Education Coordinator at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

Webcruiter ID: 4292998990
Locations: Borno South & Yola, Adamawa
Full-time/part-time: Full-time
Employment Type: Contract
Percentage of Full-time: 100
Start Date: 20/10/2020
End Date: 31/12/2020
Reports to: The Education Coordinator reports to the Area Manager (South) with technical management by the Education Specialist.

Job Description

• NRC is looking for an Education Coordinator for our Borno South and Adamawa State Area office in North-East Nigeria.
• The purpose of the Education Coordinator position is to lead and implement the Area Office Education project portfolio according to Plan of Action.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Adhering to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
• Promoting the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy
• Line managing Education Officers and Assistants in field offices and providing them with technical and administrative support in their duties.
• Identifying capacity gaps and providing informal capacity development for staff.
• Preparing monitoring documents, workplans, activity reports, spending plans and procurement plans for activities.
• Ensuring that quality activities are implemented on time and in compliance with organizational and donor requirements.
• Conducting regular field visits to project locations to ensure timeliness and quality of implementation in the field and provide regular updates on project status.
• Contributing to the development of country education strategies and project design.
• Applying protection and prevention mechanisms in all project activities and interactions to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff and beneficiaries
• Managing and monitoring project budgets and ensuring spending is compliant with the project budget.
• Representing NRC in meetings and coordination with education actors in the area, communities and LGA education and government representatives.
• Supporting the Education Specialist on development of proposals, concept notes and contextualization of activities and materials.

Qualifications
Professional Competencies:

• A minimum of 2 years of experience implementing education in a humanitarian, development or recovery context
• Experience working in complex and volatile contexts
• Technical education expertise in education programming
• Development of reports, workplans and other project planning tools
• Experience managing staff
• Experience coordinating with local government and community representatives
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal
• Candidates with University or Advanced Degree preferred; significant experience in the field of Education, PSS or Child Protection will be considered in lieu
• Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Context-Specific Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

• Knowledge of the humanitarian situation and implementation challenges in Northeast Nigeria
• Fluency in Hausa and one other spoken language in Borno Central and/or Borno North
• Experience liaising with multiple stakeholders at the LGA level an asset

Personal Qualities:

• Managing resources to optimize results
• Managing performance and development
• Empowering and building trust
• Handling insecure environments
• Planning and delivering results

We Can Offer

• Commencement: October 20th, 2020
• Duration: 3 months (renewable)
• Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions Grade Level 7
• Duty Station: Yola - covering Area South
• Travel: Frequent travels outside Yola is dependent on changing security conditions, especially for certain roads in the area.