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Head of Education, Programme Policy and Quality - Save the Children UK, INT

Head of Education, Programme Policy and Quality (0841)

Directorate:Global Programmes
Department:Programme Policy & Quality
Team:Education
Location:London
Contract Type:Permanent
Salary:up to £65,000
Closing Date:27 July 2014

About us:Save the Children is the world's leading independent organisation for children. We work in around 120 countries. We save children's lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.

We work to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. Across all of our work, we pursue several core values: accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity and integrity.

Our aim is to increase access to and completion of inclusive, quality basic education, with a particular focus on children marginalised by poverty, ethnicity and emergencies, particularly conflict. This includes a focus on the early years, transition to primary education, primary education itself, and the transition from primary to secondary education and, in some cases, secondary education, for our target groups of children.

We also have a significant commitment to education in emergencies and we consequently have specialist staff that can be deployed to country programmes to work in on emergency preparedness, disaster risk reduction and response in respect of education.

About the  Role:The Head of Education will lead the team in Save the Children UK responsible for the development, delivery and oversight of a programme policy that achieves Save the Children’s education objectives for children. They will be responsible for;

Leading the team responsible for providing strategic thematic and technical support to country programmes;

Ensuring that we develop and deliver world-class programmes at scale with clear evidence and impact;
Building Save the Children’s influence and brand profile in the global education community

Working with the Education Global Initiative to ensure lessons and evidence from education programmes are effectively disseminated across the Save the Children movement to inform improved programming and national and international advocacy.

About You: Masters and/or PhD in an education related field

Significant senior level international experience designing, implementing and reporting on thematic strategies and programmes

Proven ability to broker collaboration and engagement between organizations to contribute to shared goals and objectives

Proven senior level experience leading diverse, complex initiatives and teams to achieve agreed objectives

Experience of effective team management including building shared objectives, quality control, evaluation, motivation, performance management, staff development and training

Willingness and ability to travel up to 30% of time
An understanding of and commitment to Save the Children’s mission, values and programme approaches

What we offer:In return we offer a negotiable salary of up to £65,000 + pension, structured career development, travel and the opportunity to join a team at the leading edge of Education.

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source: www.savethechildren.org.uk 

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