Senior Manager- Climate Smart Education Systems Initiative (CSESI)

Job Description

Title: Senior Manager- Climate Smart Education Systems Initiative (CSESI)

Company Name: Save the Children

Vacancy: 1

Location: Dhaka

Experience:
∎ At least 7 years
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):NGO, Development Agency

Published: 15 Apr 2025

Education:
∎ Masters
∎ Masters degree, preferably in Education, Environmental Sciences, and any climate related fields

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 7 years’ experience working in education, policy and planning, advocacy, coordination, and financing
∎ In-depth knowledge of government and non-government actors and frameworks essential.
∎ Practical experience working within MOE, M preferred.
∎ Ability to interact skillfully and diplomatically with a wide range of stakeholders, both domestically and internationally.
∎ Demonstrated program development and proposal writing skills.
∎ Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines, and intense pressure to perform.
∎ Proficiency in writing technical and programmatic reports that document program direction and results.
∎ Ability to build, lead, and effectively mentor and supervise multi-talented teams.
∎ Experience initiating programs at national level and interacting with various senior structures.
∎ Ability to represent and negotiate persuasively and diplomatically with multiple and varied government and other key stakeholders.
∎ Ability to develop program briefs for program advocacy and fundraising.
∎ At least 7 years’ experience working in education, policy and planning, advocacy, coordination, and financing
∎ In-depth knowledge of government and non-government actors and frameworks essential.
∎ Practical experience working within MOE, M preferred.
∎ Ability to interact skillfully and diplomatically with a wide range of stakeholders, both domestically and internationally.
∎ Demonstrated program development and proposal writing skills.
∎ Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines, and intense pressure to perform.
∎ Proficiency in writing technical and programmatic reports that document program direction and results.
∎ Ability to build, lead, and effectively mentor and supervise multi-talented teams.
∎ Experience initiating programs at national level and interacting with various senior structures.
∎ Ability to represent and negotiate persuasively and diplomatically with multiple and varied government and other key stakeholders.
∎ Ability to develop program briefs for program advocacy and fundraising.

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Contract Type: Contractual (11 months)
∎ Save the Children invites applications for the above-mentioned position. We are committed to equal employment opportunities, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, disability, age, or beliefs and religion. We are committed to diversifying our staff to better represent the communities we serve and actively welcome underrepresented groups to apply.
∎ The Opportunity
∎ The Senior Manager will work under the supervision of the Director- Education who will provide technical guidance on quality delivery of the Climate Smart Education initiative focusing on supporting the Ministry of Education (MoE) and Ministry of Primary & Mass Education (MoPME) to enhance their capacities to mainstream climate change adaptation and environmental sustainability into education sector plans, budgets, and strategies as well as promoting cross-sectoral coordination on climate and environment-related policy and programming within key ministries.
∎ The position holder will support the MoE and MoPME and it’s different directorates to design, implement, monitor, evaluate and reporting context relevant climate Smart Education initiatives that have been prioritized.. The position holder will be part of the multidisciplinary climate and education team with experts in policy and planning, financing, coordination, data management, infrastructure, school management and curriculum and play a key role supporting MoE for the integration of climate change into the education sector and drive the delivery of the outputs in the initiative’s workplan.
∎ The role will coordinate the implementation of high-quality Climate Smart Education initiative at policy and other levels ensuring and demonstrating impact for children in both emergency and development programming. The position will support in the National Education cluster coordination as Co-lead with UNICEF. He/she will support with advocacy and influencing, while driving strategic partnerships for new identification of new investors in the field of climate change. The role holder will be responsible for effective monitoring of budget management and utilization as well as quality internal and donor reporting to ensure financial prudence, transparency, and accountability.

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Dhaka

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Only short-listed candidates will be invited for an interview

'Save the Children promotes diversity in its workforce.'

We need to keep children safe, so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.

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Company Information:
∎ Save the Children
∎ House No. CWN (A) 35, Road No.43 Gulshan-2. Dhaka-1212 Bangladesh
∎ We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

- No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
- All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Address::
∎ House No. CWN (A) 35, Road No.43 Gulshan-2. Dhaka-1212 Bangladesh
∎ We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:- No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday- All children learn from a quality basic education and that,- Violence against children is no longer toleratedWe know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Deadline: 21 Apr 2025

Category: NGO/Development