Job Description

Agency

Aga Khan Foundation

Salary

Salary and package to attract the best candidate

Region

Middle East

The requirements

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s degree in education, Child Development, Psychology, Social Development, or

a related field is preferred.

EXPERIENCE:

• 5-7 years of experience in the field of education, or ECD.
• Strong experience in Education activities.
• Experience in working with people with disabilities.
• Experience in parenting awareness sessions
• Experience in training.
• Experience coordinating learning spaces and classes, or community-based education programmes with CSOs, government stakeholders, and local communities.
• Experience in teacher coaching, mentoring, classroom observation, and adult learning approaches for capacity building.
• Proven experience with digital learning /interventions.

COMPETENCIES:

• Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Good command of English and Arabic Languages, speaking and writing.
• Ability to work under pressure, handling multiple tasks, demands and deadlines with a positive attitude.
• Integrity, commitment, and dedication.
• Strong facilitation, training, coaching, and mentoring skills.
• Sound knowledge of child development, child-centered pedagogy, school readiness, parenting support, and inclusive practices.
• Basic to strong skills in data management and report writing.
• Practical experience in digital learning tools and platforms.

- Hybrid work that is a blend of in-office and field visits.
- The role may require flexibility in working hours to support training sessions, community meetings, monitoring visits, and special programme events.

SAFEGUARDING POLICY:
OHF has policies and systems in place to prevent sexual abuse, neglect, exploitation, harassment, bullying, and sexual harassment. It is also to safeguard children, adults, our teams, consultants, volunteers, partners, beneficiaries, and all stakeholders. OHF will ensure a workplace culture built on respect, tolerance, diversity, and inclusion.

GENDER EQUALITY:
OHF is committed to supporting gender equality in all of its programmes and internal operations by eliminating sex discrimination, harassment, and sexual harassment and promoting equality for women and men in all hiring process starting from open call for a position, interview process, selection process, salary, benefits … etc.

Climate Resilience
Environment and climate are core strategic priorities and cross-cutting themes for OHF. OHF helps communities to increase resilience to climate change via awareness raising, infrastructure, resource management and clean energy.

People with Disabilities
OHF is committed to including persons with disabilities in all its programmes and projects.

This job description outlines the general nature and key responsibilities of the position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. OHF reserves the right to modify job duties or job descriptions at any time.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, including criminal record checks. OHF also participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. You can find out more about this scheme on this link: https://misconduct-disclosure-scheme.org/

The position

• Build and maintain partnerships with government entities, CSOs, NGOs, community leaders, and other stakeholders to support project implementation and sustainability.
• Support community outreach, parenting education, reading campaigns, volunteer engagement, and awareness-raising activities.
• Monitor project activities and teacher performance, manage project data, and prepare reports and documentation for monitoring and learning purposes.
• Support the implementation of small grants, educational resources, and learning materials in line with project and financial guidelines.
• Contribute to work planning, budgeting, reporting, event coordination, logistics, and other operational requirements for effective project delivery.
• Maintain project records, learning resources, and documentation to support knowledge management and continuous improvement.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Project Manager to support project objectives.