Deputy Director - Education Management Information Systems at American University of Nigeria (AUN)

Location: Yola, Adamawa
Duration: Three (3) Years
Department: Atiku Center (AENEN)
Nature of Employment: Project Assignment

Project Descriptions

• American University of Nigeria (AUN) Yola is implementing the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded "Addressing education in North East Nigeria"
• The project is intended to develop and strengthen the education system in Adamawa and Gombe States which will enable it to deliver access to high quality education options that respond to the needs of all children without burdening it with addition cost that will result if parallel systems are created.
• The project will work with state partners and national and international academic institutions to analyze and understand the situation, prepare strategies for various scenarios and test and apply the best fit purpose in each situation. In 3 years, the project will reach 200 schools, 5000 teachers and over 200,000 learners.

Summary of Position

• The Deputy Director for EMIS will lead the capacity development of key state staff in EMIS while ensuring that the project develops the systems and processes that the states can collect, analyze, report and utilize education data for planning and quality assurance purpose. Reports to the Chief of Party

Position Requirements

• MSC in Mathematics/Statistics with 7 years EMIS experience or
• PhD in Mathematics/Statistics with 4 years EMIS experience
• 7 years’ Experience designing and conducting education census
• 5 years’ Experience in teaching
• Versatile in use of statistical software (to be tested)
• Superb ICT skills (to be tested)

Description of Benefits

• Salary and benefits are commensurate with experience and job classification as approved by the Project.