Job Description

Title: Director - Education

Company Name: Save the Children

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master Degree, preferably in Education or relevant field.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 10 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Do you have practical working experience in leadership role in Education sector in the country? We are looking to hire our sector lead, one of the Save the Children in Bangladesh`s thematic sectors. This is an ESMT (Extended Senior Management Team) position and reportable to the Deputy Country Director. If you are interested, this might the position you are looking for, as the Education Director by default has multiple broader responsibilities in providing strategic direction, resource mobilization, donor management, multiple program planning, managing multi year sectoral/program budget, uplift the organizational value and culture etc.
∎ You can be part of Save the Children, the world`s leading independent organization for children. In Bangladesh, we have been working for more than 50 years with strong presence and reputation. We invite applications from potential candidates who have long experience in Education Sector and have spent a substantial time in a leadership role. Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply. Minimum requirements will be flexible for the potential female candidates.
∎ The position is for Bangladeshi Nationals Only.
∎ The Opportunity: The Director-Education leads Save the Children in Bangladesh`s education sector, consisting primarily of Early Childhood Care and Development and Basic Education programs. The Director plays a leading role in setting the strategic direction for the education sector, designing new programs and projects, and identifying and pursing strategic partnerships. S/he is responsible for ensuring program quality and donor accountability for a range of projects, and directly supervises project directors and implementation teams. S/he plays a senior representational and advocacy role with the Government of Bangladesh, Donors, and key national and international stakeholders, and works on a regular basis with SC members and internal stakeholders to maximize program delivery. The Director ensures that program learning, research and evaluation findings are channeled towards advocacy, continuous improvements, and new program design.
∎ The Organisation
∎ 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 realise 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 workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ The key responsibilities include but not limited to:
∎ Strategic Direction, Program Design and Development: Introduce innovative ideas and approaches to support children's education in Bangladesh; Identify needs and opportunities for potential programs, through situation analyses/feasibility studies, networking, and leveraging research and evaluation findings from both internal and external sources.
∎ Programme Management: Direct line management and supervision of COP/Program/Project Directors overseeing Education programmes, and ongoing support, guidance and leadership to managers and staff working on those programmes.
∎ Programme Quality: Identify internal and external capacity building opportunities and resources to provide high quality technical assistance to Education projects, supporting technical staff, partner agencies and others to build knowledge and technical competence.
∎ Policy and Advocacy: Lead on policy and advocacy for the education sector, ensuring that education technical interventions are designed to inform relevant policy concerns. Develop policy briefs and position papers, ensuring the inclusion of technical input from the relevant project managers.
∎ Representation and Networking: Maintain working relationships with relevant Ministries, especially the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs and their education programs and connect flagship programs with government and other non-government interventions. Identify partnerships/collaborations and build strong networks with other NGOs, CSOs, donors, UN agencies and academic institutions and the private sector working on education to collaborate on programs, joint learning, analysis and advocacy initiatives
∎ Participate in CO leadership, planning and reporting: Participate in SMT meetings and attend other meeting both within and outside SC; represent SC whenever requested by the Supervisor. Participate actively in the Country Annual Planning and Country Annual Reporting, providing oversight and compiling the reports for the education sector. Ensure that the annual program planning and budget for Education is prepared according to SCI requirements

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 10 years of working experience in relevant field including at least 05 years in a leadership position.
∎ Strong leadership abilities with large and diverse team management skills
∎ Excellent understanding of key issues and strategies in state-of-the-art Early Childhood Development and Basic Education programs, formal and non-formal Education theories
∎ Good understanding on Bangladesh education system and needs
∎ Previous experience with coordinating with government counterparts will be a huge advantage
∎ Excellent understanding on multi year sectoral budget and MEAL
∎ Excellent skills on process facilitation and coordination with high standard.
∎ Excellent inter-personal communication skills
∎ Strong analytical capacity and proficient understanding of both qualitative and quantitative research methods
∎ Good presentation skills including policy briefing

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 28 Oct 2023

Company Information:
∎ 17 Oct 2023
∎ Save the Children
∎ Address : House No. CWN (A) 35, Road No.43 Gulshan-2. Dhaka-1212 Bangladesh
∎ Business : 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 realise 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 workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Category: Education/Training

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