Deadline: 06 November, 2021
Locations: Damaturu and Maiduguri, Nigeria
Plan International is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Education Officer.
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.
Responsibilities
- Support in documenting lessons learnt and best practices of the pilot project
- Support the project manager, institutional capacity strengthening manager, access to education lead in designing of the project implementation plans
- Ensure the execution of the project implementation plan and work closely with the national implementing partners on the project
- Work closely with the national partners in the execution of the formal, non-formal (ABEP and IQE) education component of the project
- With support from monitoring and the evaluation team, design a monitoring plan and simple data collection tools to ensure monitoring and data collection of key project indicators
- Responsible for the formation, strengthening and training of the community structures
- Play a key role in the mobilisation and engagement of the community and stakeholders in the implementation and monitoring of the project
- Responsible for school supervision and data collection
- Support in organising and facilitating teacher training and assessment
- Support assessment of education sector in the state of implementation
- Review, assess and update the education situation in areas affected by emergency
- Highlight education issues requiring a response – both immediate (less than two months) and medium term and make recommendations on specific actions required
- Ensure core commitments to children are taken into consideration
- Ensure key data from assessments could be used as a baseline for programme evaluation (if additional baseline data is required to evaluate children’s learning outcomes, then work with appropriate colleagues to collect this additional information)
- In collaboration with national and international education actors, map current institutional response capacities – including conducting an education-specific 5Ws
- Support in designing appropriate education interventions based on the outcomes of assessments and the context
- Ensure that issues of early gender, protection, DRR, and conflict sensitivity are factored into the programme design
- Ensure Plan International guidelines, education cluster standards and INEE minimum standards are considered in implementation
- Provide regular updates to education in emergencies specialist on progress, priorities and constraints – verbally and in writing on an agreed frequency
- Support the implementation of, and represent Plan International in, emergency education coordination mechanisms including any relevant cluster
Requirements
- University degree or equivalent in Education, Social Sciences, Social Work, Psychology, or a related field
- Three years, minimum, of education in emergencies experience
- Experience working in emergency settings
- Good knowledge and understanding of ‘do not harm’ principles and established international child protection standards (especially UNCRC)
- Experience with participatory approaches to education, emergency preparedness, crisis/emergency relief management, or a related area
- Experience working with IDPs, refugees and other vulnerable populations (ideal)
- Experience in directly providing services to children at risk and victims of abuse, exploitation and violence
To apply and for more information, click here.
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