Education Assistant (Engineer)

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrated ability to manage field duties across multiple locations and to prioritize visits and supervision.

• Strong organizational and time-management capabilities، with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Ensure designs and implementation in compliance with Ministry of Education standards، Education Cluster guidance، and accessibility and safety requirements.

• Strong organizational، reporting، coordination، and communication skills.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Arabic، including report development، writing، and editing.

Benefits & Conditions

• Benefits & Conditions

• Benefits & Conditions

• Benefits & Conditions

• Salary Range: As per War Child Salary Scale

• Our benefits

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Job Description – National position

Department: Program

Contract Length

Place of Work: Sana’a with frequent travel to Ibb

Working Hours: Full-time

Reports to: Programs Manager

Our values

Bold

We use our passion and creativity to deliver high quality evidence-based work designed to maximise our beneficial impact for children in conflict.

Accountable to children

Children can rely on us to respond to their voices and to treat them with respect and dignity.

Transparent

We expect to be held to account by our supporters and beneficiaries and we respond with openness and honesty

Committed to each other

We support each other and our partners to achieve ambitious goals and to be the best we can be

We are honest and open with each other، sharing our successes and confronting our challenges.

About the project

War Child is implementing an integrated education and school rehabilitation project in Yemen to restore safe، inclusive، and functional learning environments for vulnerable children through classroom rehabilitation and construction، rehabilitation of gender-sensitive WASH facilities، provision of basic classroom furniture، and teacher capacity building in coordination with the Ministry of Education

The intervention targets selected schools in Sana’a and Ibb governorates

Across the two locations، the project includes rehabilitation and reconstruction of damaged classrooms، improvement of school WASH facilities، support to school readiness and furnishing، and delivery of Teaching in Crisis Context training for teachers to strengthen the quality and protective function of education in conflict-affected settings.

Your role

The Engineer Education Assistant will be based in Sana’a، with frequent travel to Ibb، and will provide technical oversight and selected education implementation support across both project locations.

The role combines engineering supervision، contractor follow-up، technical quality assurance، coordination with education stakeholders، support to training logistics، school-level follow-up، documentation، and reporting so that infrastructure and education components are delivered in an integrated and compliant manner.

The post holder will report to the Programs Manager and will coordinate ly with the MEAL team، procurement، Finance، Safeguarding، Ministry of Education focal points، school leadership، and contractors in both Sana’a and Ibb.

1. Engineering and technical

Lead or support technical assessments and preparation/review of designs، specifications، and BoQs for all rehabilitation and construction works in Sana’a and Ibb.

Provide technical inputs to procurement (tender dossiers، bid evaluations، contractor work plans and technical submissions).

Supervise classroom and WASH works in both locations، monitoring quality، quantities، timelines، and contractor performance، and promptly flagging risks or delays.

Enforce safety and safeguarding measures on all sites and support final inspection، snagging، verification، and handover to the Ministry of Education and school management.

1. Education

Support in coordination with the education team and Ministry of Education on planning and delivery of TiCC and other teacher capacity-building activities in Sana’a and Ibb.

Support all logistical aspects of trainings (participants، venue، materials، transport، attendance) and liaise with trainers and school management.

Conduct post-training school visits، document how teachers apply key learning، and flag needs for coaching or additional support.

Support setup and readiness of child-friendly/safe learning spaces and oversee distributions of school furniture and learning materials، ensuring proper documentation.

1. Coordination and communication

Maintain regular coordination with Ministry of Education، district education offices، school leadership، contractors، and community representatives in Sana’a and Ibb.

Work ly with programme، procurement، finance، MEAL، safeguarding، and security colleagues to deliver activities in a timely and compliant way.

Participate in internal and external coordination meetings and provide clear، solution-oriented updates to the line manager on progress، challenges، and required decisions.

1. Monitoring، documentation، and reporting

Keep complete، well-organized technical and programmatic records for both locations، including assessments، site reports، BoQs، contractor updates، training and distribution records.

Track progress against approved work plans and raise delays، risks، or deviations early for management action.

Provide regular inputs to project reports and MEAL processes (attendance، verification documents، follow-up information)، ensuring documentation is ready for internal review، donor reporting، and audits.

Safeguarding and safe programming

Signs and adhere to the organisation’s code of conduct and child safeguarding and protection policies

Ensures all parental consent documents and procedures are respected and up to date

Respects relevant codes of conducts and monitors that colleagues do the same

Role specifications

Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.

Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in infrastructure supervision، school rehabilitation، and integrated education project implementation in humanitarian or development settings.

Proven experience in preparing or reviewing BoQs، supervising contractors، and monitoring technical quality.

Demonstrated experience in supporting education-related activities، such as teacher training logistics، school coordination، learning material distribution، or school-level follow-up.

Good understanding of education in emergencies، child safeguarding، accessibility، and gender-sensitive WASH considerations in school settings.

Experience working with government stakeholders، especially the Ministry of Education، and with school and community structures.

Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel، and ability to maintain clear implementation records.

Demonstrated attention to detail and ability to follow procedures.

Capacity to respond to feedback and adapt strategies to meet beneficiary needs.

Flexibility to work independently and in a team setting.

Reporting Structure

Collaborates with: MEAL team، Supply Chain، Finance، Safeguarding، Ministry of Education، school management، and contractors.

Important Information

War Child Alliance is an equal opportunity employer.

War Child Alliance does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

As this role is a National position، all candidates are required to be Yemeni nationals.

Female with the above

are encouraged to apply.

Only candidates who are short-listed will be contacted.

Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

Flexible working arrangements

30 annual leave per year

Transportation and Appearance Allowance

Investment in training and development

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Social Security Contribution

1-1 wellbeing consultations with trained counsellors

Enhanced Leave Policy

Eid Bonus

Child safeguarding and Adults at Risk

Our work with children and at-risk adults to keep them safe is the most important thing we do

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults in all areas of our work

We have zero tolerance for any behaviours and practices that puts children and/or vulnerable adults at risk of abuse and/or harm

Successful applicants will be expected to be compliant and sign up to our Child Safeguarding policy، our Code of Conduct and PSEA: Adults at Risk Policy

You can find the Child Safeguarding and Adults at Risk policy here

Pre-employment checks

Employment with War Child will be subject to the following checks prior to your start date.

Receipt of three satisfactory references.

New and clear police check.

Commitment to Child Safeguarding and Code of Conduct policies

How to Apply

Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit their applications by August 20th، 2026، On the following link