• Advanced degree in either Education or Social Sciences or equivalent experience
  
• Minimum of eight years of professional experience in the management of education programs in emergencies
  

Skills and Competencies

• Strong knowledge of technical tools, resources, and standards related to education in emergencies and post-conflict settings.
  
• Demonstrated experience developing training materials and facilitating workshops and training for adult learners.
  
• Excellent budget planning and management skills, previous experience developing and effectively managing multi-million multi-donor grants required.
  
• Previous experience managing diverse teams to deliver results on short timelines, including the development of spending plans, procurement plans, and work plans.
  

Program Strategy

• Develop and execute the PM CM strategy, including crisis response activation and implementation, that includes guidance on quality and monitoring, and update as needs evolve. This strategy should integrate Disaster Risk Reduction, Preparedness, Anticipatory Action, Multisectoral Rapid Response, Humanitarian-Development Coherence, and Sustainability.
  
• Develop and execute a context-appropriate, outcome-focused EiE strategy for PlayMatters that includes guidance on quality and monitoring, and update as needs evolve.
  
• Sit on each PM CM Steering Committee (one per country) to ensure proper implementation of the CM.
  
• Advise and assist in designing preparedness plans and rapid response plans, including identifying co-funding opportunities, supporting the conceptualization/design of program activities, drafting or providing substantial input into technical response plans, designing M&E systems, partner capacity assessments and budgets, and responding to any requests for additional information as needed.
  

Program Quality, Management, and Implementation

• Ensure projects and activities are of high technical quality, meet humanitarian standards (INEE Minimum Standards, SPHERE Minimum Standards, Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action), and mainstream protection, align with IRC's Strategy, and respond to community and monitoring feedback
  
• Proactively identify, assess, monitor, and implement measures to reduce or control risks that may impact program delivery, quality, or compliance.
  
• Coordinate the PM CM activation process, including coordinating approvals with the PM Senior Management Team.
  

Staff Learning & Development

• Provide technical support to designated PMC Outcome 3 leads, including technical support visits as requested.
  
• Coach, train, and mentor consortium staff to strengthen their technical capacity, exchange knowledge within the team, and provide professional development guidance on EiE, Anticipatory Action, and other relevant sector expertise.
  

Coordination & Representation

• Update the IRC’s representative in technical working groups, clusters, and other inter-agency forums with key technical updates.
  
• Ensure technical coordination and alignment with other LF-funded Rapid Response Mechanisms (namely Save the Children and Norwegian Refugee Council).
  

Professional Standards

• Ensure that gender, protection, and environmental stewardship are mainstreamed in all programming under direct responsibility.
  
• Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of the team; promptly reporting concerns or incidents to senior management, and when liaising with community leaders and other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment for IRC programs.
  
• Other duties assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs.