Education in Emergency Officer at Save The Children

Locations: Biu & Damboa LGAs - Borno
Job Type: Full-time

The Organisation

• We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
• We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
  • No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
  • All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
  • Violence against children is no longer tolerated
• We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Role Purpose

• The Job Holder will support the planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting on the EU Education Nigeria project.
• In addition, support the project team to ensure commitment and involvement of local authorities and community members in the project; and support community mobilization to ensure participation, sustainability of the project as well as that the voices of community members, including women and children are heard.

Main Responsibilities

• The post holder will receive a context-specific ToR for each deployment, which will draw upon the responsibilities outlined below.

Programme Support (typically will be at field level):

• Support planning efforts at the state, Biu & Damboa LGEAs and community levels so as to ensure effective and efficient resource allocation and utilization in line with approved project work plans and budgets and within the complete project cycle.
• Participate in efforts to ensure availability of updated budgets, log frames targets, work plans, and reports are timely and accurate.
• Take an active role in unpacking and roll out of new projects with staff, partners and eventually community or project areas.
• Build capacity and provide direct backup technical supportive supervision to head teachers, government desk officers, teachers, quality assurance officers and other community resource persons engaged in the project, in collaboration with the designated LGEA technical staff.
• Ensure 100% monthly budget utilization and reporting of key results based on project work plans and budgets.
• Ensure success stories that have been identified on the program are documented with good practices shared among staff.
• Provide technical support to the stakeholders to ensure effective implementation
• Participate in the preparation of monthly, quarterly and final report based on project targets and results
• Ensure that key lessons from the project are shared or disseminated to a wider audience in project states as appropriate
• Develop a community mobilisation strategy in collaboration with the team and ensure implementation
• Facilitate community engagement in school PTA/SBMC/traditional/religious structures meetings for improved learning outcomes and school-level decision-making processes
• Work closely with the relevant state agencies and parastatals, Biu & Damboa LGEAs, other NGOs and Agencies in the Education sector, Schools, SBMCs, PTAs among others so as to identify areas of collaboration and leverage against state resources so as to maximize impact.
• Advocate for, and support, the development of sustainable, child-friendly and hazard-resistant standards and designs for learning centres, the integration of life skills into both formal and non-formal education, with a particular focus on Disaster Risk Reduction( DRR)
• In collaboration with the EiE Team, Education Manager, partners and 2 LGEAs officials, conduct needs assessment to identify gaps in the education sector
• In collaboration with the rest of the programme team prepare and facilitate trainings
• With support from the Monitoring & Evaluation team support the M & E plan implementation within the projects, ensuring this links to reporting requirements, and capacity build technical field staff in carrying out the work.
• With support from the Accountability Lead ensure accountability is enforced in all project activities as well as ensuring that feedback from children and their families is considered in project design/implementation
• Work closely with partners and their staff to ensure project activities are implemented in time and within the stipulated quality.
• To ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian relief are maintained in accordance with the Sphere Charter and Red Cross Code of Conduct.

Capacity Building:

• Identify learning and training opportunities for partner staff and communicate this to the manager

Representation & Advocacy & Organisational Learning:

• Ensure that Save the Children's work is coordinated with the efforts of other agencies and Government, and support Interagency Coordination forums, advocating for the specific needs of children. This may involve supporting coordination working groups within the IDP camps and host communities or target project sites.
• Contribute to communications and media work as required through the collection of data and information and sharing with the project heads

General:

• Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

Qualifications & Experience
Essential:

• A minimum of a Degree (BSc/BA/HND) in Education, Social Work, Social Administration, Psychology, Social Sciences, Development Studies.
• At least two (2) years’ post NYSC experience with good understanding of Community Education and training skills (Training of Trainers) particularly Non-Formal Education
• Substantial experience of working with an International NGO with budget management and monitoring responsibilities.
• Experience of working with local partners, State and Local Government in Education and Child Protection program delivery.
• Flency in English language and excellent report writing skills.
• Experience in generating Donor compliant reports of high quality.
• Ability to speak the local language and directly interact with the target group will be an added advantage
• Strong analytical skills and strategic planning abilities.
• Ability to establish and maintain conducive collegial relations and perform effectively as a member of a team.
• Willingness to travel and work in hard-to-reach areas, occasionally under strenuous conditions.
• Computer literacy and excellent documentation skills are a must.
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
• Ability to intervene with crisis management or troubleshooting as necessary.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
• Excellent time management and planning capacity
• Availability and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses.
• The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
• Commitment to the aims and principles of SC. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support

Desirable:

• Experience or knowledge of working and living in relevant regions/contexts
• Knowledge of consortia working
• Experience in gender mainstreaming within humanitarian 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:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates the highest levels of integrity.