Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) - SENSE at American University of Nigeria (AUN)

Location: Yola, Adamawa
Nature of Employment: Full Time-Projects
Project: Strengthening Education in North-East Nigeria States (SENSE)
Duration: One (1) Year
Reporting Line: Chief of Party
Supervises: SIP Specialist, Technical Coordinator & Instructional Material Dev't Officers

Summary of Position

• The Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) will assist the CoP for the day-to-day technical and operational aspects of the project in Adamawa and Gombe states.
• The DCOP will represent the project to its various stakeholders in the absence of the Chief of Party.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance and direction to ensure that the SENSE Project is technically sound, evidence-based and responsive to the needs of the Adamawa and Gombe States and the USAID.
• Direct project implementation through providing oversight to Technical Advisors/Specialists, State-level Officers, and partners.
• Lead in the development of instructional materials for the project.
• Preparation for annual work plan for the project and its budget.
• Oversees the annual planning and implementation of all project activities in all the Project States.
• Facilitates communications among all project stakeholders.
• Assist the CoP in technical report
• Mentors partner staff during project implementation
• Any other duties as may be assigned by the CoP.

Position Requirements

• Master's degree in education, arts, Mathematics/Statistics or relevant social sciences, Ph.D is a plus.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in design and management of reading/literacy programs.
• Demonstrated experience and expertise in conducting trainings, preferably in the context of teacher trainings in literacy and numeracy.
• Demonstrated experience and expertise in the development of teaching and learning materials on a donor funded project, preferably in literacy and numeracy materials.
• Familiarity with the Nigerian state education system structure, including the LGEAs and school level management.
• Not less than 5 years progressive professional experience in the area of education system strengthening, especially in terms of capacity building of state, LGEAs and school level education personnel.
• Strong understanding of the education context as well as experiences in trainings in North East Nigeria is highly desirable
• Strong communications skills, including capacity to produce polished reports and PPT presentations
• Good working ICT Skills.

Description of Benefits
Salary and benefits are commensurate with experience and job classification as per AIDIs – AUN salary scale.