Role Purpose

Save the Children International Cambodia (SCI) is seeking an Education Manager and Team Leader to lead the education programme and manage “Building the Climate Resilience of Children and Communities through the Education Sector Project (BRACE)”, which is funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The BRACE is five-year project that will be co-executed by Save the Children in Cambodia and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS).

The BRACE project focuses on enhancing the climate resilience of the education sector and addressing risks and impacts from droughts, heat stress, and floods.

Component 1: BRACE will be implemented in Cambodia combining climate-resilient interventions at national, sub-national, and school levels.

Component 2: BRACE will work directly with the Ministry of Education in the three target provinces to strengthen their access to climate finance through the preparation of easy-to-use guidance and engagement in National Adaptation Planning processes.

Component 3: BRACE will strengthen coordination on climate change and education with a focus on financing to support the sustainability of the interventions in Cambodia.

The Education Manager and BRACE Team Leader is a technical leadership and project management role for the overall education program, including inclusive Basic Education (IE/BE), Early Childhood Development (ECD) and Special Education (SE) and climate-smart education. The role plays as an education strategic goal owner for strategy development, innovation, technical expertise (TE), project design using SCI Common Approach, proposal development, mobilizing adequate resources and sound project management in line with SCI Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Reporting Information, Management and Evidence System (PRIME) for education programme. The post holder will ensure full compliance with the GCF and SCI’s rules and regulations.

The post holder is a member of the Extended Senior Management Team, represent Save the Children internally and externally, initiates and actively engages in education policy or strategy dialogues organised by the government, Development Partners and CSOs and leads advocacy at all levels with stakeholders to improve climate-education resilience and quality in Cambodia.

The postholder will lead and manage BRACE project for setting up, planning, managing staff and work closely with the Accredited Entity and Executing Entity Partner for implementation and ensuring overall quality assurance of the project. The team leader will also ensure that the project regularly interacts with the BRACE’s core support team and works in close collaboration with BRACE’s Project Secretariat as well as technical department officials.

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, such as participating in the emergency response team and carrying out responsibilities outlined in the ERT Operation Platform and/or assigned by the line manager.

Qualifications and experience

Master's Degree in Education Management and or Climate Change Studies

Essential

Demonstrated leadership capacity and ability to manage complex project and programme, provide technical assistance to the MoEYS and build strong and cohesive teams.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with fluency in written and spoken English and Khmer.

EXPERIENCES AND SKILLS

Required:

Minimum five years' professional experience in leading large programme and complex projects in education and or climate change and sub-technical areas including early childhood care and development and special education.

Strong experience in managing multiple grants and sound financial and partnership management

Proven record of working closely with the government ministries, with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport is preferred

Demonstrated strong knowledge of link between climate change and education and education systems

Prior experience as Project Director, Chief of Party or Deputy COP, Team Leader positions in multi-sectoral programmes for a large international donor (e.g. INGOs, GCF, USAID, EU, )

Proven technical knowledge in systems strengthening and community resilience

Excellent stakeholder management skills

Creative problem-solving skills with the ability to work effectively in resource-constrained environments

Desirable:

Experience working in Cambodia

Be open, humble and good listener to share and work with cross cultural team

Excellent facilitation and presentation skills

Strong analytical ability and knowledge of research and evaluation methods.

Competent level skills in core IT application, particularly MS Office (Microsoft Words, Excel, PowerPoint and Access)

Willingness and ability to dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with incoming surge teams, in the event of emergencies

A full appreciation of the value of co-operation, both internationally and within a team environment

Understanding of Save the Children’s vision and mission and a commitment to its objectives and values