Education Programme Officer - (EU) Jigawa

at  Save the Children

JOB DESCRIPTION/REQUIREMENTS

JOB TITLE: Education Programme Officer. TEAM: Education – EU-INTPA - Operations LOCATION: Jigawa GRADE : POST TYPE: National

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 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.).
Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

ROLE PURPOSE :

Save the Children is a leading independent organization creating lasting change for children in need around the world. With its headquarters in London, UK, SC works in over countries globally, including Nigeria, helping children survive, learn and be protected by improving their education, health, nutrition, protection and economic opportunities, and in times of acute crisis, mobilizing rapid life-saving assistance to help children recover from the effects of war, conflict and natural disasters.
Save the Children International in consortium with Plan International have been selected as implementing partners to implement Education and Youth Empowerment project funded by EU over a -month period in North-West Nigeria across states of Sokoto, Kano and Jigawa. The project is focusing to provide youth, in particular girls in rural underserved and nomadic communities, with access to inclusive gender transformative and conflict sensitive equitable quality education and skill development. The project will support the governments’ efforts to address the challenge of Out of School Children and Youth (OOSCY) to access Accelerated Basic Education Programme (ABEP) in the states. The project will also support the efforts of the Federal and respective State governments to empower youth with green jobs and vocational skills through vocational training as well as address the barriers that girls and women face to access education and livelihood opportunities
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).