Oficial de Educación

The Oficial de Educación is responsible for implementing education programs and strategies aimed at improving safe, quality learning with a gender perspective for children affected by conflict and crisis in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. The role involves leading educational quality improvement initiatives, community mobilization, technical assistance to educators, and monitoring program outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of the school change management model in educational institutions, engaging institutional actors with methodology, tools, and strategies for educational quality and school management improvement.
• Mobilize and accompany the educational community in initiatives to improve educational quality and children's rights.
• Provide technical and pedagogical assistance to teachers and school leaders in quality improvement initiatives.
• Lead sensitization and appropriation processes on children's rights, participation, and gender equity in educational communities.
• Conduct training and technical assistance for educational institutions in formulating, implementing, and evaluating pedagogical projects in reading, writing, mathematics, and citizenship competencies.
• Conduct training for children and youth on children's rights, participation, and gender equity.
• Promote participation of education secretariats, municipal mayors, and education focal points in methodological designs and strategies adopted by educational institutions linked to the project.
• Represent the organization in inter-institutional tables promoting education within the project framework and organizational mission.
• Coordinate with project partners and educational communities on schedules and work plans for effective implementation of improvement activities and strategies.
• Monitor program indicators and results implemented by project partners and record qualitative and quantitative data in project planning and monitoring systems.
• Propose and implement preventive and corrective actions for effective program development in educational institutions.
• Document and report progress based on results management tools for activities implemented directly or indirectly in educational institutions, municipalities, and beneficiary communities.
• Maintain ongoing communication and submit monthly or periodic reports to project coordination.
• Coordinate work with other organizational areas or projects.
• Lead actions with caregivers and community actors to promote education for girls affected by crisis.
• Conduct training for parents, caregivers, and community actors on children's rights, participation, and gender equity.
• Timely report activities, achievements, and lessons learned according to monitoring and evaluation system structures.
• Participate in preparing narrative reports for project donors.
• Manage field expenditures according to administrative procedures and approved program activities.
• Timely render accounts on project expenses.
• Lead personal and group security processes according to organizational procedures.
• Perform other duties inherent to the position.

Requirements

• Professional in education, educational psychology, teaching, pedagogy or related disciplines.
• Availability to reside in Cali and travel frequently within the project intervention zones.
• Minimum 3 years of experience supporting educational improvement processes in basic and secondary education or in pedagogical or school management.
• Broad knowledge of the Colombian education sector.
• Experience in social and/or educational projects with communities affected by armed conflict or migration crisis in Colombia.
• Strong and demonstrable knowledge of the Colombian education system.
• Extensive knowledge of children's rights.
• Demonstrable capacity in planning, implementing, and monitoring projects under a Results-Based Management system (logical frameworks and performance measurement frameworks).
• Ability to collect, organize, consolidate and critically analyze information, with strong proficiency in Office software.
• Written communication skills for preparing reports and technical documents according to standards.
• Ability to build and motivate transversal teams to produce client-oriented results.
• Desirable experience in emergency or humanitarian assistance contexts.
• Sensitivity and respect for diverse cultural beliefs.
• Commitment to a survivor-centered approach to gender-based violence response.
• Recognition of normative and rights aspects protecting victims of armed conflict.
• Commitment to gender equality.
• Commitment to human rights.
• Diplomacy and assertiveness; ability to discuss sensitive topics respectfully with diverse actors, groups, and individuals.

Skills

• Educational Improvement
• Pedagogical Management
• School Management
• Colombian Education System Knowledge
• Children's Rights
• Result-Based Management
• Logical Frameworks
• Performance Measurement
• Data Analysis
• Office Applications
• Report Writing
• Project Planning
• Project Implementation
• Project Monitoring
• Social Mobilization
• Technical Assistance
• Emergency Assistance
• Humanitarian Assistance
• Gender-Based Violence Response
• Gender Equality

Languages

Spanish