TEAM/PROGRAMME: Education Cluster Nepal
LOCATION: Kathmandu with frequent travel to Districts
GRADE: 5
Term: Fixed term till October 2015 with possibility of extension
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 5 - the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Education Cluster Coordinator and SCI Deputy Team Leader - Programme Development & Quality Nepal Earthquake Response
Staff reporting to this post: n/a
Budget Responsibilities: n/a
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :
- Oversee the knowledge and information management and monitoring stream of work as detailed in the current Education Cluster Strategic Plan.
- Strengthen data and information management (IM) within the Education Cluster at all levels. This involves support to maintenance of the established system for tracking data on district clusters; maintenance and further development of IM systems and tools for country-level clusters; and building human resource capacity for IM within the Education Cluster. Specific tasks will include:
- Maintaining and cleaning the Cluster’s Dropbox and OneDrive documents (folder structure, updating documents, etc.)
- Maintaining and updating the Cluster’s contact list
- Collecting 3W data from Cluster members and producing regular 3W analysis products (including maps)
- Supporting collection and analysis of assessment data
- Training partners and government officials on IM tools and processes
- Undertaking missions to support IM at the district level.
- Maintain, develop and sustain mechanisms to systematically share knowledge, information and good practice within the cluster, from sub-national to global level and across stakeholders at all levels. Tasks include facilitating basic information sharing and communication using both social media and other means; designing and guiding peer support mechanisms, particularly for field-based colleagues; and capturing and sharing lessons learned/good practice.
Specific tasks will include:
- Maintaining and updating the Education Cluster webpage on HR.info
- Support the review processes envisaged in the Cluster Strategic Plan, ensuring lessons learnt are captured and reflected in preparedness tools and resources
- Work with the Department of Education to support strengthening of the EMIS system in relation to emergency preparedness and response.
- Support the development and use of monitoring and evaluation frameworks for the Education Cluster at national and district levels.
- Maintain regular links with OCHA and other clusters, particularly through participation in the IASC Needs Assessment Task Force and Information Management Task Force on behalf of the Education Cluster.
- Provide capacity building and mentoring support to National Information Management Assistant.
- Provide technical guidance and support to build the capacity of the Education Cluster at the district and national levels to lead and participate in joint needs assessments. This includes direct support for the implementation of joint education needs assessments at country level, as well as efforts to consolidate and disseminate findings.
- Contribute to other initiatives within the Education Cluster Strategic Plan.
General:
- Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
- Display neutrality and act as the representative of all education cluster members.
- Develop and maintain a strong and positive relationship with UNICEF, our education cluster co-leads
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (SCI Values in Practice)
Accountability:
- Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
Ambition:
- Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same
- Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
Collaboration:
- Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues and with relevant external partners.
- 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 highest levels of integrity
QUALIFICATIONS
Understanding humanitarian contexts and application of humanitarian principles:
- Able to assess and analyse key issues in the humanitarian situation and formulate actions around them
- Actively engages in disaster coordination mechanisms and interagency cooperation
- Leads on the development of an organisational response based on an understanding of the contexts
Achieving results effectively:
- Ensures beneficiary and partner feedback is incorporated into programme design, planning and learning
- Demonstrates flexibility to adapt plans and make decisions in rapidly changing environments
- Actively manages risk and takes action to reduce risk
- Makes changes to improve performance as a result of information received
- Documents lessons learned and applies them to future projects
Developing and maintaining collaborative relationships:
- Develops strategies for teams to work across traditional boundaries, working in diverse environments
- Establishes clear objectives with teams and individuals and monitors progress and performance
- Fosters collaborative, transparent and accountable relationships through partners
- Uses negotiation and conflict resolution skills to support positive outcomes
Operating safely and securely:
- Demonstrates an understanding of wider UN/NGO security coordination and how the organisation can benefit from, and contribute to, those mechanisms
- Undertakes effective risk assessments and develops contingency plans
- Takes appropriate, coordinated and consistent action to handle situations of personal risk and risk for others
- Reduces vulnerability by complying with safety and security protocols set by the organisation
Managing yourself in a pressured and changing environment:
- Remains focused on the objectives and goals in a rapidly changing environment
- Able to identify, and act on, low levels of resilience in others
Leadership: Action; Thinking; Self; Inspiring; Developing Others:
- Builds own awareness of the bigger global picture by using a broad range of sources to gather data
- Demonstrates managerial courage by confronting difficult situations and seeking resolution, and stating willingness to champion ideas.
- Takes responsibility for own development, and actively takes steps to better understand and address own strengths and weaknesses.
- Openly talks about doing things differently, pushing the boundaries and ways of working
- Gives constructive feedback to enhance capabilities and responsibilities of team members for the purpose of his/her development
- Works to ensure that the workplace is inclusive and the talents of individuals are harnessed to achieve individuals and organisational success
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in any discipline preferably in Information Technology (IT), Information Management, Management or related Social Science
- Minimum 1 year of relevant working experience
- Strong technical knowledge of excel, database design using normalization techniques, and mapping software knowledge such as QGIS.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills. Must be able to work with many different functions from high level decision makers to technical specialists.
- Knowledge about the humanitarian and development communities, including the IASC cluster approach, NGOs, the UN system, governments, and donors.
- Experience of humanitarian needs assessments, surveys, and monitoring and evaluation processes.
- Knowledge of the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) Minimum Standards for Education: Preparedness,
- Response and Recovery.
- Strong IT skills, including website content management and MS Office applications.
- Demonstrated training/capacity building experience.
- Supervisory and project management skills.
- Excellent English-language written and oral communications skills.
- Exceptional organizational skills.
- Experience or knowledge of working and living in stressful and insecure contexts.
Desire:
- Knowledge of core programming languages such as Java, PHP and VBA programming experience
- Prior use of Geographic Information Management Systems
- Experience of developing and using databases and content management systems.
- Direct experience of education in emergencies.
