Regional Education Advisor

About the role

As the Regional Education Advisor you work closely with the Education and Social and Emotional learning (SEL) Teams in Sydney and Country Offices (COS) including ChildFund Vietnam, ChildFund Cambodia and ChildFund Myanmar, as well as the International Program Team in Sydney to strengthen and expand ChildFund Australia’s existing education programs and projects. You provide input and feedback to project concept papers, proposals (including submissions), monitoring reports and evaluation as well as provide technical advice and support on the education and SEL components of other programs and projects.

This role is a time role based in either our Cambodia or Vietnam office.

Key duties of the role

• Contribute to develop our thinking about education and its role in international development programs to advance ChildFund Australia’s strategic goals; programs, research and advocacy initiatives
• Support Country Office education and SEL teams with technical support and advice in project planning, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
• Assist Country Office staff with progress reporting both internally and to donors
• Support the design and preparation of winning grant submissions including writing concept notes and proposals
• Create strong relationships through networking activities with INGOs, ACFID working groups and donor agencies to lift the profile of ChildFund Australia as well as with our Regional Offices and Alliance members and foster collaborative initiatives and cross learning opportunities
• Support regional peer learning and collaboration across education and SEL teams in the Mekong.

Qualifications & Experience

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline
• Cross cultural experience in an NGO/International development context
• 5+ years as a teacher, preferably in formal, basic education and/or teacher education; and in a number of sub-sectors (e.g. Early Childhood, primary, secondary, tertiary, technical and vocational, teacher training, assessment and evaluation etc.) including some years in the International Development sector;
• Project management experience
• Familiarity/experience with web-based communication platforms (Teams, Zoom, Webex etc.).

Desirable Qualifications & Experience

• Sound project design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills
• Experience in the development of curriculum, policies, guidelines
• Knowledge in one or more of the national languages of countries in which ChildFund Australia manages programs.

Skills & Qualities

• Strong team player & strong interpersonal skills

• Flexible and adaptable to work with people from different backgrounds and cultures

• Mentoring & coaching

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Department: International Programs Team

Location: ChildFund Australia office - Cambodia or Vietnam

Employment: Full Time

Reports to: Senior Education Advisor, Sydney

Other Information: Must have full working rights in country of location.

ChildFund Australia believes in a global community where children are safe and can reach their full potential. We take extensive steps to safeguard children in any work done by our people, i.e., our staff, volunteers and interns, supporters, partners, board members, ambassadors and suppliers. We strive to keep children safe through child safe practices, and rigorously ensure we prevent, oppose, and combat all exploitation and abuse of children and vulnerable people. As part of this commitment, all people working with us will undergo relevant background checks before joining ChildFund Australia.

At ChildFund Australia, all staff must remain alert and responsive to any child safeguarding or sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment (SEAH) risks. Staff will acquire the knowledge and skills needed to understand our Child Safeguarding and PSEAH policies & procedures, promote strong safeguarding practices, and conduct themselves consistent with these policies.

In line with our values, diversity of people and ideas is critical to our work and our success at ChildFund Australia. We strive for a team culture that is welcoming, inclusive, and supportive. Childfund is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and strongly encourages people from all backgrounds, abilities, and identities to apply for any vacancies.