ROLE PURPOSE:
The capacity building officer is responsible for planning, coordination, and delivering high quality capacity building initiatives for TLS/ECCD teachers, parents/caregivers, and school management shuras.
The role holder ensures the necessary competencies, pedagogical skills, and child-centered approaches to deliver safe, nurturing, and developmentally appropriate learning experiences for children.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Education Coordinator
Staff reporting to this post: N/A
Direct: 0
Indirect: 0
Budget Responsibilities: N/A
She/he is accountable to carry out the following key role and responsibilities but not limited to:
1. Conduct capacity need assessments for TLS/ECCD/ teachers, community educators and implementing partner’s staff.
2. Develop training plans, curricula, training handout, and teaching-learning material aligned with the TLS/ECCD standards and project objectives.
3. Facilitate training sessions on TLS/ECCD methodologies, classroom management, early stimulation, child protection, inclusive education, and positive parenting.
4. Provide orientation to project staff and partners on TLS/ECCD frameworks, child development and quality assurance standards.
5. Conduct regular field visits to TLS/ECCD centers for coaching, mentoring, and observing/providing support to teachers.
6. Demonstrate interactive and play-based teaching techniques during coaching sessions.
7. Document best practices and success stories to promote improved pedagogy.
8. Monitor the implementation of TLS/ECCD activities and ensure adherence to project objectives, safeguarding, inclusion, and child-centered progress.
9. Maintain records of training attendance, coaching reports, and capacity building progress.
10. Support data collection for MEAL activities and ensure IPTTs and EMIS are updated to and shared monthly to MEAL department.
11. Conduct training evaluation including pre- and post-tests, and narrative report.
12. Support community engagement activities to strengthen positive parenting.
13. Support procurement planning for training materials and supplies.
14. Ensure localization of content with consideration to language, culture, protection risks, and accessibility.
15. Ensures adherence to child safeguarding and PSEA standards in all capacity building activities/field visits.
16. Report any safeguarding concerns immediately to the designated focal point
17. Review implementing partner organization’s monthly project progress and financial expenses report.
18. Conduct BI-Weekly meeting with implementing partners and ensure the project progresses.
19. Any additional task as per office requirement or by line manager.
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance, and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development, and encourages their team to do the same.
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
• builds and maintains effective relationships with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength.
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
• willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates the highest levels of integrity.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required
• 14 Grade degree or University degree in education, social science.
• 14 Grade with 3 years’ Experience and for Bachelor 2 years’ of experience in (Education Trainer, Education Officer and Capacity Building Officer) national and/or international NGOs.
Desirable
• Have worked with partners.
• Must be proactive, flexible, and hard-working with irregular hours.
• Should be optimistic and a good listener.
Dedicated to work in the interest of Children regardless of ethnicity, colour, Race, Gender, or other biased preferences.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
• Good knowledge and experience in partnership.
• Humanitarian experience and knowledge is an assets.
• Knowledge in conducting training and capacity building sessions.
• Good organization, planning, budgeting, budget control, and reporting skills
• good interpersonal and communication skills
• Good team interaction and positive attitude
• Familiar with Word, Excel, and other relevant programs
Excellent communication skills in English, alongside varied local language skills are preferred (Pashto, Dari).
Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities set out above are not exhaustive, and the post holder may be required to carry out additional duties from time to time which are reasonable in relation to their level of skills and experience.
In the event of a significant humanitarian emergency, the post-holder will be expected to work outside their normal job description; vary their working hours; and occasionally work from a different location should the need arise.
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
“Save the Children strongly encourages applications from women. Minimum country requirements for potential female applicants will be followed.”
Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe, so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Safeguarding our Staff:
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.
