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KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

• Assist the HoSS, SSO on the regular collection and collation of all S&S information across the mission and compute same in the system, using appropriate software and hardware.
• Assist the Jigawa team in trip planning activities from trip requests, movement tracking/records, follow-up on travel SoPs compliance, movement tracking/timing and file a trip completion records and report trip stoppages and hitches for immediate follow-up.
• Assist the Jigawa team in the preparation of Safety and security related reports.
• Collect/collate and report up-line, health, safety, security and environment related incidents internally and externally.
• Assist in the preparation and delivery of S&S trainings and programmes in the Jigawa office.
• Monitor Fleet activities and report on all breaches.
• Carry out any other duty/responsibilities assigned by the SSO and the HoSS aimed at effective S&S management in the Country Office.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice )

Accountability:

• Accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
• High level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations
• Holds self and others accountable

Ambition

• Creating best-in-class function
• Future-orientated, thinks pro-actively

Collaboration:

• Working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Designing more effective admin systems
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS

• Information Gathering and analysis using good knowledge of management practice and technologies used in the sector.
• Basic understanding of INGOs programming.
• Basic knowledge of Fraud and criminal investigation procedures and methods.
• Critical thinking and excellent logical skills.
• Strong proficiency in the use of Office programs like word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.
• Nose-for-news’ and ability to spot flaws in systems.
• Have good communication and presentations skills.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND ATTRIBUTES

• Degree level qualifications in any of humanities or sciences and Security management.
• At least three year work experience performing Health, Safety, Security and Environment functions.
• Strong learning attitude and capacity for learning and development of technical and professional skills.
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an internationally diverse environment.
• Strong Competency in Internet and Microsoft Office systems and other database/mapping systems
• Fluency in English and Hausa.

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ROLE PURPOSE:

• The Gender and Social Inclusion Officer will support the EU education project team and provide technical support to guide and inform gender and social inclusive programming through an “integrated approach” in Jigawa and Kano states.  
• The Gender and Social Inclusion Officer will support in mainstreaming gender and Social Inclusion as cross-cutting themes for all the programmatic activities. S/he will ensure gender is integrated into the results-based management frameworks, strengthen, and support social inclusion, apply gender equality strategies and facilitate gender equality capacity strengthening for field teams and partner organizations of SCI via training and tool development. S/he will not only ensure the project programmes are inclusive and gender sensitive but aims to provide support to make such programmes become gender sensitive. 
• Under the guidance of the Programme Manager, the Gender and Social Inclusion will ensure that gender and social inclusion issues are identified in the project are addressed, and that activities are responsive to the needs of girls, boys, young people, other vulnerable groups and, that all materials and trainings are inclusive.          

SCOPE OF ROLE: 

• Reports to: Programme Manager      
• Staff directly reporting to this post: None. 
• Budget responsibility:  None

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Programme Implementation, Coordination & Management:

• Lead capacity building for staff on gender and social inclusion, including developing initiatives to make existing learning environment gender-responsive and inclusive for girls, boys, young people and other marginalized children in the project states.
• Guided by gender analysis, the officer will support in advocacy to identify and support stakeholders in developing mechanisms to address gender and social inclusion in policy and system on education and empowerment of young people. 
• Coordinate gender and social inclusion project activities between thematic areas of implementation.
• Conduct regular gender analysis, support community mapping and safety audits to identify and address access and social inclusion issues.
• With support from the programme team, formulate key gender and social inclusion messages and targets from lessons learned, assessments, research and evidence gained through project implementation.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of EU project objectives and initiatives, both short and long term, encompassing a wide range of issues with a gender lens.
• Acquire information and understanding of key gender issues in the country particularly in the project states focusing on boys and girls (e.g., GBV etc.) and adapt strategies as necessary.
• Ensure a focus on gender equality, gender mainstreaming and social inclusion in all components of project implementation.
• Develop and facilitate gender and social inclusion components in training materials, needs assessment and other project tools and resources.
• Ensure gender and social inclusion is mainstreamed in IEC materials developed on the project.
• Support SCI staff to identify and address the intersectionality of gender and disability in project planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Perform other tasks, as required, to ensure the smooth running of the organisation.

