Education Sr. Project Officer (National Position)

Join IsraAID as an Education Sr. Project Officer to lead and implement education programs in response to emergencies in Venezuela.

• Provide overall strategic leadership for Education programming, ensuring alignment with IsraAID’s global frameworks, humanitarian standards, and the evolving context in Venezuela.
• Lead the design, planning, and oversight of Education interventions, translating needs assessments and contextual analysis into coherent, high-quality programs.
• Provide training and continuous technical support for staff of the Temporary Spaces for Learning and Well-being
• Support the creation of weekly schedules and activity plans for teachers and facilitators
• Develop together with relevant colleagues a curriculum of activities integrating components of Education in Emergencies, MHPSS, with elements of WASH and Health
• Ensure the development of other relevant tools as needed under the technical supervision of the Head of Education Sector (Global).
• Ensure programs are rights-based, survivor-centered, culturally appropriate, and responsive to the needs of children, adolescents, caregivers, and vulnerable populations.
• Oversee work plans, implementation strategies, and timelines, ensuring effective use of resources and timely delivery of activities.
• Contribute to proposal development, budgets, and donor reporting related to Education programming.
• Ensure donor compliance, risk management, and financial accountability within the scope of Education activities.
• Line-manage the Education Officer(s), community mobilisers and other relevant programmatic staff, providing regular supervision, performance management, and professional development support.
• Ensure clear roles, responsibilities, and communication within the Education team.
• Promote staff care, wellbeing, and ethical practice, particularly in high-stress humanitarian settings.
• Foster a supportive, inclusive, and learning-oriented team culture.
• Ensure the consistent application of technical standards, safeguarding policies, and ethical principles across all activities in coordination with the Global Education Technical Advisor.
• Oversee the development, adaptation, and use of Education tools, guidelines, and training materials suited to the Venezuelan context.
• Monitor program quality through regular reviews, supervision visits, and feedback mechanisms, ensuring continuous improvement.
• Ensure safe and effective referral pathways are established and functioning for specialized mental health and child protection services.
• Represent IsraAID and actively participate in relevant national and sub-national coordination forums,such as the Education Cluster, other technical working groups, and inter-agency meetings related to Education.
• Lead engagement with government counterparts, UN agencies, NGOs, and community-based organizations to ensure alignment, complementarity, and adherence to national systems.
• Strengthen partnerships with local actors, supporting capacity strengthening and sustainable approaches to Education service delivery.
• Support monitoring and evaluation frameworks for Education programs, ensuring data collection, analysis, and use for decision-making.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and high-quality narrative and quantitative reporting for internal and external stakeholders.
• Promote accountability to affected populations through feedback and complaint mechanisms.
• Lead documentation of lessons learned, best practices, and program outcomes to inform adaptation and future programming in emergencies.
• Conduct regular field visits to follow up on the implementation of the programme
• Lead the regular implementation of pre- and post- tests to track the learning progress of activity participants.