Your mission
The education and child protection Project Officer will be responsible for overseeing the integrated delivery of child protection and education services by a local partner in Taiz Governorate. This role ensures that all program activities adhere to high-quality standards and established technical frameworks, including international child protection and education guidelines. The Officer will provide strategic oversight and hands-on support to the implementing partner and project staff, ensuring that case management, psychosocial support, inclusive education, legal aid, and community engagement activities are effectively planned, executed, and monitored. The position requires strong leadership in capacity building, quality assurance, and continuous improvement, with a focus on strengthening local systems and empowering community networks. The Officer will facilitate technical coaching, supervision, and mentoring to ensure that interventions are child-cantered, inclusive, and responsive to the needs of vulnerable groups. The Officer will also coordinate closely with local authorities, NGOs, and community stakeholders to promote collaboration and sustainability. She/he will represent War Child in relevant coordination forums in Taiz, advocate for program priorities, and work with specialized teams to address safeguarding, quality assurance, and risk management challenges. Through effective monitoring and adaptive management, the Officer will help maximize the project’s impact on children’s learning outcomes and protection.
Key responsibilities
Program Delivery and Quality Oversight
Partnership, Coordination, Safeguarding and MEL
Key responsibilities
Program Delivery and Quality Oversight
- Ensure the effective delivery of high-quality, inclusive education and child protection activities, in full compliance with international standards and ECHO technical frameworks.
- Provide technical guidance and support to ensure the successful implementation of education interventions for out-of-school children and those at risk of dropping out. This includes child identification and registration, teacher and facilitator training, provision of curriculum and learning materials, and the rehabilitation of learning environments.
- Promote and ensure the consistent use of participatory and inclusive approaches in community mobilization and awareness campaigns, especially those aimed at the referral and reintegration of out-of-school children into formal or non-formal education pathways.
- Lead the design, coordination, and delivery of capacity-building programs that strengthen the competencies of community protection networks, caseworkers, teachers, supervisors, facilitators, and local civil society organizations (CSOs). Ensure that training content is aligned with best practices, conflict-sensitive pedagogy, and project goals.
- Oversee the development and contextualization of case management protocols, psychosocial support (PSS) tools, and inclusive education methodologies, ensuring that all approaches are evidence-based, child-centered, and responsive to the needs of girls, children with disabilities, IDPs, and other marginalized groups.
- Coordinate with partners and service providers to ensure the quality and timeliness of legal documentation support and the provision of disability assistive devices, in accordance with the needs of targeted children.
- Establish and maintain robust quality assurance systems, including regular field visits, on-site supervision, technical coaching, and learning reflection sessions with partner teams to identify implementation challenges, document lessons learned, and apply adaptive improvements.
- Ensure effective technical support is provided to partner field teams, either directly or by coordinating access to expertise.
Partnership, Coordination, Safeguarding and MEL
- Maintain strong relationships and clear communication with local authorities, implementing partners, community leaders, and other stakeholders to ensure coordinated and harmonized program delivery.
- Represent the project in relevant coordination forums and working groups to advocate for child protection and education priorities and share lessons learned.
- Collaborate with safeguarding specialists to ensure all activities uphold child safeguarding policies and do-no-harm principles, embedding these standards into daily program operations.
- Provide programmatic input to assist MEAL teams to develop robust monitoring tools and data collection systems that track learning outcomes, protection indicators, and program impact, ensuring timely, and quality reporting on program progress, challenges, and outcomes to donors and stakeholders.
- Support partner on work planning, budgeting, and resource management by providing clear programmatic insights with hands-on guidance to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and child-centred programs in alignment with project goals.
- Support financial management by monitoring budget implementation, ensuring compliance with donor regulations, and coordinating with finance teams on resource utilization.
- Maintain strong collaboration with local authorities, NGOs, UN agencies, and complementary projects (e.g., Cash Consortium) to enhance coordination and program synergy.