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Join Save the Children UK as a Senior Education Advisor and lead transformative education initiatives for children worldwide.
Overview
Salary £55400 - £61500
Location Farringdon, London/Home-based
Expires Expires at anytime
Organisation summary: Save the Children UK is dedicated to creating a brighter future for children across the globe. With a commitment to ensuring every child's right to a healthy start, education, and protection from harm, this organization is a beacon of hope in times of crisis. By joining their team, you'll contribute to tangible, lasting change for millions of children, especially those in hard-to-reach areas.
Role Summary:
- Provide global thought leadership in education.
- Drive strategic parts of Save the Children UK's education strategy.
- Engage with external experts and lead technical partnerships.
- Offer guidance and leadership on complex education projects.
- Mentor NGO programme teams and influence sector-wide educational change.
Role Requirements:
- Proven experience in international development and education programme management.
- Ability to provide technical assistance and mentorship.
- Knowledge in child rights, gender issues, and conflict-sensitive education.
- Strategic thinker with strong analytical skills.
- Excellent negotiation and communication abilities.
- Postgraduate degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
- Teaching qualification or experience (desirable).
- French language skills (desirable).
- Willingness to travel up to 40% of the time.
Benefits: Working at Save the Children UK offers more than a job; it provides a sense of purpose and the satisfaction of helping others. The charity recognizes employee contributions by offering flexibility, inclusion, and a focus on health and wellbeing both in and outside of work. A comprehensive benefits package is designed to inspire and motivate employees to make a difference every day.
Save the Children UK have an exciting opportunity for an individual with extensive leadership and education experience to join us as our Senior Education Advisor – Teachers where you will work with the Programme Quality and Impact (PQI) department to ensure we deliver high-quality, evidence-based programmes and develop technical approaches to achieve positive sector-wide change for children.
About Us Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
About the role As a Senior Advisor, you will provide global thought leadership in your technical area and drive work on specific parts of the Save the Children UK's strategy. You will represent the organisation regularly with external experts and will lead on technical engagement with partners. You will be a recognised expert in your field, providing leadership on complex assignments and projects, and providing technical guidance to others in resolving complex issues in a specialised area.
Job requirements Experience and knowledge working in international development programming Experience of providing technical assistance and individual mentoring to NGO programmes teams in education Experience in the design, implementation and management of education programmes Experience of working in a matrix-managed context and promoting change across multiple networks Understanding of; child rights principles, gender and education & conflict sensitive education. Strong analytical and conceptual skills, and the ability to think and plan strategically; well-developed negotiation and communication skills, including spoken and written English. An internationally recognised postgraduate degree or equivalent experience Teacher training qualification or experience in teaching experience would be desirable Working knowledge of French is desirable Ability to travel up to 40% of work time.
Benefits Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance. We focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing both in and outside of work. We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day.
