Overview
The Senior Education Officer will implement and strengthen education and child protection programming in Poland, focusing on school-based initiatives. The role involves conducting workshops, identifying new institutions for cooperation, and building partnerships with local education stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the implementation of school-based education and child protection initiatives.
- Deliver trainings and capacity-building sessions for teachers, school staff, and other adult stakeholders.
- Oversee the implementation of EU-funded projects at the school level.
- Track expenditures and monitor budget use within assigned activities.
- Provide substantive inputs to new grant proposals, concept notes, and program design processes.
- Conduct outreach to schools to identify new institutions for program participation.
- Maintain strong relationships with local education institutions, Teacher Training Centers, municipalities, and other stakeholders.
- Support in data collection and information management systems for projects.
- Support written program evaluations and reviews.
Required Experience
- Minimum 5 years of experience in the education sector, ideally in or with schools.
- Experience designing and delivering trainings for adults (teachers, school staff).
- Experience working with donor-funded projects (EU an advantage), including work plans, deliverables, and budgets.
- Experience collaborating with education institutions, municipalities, NGOs or Teacher Training Centers.
- Experience in multicultural settings; work with refugee/migrant learners is an asset.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Education, Pedagogy, Psychology, Social Sciences or related field.
- Formal pedagogical qualifications are strongly preferred.
- Additional training in inclusive education, wellbeing, child protection or adult learning is an asset.
