National Baity Coordinator, Programme – Child Protection and Education Sections

The National Baity Coordinator will consolidate the Baity portfolio evidence, budget, and field data across partners and donors, lead portfolio reviews, develop tools and referral arrangements, design transition strategies towards national actors, and consolidate programme learning for the next phase. The role requires travel to Baity centers across Libya and ensures timely, evidence-based decisions and quality monitoring of services.

Responsibilities

• Consolidate the evidence, budget and field picture of the Baity portfolio across implementing partners, centers, UNICEF sections and donors.
• Consolidate Baity donor reporting and the evidence base for proposals across grants.
• Lead the annual portfolio review and prepare allocation recommendations on centers, budgets and targets for decision by the Programme Manager and sections.
• Develop common tools, standards and referral arrangements between partners.
• Design the transition strategy of the programme towards Libyan national actors and support the sections in taking it forward with government counterparts and national partners.
• Consolidate the programme’s learning and handover package for its next phase.
• Travel to Baity centers in the Western, Eastern and Southern regions, including Misrata, Zawiya, Benghazi, Ajdabiya, Sabha and Kufra, subject to security clearance.
• Ensure UNICEF’s decisions on the Baity programme are timely, evidence-based and coherent across partners, sections and grants.
• Ensure the quality of Baity centers' services is continuously monitored and harmonized.
• Consolidate the programme’s learning to inform its next phase.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Social sciences, international development, humanitarian affairs, public administration or another relevant field. A degree in another discipline combined with extensive relevant experience in humanitarian programme management in Libya may be accepted.
• Minimum five years of progressively responsible experience in humanitarian programme management and coordination in Libya, including child protection and/or education programming implemented through partners.
• Proven experience managing a multi-partner portfolio: partnership documents, budgets, targets and workplans (including eTools) and their reconciliation with donor grants and reporting.
• Proven experience in data analysis and information management (consolidated indicator tracking, Excel, Power BI) and in donor reporting.
• Experience with UNICEF programmatic monitoring, coordination mechanisms (Education Sector, Child Protection AoR) and child safeguarding.
• Knowledge of the Libyan institutional and civil society landscape relevant to child protection and education.
• Strong facilitation, negotiation and coordination skills across partners, UNICEF sections and government counterparts.
• Fluency in Arabic and English, written and spoken.
• Hands-on experience implementing Baity centers or comparable integrated child protection and education centers with an implementing partner (desirable).

Skills

• Humanitarian Programme Management
• Child Protection Programming
• Education Programming
• Multi-Partner Portfolio Management
• Partnership Documentation
• Budget Management
• Workplan Development
• Donor Grant Reconciliation
• Donor Reporting
• Data Analysis
• Information Management
• Excel
• Power BI
• Programmatic Monitoring
• Coordination Mechanisms
• Child Safeguarding
• Facilitation Skills
• Negotiation Skills
• Coordination Skills
• Knowledge of Libyan Civil Society
• Implementation of Child Protection Centers

Languages

Arabic, English