Education Manager at International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Reference No.: req14220
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Employment Type: Full-Time
Sector: Education
Employment Category: Fixed Term
Open to Expatriates: No

IRC Nigeria Program
The IRC has been present in Nigeria since 2012 when the organization responded to flooding in Kogi state. In February 2014, the IRC moved into Adamawa State in North East Nigeria to provide humanitarian interventions through a multi-sectoral, integrated approach for conflict affected populations. IRC Nigeria now operates a country office in Abuja and field offices in Mubi and Yola of Adamawa State, Maiduguri and Monguno of Borno state and Damatru of Yobe State. The IRC is responding at scale to the humanitarian situation across sectors including Education, Child Protection, Health, Nutrition, Women Protection and Empowerment, Environmental Health, Economic Recovery and Development, Protection and Rule of Law, and Governance.

Job Overview / Summary

• The IRC is implementing a two-year education project “Improving Access to Education for Conflict-Affected Children in Northeast Nigeria” , also known as Educate A Child Project, across the BAY states between November 2020 and October 2022.
• The project will reach 20,000 out of school children in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States with quality non-formal education services, including literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional skills. The Education Manager will be responsible for the overall coordination of the EAC activities in BAY States.
• S/he will ensure that project activities are delivered on time, contribute to strategic objectives of the program, and meet global and IRC technical standards for education in emergencies. This position is based in Maiduguri and reports to the Education Coordinator.

Major Responsibilities

• Oversee the implementation of all EAC education activities in BAY States
• Ensure that the identification, set up and management of and non-formal learning opportunities expands access to education for IDP and out-of-school children and is conducted in a responsible manner, adhering to relevant policies and standards, and mitigating risks to harm.
• Oversee training, coaching and on-going support of educators and learning facilitators in order to improve instructional practices in literacy, numeracy and social and emotional skills.
• Develop actionable work plans to ensure the timely implementation of project activities, in collaboration with project team members and state education managers.  
• Monitor progress towards the objectives and intended outputs of projects using routine data, spot checks, observation, and other methodologies.
• Contribute to the development of robust data collection systems to ensure that the education program is data-driven and that programmatic decisions are grounded in evidence.
• Keep abreast of the changing operational environment, including organization of assessments and identification of changing beneficiary needs.
• Provide regular written and verbal reports on education activities to supervisor, senior management and donors.
• Review Budget vs. Actual expenditures on a monthly basis, providing relevant feedback to the finance department and adjusting activities as required.
• Enforce stewardship and accountability by ensuring that resources are efficiently and effectively utilized within the project for the intended purpose

Key Working Relationships:

• Position Reports to: Education Coordinator
• Position directly supervises: None.

Qualifications

• University degree in education, social sciences, or any other relevant field
• At least three years of relevant professional experience with an international or civil society organization, including direct implementation of education programming.
• At least five years of experience related to teacher professional development. 
• Experience working with displaced or otherwise marginalized communities required.
• Strong verbal communication skills and effective in representation and liaison with external actors
• Excellent spoken and technical writing ability in English, including report writing, and Hausa proficiency preferred.
• Good computer skills in programs including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Good leadership skills
• Good administrative skills
• Ability to work under pressure in challenging working and living conditions.
• Willingness to travel extensively in northeast Nigeria, including to remote and/or insecure locations.

Equal Opportunity Employer

• IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.

Standards of Professional Conduct:  

• The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way - Code of Conduct.  These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.  In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Harassment-Free Workplace, Fiscal Integrity, Anti-Retaliation, Combating Trafficking in Persons and several others.

Gender Equality:

• IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances.