Education Officer at Save The Children
Save the Children invests in childhood - every day, in times of crisis and for our future.
- In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm.
- By transforming children's lives now, we change the course of their future and ours.
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 120 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 (SCI), Nigeria is implementing an Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) programme in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States, Nigeria.
- This is a 4-year initiative intends to work with communities, Federal, State, and local education stakeholders to establish and validate a model for community-based, inclusive ECDE programming.
- The project is a private donor funding by the Whitehurst’s.
- The Whitehurst project is designed to build an evidence base to prove the impact and value of supporting the development needs of children ages 3-5 from across all incomes, races, ethnicities, and cultures to promote their learning, development and resilience.
Key Areas Of Accountability
Project Coordination & Management
Implement the Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) project across the BAY States, Nigeria in line with the design of the project and donor requirements.
Support the Education Programme Manager to establish, maintain, and strengthen linkages in the design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, reporting of Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) project. Contribute to assessments (baseline, needs).
- Ensure that procurement and distribution of materials and equipment is timely and in line with SCI policies and procedures; ensure accuracy of portfolio inventory (assets, supplies, materials).
- Ensure accurate project documentation, including collection of monitoring data and tracking of progress on output indicators; utilize data to contribute to reports as required.
Finance and Budget Management
Support project monitoring, suggest necessary revisions and prepare draft reports for corrective actions.
- Support the Education Programme Manager in ensuring that the budget variance analysis (BVA) is monitored and reported as per in time and with accurate information.
Safeguarding
Ensure safe programming in the planning, implementation, monitoring, training of teachers and construction/rehabilitation of classroom environment across the ECDE project period.
- Adhere to the Do no Harm principles across the entire steps within the Programme Management Cycle.
Qualifications
Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Education (Early Childhood Development and Education is an advantage) or other related fields. Experience in managing integrated programmes across different thematic areas such as Education, teacher education, Early Childhood Development and Education, Teacher Professional Development (TPD), Cahild protection, child rights or governance is an advantage.
Experience & Skills
At least 3 years of accrued working experience in program implementation with an NGO and those applying partnership approaches is desirable.
- Experience in strategic thinking and planning skills, being able to set priorities, prepare manageable plans and to evaluate progress.
- Experience of working on and supporting the implementation of ECDE interventions in humanitarian or development setting is an added advantage.
- Ability to coach, mentor and build the capacity of ECDE teachers in a humanitarian or development setting will be an added advantage.
Experience of working with diverse group of stakeholders at the community, LG, State and National levels.
Strong analytical skills and strategic planning abilities.
Ability to establish and maintain cordial 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 any local language.
Deadline: Feb 4 2026
How to Apply
Interested applicant can apply via this link
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