Street Child believes that every child deserves the chance to go to school and learn. Our projects focus on a combination of education, child protection and livelihood support to address the social, economic, and structural issues that underpin today’s education crisis. We partner with local organisations and communities to deliver our locally rooted programmes, using evidence to drive learning and the refinement and scale up of programmes to create maximum impact for the most children at the lowest cost. We pride ourselves on being willing to go to the world’s toughest places where others won’t, including remote, hard-to-reach areas and fragile, disaster-affected states across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Since 2008 we have helped over 500,000 children to go to school and learn and supported over 33,000 caregivers to set up businesses so they can afford the cost of educating their children.
The Head of Program position, reporting to the Country Director in Afghanistan, is responsible for leading a diverse programme portfolio across multiple provinces and partners in Afghanistan. The primary objectives of this role are to secure additional resources to support our work across the country and lead the design and implementation of Street Child’s programme in Afghanistan. Specifically, the postholder will lead the programmes team (including food security, child protection and education project managers and localisation advisor); lead our partnerships with a diverse range of stakeholders; drive our resource mobilization; ensure effective programme implementation; provide strategic technical expertise in Education programming; and provide capacity building to staff and partners as required. Additionally, the Head of Program will be responsible for external liaison with national and international partners, government officials, and donor community, deputising for the Country Director as required. Ideally, the Head of Program will have technical expertise in education programming and/or child protection.
Generic Responsibilities:
A strong commitment to Street Childs vision, mission and values.
Adhere to all Street Child’s policies and procedures.
Able to represent Street Child appropriately both internally and externally.
Carry out all reasonable requests that are within the broad remit of the role.
Specific Responsibilities:
(40%) Programme Management and Coordination:
Provide matrix management oversight for the successful delivery of projects; including technical input, activity planning and day-to-day liaison with the team and implementing partners to ensure quality implementation within timeframe and budget.
Provide technical support in areas of own expertise (ideally education programming), including programme development, quality assurance, technical backstopping, and capacity strengthening and coaching for education team and partner staff.
Lead on the delivery of consortia programmes that CIC are part of.
Coordinate the identification of partner capacity development needs and the provision of targeted support.
Ensure all donor, internal and external reporting requirements are met in a timely manner, and are in compliance with donor requirements of project/ program allocation.
Ensure comprehensive and professional M&E practices are in place.
Ensure project reviews and the financial health of all projects by supervising expenditures within each project monthly and ensuring that well-structured corrective action is initiated and tracked where required.
Maintain regular links with the operational teams to facilitate the provision of logistic, administrative and security support to facilitate program implementation.
Establish meaningful working relationships with projects stakeholders and represent CIC at Education Cluster, ACBAR, Ministry of Education, UN agencies, and other international organizations working in education sector.
(40%) Programme Development and Resource Mobilization
Provide context analysis on the humanitarian/development context in the country.
In close coordination with the Regional Representative and Country Director, identify and analyse new funding opportunities in Afghanistan in which Street Child can add value to the humanitarian and development response.
Develop, implement, and review sector strategies and support the Country Director in identifying strategic opportunities for strengthening Street Child’s work in the country
Articulate strategic approaches, partnerships, management/ staffing plans, M&E and budgets.
Cultivate partnerships, establish links and closely coordinate with relevant government stakeholders, UN agencies, INGO’s, L/NNGO’s, clusters, donors for programme development, including opportunities for consortia
Lead the project proposal development (budget, log frame, theory of change etc.) within the framework of the country and global strategy, with support from the programme teams.
Support Country Director in formalizing a country strategy that aligns with global/regional strategies, priorities and programmes.
(20%) Leadership and Staff Management
Managing programme staff including field staff and ensuring direct reports have clear and realistic performance-based management goals
Ensure that Street Child programme teams comply to Street Child’s security and other relevant operational, financial, logistics, admin, HR, safeguarding, and code of conduct regulations.
Ensure that any risk to Street Child programming, projects or staff is communicated as soon as possible to and understood by the Country Director.
Deputise for the Country Director as required.
Experience and Knowledge:
Bachelor’s degree in fields of Business Administration, Management, International development, social science or related field.
Master’s degree in international development, humanitarian studies or related field and any kind of Accreditation or certification in education or child protection is a plus point.
At least 5 years of experience in the humanitarian/ development sectors. with particular experience in education, program and fundraising.
Skills and Abilities:
Experience of delivering inclusive education programmes including EIE.
Experience/knowledge of child protection or gender programming is highly desirable.
Experience in delivering integrated programming that supports outcomes for children and their needs is highly desirable.
Experience of in-country aid architecture, coordination and cluster groups.
Proven track record in successful development and implementation of programmes in Afghanistan or comparable contexts including successful management of teams in humanitarian contexts.
Significant experience of management in humanitarian/development programming.
Technical knowledge and proven experience in delivering education programming.
Experience of developing successful proposals to institutional donors in education, child protection and/or livelihoods.
Fluency in both oral and written English, with experience in report writing at a graduate or professional level and excellent drafting skills.
Comprehensive understanding of sectoral trends and targets.
Working knowledge of Dari/Pashto is desirable (not required if international).
Competencies:
Proven ability to work in a cross-cultural environment and strong capacity to work in intercultural teams.
Excellent team working and communication skills.
Excellent interpersonal and public presentation skills.
Reflective, responsive and respectful towards communities and colleagues.
Ability to work independently and with initiative.
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