Education Officer at Unique Care and Support Foundation (CASFOD)

Role Purpose: 

The Education Program Officer will provide operational and technical support to implement all education activities for the project and ensuring effective collaboration across other Thematic Officers on the project. This includes, supporting in the development of the Detailed Implementation Plan (DIP), participating in stakeholders’ engagement and coordination meetings, participating in needs assessments and trainings, and contribute to narrative reporting in line with donor requirements. The role also involves close collaboration with community leaders, religious leaders, and other key stakeholders within the community. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Support the coordination and implementation of the ECW-MYRP and ECHO Project in Adamawa and Borno State, Nigeria in line with the design of the project and donor requirements. 
• Lead the community mapping and identification of schools, learners and adolescents in collaboration with stakeholders in line with the project design. 
• Coordinate with other technical functions to ensure conducive learning environment for learners across the formal and non-formal schools. 
• Support to establish, maintain, and strengthen linkages in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation on the project. As well as contribute to assessments (baseline, needs). 
• Ensure accurate project documentation, including collection of monitoring data and tracking of progress on output indicators; utilize data to contribute to reports as required. 
• Facilitate relationships with communities and community leaders to ensure buy-in and Do No Harm. 
• Create and sustain positive working relationships with the partners, government officials and other key stakeholders. 
• Support in planning and coordinating State and LGAs level engagement with partners, local government education authorities and other key stakeholders. 
• Contribute to ensuring timely and quality reports are submitted as per the reporting requirements. 
• Ensure safe programming in the planning, implementation, monitoring, identification of learners, training of teachers and construction/rehabilitation of classroom environment throughout the project period. 
• Adhere to the Do no Harm principles across the entire steps of the project within the Program Management Cycle. 

 Qualifications and Experience:   

• At least 3 years of accrued working experience in program implementation. 
• Experience in strategic thinking and planning skills, be able to set priorities, prepare manageable plans and to evaluate progress. 
• Experience of working on TaRL and with Out of School Children (OOSC). 
• Experience of working and responding to Education in an emergency context. 
• Ability to establish and maintain conducive collegial relations and perform effectively as a member of a team. 
• Willingness to travel and work in hard-to-reach areas, occasionally under strenuous conditions. 
• Computer literacy and excellent documentation skills are a must. 
• Highly developed cultural awareness. 
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching. 
• Excellent time management and planning capacity. 
• Fluent in English language skills (written and verbal) and local language skills (Hausa, etc.).