Role Purpose:

The Education Fund Manager will provide strategic leadership and oversight for the two education funds, the Safe Back to School and Learning Fund, and the Lego Education in Emergencies Rapid Response Fund ensuring that they are run with the utmost efficiency to enable them to maximize their investment to catalyse impactful programming and leverage further funding. The role is critical to coordinating all internal and external stakeholders to advance both Funds specific mission to greater heights.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Significant years of experience relevant work experience in education programmes in either development or humanitarian settings
• Education to Master’s level in International Development or a relevant subject and/or equivalent field experience
• Experience of programme and project management in education across multiple locations and changing contexts, both humanitarian and development.
• Demonstrated experience managing a large portfolio of projects, including finances, awards management, donor engagement and stakeholder management; across multiple programmes concurrently is considered an asset.
• Significant financial literacy including budget reviews and ongoing financial monitoring.
• Demonstrated success in fundraising and resource mobilization with both private and institutional donors.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to develop strong working relationships resulting in securing significant new opportunities for the organisation, as well as deliver assessments and reports.
• Ability to explain complex issues to both staff and peers.
• Ability to manage a varied workload quickly and efficiently, and work effectively under pressure across a varied portfolio to organise and prioritise work for yourself and others to ensure deadlines are met
• Ability to propose innovative and adaptive solutions, work with others to overcome challenges and deliver results
• A proven ability to conceptualise and ground abstract ideas in operational realities
• A high level of written and spoken English
• Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy, including awareness and experience of humanitarian and development contexts
• Strong influencing skills and experience in advocacy
• Commitment to Save the Children values

Desirable

• Language skills, in particular Spanish, French or Arabic
• Experience or knowledge of working and living in relevant regions/contexts.
• A level of technical knowledge in Education programming approaches , tools and guidance.
• Familiarity with SC’s programme management systems, including the Awards Management System, PRIME and Agresso