Education Officer at International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Job Overview

• The IRC is currently implementing a 36 months ECHO-funded regional Programme titled ‘Protective and adaptive Education Approaches for Children in Emergencies (PEACE)’ in Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon between 2020 and 2023.
• In Nigeria, PEACE takes an integrated and adaptive approach to education and child protection, to support more than 81,000 school-aged boys and girls most affected by crisis across Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe States (BAY)  to access and learn in safe educational environments.
• The Education Officer will be responsible for the overall management of education activities in the respective LGAs of  Damaturu and Gujba.
• S/he will be responsible for providing technical leadership for all the education activities, including leading and coordinating the non-formal education program and systems support activities at the national and state level. The position reports to the Senior Education Officer.  

Major Responsibilities

• Oversee the implementation of all PEACE project activities in one of the assigned LGAs of Damaturu/Gujba.
• Work in collaboration with the Child Protection team in the implementation of the project activities, ensuring integration of CP and education in the project.    
• Oversee training, coaching and on-going support for teachers, tutors and learning facilitators in order to improve instructional practices in literacy, numeracy and social and emotional skills.
• Ensure technical coordination of state-level activities related to teacher education and curriculum development, and obtain support from directorates and local government authorities as needed
• Oversee the selection of learning facilitators (teachers) and tutors for the intervention and contribute to tools for selection such as assessment tools.  
• Oversee the initial training of learning facilitators, as well as their continuous professional development.  
• Monitor progress towards the objectives and intended outputs pertaining to teacher education using routine data, spot checks, observation, and other methodologies. 
• Provide regular written and verbal reports on education activities to supervisor.
• Promote the quality of non-formal education activities by setting up quality assurance mechanisms and checks in collaboration with other staff. 

Key Working Relationships:

• Position Reports to: Senior Education Officer in the state
• Position directly supervises: Learning Facilitators Team Leads and Tutors
• Indirect Reporting: Senior Education Manager.

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 language proficiency desirable.
• 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.

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.