Job Title: Project Assistant
Date Posted: 29/06/2026
Job Type: Full Time
Employer: Save the Children
Industry: Project
Management
Salary: Open
Location: -Dadaab
Country: Kenya
Deadline: 12/07/2026
Role Purpose
To effectively implement the REAP project activities in Dadaab camps. He/she will ensure quality delivery of programmes and maintenance of high professional standards of all project implementation.
The role holder is charged with maintaining accurate files for project records, beneficiary lists and ensuring timely submission of all project reports and transaction documents to relevant internal departments for processing.
Scope of work
Reports
to: Project coordiator
Dimensions: Dimensions: Save the
Children has been operational in Kenya since the 1950s, supporting children
through both development and humanitarian relief programs. These initiatives
are delivered directly and in collaboration with local partners. Our current
programming focuses on child protection, child rights governance, education,
health, HIV/AIDS, livelihoods, nutrition, and water, sanitation, and hygiene
(WASH).
In 2012, as part of a global reorganization, Save the Children unified the
operations of Save the Children UK, Canada, and Finland into a single entity in
Kenya. In February 2014, we completed a second transition by merging with the
British INGO Merlin, integrating their health and nutrition programs into our
portfolio. Today, Save the Children maintains an operational presence in Nandi,
Kajiado, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Kakuma Refugee Camp, Garissa, Mandera, Turkana,
and Wajir, and works through partners in many other regions across the country.
We employ approximately 230 staff, including members of the Global team who are
hosted and hired in Kenya, but support Save the Children International (SCI)
global operations. In 2025, our annual operating budget was approximately USD
20 million.
Staff
directly reporting to this post: Refugee incentive teachers and head teachers
Key Responsibilities
Program
Planning:
Program
Implementation:
- Planning and implementation of project activities- Planning for
purchase requisition, beneficiary selection and record keeping.
- Support in the monitoring and identification of beneficiaries in the
project implementation sites.
- Ensure that project activities are implemented in accordance with
the approved work plans and with the involvement of partners and concerned
stakeholders at all levels.
- Ensure project activities are implemented in the most efficient,
effective and sustainable manner
- Ensure that the school-based teacher training program is implemented
effectively
- Assist the Project coordiantor in the development and implementation
of a modality of strengthening and improving management of schools
committees and pupils through community mobilization and improvement of
training materials and programs
- Ensure effective and efficient distribution of textbooks and other
instructional materials to target schools
- Conduct regular data collection using existing tools in order to
track project performance on indicators and measure overall impact and for
donor reporting purposes and make recommendations on the improvement of
these tools
- Ensure that good practices and lessons are documented and shared
with the MEAL team and the education team for replication and wider
dissemination
- Travel to all project sites to conduct regular monitoring of
projects quality together with other project team members
Reporting,
Monitoring & Evaluation:
- Ensure that field based monitoring data and information is collated
regularly and made available to Education Coordinator and the MEAL Team
for reporting and monitoring purposes
- In collaboration with the MEAL Team, focus on project data
collection to generate practical information that can be used for ongoing
program decision-making while also capturing results at the impact level
- Assist the Education Coordinator in preparation of periodic progress
reports in a timely manner for both internal and external use
- Program Support Operations:
- Coordinate with other departments to ensure operational systems are
in place to support field activities including logistics (transport,
warehousing and asset management), procurement, security and
administration
- Coordinate with other SCI programs/sectors to ensure integration and
that the project runs smoothly and efficiently and draws from best
experiences and lessons for improved programming
SKILLS
AND BEHAVIOURS (our 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 others to do the same
- Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages
and motivates others
- Future orientated, thinks strategically
Collaboration
and Collaboration:
- Represent SCI inter-agency coordination meetings when the Education
Coordinator is not available
- Establish good working relationship with respective local
authorities, implementing partners, school managements and target
communities.
- Work with the ministry of education officials.
- Teachers Training institutions on the school-based teacher training
for future engagement to train teachers in a more efficient and effective
way
- Build and maintain effective relationships with the education team,
other colleagues, members and external partners and supporters
Creativity:
- Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
- Willing to take disciplined risks
Integrity:
- Honest, encourages openness and transparency
Safety
and Security:
In
close collaboration with the Safety and Security Manager and the Dadaab focal
point, proactively monitor the political, military and security situation at
local level and regularly report on its potential impact on SC’s activities.
Qualifications
- Minimum of Diploma/Bachelor’s degree in education, Education in
Emergencies, experience in either CP or Education.
- Minimum of three (3) years’ work experience in education sector
especially in refugee setting
- Knowledge of education in emergencies, education sector policy,
child rights and protection issues
- Experiences of facilitating community-based training, capacity
building school managements, and awareness campaigns.
- Understanding of refugee work, non-formal education and context
experience including local language.
- Strong self-starter, able to take initiative and adapt to changing
circumstances and priorities
- Positive attitude towards community work with emphasis on the
ability to learn from communities and support participatory, innovative
approaches to problem solving
- Excellent communication skills and a willingness to be respectful,
kind, sensitive and empathise with all children and their carers
- Fluent in written and spoken English, Kiswahili and the local
language in the camps and the host community
- Good report writing skills
- Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced
with difficult and frustrating working conditions
- Commitment to Save the Children’s Child Protection Policy.
Desired Qualifications
- Previous experience in working in a consortium with INGOs delivering
education and girl child education services
- Demonstrated teamwork skills
- High level of motivation and enthusiasm for education
- Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills
- Understanding of the dynamics of the refugees is essential
- Experience of working with communities and other agencies that
support education
How to Apply
