JOB TITLE: Education Core Competency Specialist
JOB LOCATION: Maiduguri, Borno
Job Category: Education
Role and Responsibilities
- The Education Specialist will provide technical oversight and strategic direction to Country and Area offices to further the development of the Education Core Competency (CC).
- The Specialist will provide quality assurance for all projects, develop a collaborative country strategy, capacity build staff through mentoring and training to increase the technical capacity of the staff, and develop a donor strategy to further grow the program.
Generic Responsibilities:
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- Develop Education CC strategy, technical guidance and Macro LFAs
- Compliance with and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
- Contribute to fundraising, develop and revise funding proposals, budgets and donor reports
- Identify trends technical standards and donor priorities
- Follow up on compliance with contractual commitments within CC, ensure high technical quality and synergies in project implementation
- Provide technical direction and project implementation support to the implementation team
- Ensure that key learnings are extracted from CC implementation, and incorporate them in CC and staff development processes
- Provide systematic training and build the capacity of Education staff
- Represent NRC in relevant forums/clusters, including with national authorities and donors
- Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy
Specific Responsibilities:
- Responsible for leading technical innovative programme development (including approaches such as Accelerated Education) and quality of CC in-country (including through the use of Quality Assessment Tools) to ensure the relevance of NRC education programmes in-country
- Support and promote holistic programming (with other CCs) ensuring harmonisation and consistency across CC projects in line with NRC Global Education Strategy and Programme Policy
- Provide technical lead and support on the integration of the Better Learning Programme across the education response
- Lead the process on proposals, budgets, modifications, project reviews and reporting and ensure high technical quality
- Take the lead on quality project deliverables to ensure high technical outputs
- Provide strategic leadership on the development of programming that recognizes the challenges and wellbeing needs faced by conflict-affected youth
- Support programmatic M&E and indicator tracking in conjunction with project teams and the M&E department
- Ensure work plans and spending plans in line with donor budgets are developed and maintained by supporting Project Coordinators, Managers and Area Managers
- Lead on the transition of program teams regarding the split of Area Officer and the transition from leadership by a PDM to technical supervision by a Specialist in compliance with co-op
- Develop and lead on conducting needs assessments (in collaboration with Area Program teams, Protection team and M&E team), baseline, mid-and end-evaluations
- Represent NRC with relevant donors, government ministries, and in relevant humanitarian coordination meetings in-country
- Create strong linkages with other Education and Child Protection actors, and ensure strong referral pathways are in place
- Actively promote and operationalize synergies between Education and other NRC programmes to move toward integrated programming (focus on WASH, LFS and ICLA)
- Provide support and input to the recruitment processes for all Education staff
- Accountable for organisational learning from programme implementation, sharing of best practices and capacity building
Qualifications / Competencies
Generic professional competencies for this position:
- Post Bachelor’s Degree qualification
- Minimum of 4 years of Education experience within a humanitarian/recovery context
- Experience working in complex and volatile contexts
- Education expertise (as Specialist/TA or Project Manager)
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
- Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal.
Context / Specific Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
- Knowledge of the Lake Chad Basin region and north-eastern Nigeria context specifically
- Experience with start-up or expansion of new programmes
- Experience in team capacity building
- Advanced computer skills, especially in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Experience with youth/adolescent programming, particularly vocational training is desired
- Experience with alternative education in a humanitarian context is an asset
- Understanding of INEE Minimum Standards is required
- Candidates with an advanced degree preferred; significant experience in the field of Education, PSS or Child Protection considered in lieu.
What We Offer
- At NRC we think outside the box. We encourage ideas and give responsibility to all employees at all levels, to help solve the complex issues that we face.
- You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative12 months fixed term contract with the possibility of extension
- Grade 9 on the NRC scale
- Duty Station: Maiduguri with 40% travelling
- An opportunity to match your career to a compelling cause
- A chance to meet and work with people who are the best in their fields.
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Deadline: December 12, 2021
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