MEAL

• Support tracking of gender and social inclusion-specific project indicators.
• Support MEAL team in analysing gender and inclusion specific data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• In collaboration with the MEAL team, collate and disseminate regular project gender and social inclusion reports.

Human Resources Management and Development:

• Working together with the EU project team to identify learning and development needs of the project teams and develop specific plans to address the learning needs. 

Internal and external engagements

• Develop and maintain a network of external contacts with key individuals in the state, NGO sector, civil society and the media particularly working on gender and social inclusion issues and participate in gender working group meetings, which may include providing oversight.
• Engage the relevant gender and social inclusion stakeholders at State levels in support of the project cycle management.

Safeguarding

• Ensure that the gender component of project complies Save the Children’s safeguarding policies. 
• Work with the project safeguarding officer to ensure that all gender and social inclusion activities have a safeguarding risk assessment and mitigation measure in place 

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development, and encourages others to do the same.
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
• Future orientated, thinks strategically.

Collaboration:

• Actively listens to different perspectives and experiences of stakeholders.
• Actively participates in networks to access and contribute to good practice.
• Establishes and maintains clear communication and dialogue with disaster and conflict affected people and other stakeholders.
• Establishes clear objectives with partners.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions to gender and social inclusion. 
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency.
• Commitment to Save the Children Values
• Leadership: Action; Thinking; Self; Inspiring; Developing Others:
• Demonstrates approachability and trust by listening carefully to others and valuing their contribution, and making others feel comfortable by being open and honest about their thoughts and feelings.
• Demonstrates self-development and management by taking responsibility for own development, and actively seeking out feedback to better understand their own strengths and weaknesses.
• Makes positive statements about work.
• Effectively influences others by understanding their interests and showing how they will be met by own preferred solution.
• Gives constructive feedback to enhance capabilities and responsibilities to partners and others

Desirable 

• Experience building capacity particularly in gender and social inclusion related issues. 
• Prior work experience in communities across Nigeria.
• Knowledge of the policies, frameworks, functions, structures and decision-making processes of key national institutions with regard to disability and gender. 
• Team player with strong leadership skills.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential Criteria

• First degree or equivalent in Social Science, development studies, gender & development or equivalent combination of relevant training and experience.
• At least 2- 5 years-experience implementing on issues of gender and social inclusion in development, humanitarian response.
• Proven experience in supporting the designing, implementing, and evaluating gender-transformative social and social inclusion interventions.
• Experience in supporting the implementation of empowerment of young people and gender-transformative approaches in any context.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team setting with minimal supervision.
• Specific knowledge of international development gender equality and social inclusion issues; experience engaging children and other community members on gender equality issues desirable.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced work environment
   

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• The Education Programme Officer will provide operational and technical support to the team under the leadership of the Education Programme Coordinator to implement all Education activities for the project. This includes, supporting in the development of the Detailed Implementation Plan, participating in stakeholders’ meetings, and contribute to narrative reporting in line with donor requirement. The job holder will also be working closely with community leaders, religious leaders as well as community member.
• Under the guidance Education Programme Coordinator, he/she will ensure that the EU-INTPA project is implemented in a coordinated, harmonized and aligned manner, in line with donor requirements and commitments.

SCOPE OF ROLE: 

• Reports to: Directly reports to Education Programme Coordinator
• Staff directly reporting to this post: NIL

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Project Coordination & Management:

• Support the coordination and implementation of the EU-INTPA Project in Kano and Jigawa State, Nigeria in line with the design of the project and donor requirements.
• Participate in community mapping and identification of schools/learning centres and ABEP facilitators for the implementation of the ABEP programme in collaboration with stakeholders in line with the project design.
• Support the Education Programme Coordinator to establish, maintain, and strengthen linkages in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation on the project. As well as contribute to assessments (baseline, needs, market).
• 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 to the consortium lead.
• Working closely with Education Programme Coordinator to ensure quality programme design, delivery, documentation and reporting of education activities in the respective State.

