Teacher Education Officers at the Northern Nigeria Education Initiative Plus (NEI+) - USAID

The Nigeria Northern Education Initiative Plus (NEI+), a USAID project is seeking application from qualified Nigerian National to fill the position below:

Job Title: Teacher Education Officer

Location: Bauchi
Position Duration: 5 years (Permanent)

Project Summary

• The Northern Nigeria Education Initiative Plus (NEI+) project is a five year USAID funded project that will work to improve the quality of and access to education in Northern Nigeria, equitably and sustainably.

Position Summary

• The Teacher Education Officer will be responsible for providing technical leadership for all teacher education activities, including leading and coordinating the teacher education and systems support activities at the national and state level.
• The position requires experience with teacher training policy and practice, designing programs for data collection and analysis, and personnel management.

Reporting & Supervision:

• This position is housed in Bauchi, Nigeria, reporting to the Reading Officer.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead integrated state and LGEA, SUBEB, and SBMC working groups and steering committees in the following tasks:
• Identification of education priorities
• Assessment of education standards
• Review and strengthen instructional quality and teacher performance assessments
• Strengthen instructional quality standards
• Ensure technical coordination of state-level activities and obtain support from directorates and local government authorities as needed.
• Work closely with the Reading Officer to manage support staff and consultants as needed to ensure the smooth implementation of project activities across technical areas.
• Ensure the timely production, coordination, and reporting of all data: quarterly reports, M&E data, financial information, etc.
• Support the development of reading curriculum and standards in colleges of education in collaboration with NCCE and state based colleges of education.
• Participate in regular meetings and maintain regular communication with state level team counterparts, and with the Reading Officer to ensure coherent planning, M&E practices, and project troubleshooting.
• Represent the project in major state meetings and events as appropriate.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Requires a Master's Degree in Education.
• At least eight years of experience in the education sector, with at least five years of a leadership role in a conflict or crisis-affected country context.
• The candidate must demonstrate at least five years of relevant technical experience working with activities that are of a similar scope to this activity.
• The candidate is also responsible for some monitoring and evaluation, with at least five years’ technical experience in developing and implementing monitoring and evaluation plans and results-based management.
• The candidate must be professionally proficient and fluent in written and spoken English.

Application Closing Date
3rd December, 2015.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send a current resume or CV listing all job responsibilities and cover letter as one Word or PDF document to the "Human Resources Manager" at: [email protected]

Note:

• Bauchi state indigenes and females are encouraged to apply.
• Candidate should indicate the position and location for which he is applying for in the Subject of the email.
• Only successful candidates will be contacted for interview