Senior System Strengthening Specialist at Creative Associates International

Project Summary

• The Northern Nigeria Education Initiative Plus (NE 1+) project works to improve the quality of and access to education in Northern Nigeria, equitably and sustainably.
  

Position Summary

• The Senior System Strengthening Specialist will be responsible for overseeing all systems and policy-related activities.

Reporting & Supervision

• This position is housed in Abuja, Nigeria, reporting to the Deputy Chief of Party.

Primary Responsibilities
Policy Review and Formulation:

• Facilitate a process with state governments and other stakeholders to map and review existing education policy frameworks, especially around systems, access, reading instruction, and assessment;
• Design implementation plans for new EGR policies, related systems, access, reading instruction, assessment, and accountability;

Policy Monitoring:

• Support development of instruments and planning for monitoring of EGR policy;
• Facilitate EGR policy review meetings to track progress in implementing new policies, identify corrective actions to speed adoption, and develop tools to assess impact;
• Work with FMOE, SMOE5. UBEC, NMEC, SUBEB, SAME, MORA to provide technical support to plan for the sustainability of EGR policy initiatives;

Capacity Building and Sustainability:

• Improve the capacity of government education officials to develop leadership, managerial, and supervisory skills to effectively sustain EGR policies and regulations;
• Provide coaching on various issues induding data analysis and evidence-based decision making, monitoring, and staff mentoting;
• Support dissemination of new policies and opportunities for bottom-up feedback at all levels through state-level workshops invoMng governmenteducation officials; community meetings; IT; paperpublications; and ongoing media campaigns.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in a leadership position responsible for developing policy frameworks, preferably in the field of education
• Demonstrated experience working with government agencies, actors, and other stakeholders at the national and state levels
• Demonstrated expertise in policy mapping and development
• Demonstrated capacity to lead workshops, trainings, and strategic planning sessions
• Experience in Monitoring and Evaluation
• First Degree in Public Policy field. Masters Degree strongly preferred.
• Excellentwritten and oral communication skill
• Proficiency using MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)