Education Specialist

About the role

The Education Specialist will be based in Sana’a and will travel frequently to project sites across Yemen. Reporting to the Programs Manager, the role provides technical leadership for War Child’s education portfolio, including school rehabilitation, inclusive education and WASH improvements.

Key responsibilities

• Lead inclusive, conflict‑sensitive education activities such as teacher development, safe learning environments and school readiness.
• Oversee school rehabilitation and gender‑sensitive WASH works, including technical assessments, Bill of Quantities, specifications and procurement inputs.
• Supervise contractors, ensure quality control, safety, accessibility and verify hand‑over of rehabilitated facilities.
• Support partner capacity building, proposal development and programme quality assurance.
• Collaborate with MEAL, procurement, finance, safeguarding and the Ministry of Education.

Required profile

• Proven experience in education programming, school rehabilitation or WASH projects in humanitarian contexts.
• Strong understanding of inclusive and conflict‑sensitive education principles.
• Ability to work with ministries, schools, communities and international partners.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills.

Required skills

• School rehabilitation technical assessments
• Bill of Quantities (BoQ) preparation
• Specification development
• Procurement planning
• Contractor supervision
• Quality control and safety monitoring
• WASH improvements implementation

What we offer

• Full‑time, 1‑year fixed‑term contract.
• Salary aligned with War Child’s salary scale.
• Opportunities to travel across Yemen and work on impactful education projects.