Operational Planning and implementation

• Work closely with Education Programme Coordinator to provide support to ensure design, planning, monitor 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 in line with the project plan and budget.
• Effectively support the education projects staff and partners in developing annual plans, in line with best practices, for education project design and Save the Children International planning guidelines and ensure compliance with the agreed work plans and that programme objectives and targets are being achieved in line with the funding proposal.
• Work with the Education Programme Coordinator to ensure integration of other sectors like Youth, Green Jobs and Vocational Training into Education activities.
• Maintain high standard of transparency and accountability during programme design and support in expediting implementation while ensuring integrity and timeliness of project duration and meeting programme objectives, compliance with donors & Save the Children policies.
• Support in providing regular operations and implementation updates to the Education Coordinator on project progress and challenges to allow for timely interventions and corrective actions by the management.
• Ensure the timely reviews and adjustments for the project operational and implementation plan and budget as may be required from time to time. 

Finance and Budget Management

• Support project monitoring, suggest necessary revisions and prepare draft reports for corrective actions. 
• Support the Education Programme Coordinator in ensuring that the budget variance analysis (BVA) is monitored and reported as per in time and with accurate information.
• Program/Project Narrative and Financial Reporting.
• Support the review and preparation of timely and high-quality progress and end of project narrative and financial reports which are in accordance with the donor reporting schedule and formats.
• Participate in reviewing all programme financial reports ensuring that donor guidelines have been followed and high standard met. 
• Participate in progress review meetings to address key performance issues from the reports.
• Safeguarding
• 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 of the project within the Programme Management Cycle.
• Internal and external engagements
• Ensuring that the program experience is represented and given recognition at stakeholder meetings, workshops, donor, networks and any other engagements. 
• Develop and maintain regular channels of communication with partners and key stakeholders at all levels (LGA, State and National).
• MEAL
• Effectively support teams in MEAL aspects, which include assessments, baseline, and evaluation studies, putting in place a functional Activity Tracking Table.
• Ensure that the projects’ quality benchmarks are followed up and implemented in project interventions.
• Collecting and managing complaints and feedback in close coordination with MEAL team and Education Team.
• Ensure regular monitoring of projects results, documentation of projects case studies, lessons learnt, significant changes and best practices and coordinating learning and reflection meetings/sessions. 
• Ensure an effective programs/ projects monitoring, and evaluation systems is in place.
• Monitor programs/ projects activities to ensure quality, timeliness and adherence to both Country Office and Save the Children policies and procedures.

Human Resources Management and Development:

• Working together with the Education Programme Coordinator to identify learning needs and develop specific plans to address the learning needs. 
• Participate in monthly/weekly project management meetings to enable adequate staff support.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength.
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
• willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

QUALIFICATIONS   

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in education or other related fields. Experience in managing integrated programmes across different thematic areas such as education, teacher education, Teacher Professional Development (TPD), child protection, child rights or governance is an advantage.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• At least 3 years of accrued working experience in program implementation with an International NGO and those applying partnership approaches is desirable. 
• Experience in strategic thinking and planning skills, be able to set priorities, prepare manageable plans and to evaluate progress.
• Experience of working on ABEP, Teacher Professional Development and with Out of School Children (OOSC) with local partners and Local Government and State Authorities in the Northwest Nigeria is an added advantage.
• Strong analytical skills and strategic planning abilities.
• 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.
• Availability and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses.
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Ability to intervene with crisis management or troubleshooting as necessary. 
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
• Excellent time management and planning capacity.
• Fluent English language skills (written and verbal) and Local language skills (Hausa, etc.).

go to method of application »

• The Education Programme Officer will provide operational and technical support to the team under the leadership of the Education Programme Coordinator to implement all Education activities for the project. This includes, supporting in the development of the Detailed Implementation Plan, participating in stakeholders’ meetings, and contribute to narrative reporting in line with donor requirement. The job holder will also be working closely with community leaders, religious leaders as well as community member.
• Under the guidance Education Programme Coordinator, he/she will ensure that the EU-INTPA project is implemented in a coordinated, harmonized and aligned manner, in line with donor requirements and commitments.

