JOB TITLE: Education Officer
JOB LOCATION: Gwoza, Borno
Sector: Education
Employment Category: Regular
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: No
JOB DETAILS:
- The Education Officer will be responsible for the overall management of educational activities in the respective state and LGAs accordingly (either in Borno, Adamawa or Yobe Sate).
- S/he will be responsible for providing technical leadership for all the education activities, including leading and coordinating the non-formal education program and systems support activities at the national and state level.
- The position requires experience with teacher training, policy and practice, designing programs for data collection and analysis, and personnel management.
Major Responsibilities
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- Oversee the implementation of all PEACE project activities in one of the assigned states (Borno, Adamawa or Yobe) in both formal and non-formal schools.
- Work in collaboration with the Child Protection Team in the implementation of the project activities, ensuring integration of CP and education in the project.
- Oversee training, coaching and ongoing support for teachers, tutors and learning facilitators in order to improve instructional practices in literacy, numeracy and social and emotional skills.
- Ensure technical coordination of state-level activities related to teacher education and curriculum development, and obtain support from directorates and local government authorities as needed
- Oversee the selection of learning facilitators (teachers) and tutors for the intervention and contribute to tools for selection such as assessment tools.
- Oversee the initial training of learning facilitators, as well as their continuous professional development.
- Monitor progress towards the objectives and intended outputs pertaining to teacher education using routine data, spot checks, observation, and other methodologies.
- Provide regular written and verbal reports on education activities to supervisor.
- Promote the quality of non-formal education activities by setting up quality assurance mechanisms and checks in collaboration with other staff.
Qualifications
- University Degree in Education, Social Sciences or any other relevant field
- At least three years of relevant professional experience with an international or civil society organization, including direct implementation of education programming
- At least five years of experience related to teacher professional development.
- Experience working with displaced or otherwise marginalized communities required
- Strong verbal communication skills and effective in representation and liaison with external actors
- Excellent spoken and technical writing ability in English, including report writing
- Good computer skills in programs including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Good leadership skills
- Good administrative skills
- Ability to work under pressure in challenging working and living conditions
- Willingness to travel extensively in northeast Nigeria, including to remote and/or insecure locations.
Key Working Relationships
- Position Reports to: Senior Education Officer in the state with dotted line reporting to State Education Manager (Borno state)
- Position directly supervises: NILL
- Indirect Reporting: State Education Manager
Working Environment:
- The position may require frequent travel to a deep field. A standard office work environment will be applicable for the position. For any field visits, security protocols must be adhered to.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
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- The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct.
- These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.
- In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
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