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 Background
The Global Survivors Fund (“GSF”) was launched in October 2019 by Dr Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, Nobel Peace Prize laureates 2018. Its mission is to enhance access to reparations for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence around the globe, thus responding to a gap identified by survivors. GSF acts to provide interim reparative measures in situations where States or other duty bearers are unable or unwilling to meet their responsibilities or reparation where States are willing to act on that responsibility. It also advocates for duty bearers, as well as the international community, to develop reparations programmes. GSF further provides expertise, guidance and technical support to States and civil societies to design reparations programmes. A survivor-centric approach is the cornerstone of everything GSF does.

Role Summary
The Head of Education as Reparation Initiative reports to the Director of Programmes and works closely with the other Heads of Unit, regional coordinators, as well as with country coordinators involved in education programming, to coordinate GSF’s work and enable 2 survivors’ access to education as a form of reparation. The Head of Education as Reparation Initiative is a senior position responsible for leading GSF’s strategic engagement, development and scaling of the Education as Reparation portfolio across programme design and implementation, technical support, coalition-building, and resource mobilisation. The Head of Education as Reparation Initiative is responsible for developing and leading the implementation of an overarching Education as Reparation strategy aimed at engaging multiple stakeholders at national, regional and international levels to mobilise partnerships and resources, and support the design and scale-up of survivor-centred reparative education projects and models in conflict-affected and humanitarian settings. This includes helping to embed effective, trauma-responsive, flexible and accessible education models into broader reparations, education, protection, child protection, mental health and psychosocial support, and recovery frameworks. The Head of Education as Reparation Initiative supervises and provides technical guidance to country coordinators implementing projects on Education as a form of reparation

 Education and professional experience
• Advanced university degree in Education, International Development, Social Sciences, Public Policy, Human Rights, or another relevant field; 
• Minimum of 15 years of significant senior-level leadership experience in education in emergencies; 
• Strong track record in developing and leading complex, multi-stakeholder education strategies or programmes across international, regional and national levels; 
• Demonstrated experience in shaping policy, standards, guidance, or practice in education and/or related humanitarian or recovery fields; 
• Proven experience in building and sustaining strategic partnerships with a wide range of actors, including civil society, governments, UN agencies, donors, academic institutions, and affected communities; 
• Significant experience in coalition-building, convening, or leading networks, alliances, or communities of practice; 
• Strong experience in resource mobilisation, donor engagement, and strategic positioning of complex thematic portfolios; 
• Experience supporting or guiding country-level implementation in fragile, conflictaffected, or displacement contexts;
• Familiarity with cross-sector approaches linking education with child protection, mental health and psychosocial support, gender-based violence, protection, or recovery frameworks;