Main Responsibilities:

• Prepare annual and quarter plan in line with project design document and in collaboration with woreda/zone education office and ensure timely submission of project plan.
• Carry out close follow up and monitoring, collect data, prepare and submit project report timely
• Ensure that project reports incorporated the impacts of school feeding on children’s enrolment, retention and overall academic performance
• Make sure that monitoring data is disaggregated by gender, IDPs, CWDs and host community children who participated in pre and primary education and benefitted from school feeding.
• Follow and support education officer at implementing district.
• Collect weekly and monthly report from district education officer, compile together, and report for line manager.
• Work closely and support education officer at woreda level.
• Work in close collaboration and coordination with woreda education and zone education offices, school teachers, PTAs in matter related to safe return to school, student enrolment, school feeding, baseline assessment, project monitoring and evaluation
• Ensure that target children both boys and girls, CWDs and IDPs are equally participated in education services and school feeding program
• Strengthen inter sectoral integration that education, Wash and school feeding activities are well integrated and implemented accordingly
• Responsible that the GPE project is implemented in ways responsive to children, teachers and the community
• Ensure project implementation is in accordance with Save the Children strategies, values and donor compliance
• Work with teachers, school principals and WEO office to make target schools are child friendly and are free from abuse and violence
• In close collaboration with the Project Manager and other support units (at Field Office level) , WEO and other government stakeholders, facilitate on time implementation of the project activities based on the action plan and ensure implementation quality
• Ensure active participation of children and other stakeholders in the project activities implementation
• Supervise and support education officer in day to day implementation at district level.
• In collaboration with project manager and government stakeholders, maintain strong supervision and monitoring system to measure achievement and progress toward the project objectives and expected outcomes and impacts
• Conduct joint monitoring and supervision with relevant stakeholders such as WEO to identify project progress, gaps and challenges and to take immediate and appropriate actions towards improving project implementation quality.
• Strengthen participatory and collaborative supervision and monitoring system including active participation of children.
• Minimum Requirements:
  • Minimum of Degree in Education and other social sciences
  • Minimum of 4 years working experience preferable with NGOs especially in development and emergency education projects.
  • Experience on school feeding program is an advantage
  • Team working and ability to work under pressure.
  • Computer skills (Microsoft word and excel).
  • Good communication skills – in English and local language.
  • Good organisation and attention to detail
  • Strong report writing skills
  • Willingness and ability to work in hardship environment and meet tight deadlines.
  • Cultural and gender sensitivity
  • Experience in MS Office package (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio), web conferencing applications, and information and budget management systems.
  • Experience of coordinating activities across locations and with roving position
  • Knowledge of child safeguarding and protection
  • Knowledge of Afan Oromo language is mandatory.