Education Program Manager, September 2024

People in Need is a non-governmental, non-profit organization founded on the ideals of humanism, freedom, equality and solidarity. We consider human dignity and freedom to be fundamental values. We believe that people anywhere in the world should have the right to make decisions about their lives and to share the rights expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Our Profile

The People in Need organization was established in 1992 by a group of Czech war correspondents who were no longer satisfied with merely relaying information about ongoing conflicts and began sending out aid. It gradually became established as a professional humanitarian organization striving to provide aid in troubled regions and support adherence to human rights around the world.

Throughout our over 25 years of its existence, People in Need has become one of the biggest non-profit organizations in Central Europe. In addition to humanitarian aid and human rights, it now also targets education and helps people living in social exclusion.

We are part of Alliance2015, a strategic network of seven European non-governmental organizations engaged in humanitarian aid and development projects. This collaboration increases effectiveness, both in working in the target countries and in campaigns aimed at influencing the attitudes of politicians and the general public in Europe.

In our over 16 years operation in Ethiopia, has focused on projects in five main areas of interest: Education and Social protection, Environment, Livelihood and Agriculture, Water, sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and Emergency programs

More information at www.peopleinneed.cz or https://www.clovekvtisni.cz/en/what-we-do/humanitarian-aid-and-development/ethiopia

PIN currently invites applicants for the position of: Field Officer (FO) is responsible on field level activities of the project entitled “CHANGE: Improving Access to education for most marginalized girls in Ethiopia (November 2018-October 2023)”funded by DFID.

To implement CHANGE Improving Access to education for most marginalized girls in Ethiopia, specifically in SNNPR Gedeo Zone. The project focus on out of schoolgirls. The overall objective is contributing to improve the learning outcome and transition to education, training and employment for most marginalized girls.

The field officer will be responsible for the facilitation and taking a leadership role of all the project activities training and materials development, Inclusion, Child safeguarding, Community engagement, awareness components of the project, and maintaining effective communication between members of the project team.

· Participate in community assessment and household and individual surveys

· Conduct continuous community based awareness raising campaigns, meetings and events

· Conduct community mapping of out of school girls and identify the major reasons

· Involve in PTA and other meetings in schools and sensitize them on significance of Girls education

· Facilitate and conduct a regular follow up for tutorial and alternative literacy and numeracy programs

· Conduct community outreach and mobilize community/CAG for various forms of campaigns

· Facilitate experience sharing between schools and community members

· Coordinate the establishment and strengthening of Girls Clubs in or outside of school

· Coordinate and facilitate the establishment of Self-Help Groups (SHGs)

· Co-facilitate in conducting outreach and home visits through community steering groups

· Organize regular meetings between stakeholders through community forums

· Conduct girls and family counselling, parent support groups and promote girls friendly spaces

· Regular update of individual beneficiaries’ profile

· Identify, share and communicate good practices and challenges

· Prepare regular work plan and report in to field coordinator

· Ensure all important and relevant project and the related documents are organized and documented systematically in both electronic and hard copies

· Adhering to all PIN and donor guidelines and policies

· Performs related works as assigned by field coordinator and CHANGE project manager

Job Requirements

· BA degree in Education, Pedagogy, special needs education and related fields

· Minimum of two years’ experience in the position

· Knowledgeable and experienced on minimum standards of child safeguarding

· Sound experience on gender equality, Social Inclusion, and Child safeguarding

· Knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of project cycle management

· Computer friendly (Word, excel, power point)

· knowledge of spoken & written Amharic and English (fluent in local language of Gediofa is advantageous)

· Experience working in international development is advantageous.

· 3 strong references (will be crosschecked/contacted)

More Information

Job City Kochere woreda, Gedeo Zone, SNNPR

People in Need

We are a non-governmental, non-profit organization based on the ideas of humanism, freedom, equality and solidarity. We consider human dignity and freedom to be the basic values. We believe that people anywhere in the world should have a right to make decisions about their lives and to share the rights expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We strive for open, informed, engaged and responsible society that would be able to address problems at home as well as in the world. We want to actively participate in shaping a society where cultural, ethnic, racial and other differences are a source of enrichment rather than conflict.

We are an intrinsic part of the civil society. Our work is based not only on personal initiative and activity of hundreds of our employees and volunteers, both in the Czech Republic and in dozens of other countries, where we work, but also on trust and support we are endowed with by individuals, businesses, governments and international institutions.The scope of our activities, particular areas and priorities are determined independently with respect to the level of urgency and to our real capacity to change something. It is not so important to have the work done everywhere, however it is essential for us to make a real difference.

In troubled regions around the world, we provide humanitarian aid on the basis of specific needs in the spirit of the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross. We help people alleviate their distress and support them in the recovery period to be able to get back on their feet.

We fight poverty, whose causes we see in the limitations given by poor access to education, natural resources, healthcare, unequal treatment and discrimination, or by bad governance. We assist people in lifting these restrictions and support them so that they can enhance the quality of their lives. We try to identify the causes of these problems and, together with the people concerned, help with eliminating them.

The recent historical experience of our country enables us to help in some dictatorial or authoritarian regimes, and also in countries in transition. In the same way as the democratic world supported the struggle for freedom in communist countries, we encourage people who are active in voicing criticism and opening a dialogue with the power, in claiming to respect fundamental human rights and freedoms, and also in seeking a more open society. We strengthen the civil society so that it is able to stand as one of the pillars of good governance in newly-developing societies and countries.We lend a helping hand to our fellow citizen living in social exclusion through social work based on respect and shared responsibility. We solve peoples’ problems in mutual cooperation. Above all, we encourage young people in pursuing education so that they enhance their chance to succeed in life. At the same time, we attempt to contribute towards the solution of serious structural problems, namely over-indebtedness, discriminatory practice of self-governments, situation on the labour market or segregation trends in education.In addition, our work involves fostering the development of free and responsible people, who are well-informed about contemporary world, are able to directly and critically assess information and opinions, and they are willing to make a difference in the community. We bring personal testimony of the people we work with as well as important global issues such as climate change, sustainable development, fight for freedom and rights of people in dozens of countries, inequality in society, and the status of minorities.We believe that after decades of oppression and denial of free access to information, so symptomatic of our society at that time, we were given freedom as well as joint responsibility. We believe that closing our eyes to what is happening in a seemingly distant world is as short-sighted as forgetting our own past. This is the reason why we have been shaping up People in Need for over twenty years while building on tangible work and motivating the public to join us.

0 USD Kochere woreda, Gedeo Zone, SNNPR CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week People in Need