SCOPE OF ROLE: 

• Reports to: Directly reports to Education Programme Coordinator
• Staff directly reporting to this post: NIL

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Project Coordination & Management:

• Support the coordination and implementation of the EU-INTPA Project in Kano and Jigawa State, Nigeria in line with the design of the project and donor requirements.
• Participate in community mapping and identification of schools/learning centres and ABEP facilitators for the implementation of the ABEP programme in collaboration with stakeholders in line with the project design.
• Support the Education Programme Coordinator to establish, maintain, and strengthen linkages in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation on the project. As well as contribute to assessments (baseline, needs, market).
• 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 to the consortium lead.
• Working closely with Education Programme Coordinator to ensure quality programme design, delivery, documentation and reporting of education activities in the respective State.

Operational Planning and implementation

• Work closely with Education Programme Coordinator to provide support to ensure design, planning, monitor 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 in line with the project plan and budget.
• Effectively support the education projects staff and partners in developing annual plans, in line with best practices, for education project design and Save the Children International planning guidelines and ensure compliance with the agreed work plans and that programme objectives and targets are being achieved in line with the funding proposal.
• Work with the Education Programme Coordinator to ensure integration of other sectors like Youth, Green Jobs and Vocational Training into Education activities.
• Maintain high standard of transparency and accountability during programme design and support in expediting implementation while ensuring integrity and timeliness of project duration and meeting programme objectives, compliance with donors & Save the Children policies.
• Support in providing regular operations and implementation updates to the Education Coordinator on project progress and challenges to allow for timely interventions and corrective actions by the management.
• Ensure the timely reviews and adjustments for the project operational and implementation plan and budget as may be required from time to time. 

Finance and Budget Management

• Support project monitoring, suggest necessary revisions and prepare draft reports for corrective actions. 
• Support the Education Programme Coordinator in ensuring that the budget variance analysis (BVA) is monitored and reported as per in time and with accurate information.
• Program/Project Narrative and Financial Reporting.
• Support the review and preparation of timely and high-quality progress and end of project narrative and financial reports which are in accordance with the donor reporting schedule and formats.
• Participate in reviewing all programme financial reports ensuring that donor guidelines have been followed and high standard met. 
• Participate in progress review meetings to address key performance issues from the reports.
• Safeguarding
• 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 of the project within the Programme Management Cycle.
• Internal and external engagements
• Ensuring that the program experience is represented and given recognition at stakeholder meetings, workshops, donor, networks and any other engagements. 
• Develop and maintain regular channels of communication with partners and key stakeholders at all levels (LGA, State and National).
• MEAL
• Effectively support teams in MEAL aspects, which include assessments, baseline, and evaluation studies, putting in place a functional Activity Tracking Table.
• Ensure that the projects’ quality benchmarks are followed up and implemented in project interventions.
• Collecting and managing complaints and feedback in close coordination with MEAL team and Education Team.
• Ensure regular monitoring of projects results, documentation of projects case studies, lessons learnt, significant changes and best practices and coordinating learning and reflection meetings/sessions. 
• Ensure an effective programs/ projects monitoring, and evaluation systems is in place.
• Monitor programs/ projects activities to ensure quality, timeliness and adherence to both Country Office and Save the Children policies and procedures.

Human Resources Management and Development:

• Working together with the Education Programme Coordinator to identify learning needs and develop specific plans to address the learning needs. 
• Participate in monthly/weekly project management meetings to enable adequate staff support.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength.
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
• willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

QUALIFICATIONS   

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in education or other related fields. Experience in managing integrated programmes across different thematic areas such as education, teacher education, Teacher Professional Development (TPD), child protection, child rights or governance is an advantage.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• At least 3 years of accrued working experience in program implementation with an International NGO and those applying partnership approaches is desirable. 
• Experience in strategic thinking and planning skills, be able to set priorities, prepare manageable plans and to evaluate progress.
• Experience of working on ABEP, Teacher Professional Development and with Out of School Children (OOSC) with local partners and Local Government and State Authorities in the Northwest Nigeria is an added advantage.
• Strong analytical skills and strategic planning abilities.
• 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.
• Availability and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses.
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Ability to intervene with crisis management or troubleshooting as necessary. 
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
• Excellent time management and planning capacity.
• Fluent English language skills (written and verbal) and Local language skills (Hausa, etc.).