Responsibilities
- Adhere to Street Child policies, procedures, safeguarding standards, and donor requirements
- Guide project objectives in alignment with UNICEF, MoGEI, and government priorities
- Guarantee inclusion of the most vulnerable learners, such as girls, children with disabilities, and those over-age or behind grade level
- Support programme learning, adaptation, documentation, and reporting
- Represent AET/Street Child with government, donor, and coordination stakeholders
- Direct overall planning, implementation, and coordination of the TaRL project across Aweil, Juba, Torit, and Yambio
- Ensure timely, high-quality delivery of all project activities, including training, mentoring, coaching, assessments, and monitoring
- Create and manage detailed workplans, implementation schedules, and activity trackers to meet targets and timelines
- Supervise and support four County Coordinators/Master Trainers, a MEAL Officer, and other project staff
- Facilitate effective coordination across project locations and implementation partners
- Track progress against project objectives and implement corrective actions as needed
- Ensure high-quality implementation of the TaRL methodology per approved design and technical guidance
- Oversee training, mentoring, and coaching support for teachers, mentors, and Master Trainers
- Maintain fidelity to agreed TaRL approaches, tools, and assessment methodologies
- Collaborate with technical advisors, MoGEI, and UNICEF to strengthen quality assurance and continuous improvement
- Promote data-informed programme adaptation using monitoring and learning data to improve performance and outcomes
- Integrate inclusive, gender-responsive, and child-centred approaches throughout implementation
- Lead coordination with MoGEI, State Ministries of Education, County Education Departments, and other government stakeholders
- Maintain strong working relationships with UNICEF and other project partners
- Support government ownership and participation throughout project implementation
- Represent AET/Street Child in Education Cluster meetings, technical working groups, and other coordination forums
- Support dissemination of project learning and evidence to government, UNICEF, and other stakeholders for future TaRL scale-up in South Sudan
- Oversee project budget management to ensure effective, efficient, and compliant resource use
- Ensure compliance with UNICEF requirements, financial procedures, procurement policies, safeguarding standards, and organisational policies
- Lead preparation of high-quality narrative reports, workplans, updates, and donor submissions
Requirements
- Degree in Education, International Development, or related field
- Minimum 5–8 years' experience managing large education or development programmes
- Demonstrated experience managing donor-funded projects, including planning, budgeting, reporting, and compliance
- Strong understanding of foundational learning and teacher professional development approaches
- Experience working with government education systems and stakeholders
- Experience managing teams and delivering results in complex, fragile, or humanitarian contexts
- Experience working on TaRL, foundational literacy and numeracy, remedial education, or similar learning improvement programmes
- Experience managing UNICEF, ECW, FCDO, or other institutional donor-funded projects
- Strong leadership and team management skills
- Excellent planning, coordination, and organisational skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in challenging environments
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and representation skills
- Ability to work independently and travel regularly to project locations
- Strong facilitation and training skills
- Experience using monitoring and learning data to inform programme management and adaptive implementation
- Strong commitment to child safeguarding and protection
- Flexible, proactive, and solutions-oriented
- Willingness and ability to travel frequently within South Sudan
- Knowledge of South Sudan's education sector and government systems
Nice to Have
- Master’s degree in Education, Development, or related field
- Prior experience implementing foundational literacy and numeracy education programs with demonstrated impact on learning outcomes
- Experience facilitating multi-stakeholder workshops, training events, and technical working groups
- Strong report writing and proposal development skills
- Experience using digital data collection and project management tools (e.g. Kobo, CommCare, Power BI, Excel dashboards)
- Ability to analyse learning assessment data and translate findings into programme improvements
- Experience supporting organisational learning, documentation of good practice, and knowledge management
- Strong networking and partnership-building skills
- Experience using data and dashboards to inform project management
- Strong facilitation and representation skills
Work Arrangement
Remote (Country) — Juba, South Sudan
Other
- Contract duration: 6 months
- Full time
- National Contract
- Principal Location: Juba, South Sudan
- Deadline for application: 07th July 2026 at 5:00 PM (South Sudan Time)
- Willingness and ability to travel frequently within South Sudan
- All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate background checks, including a Criminal Records check
- Street Child participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme
- This position is subject to donor approval and funding confirmation under the project “Building Resilience of Households and Communities through Integrated Action in South Sudan” (CFEI ID: CFEI/CEF/SSD/2026/016)
