assess school needs and provide technical/material support to create conducive learning environments.
- Work with government to secure resources (e.g., land, co-financing, teacher deployment) and manage school exit strategies.
- Organize education forums to strengthen collaboration among schools and education authorities.
- Establish/refurbish safe spaces and strengthen school clubs to promote child protection and inclusivity.
- Support inclusive education by providing assistive devices, special needs centers, and accessible infrastructure.
- Strengthen partnerships with stakeholders to advocate for equitable education.
- Facilitate family meetings to share experiences and monitor children’s academic progress.
- Engage PTAs and Kebele Education Boards in resource mobilization and school governance.
- Support caregivers’ participation in functional adult literacy programs.
- Strengthen collaboration through parent-teacher-student dialogues.
Capacity Building and Community Management
- Facilitate or provide training to teachers, school staff, volunteers, and school communities on child protection, inclusive education, and program-related activities.
- Follow up on cascading of trainings at school and community levels to ensure wider impact.
- Strengthen CBOs, youth centers, and school-based structures to enhance child protection and service delivery.
Monitoring, Evaluation & 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
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for project management, partners, and donors.
- Document success stories, case studies, and lessons learned from school-based activities, trainings, and community engagement.
- Maintain organized and secure records of training sessions, school club activities, attendance, and assessment results following data protection guidelines.
- Support donor reporting 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 development program
- 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
Up for the challenge...
Then check out our criteria’s:
Must Criteria
- Education: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
- Ability to speak and communicate effectively in the local language relevant to the program area.
Desired Criteria
- Education: MA degree in Education, Psychology, Social Work or related filed
- Experience working in education in development 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, Skill and 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)
Core Compentencies (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...
MAKE SURE YOU CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE MANDATORY SCREENING QUESTIONS
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.
