Education Coordinator Nigeria Yola

Contract

This is a Professional contract, Grade 7 (NRC) contract. More about Professional contract, Grade 7 (NRC) contracts.

Introduction to Context

NRC has been present in Nigeria since 2015 and has been working to help displacement affected communities meet their basic needs, improve their livelihoods, access essential services, and enhance their resilience to future shocks through our six core competencies: water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), Shelter, Education, Information-Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA), Livelihoods and Food Security (LFS), Camp Management, and Protection. NRC provides immediate assistance during the onset of emergencies through the rapid response mechanism (RRM). With a workforce of 370 staff and presence in key locations such as Maiduguri (in Borno State), Yola (in Adamawa state) and JOS (in Plateau state), NRC is able to respond to the needs of those affected by the conflict across North-East, and North Central Nigeria. These strategic locations have allowed NRC greater reach from the north and south parts of the North-East and North Central region, and allowed NRC to contribute to bridging the gap between humanitarian aid and development cooperation, including through focusing on equitable access to basic services and strengthening the rights of displaced people and returnees. In addition to the Country Office, and the above mentioned Area Offices, NRC has sub-offices structures in Dikwa, Monguno, Biu, Mubi, Pulka and Gwoza.

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and beliefs guide our actions and relationships.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities

The purpose of the Education Project Coordinator position is to ensure effective implementation of NRC’s education portfolio at area level, and the Project Coordinator will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Adhering to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
• Promoting the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy
• Line managing Education Officers and Assistants in field offices and providing them with technical and administrative support in their duties.
• Mapping and Identifying capacity gaps and providing formal/informal capacity development for staff and transferring key skills through on the job training and mentoring.
• Preparing detailed monitoring documents, workplans, activity reports, spending plans and procurement plans for activities in cooperation with the PM.
• Ensuring that quality activities are implemented on time and in compliance with organizational and donor requirements.

• Conducting regular field visits to project locations to ensure timeliness and quality of implementation in the field and provide regular updates on project status.

• Contributing to the development of country education strategies and project design.

• Applying protection and prevention mechanisms in all project activities and interactions to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff and beneficiaries
• Managing and monitoring project budgets and ensuring spending is compliant with the project budget.
• Representing NRC in meetings and coordination with education actors in the area, communities and LGA education and government representatives.
• Supporting the Education Specialist and Project manager on development of proposals, concept notes and contextualization of activities and materials.
• Manage performance and staff development of staff reporting to Project Coordinator

Critical interfaces

The Education Project Coordinator will interact with the following:

• Project planning and implementation: Area Managers, Education Specialist, Field Office Coordinators, Support Coordinators
• Area operations: Area Managers and Field Office Coordinators
• Staff capacity building: Area Managers and Education Specialist
• Sector coordination and representation: other NGOs and UN agencies working in education in the area and Education Secretaries working in the area, beneficiary communitie

COMPETENCIES

Professional competencies

• A minimum of 2 years of experience implementing education in a humanitarian, development or recovery context
• Experience working in complex and volatile contexts
• Technical education expertise in education programming
• Development of reports, workplans and other project planning tools
• Experience managing staff
• Experience coordinating with local government and community representatives
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal
• Candidates with university or advanced degree preferred; significant experience in the field of Education, PSS or Child Protection will be considered in lieu
• FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

Context specific skills, knowledge and experience:

• Knowledge of the humanitarian situation and implementation challenges in Northeast Nigeria
• Fluency in Hausa and one other spoken language in Borno Central and/or Borno North
• Experience liaising with multiple stakeholders at the LGA level an asset

Behavioural competencies

• Managing resources to optimize results
• Managing performance and development
• Empowering and building trust
• Handling insecure environments

Behavioural competencies

• Handling insecure environments
• Managing resources to optimize results
• Empowering and building trust
• Managing performance and development
• Planning and delivering results

Performance Management

The employee will be accountable for the responsibilities and the competencies, in accordance with the NRC Performance Management Manual. The following documents will be used for performance reviews:

• The Job Description
• The Work and Development Plan
• The Mid-term/End-of-trial Period Performance Review Template
• The End-term Performance Review Template
• The NRC Competency Framework