Accountabilities
· Provide sectoral leadership and expertise in the assessment.
· Conduct initial rapid assessment of current situation in collaboration with local specialists and affected population; determine priorities and immediate activities and resources
· Review, assess and update the child protection situation in areas affected by emergency (including, but not limited to –)
· Highlight education issues requiring a response – both immediate (less than 2 months) and medium term and make recommendations on specific PLAN actions required. Ensure core commitments to children are taken into consideration.
· Represent PLAN to Education and other protection clusters, stakeholders and Governmental and non-Governmental agencies for the purposes of the protection aspects of the assessment.
· Assess in-country resources, human, material and financial for response with relevant staff and agencies and assist in capacity building of national staff.
· Identify potential partnerships to implement recommendations, assess potential partners where available or make recommendations on how to fill gaps.
2. Program Design
· In collaboration with national and international Education and Child Protection Actors, map current institutional response capacities – including conducting an education specific 5Ws.
· In collaboration with Education Actors, develop a realistic evidence‐based, education program plan, including both programmatic and advocacy activities (results oriented).
· Design most appropriate education interventions based on the outcomes of assessments and the context.
· Ensure that issues of gender, protection, DRR, and conflict sensitivity are factored into the program design.
· Ensure PLAN’s guidelines and UN education cluster standards are considered and any departures documented.
· Work in close collaboration with other program coordinators to ensure that emergency interventions build upon each other and link in to longer term programming.
· Develop an education Program Plan, concept papers, and proposals in respect of the above.
3. Response Management and Implementation
· Work closely with the relevant implementation manager(s) to ensure that the implementation of relevant activities are planned and implemented in a phased and prioritised manner in full consultation and co-ordination with all relevant agencies both governmental and non-governmental.
· Provide technical guidance and direction to PLAN for effective planning, implementation and monitoring of agreed education plans with special emphasis on the most vulnerable children and their families.
· Design and develop appropriate surveillance, monitoring and evaluation systems for education interventions.
· In coordination with Child Protection staff, support the Monitoring and reporting of child protection concerns and violations of child rights commitments embodied in the UNCRC, resolution 1612 and other legal instruments.
· Ensure early and rigorous implementation of quality and accountability mechanisms.
4. Response Reporting & Evaluation
· Evaluate the implementation of PLAN Education activities and draft recommendations for improved program design
· Draft education interventions reports to serve as standalone deliverables or to be included in larger emergency response reports for both donor and internal purposes.
· Submitting reports to EiE Coordinator as per the agreed time line.
5. Information and Co-ordination
· Provide regular updates to Education in Emergency Program coordinator, priorities and constraints – verbally and in writing on an agreed frequency.
· Engage and follow up with relevant EiE Program Coordinators)
· Represent PLAN to governmental and non-governmental groups as needed and agreed with the Team Leader.
· Support the implementation of, and represent PLAN in, emergency education coordination mechanisms including any relevant cluster.
· Brief updates and reports on sectoral activities/strategies to donors and other stakeholders.
Educational Qualification and Experience
Knowledge
Skills Specific to the Post