War Child believes no child should be part of war. Ever. Children have the right to grow up in peace, free from fear and violence. To develop their full potential and become the person they want to be. War Child makes a lasting impact. By protecting children from violence and offering psychosocial support and education. We unleash the children’s inner strength with our creative and involving approach. And inspire as many people as we can to participate in our cause. War Child is both implementing its own programmes and cooperating with a variety of partner organizations in 14 countries around the world. www.warchildholland.org
War Child Holland is looking for a:
Programme Director, CWtL (Can’t Wait to Learn)
Background
Can’t Wait to Learn (CWtL) introduces new (cost-) effective solutions to the serious challenges facing education for children in emergencies. By utilising innovative technological (EdTech) solutions with a focus on serious gaming, CWtL builds on concepts, which have been successfully implemented in Ukraine, Sudan, South Sudan, Lebanon, Jordan, Chad, Bangladesh, and Uganda. CWtL seeks to increase the number of children with access to quality education in mathematics and reading in areas affected by conflict globally. Developing fresh, interactive materials based on the national curricula, and creating effective partnership structures to distribute these, CWtL creates new opportunities for making education accessible to those children who have been excluded from education, increasing their resilience and preparing them for a positive future.
You will be responsible for the overall leadership and management of the programme to achieve impact at scale in line with the programme key performance indicators and organisational scaling strategy and vision. You will be involved with the management of a complex global programme, including the scaling of the CWtL programme, strategic partnership development, programme planning, product development, project implementation and quality assurance. Can’t Wait to Learn is currently strongly embedded in our programming in Jordan, Ukraine and Uganda in cooperation with implementing partners and War Child technical and in-country teams and from the perspective of scaling the innovation, multiple opportunities for implementation of CWtL by (i)NGO/MoE /and UN partners are being explored and planned for.
Develop policy and vision
Develop and realise the programme to scale
Networking
Funding
(Ministries, design teams, programmers, curriculum developers, educational content specialists and creators)
Location
Any country where War Child has a large CWtL programme (Jordan, Uganda and Ukraine) or where the majority of the global team sits (in Amsterdam, Netherlands). The successful candidate must be eligible to work in that country. Preference will be given to local candidates.
Our Offer
Depending on the duty station, local contract with salary and secondary labour conditions based on the country’s salary scale and T&C’s will apply.
The Organisation
War Child is a young and dynamic organisation. We try to keep an informal ambiance within our office, with a lot of room for creativity, inspiration and self-initiative from employees. We practice what we preach: dynamic, innovative, integrity focused and a drive to reach the highest possible results against the lowest possible costs. War Child offers a challenging job in an inspiring workplace.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates are invited to apply before 12 May 2023. Make sure to upload your English CV (maximum of two pages) and cover letter by using the following hyperlink: https://warchild.onlinevacatures.nl/job/272529/apply
N.B. War Child will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and reserves the right to close the vacancy if a successful candidate is identified prior to the closing date.
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Disclaimer
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