Education in Emergencies Specialist (EiE) - Deployment Roster at Plan International

Req ID: 22361
Location: Nigeria
Reports to: Emergency Response Manager

Purpose of Role

• The Education in Emergencies Specialist (EiE) will deploy, often at short notice, to support a Country Office (CO) respond to a particular emergency.
• Under the supervision of the Emergency Response Manager (ERM), the EiE Specialist will ensure overall efficiency and effectiveness of the programme management, delivery and accomplishment of project goals and objectives.
• The EiE Specialist will also assist the ERM in developing quality and successful EiE funding proposals for donors as per donors’ requirement and support grants coordinators and M&E in producing the donor reports.

Key Tasks

• Ensure all education interventions have a clear focus on addressing the specific needs of young girls, adolescent girls and young women.
• Conduct assessments as required, in line with Plan International’s standard tools.
• Provide support in designing EiE proposals (including logframes and programmatic budgets and staffing plans) based on the outcomes of assessments and the context
• Provide support to develop education program plans.
• Actively represent Plan International at Education Cluster and Working Group meetings, inputting in to the 3Ws on a regular basis. 
• Represent Plan to governmental and non-governmental stakeholders as agreed with the ERM
• Train EiE staff in key aspects of EiE programmes and relevant aspects of INEE
• Conduct onsite visits, periodical reporting, on-going documentation and dissemination of experiences about Plan International EiE & ECCD interventions
• Contribute in documenting Plan’s experience, lessons learnt and case studies
• Conduct regular meetings with EiE Team for follow up of activities and programme planning together with CP and Youth teams for effective coordination and integration
• Ensure a Child Centred Community Development Approach ensuring gender equity and social inclusion in all aspects of basic education and learning programmes

Emergency Roster

• The Emergency Roster is a database of pre-selected deployable internal and external candidates who have the appropriate skills and experience to support emergency preparedness and response. It also stores information on these candidates.
• The purpose of the roster is to ensure that we have the right people in the right place and the right time with the right skills.
• Roster Members are expected to deploy to an emergency response within 72 hours or once an entry visa is received.
• A Roster Member is selected from the Emergency Roster as and when a roster request is received from one of our country offices.

Knowledge & Experience

• Previous experience of applying relevant interagency humanitarian frameworks and standards in EiE & ECCD in emergencies (for example INEE Minimum Standards)
• Experience of implementing EiE and ECCD in emergencies programs at pre-primary, primary and secondary school level
• Broad knowledge and understanding of the Humanitarian Programme Cycle, including experience with Humanitarian Response Planning and/or Humanitarian Needs
• Proven experience in conducting Education needs assessments
• Proven experience in the design, proposal writing, implementation and evaluation of EiE programmes
• Experience of and demonstrated ability to effectively network with a diverse range of organizations and relevant government departments at the district level

Skills:

• Good knowledge of and experience in Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies (INEE), Education Cluster Handbook and ECCD standard guidelines.
• Strong team management, staff capacity building and motivation skills in teamwork and networking.
• Knowledge on tackling inequality and exclusion
• Excellent skills in donor proposal / report writing
• Experience in conducting Education needs assessments
• External representation and communication skills, including ability to facilitate and lead group meetings and working groups
• May be required, to work during late hours, weekends and holidays in order to ensure timely delivery of programmes.
• Language skills desirable ( for example English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic)