Save the Children, Senior Education Programming Specialist Jobs in Rwanda

al is to ensure that all children leave school able to read by working
with them, their families and schools from birth through early primary,
focusing on improving learning outcomes and early grade literacy. Advancing the
Right to Read is a Save the Children Education Signature Programme founded on
the belief that reading is the foundation for every aspect of children’s
learning and the first nine years of a child’s life are critical to mastering
their skills and nurturing their love of reading, paving the way for children’s
on-going learning success. Advancing the Right to Read seeks to support the
Government of Rwanda to bring together parents, communities and schools to
achieve this goal and achieve systemic change.

• In
  cooperation with Save the Children Technical Advisers from members and
  particular expertise of other staff, provide technical support to all of
  the programme’s literacy-related programme activities, including:
• Advising
  all ARR programme staff on best practices to inform design, planning and
  implementation of the programme;
• Ensuring
  that implementation of programme activities are of the highest quality and
  are informed by learning from across all components of the programme, as
  well as draw upon experiences and findings from other SC programmes and
  organisations, both in Rwanda and internationally;
• Reviewing
  and finalising programmatic curriculum and materials for all projects
  across the programme, drawing on inputs from programme staff and technical
  advisors;
• Supporting
  the technical implementation of programme activities, ensuring the
  alignment, complementarity and continuity of all components;
• Strategically
  guiding the growth to scale process;
• Providing
  quality assurance and support to programme staff on the drafting of
  reports;
• ·
  Ensuring cohesiveness and consistent support to all components of the
  programme from cross-cutting units, including the RCBI / Book Development
  and Use team, especially publishing sector support;
• ·
  Leading the ARR programme Value for Money team and overseeing the
  programme’s VfM work, ensuring that VfM consideration are integrated into
  all aspects of design, planning and implementation of the programme.

• Working
  closely with the SCUK Global Child Participation Advisor, lead on the
  delivery of the Advancing the Right to Read Child Participation strategy,
  including:
• Developing
  and implementing plans for mainstreaming Child Participation into all
  aspects of the ARR programme work;
• Liaising
  with ARR programme staff to ensure child participation is integrated into
  programme activities and that plans are implemented according to agreed
  strategy;
• Preparing
  reports on relevant activities and actions taken;
• Supporting
  the building of child participation capacity across ARR programme staff by
  providing regular guidance to programme staff to enable them to
  effectively carry out this work;
• Working
  closely with other SC Rwanda programme teams, especially the Child Rights
  Governance team, to ensure alignment and mutual support.

• Work
  with the SCI MEAL team to monitor progress against a programme MEAL plan,
  ensuring that data is collected at the field level and that learning is
  shared and utilized to improve implementation, including:
• Monitoring
  progress of projects against agreed targets and indicators;
• Discussing
  monitoring, evaluation and accountability findings during program
  coordination/review meetings, reviewing MEAL reports to highlight key
  project strengths and areas of improvement, and use learning from
  monitoring reports for informing programme planning and implementation;
• Ensuring
  programme standards for information sharing and engagement with
  stakeholders are integrated into all activities, reviewing accountability
  to beneficiaries data and reports, and providing technical support to
  implementation teams to use key learning from accountability systems for
  program development, planning, improvement and implementation;
• Supporting
  the MEAL team to ensure project research is qualitatively conducted and
  that findings are used to inform programme planning, advocacy and
  implementation;
• Periodically
  visit the project implementation area and generate qualitative visit
  reports to input into feedback mechanisms;
• Documenting
  lessons learned for sharing internally across the programme, as well as
  externally to other Save the Children country offices.

• Assume
  responsibility for effective management of projects / activities assigned
  to the post-holder, including:
• Ensuring
  that implementation of projects under the post-holder’s responsibility
  remains in line with activity plans;
• ·
  Managing allocated budgets, ensuring that all expenditure is in line
  with agreed plans and delivers value for money;
• ·
  Ensuring that the projects under the post-holder’s
  responsibility provides high quality, timely narrative and
  financial reports to donors and internal stakeholders;
• Highlighting
  early to the Education Director any potential constraints to
  implementation of the project so that action can be taken accordingly.

• Assume
  responsibility for the line management of the Child Participation small
  team of staff, and potentially other cross-cutting staff dependent upon
  programme expansion; including:
• Ensure
  the recruitment, training, and promotion of line-managed staff as
  appropriate and ensure appropriate professional development opportunities
  for them;
• Manage
  the performance of all supervisees through: Effective use of the
  Performance Management System including the establishment of clear,
  measureable objectives, ongoing feedback, periodic reviews and fair and
  unbiased evaluations; coaching, mentoring and other developmental
  opportunities; recognition and rewards for outstanding performance; and
  documentation of performance that is less than satisfactory, with
  appropriate performance improvements/ work plans;
• Support
  other managers across the ARR programme to build the capacity of team
  members within each component of the programme, providing mentoring and
  coaching support according to their varying areas of need.

• ·
  Promote the sharing of good practice, tools and learning in relation to
  the creation of more literate environments and the work and approaches
  of the Advancing the Right to Read programme, including:
• ·
  Participate as a member of the Save the Children Rwanda team
  and the country programme’s Education Senior Leadership Team, attending
  team meetings, coordinating work with other team members and
  using shared knowledge management systems;
• ·
  Represent the ARR programme to, and work with, the
  Government of Rwanda, donors, INGOs and other civil society
  organisations and networks at the national level to increase
  coordination and learning and to support the achievement of advocacy and
  policy objectives;
• ·
  Participate in the work of Save the Children International and
  Members, ensuring Rwanda’s experience is understood and is being used to
  influence global policy and practice;
• ·
  Participate in regional or global meetings as appropriate.

• Responsible
  for creation and maintenance of a conducive managerial and operational
  environment where the Child Safeguarding Policy is effectively
  implemented;
• Understand
  and fulfil their specific and additional responsibilities in achieving
  compliance of Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy standards.
  This includes ensuring that staff are providing programme beneficiaries
  with ongoing, age-appropriate verbal or written information in relevant
  languages about Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of
  Conduct;
• Ensure
  that child safeguarding is integrated and given a ‘voice’ in all
  management processes including recruitment, induction, performance
  management, team meetings, annual planning processes, field level
  monitoring, etc.

• ·
  Support proposal-writing for further funding of the ARR
  programme;
• ·
  Support the Education Director in other programme tasks, as requested.

• Holds
  self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently,
  achieving and role modelling 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

• Sets
  ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), 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
• Future
  orientated, thinks strategically

• Builds
  and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues,
  Members and external partners and supporters
• Values
  diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable,
  good listener, easy to talk to

• Honest,
  encourages openness and transparency

• Master’s
  degree in Education, Development or other related field;
• Demonstrated
  experience (5 years or more) in the design, implementation and management
  of programmes in an international development/NGO context;
• Experience
  of successfully creating, growing and managing a team;
• A
  sound understanding of literacy programming in developing countries;
• Experience
  of using M&E / MEAL systems to generate evidence for programmes;
• Strong
  analytical and conceptual skills and the ability to think and plan
  strategically;
• Excellent
  communication skills, including fluency in written and spoken English and
  strong inter-personal and advisory skills, including the demonstrated
  ability to guide and influence colleagues and partners;
• Understanding
  of and commitment to SCI mission, values and child rights-based
  programming approaches;
• Ability
  to work successfully with minimal administrative support and strong IT
  skills including Microsoft Office, content management systems and web
  based communication.

• Expertise
  and understanding of key issues in the field of literacy, the literate
  environment and/or early grade reading;
• Understanding
  of the Rwandan context;
• Experience
  in integrating child participation in programme work.
• Experience
  of developing effective working relationships with senior stakeholders
  from government agencies, international organisations, donors, academics,
  and opinion-leaders, including successful advocacy and influencing
  experience