Education Consultant - EU at Save The Children - NAIJA STICK

Education Consultant - EU at Save The Children

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Job Type: Full Time

Qualification: BA/BSc/HND

Experience: 3 years

Location: Kano

Job Field: Education / Teaching, NGO/Non-Profit 

Role Purpose: 

The Education Programme consultant 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.

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.

Human Resources Management and Development:

• Working together with the Education Programme Coordinator to identify learning needs and develop specific plans to address the learning needs. 
• Participate in monthly/weekly project management meetings to enable adequate staff support.

Skills & Experience

Essential

At least 3 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.

Should have a thorough understanding of local community trends and the socio-cultural context of Kano State.

• 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).

How to Apply 

Interested applicant can apply via this link 

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