With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

Generic responsibilities
• Develop and implement Education strategy, technical guidance
• Compliance with and adherence to WV policies, guidance and procedures with a special focus on Safe and Inclusive Programming
• Contribute to fundraising, develop and revise funding proposals, budgets and donor reports
• Identify trends and donor priorities
• Follow up on compliance with contractual commitments within Education, ensure high technical quality and synergies in project implementation.
• Provide technical direction and project implementation support
• Ensure that key learnings are extracted from Education implementation, and incorporate them in Education and staff development processes
• Provide systematic training and build capacity of technical staff
• Represent WV in relevant fora/clusters, including with national authorities and donors
• Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy

Specific responsibilities
• Develop, support and guide WVs education projects in CAR including non-formal education and system strengthening.
• Liaise and follow-up with government interlocutors on existing and future collaborations and projects.
• Assist and support needs assessments and response plans to new emergencies.
• Lead on the Education strategic programme planning, resource mobilization (including leading on fundraising for the Education programme).
• Ensure harmonization and consistency across education projects implemented
• Ensure technical quality and innovation of the Education programme including strategic oversight in the technical direction, programmatic learning objectives, MEAL tools and in seeking synergies with other programmes and projects.
• Ensure coordination with relevant education stakeholders including representation and effective networking
• Actively promote and operationalize synergies between Education and other WV CAR units and departments.
• Ensure

Skills and Competencies

1. Professional competencies
• Minimum 6 years of experience within technical expertise area in a humanitarian/recovery context

• Experience of Project Management in a fragile context
• Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts

Extensive experience in Education in Emergency in Fragile context
• Education expertise: development of strategy, capacity building, quality
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
• Fluency in French and English, both written and verbal

2. Context/specific skills, knowledge and experience:
• Relevant University degree (Master)
• Experience with start-up or expansion of new programmes
• Knowledge of Central Africa region is an added value
• Good knowledge of donor regulations (ECH0, ECW, etc.)
• Experience in team building capacity;
• Advanced computer skills, especially in Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook;
• Able to multitask and organize competing priorities
• Experience from advocacy work
• Experience with youth and cash/voucher programming

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local and International Applicants (IA's) Accepted