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<h3>About the company</h3>Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world&rsquo;s poorest countries. Concern Worldwide was founded by John and Kay O&rsquo;Loughlin-Kennedy in 1968, in response to the famine in the breakaway province of Biafra in Nigeria. The widespread conflict that followed Biafra&rsquo;s attempt to secede from Nigeria caused the displacement of millions and a blockade of food, medicine, and basic necessities by the Nigerian authorities. At the height of the crisis in the summer of 1968, it was estimated that 6,000 children were dying every week. &nbsp;<h3>Our Mission</h3>To help people living in extreme poverty achieve major improvements in their lives which last and spread without ongoing support from Concern.
Our VisionIs of a world free from poverty, fear, and oppression. All have access to a decent standard of living and the opportunities and choices essential to a long, healthy, and creative life. Everyone is treated with dignity and respect.<h3>Our Values</h3>Built on our history and the voluntary, compassionate commitment of Concern&rsquo;s founders:
<ul><li>Focus on extreme poverty</li><li>Equality</li><li>We listen</li><li>Rapid Response</li><li>Courage</li><li>Commitment</li><li>Innovation</li><li>Accountability and Transparency</li></ul>
&nbsp;<h3>Why work for us</h3>Concern Worldwide is an international humanitarian organization that strives for a world free from poverty, fear, and oppression. We deliver life-saving and life-changing interventions to the world&#39;s poorest and most vulnerable people. From rapid emergency response to innovative development programming, we go to the hardest to reach places to make sure that no-one is left behind. Our vision, our mission, and our work are all defined by one goal &ndash; ending extreme poverty, whatever it takes. We believe that no-one should have to live in fear that they won&#39;t have a home to sleep in or enough food to feed their children. For over 50 years we have been working with the world&#39;s poorest people to transform their lives. Today we are a team of over 3,500 highly skilled and dedicated professionals from 50 countries who share an exceptional depth and diversity of experience. &nbsp;<h3>Team Benefits</h3>We believe in working directly with local people, in partnership with local bodies and other international agencies. We aim to develop people&#39;s potential in the countries that we operate. In as far as possible, we try to recruit local people to fulfill our staffing needs. At present, 87% of our personnel working overseas are local people, living and working in their own country. Core Humanitarian Standard Concern is committed to the highest standards of good governance and accountability. In recognition of this, are certified against the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS). Anyone working for Concern must agree to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with Concern&#39;s Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies. Each of which is intended to ensure the appropriate behavior of Concern staff and ensure the maximum protection of program participants. Additionally, in response to donors funding requirements and our determination to ensure that funds are used in an exclusively humanitarian manner, it is our policy that all job offers are conditional on our ensuring that potential employees&rsquo; names do not appear on counter-terrorism lists generated by the United Nations, European Union or the United States. &nbsp;

