Education Coordinator at the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Full Time

Job Title: Education Coordinator

Job ID.: 13349
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Employment Type: Contract
Job Category: Education
Duration of contract: 6 months (Renewable).
Grade Level:  Grade 7 in NRC’s grading structure
Reporting line:  Area Managert
Travel: 50%

Job Description

• Adhering to NRC policies, guidance, and procedures
• Directly line managing three Education Officer and indirectly line managing twelve Education Assistants and providing them with technical and administrative support in their duties.
• Identifying capacity gaps and providing informal capacity development for staff.
• Preparing monitoring documents, workplans, activity reports, spending plans and procurement plans for project activities.
• 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.
• 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.
• Project planning and implementation: Area Manager, Education Specialist, Field Office Coordinator, Support Coordinators
• Area operations: Area Manager and Field Office Coordinator
• Staff capacity building: Area Manager and Education Specialist
• Sector coordination and representation: other NGOs and UN agencies working in education in the area and Education Secretaries for the LGA, beneficiary communities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s preferably in project management or education.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience implementing and managing education projects
• Technical education expertise in education programming
• Development of reports, workplans, budgets, procurement, and spending plans.
• Experience managing and building the capacity of staff.
• Experience coordinating with local government and community representatives.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken
• Fluency in spoken Hausa.
• Experience in the field of education, peacebuilding, vocational education, or youth programming.

Application Closing Date
29th December, 2023.

Note

• This position is open to Nigeria Nationals only. We invite applications from all qualified and interested candidates.
• Candidates are encouraged to apply early, as applications may be screened prior to the vacancy deadline.
• Female candidates are strongly advised to apply.