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About IRC

The International Rescue Committee, IRC, is a leading humanitarian and development organization working in more than 40 countries and 26 U.S. cities to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

The IRC has been operating in South Sudan since 1989 and is registered as an international NGO. IRC currently delivers multi-sectoral programming directly and through partners across seven states and two administrative areas. These include Northern Bahr el Ghazal, covering Aweil East, Aweil West, and Aweil South counties, Unity State, covering Rubkona, Koch, and Panyijiar counties, Upper Nile State, covering Maban, Renk, Panyikang, Nasir, Ulang, and Panyikang counties, Lakes State, covering Rumbek Centre, Rumbek East, and Yirol West counties, Central Equatoria, covering Juba, Yei, and Kajokeji counties, Eastern Equatoria, covering Kapoeta East, Jonglei, covering Ayod, Twic East, Uror, and Akobo counties, as well as Abyei Administrative Area and Ruweng Administrative Area, including Pariang County and Ajoung Thok and Pamir refugee camps.

Background and Objectives of EFASS

The Education for All in South Sudan, EFASS, project aims to improve access to quality, responsive education for vulnerable children and strengthen the systems required to sustain equitable education service delivery. As part of this effort, IRC will directly implement education activities in Aweil East and Aweil South while also supporting wider system strengthening, coordination, and learning across target locations.

The Education Manager, Relocatable will lead IRC’s direct implementation of education activities in Aweil East and Aweil South, with flexibility to be deployed based on programme priorities and operational needs. The role will provide overall technical, operational, and management oversight for field implementation, ensuring that education interventions are delivered with quality, timeliness, accountability, and strong coordination with local authorities, schools, and communities.

Scope of Work

The Education Manager, Relocatable will lead IRC’s direct implementation of education activities in Aweil East and Aweil South under EFASS, with flexibility to be deployed based on programme priorities and operational needs. The role will provide overall leadership, management, technical oversight, and coordination for direct implementation of activities related to community-based enrolment and retention, foundational learning recovery, teacher support, school-level quality improvement, and protection-sensitive education programming.

The post holder will oversee implementation of key field activities including community mapping and outreach for out-of-school children, back-to-school campaigns, transition support, roll-out of TaRL, remedial and catch-up learning, teacher and facilitator support, classroom observation, learning space improvement, school-level safeguarding and referral pathways, and coordination with County Education Offices, schools, PTAs/SMCs, and communities. The role will also ensure strong field-level planning, supervision, monitoring, reporting, and adaptive management across direct implementation sites.

Key Responsibilities

1. Programme Management and Direct Implementation Oversight

• Lead IRC’s direct implementation of education activities in Aweil East and Aweil South, ensuring timely, quality, and accountable delivery of EFASS interventions.
• Oversee field implementation of activities related to community mapping, household outreach, enrolment and re-enrolment campaigns, transition support, attendance and retention follow-up, and learner progression support.
• Lead implementation planning and follow-up for TaRL, remedial learning, catch-up classes, and other agreed foundational learning interventions in assigned counties and target schools.
• Oversee school- and community-level implementation of activities supporting learning recovery, inclusion, retention, and education continuity.

2. Technical Leadership and Quality Assurance

• Provide technical oversight for teacher and facilitator support, including training follow-up, classroom observation, mentoring, and coaching, and use of standardized classroom observation tools.
• Ensure quality implementation of learner assessment, placement, progression, and transition support activities in line with project guidance.
• Support the roll-out and quality assurance of teacher guides, lesson plans, worksheets, learner materials, and other teaching and learning materials.
• Guide field teams in implementation of rapid feedback loops and use of field evidence to improve programme delivery.

3. Community Engagement and Retention Support

• Oversee implementation of community mobilization, back-to-school campaigns, learner enrolment, re-enrolment, and retention support activities.
• Support the establishment and follow-up of enrolment and retention champions, including community-based mechanisms for early warning and dropout prevention.
• Ensure field teams engage effectively with caregivers, PTAs/SMCs, school leaders, and communities to support attendance, transition, inclusion, and learner retention.
• Support implementation of radio listening groups and community engagement around radio-supported education activities where relevant.

