CONTRACT LENGTH:

Till 31^st Dec 2026

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Education Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating the educational classes and activities with SCI child friendly space (CFS) and in partners’ venues. This educational activity aims to promote and facilitate access to quality and safe educational opportunities for the children in Giza area. He/She will be responsible for leading a team of education teachers volunteers under the supervision of the education officer or senior officer to implement educational interventions based on the beneficiaries’ educational needs. Besides, he/she will be conducting regular observation and monitoring visits to the educational classes and activities.

Projects Scope:

The project “Gaza Response” is being implemented in Greater Cairo since 2023 with Palestinians affected by the war in Gaza. The project aims to improve the quality of services provided to children and families in the impact area through working on four main areas which are education, child protection, mental health and cash assistants. In addition to that the project will support local communities to strengthen the services provided for hosting communities.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Education Officer

Staff reporting to this post: 18 Education Facilitators

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

•        holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modeling Save the Children values

•        holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance, and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

•        sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same

•        widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others

•        future-orientated thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

•        builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members, and external partners and supporters

•        value diversity, and sees it as a source of competitive strength

•        approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

•        develops and encourages new and innovative solutions

•        willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

•        honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates the highest levels of integrity/*

QUALIFICATIONS

•        Bachelor Degree in Education, Social Sciences, or relevant development/management Studies

•        Minimum of 3 years of successful experience in project implementation in the development/humanitarian field with a reputable NGO in Egypt.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

•        Highly familiar with the refugees and migrant’s context in Egypt, is a must.

•        Previous experience in the education field is required.

•        Proven knowledge and skills in education activities’ planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.

•        Proven successful experience in team management.

•        Highly developed interpersonal, communication, writing, and organizational skills.

•        Good training and facilitation skills.

•        Strong networking, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

•        Fluency in Arabic (spoken and written).

•        Good command of the English language (spoken and written)      Very good at using the internet, MS Office, Email, and spreadsheets.

•        Commitment to Save the Children values, and Child Safeguarding policy.

Preferably

•        Experience in working with UASC, youth, and adolescents.

•        Experience in implementing similar educational interventions to the targeted group.

•        Experience with using technology in education.

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

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.

Safeguarding our Staff:

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.