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Background of the FCDO Transforming Education in Ethiopia Project:In Ethiopia, many children are out of school or at risk of dropping out, in particular girls and other marginalised groups. Progress has been made in expanding education access for children across the country, however, since 2019 progress stalled due to conflict and instability, climate-induced shocks and the impact of Covid-19 and wider macroeconomic challenges around inflation which exacerbated existing inequalities.In response, the Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office (FCDO) aims to improve teaching quality and learning outcomes and increase access to education for girls and marginalised children through the ‘Transforming Education in Ethiopia’ project (2024-2028). The project will focus on three key components below:<ul><li>Teacher and school leader development:&nbsp; Improved quality of teaching and learning with a focus on continuous teacher professional development in targeted schools.&nbsp;</li><li>English Language Teaching and Learning: Selected schools provide better teaching and learning in English Language as a subject, and improved use of English across the curriculum.</li><li>Equity, Inclusion and Girls’ Education: Improved access and retention of the most marginalised children, particularly girls.</li></ul>About the role:&nbsp;This is an exciting opportunity to help the government and people of Ethiopia strengthen the education system and work with experts in a dynamic consortium that is putting together a compelling and innovative bid for the forthcoming five-year “Transforming Education Programme in Ethiopia (TREE)”. As a Regional Lead for Amhara, you will be based in Amhara under this programme with frequent visits within the region and elsewhere in Ethiopia as necessary.&nbsp;You will report to the Consortium Deputy Team Lead and manage the regional based implementation team. Regular day to day liaison and coordination will be with the Education Programme Coordinator and Concern Worldwide’s Technical Advisers and operations departments in Ethiopia. You will work closely with the other consortium member agencies and downstream partners and contractors, the Core Programme Management Team, Regional Education Bureaus (REBs) and other regional stakeholders as necessary.Job Grade GB5Employment Type: Definite periodRole Purpose: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The Regional Lead for Amhara will lead efforts to contextualise, implement, and oversee all project activities at the regional and community levels. The role will focus on contextualising national policies including on school leadership, gender and inclusion, and English language with support from the technical team. They will work closely with the Regional Education Bureaus (REBs), Zonal, Woreda education offices and other relevant stakeholders to roll out policies and strengthen school leaders and teachers’ capacity. The role also includes overseeing regional teams to implement teacher professional development, capacity building workshops, and community sessions. They will engage with key stakeholders to help achieve project goals, implement, and institutionalise access to quality and safe education-related policies, and interventions.Responsibilities:<ul><li>Collaborate with REBs to contextualise national and global policies and frameworks including on school leadership, gender and inclusion, and continuous professional development.&nbsp;</li><li>Roll out contextualised training of trainers (ToT) for REBs, zonal and woreda education offices, school leaders and cluster supervisors.&nbsp;</li><li>Lead capacity building workshops on topics such as data management, reporting, accelerated learning, gender and inclusion, and English language with support from project technical leads.&nbsp;</li><li>Disseminate contextualised policies to schools and support regional teams to strengthen capacity of school leaders, teachers, and PTSAs.</li><li>Work with REBs, zonal, and woreda education offices to implement the English costed plan for improving English teaching and cross-curricular English use with support from the English Language Specialist.</li><li>Collaborate with MEAL staff to monitor the regional activities and contribute to the larger project MEAL strategic and implementation plan.</li><li>Manage and coordinate regional teams ensuring provision of timely and effective support. &nbsp;</li><li>Conduct regular site visits to provide technical and operational assistance and ensure effective implementation and monitoring of project activities at the regional and community levels.</li><li>Effectively communicate regional programme implementation updates and findings to the Deputy Team Lead, programme staff and external stakeholders, to facilitate informed decision-making and coherence and coordination with other regions.</li><li>Engage with stakeholders to ensure alignment with national policies and secure support for the programme’s initiatives.</li><li>Working with relevant Concern staff and other consortium member agencies, identify and mitigate risks associated with the delivery of project activities as part of overall risk management.</li><li>Within this role, promote and help ensure adherence/compliance with Concern Worldwide’s Code of Conduct &amp; Associated Policies (including Programme Participant Protection, Child &amp; vulnerable adult Safeguarding, Anti-Trafficking policies), Conflict of Interest Policy, Anti-Fraud Policy, and Modern Slavery Transparency Statement.&nbsp;</li><li>Within this role, promote and help ensure accountability to programme participants and wider communities in line with Concern Worldwide’s commitments under the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) and Do No Harm principles and ensure high ethical standards throughout programme implementation.</li></ul>Emergency responseConcern is committed to responding to emergencies&nbsp;efficiently and effectively in order to help affected people meet their basic needs, alleviate suffering and maintain their dignity.&nbsp;To this end, when emergencies strike and the Ethiopia Programme is to respond, all staff are required to actively participate in the response, regardless of location and contribute to the efforts aimed at achieving the humanitarian objective of the organization.Gender Equality<ul><li>Demonstrate understanding of Concern Ethiopia’s Gender Equality Strategy</li><li>Contribute to ensuring that Concern Ethiopia is a place where men and women are treated equally and with&nbsp; dignity and respect&nbsp;</li><li>Demonstrate gender equality awareness and gender sensitivity and an ability to integrate a gender equality perspective into tasks and&nbsp;activities.</li></ul>AccountabilityIn line with Concern’s commitments under the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS):&nbsp;<ul><li>actively promote meaningful community participation and consultation at all stages of the project cycle (planning, implementation, M&amp;E);&nbsp;</li><li>work with&nbsp;relevant&nbsp;colleagues&nbsp;&nbsp;to&nbsp;ensure that the Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) is functional&nbsp;and accessible, that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed;&nbsp;</li><li>Work with&nbsp;relevant&nbsp;colleagues&nbsp;to&nbsp;ensure that&nbsp;information about&nbsp;CRM, safeguarding and expected staff behavior&nbsp;is disseminated&nbsp;among programme participants and communities.</li></ul>Safeguarding<ul><li>Able to seek appropriate advice and report concerns, and feel confident that they have been understood.</li><li>Understands local safeguarding structures and arrangements.</li><li>Practice in a manner that seeks to reduce the risk of abuse, harm or neglect.</li><li>Identifies and refers to appropriate services any other associated persons including carers, family members and children at risk.</li><li>Able to document safeguarding concerns, and maintain appropriate record keeping, recording the wishes and views of the adult or child at risk, differentiating between fact and opinion.</li></ul>What we offer<ul><li>A competitive salary and benefit package</li><li>Excellent medical benefits (100% cover including dependents)</li><li>20 days annual leave</li><li>26 weeks (paid) maternity leave, 18 weeks (unpaid) parental leave</li></ul>

Regional Lead for Amhara, FCDO Transforming Education in Ethiopia (TREE)

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