Gaza Education Programme Manager at Save the Children

Role

***This role will be contingent upon securing available funds, and we might use this vacancy to fill more than one post.***

The Opportunity – Gaza Education Programme Manager.

Post location: Gaza Field Office

Contract Duration and Level of Effort: 31st December 2026 with Possibility of extension.

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Education Programme Manager will be responsible for ensuring that education programming is implemented in a timely and qualitative way. The Education Program Manager is expected to lead on sectoral needs assessments and in education programs implementation, including recruitment and management of staff, monitoring, and oversight of program activities (direct and indirect implementation), financial and procurement follow-up in coordination with the relevant departments.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Head of Gaza Operations

Staff reporting to this post: Gaza Education Coordinator

Budget Responsibilities: Yes.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

• To ensure timely and high-quality implementation of SCI’s education programme in Gaza, in close coordination with the EiE specialist and the overall education team, ensuring that it is in line with international standards and SCI’s response strategy.
• Work with and support human resources in the process of recruiting education staff for field positions and Community Engagement Workers.
• Ensure the implementation of education activities in the field and regularly update the education team and other relevant colleagues on progress, challenges, contextual changes, etc.
• Support the development of new project proposals, including input to budget, log frame, and narrative Contribute to the development of accurate and timely donor reports, including case studies and field stories where required.
• In collaboration with the MEAL team, ensure monitoring and evaluation plans are well understood by the education team and that data collected in a timely manner.
• In collaboration with the EiE specialist, provide capacity building and technical support to education staff, partners, CEWs and others, as required.
• Represent Save the Children in education in relevant forums and liaise closely with relevant organisations working in the field of education.
• Strengthen and maintain the links between education and other sectors, ensuring integrated working in communities.
• Liaise with finance, logistics, and administration to guarantee the smooth running of programmes.
• Be aware of SCI policy and advocacy priorities and share any education issues at field level that require advocacy.
• Comply with Save the Children’s health, safety, and security procedures; child safeguarding policy; code of conduct and other relevant policies.

In order to be successful, you will bring/have:

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

Essential

1. Minimum of 5 years of working with an NGO in education.
2. Experience in designing, managing, monitoring, and evaluating education programmes in emergency, transition, and development contexts.
3. Ability to identify the main gaps in education in the given context to inform a holistic response for children.
4. Knowledge of established inter-agency standards and guidelines in education, particularly the INEE Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies.
5. Familiar with the key humanitarian principles, SPHERE standards, the humanitarian architecture, donors.
6. Familiar with liaising with NGOs and UN bodies.
7. Experience of staff training and capacity building of organisational staff and partner staff.
8. Flexible, adaptable, able to improvise.
9. Results orientated.
10. Fluency in Arabic and English.

We offer a competitive package in the context of the sector. This role is offered on the basis of national terms and conditions. Application will be reviewed and selected on a rolling basis.

Save the Children promotes a diverse and inclusive work environment, women and people with different abilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

The Organization

Save the Children works in development and humanitarian contexts with children and partners to help families, communities, and governments identify and use innovations to ensure all children survive, learn and are protected.

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at Search Jobs - SCI Career Site Careers (oraclecloud.com)

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.