Education Officer at Yobe Peace and Community Development Initiative (YOPCODI)

Job Summary

• The Education Officer will support education sector Programme implementation in the respective LGAs under the guidance of the Project Coordinator.
• This includes, supporting in the development of the Detailed Implementation Plan, participating in stakeholders’ meetings, and contributing to narrative reporting.
• The job holder will also be working closely with stakeholders at the local community, school, local government area, and State level. Therefore, under the guidance of the Project Coordinator and working closely with the project team members, including implementing partners; the Education Officer will ensure that the education activities designed are carried out in a structural and systematic coordinated manner and in line with donor requirements, YOPCODI’s standards, project agreement and commitments.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of the Education component for learners and host communities across the respective host communities in line with the project design;
• Ensure accurate project documentation, including collection of monitoring data and tracking of progress on output indicators;
• Utilize data to contribute to reports as required;
• Support in facilitating relationships with stakeholders/host-communities and community leaders to ensure buy-in and Do No Harm;
• Sustain positive working relationships with the implementing partners, government officials and other key stakeholders and work in collaboration with relevant education authorities to support the review of the relevant policies in the state;
• Support the Project Coordinator in overseeing the planning and coordinating of State and LGAs level engagement with education authorities and other key stakeholders including implementing partner(s);
• Contribute to monitoring and submission of timely and quality reports as per the reporting requirements;
• Working closely with the Gender and Accountability and CFM Officers, ensure quality Programme delivery, documentation and reporting of education activities in the respective hosting communities;
• Work closely with the Education Coordinator and relevant staff in the Consortium in developing, implementing, monitoring project detail implementation plan, procurement plan, phased budget, MEAL Plan with documentation and reporting for all education interventions in the State;
• Recommend technical solutions to speed up the implementation and budget performance of education activities in line with the project proposal, work plan and budget;
• Effectively support the education projects staff and partners in developing weekly, monthly, quarterly plans, in line with YOPCODI’s best practices, and ensure compliance with the agreed work plans and that programme objectives and targets are being achieved in line with the project proposal, work plan and budget assiduously;
• Maintain high standard of transparency and accountability during programme plan and expedite implementation while ensuring integrity and timeliness of project duration and meeting programme objectives, compliance with donors & YOPCODI’s policies;
• Support in providing regular operations and implementation updates to the Project Coordinator on project progress and challenges to allow for timely interventions and corrective actions systematically and effusively;
• Ensure the timely reviews and adjustments for the project operational and implementation plan and budget as may be required from time to time;
• Working closely with the Project Coordinator to ensure that Learning Facilitators or Community Volunteer Teachers (LFs or CVTs) are well guided, supported and their capacity built in community mobilization, GBV prevention and Response, Pedagogy, No Do Haram, advocacy and reporting;
• Suggest necessary report revisions and prepare draft reports for corrective actions as it relates to education activities;
• Participate in progress review meetings to address key performance issues from the reports.
• Ensuring that the programme best practices is represented and given recognition at stakeholder meetings, workshops, donor engagements, networks and any other engagements;
• Develop and maintain regular channels of communication with partners, Learning Facilitators/Volunteer Teachers and key stakeholders at all levels (LGA, State and National);
• Effectively support in MEAL activities such as mapping exercises, surveys, needs assessments, baseline, midline and endline assessments and evaluation studies, and putting in place a functional activity tracking table;
• Ensure that the projects’ quality benchmarks for education are adhered to and implemented in project interventions;
• Support in collecting and managing complaints and feedback in close coordination with MEAL team and other project Team;
• Participate in regular monitoring of projects results, documentation of projects case studies, lessons learnt, significant changes and best practices and coordinating learning and reflection meetings/sessions;

Safeguarding:

• Ensure that project delivery complies to the highest safeguarding standards in line with YOPCODI’s core values and policies;
• Work with the Protection and Gender Officer to ensure that all education activities have a safeguarding risk assessment and mitigation measure in place;
• Under the guidance of the education coordinator, ensure that workers at learning centres under the project receive all the necessary training and comply to YOPCODI’s safeguarding policies;
• Display safeguarding messages and orientation for all project participants in learning centres;
• Ensure safe programming in the planning, implementation, monitoring, training of teachers and construction/rehabilitation of classroom environment across the project period;
• Adhere to the Do no Harm principles across the entire steps within the Programme Management Cycle;
• And any other tasks assigned by the HR Unit and your Line Manager in line with the core values, missions, visions, and objectives of the organization-YOPCODI.

Qualifications

• HND / Degree in Education, Accounting, Management Sciences, Humanities, or its equivalent.

Experience:

• 3 years minimum

Key Requirements:

• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and collaborate with architects, engineers, contractors, and other stakeholders;
• A certified teacher (Teachers’ Registration Counsil of Nigeria-TRCN, B.Ed Degree holder or Post Graduate Diploma in Education;
• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions;
• Honest, disciplined, accountable, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates highest levels of integrity, efficiency in task delivery and sacrifice;
• Knowledge of any literacy and numeracy boost strategies that improves learners’ effective performance, including Teaching at The Right Level (TaRL), and teachers’ development towards improved quality of education is an added advantage;
• Experience of working in humanitarian or development setting is an added advantage;
• Experience in child protection and education sectors are a plus;
• Strong understanding of construction principles, practices, and techniques;
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, drawings, and specifications;
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills (in both Hausa and in English Languages), leadership, and project management skills;
• Ability to multitask, stay organized, and work well under pressure;
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Report Writing (in humanitarian context), and Excel;
• Strong humanitarian acumen and ability to work well across different functions in order to integrate people’s strategies into organizational objectives and mission;
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong relationships with host communities, based on mutual respect, professionalism, dignity and trust;
• Proficiency in accountability and a commitment to confidentiality with tact and discretion in humanitarian setting.

The Candidate should have the following Soft Skills:

• Time management for task prioritization and deadline adherence;
• Paying attention to details and strong communication skills, with an ability to integrate information/inputs from across the project to produce relevant products (documents, tools, processes) for success stories;
• Openness to learning, re-learning, and un-learning;
• Ability to react via being assertive, identify and respond to demands accordingly;
• Experience of developing and delivering coaching and training to a range of audiences across different cultures and abilities;
• Experience of collecting and compiling stories, video and photographs;
• General proficiency, familiarity with core values of humanitarian values;
• Discretion and ability to handle confidential humanitarian core values information;
• Interpersonal skills for collaborative teamwork and strong organizational skills;
• Effective and efficient in research and report writing;
• Teamwork, and cultural sensitivity for diverse interactions;
• Adaptability and flexibility to take on new tasks and responsibilities;
• Excellent facilitation and presentation skills;
• Demonstrated capacity for teaching & coaching, engaging approach to training and orientation session delivery;
• In depth understanding and experience of logistic assistant with minimum standards.

Eligibility:

• Female candidates with minimum qualifications/requirements and experience are highly encouraged and desirable.