4. School Support, Protection, and Inclusion

• Oversee integration of safeguarding, child protection, referral pathways, disability inclusion, gender-responsive approaches, and psychosocial support considerations into field implementation.
• Support school-level activities related to teacher training on gender, disability, safeguarding, PSS, and GBV, and PTA/SMC engagement on child protection and learner wellbeing.
• Ensure education implementation is responsive to the needs of girls, children with disabilities, over-age learners, and other marginalized children.

5. Team Management and Supervision

• Supervise and support education staff in Aweil East and Aweil South, including work planning, field deployment, coaching, and performance follow-up.
• Ensure effective coordination and division of responsibilities among field staff supporting direct implementation.
• Provide regular field-based mentoring and problem-solving support to strengthen implementation quality and consistency.

6. Coordination, Monitoring, and Reporting

• Coordinate with County Education Offices, schools, PTAs/SMCs, communities, and other local stakeholders to ensure effective implementation and local ownership.
• Work closely with RMEAL teams to support routine field monitoring visits, learner assessment follow-up, documentation of lessons learned, and review meetings.
• Ensure field teams maintain complete records of implementation, including attendance, activity reports, teacher monitoring records, learner progression information, and case documentation.
• Contribute to internal and donor reporting by consolidating implementation updates, challenges, lessons learned, and recommended adaptations.

Confidentiality: Ensuring the non-disclosure of any information whatsoever relating to the practices and business of IRC acquired in the course of duty, to any other person or organization without authority, except in the normal execution of duty.

Key Working Relationships

• Position Reports to: Field Manager Operationally, Education and CP Coordinator Technically
• Position directly supervises: Senior Education Officer, Education Officers, County Education Officers
• Other Internal and External Contacts
• Internal: Project Team Lead, Deputy Team Lead, Education and Child Protection Coordinator, Senior Education Officer, Education Officers, County Education Officers, RMEAL team, Safeguarding Senior Officer, operations, supply chain, finance, and HR teams
• External: NBeG State MoGEI, County Education Offices, schools, PTAs/SMCs, communities, implementing partners, and other education stakeholders

Job Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in education, Education Planning, Social Sciences, Development Studies, or a related field required.
• Master’s degree in a relevant field is an added advantage

Work Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience in education programming, including direct implementation and team supervision.
• Experience in fragile, conflict-affected, or low-capacity settings required, preferably in South Sudan or similar contexts.
• Experience managing field teams and overseeing education implementation across multiple locations is strongly preferred.
• Experience working with local authorities, schools, and community structures is highly desirable.

Technical Skills and Competencies

• Strong programme management, work planning, team supervision, coordination, and reporting skills.
• Strong understanding of education programming in humanitarian and development contexts.
• Ability to oversee direct implementation, monitor quality, and support adaptive management.
• Good interpersonal, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Language Skills

• Fluency in spoken and written English is required.

Safety and Security Situation

All staff must comply with all IRC South Sudan security policies and procedures.

Standards for Professional Conduct

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way, Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Equality, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti-Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Safeguarding Policy

The IRC has a zero-tolerance policy for safeguarding violations by staff, incentive workers, visitors, sub-grantees, suppliers, sub-contractors, and implementing partners. Staff and associates are expected to take all reasonable steps to prevent sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment of any person linked to IRC programmes. The successful candidate will be subject to a thorough background check and satisfactory references.

Equal Opportunity Employer

IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Professional Standards: All International Rescue Committee workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. Our Standards are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Safeguarding, Conflicts of Interest, Fiscal Integrity, and Reporting Wrongdoing and Protection from Retaliation. IRC is committed to take all necessary preventive measures and create an environment where people feel safe, and to take all necessary actions and corrective measures when harm occurs. IRC builds teams of professionals who promote critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to our clients.

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