Senior Education Officer - PEACE (Mubi / Michika) at International Rescue Committee (IRC)

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Education Officer - PEACE

Requisition ID: req9700
Location: Mubi / Michika, Borno
Sector: Education
Employment Category: Full Time
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: No

Overview

• The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster.
• At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from Harm to Home.

IRC Nigeria Program:

• The IRC has been present in Nigeria since 2012 when the organization responded to flooding in Kogi state. In February 2014, the IRC moved into Adamawa State in North East Nigeria to provide humanitarian interventions through a multi-sectoral, integrated approach for conflict affected populations.
• IRC Nigeria now operates a country office in Abuja and field offices in Mubi and Yola of Adamawa State, Maiduguri and Monguno of Borno state and Damatru of Yobe State.
• The IRC is responding at scale to the humanitarian situation across sectors including Education, Child Protection, Health, Nutrition, Women Protection and Empowerment, Environmental Health, Economic Recovery and Development, Protection and Rule of Law, and Governance. In 2015, IRC Nigeria developed a five-year long-term Strategy Action Plan (SAP): The plan has Health, Education and Economic Wellbeing as high priority program areas.

Job Summary

• The IRC is partnering with ECHO under the Pilot Programmatic Partnership to deliver a three- year regional Programme titled ‘Protective and Adaptive Education Approaches for Children in Emergencies (PEACE)’ in Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon between May 2020 and April 2023.
• In Nigeria,  PEACE intends to support more than 94,000 school-aged boys and girls most affected by crisis across Damaturu and  Gujba LGas of Yobe State,  Gwoza and Bama LGAs of Borno State, and Michika and Madagali LGAs of Adamawa State to access and learn in safe educational environments.  
• Under the supervision of Education Manager (State), the Senior Education Officer will be responsible for providing technical leadership for and coordination of PEACE education activities in two LGAs.

Primary Responsibilities

• Coordinate the implementation of all PEACE education activities in Damaturu, and Gujba LGAs of Adamawa State or Gwoza and Bama LGAs of Borno State or Michika and Madagali LGAs of Yobe state.
• Coordinate training, coaching and on-going support of teachers, tutors and learning facilitators in order to improve instructional practices in literacy, numeracy and social and emotional skills.
• Ensure technical coordination of LGA-level activities related to teacher education and obtain support from local government authorities as needed.
• Facilitate identification, selection and training of learning facilitators and tutors for the intervention.
• Monitor progress towards the objectives and intended outputs pertaining to teacher education using routine data, spot checks, observation, and other methodologies.
• Provide technical supervision and guidance to Education Officer(s) in the LGA(s).
• Promote the quality of teacher education activities by setting up quality assurance mechanisms and checks in collaboration with other staff.
• Represent the project in major LGA meetings, and local communities’ events as appropriate.
• Provide supportive supervision to non-formal learning facilitators and local partners.
• Provide regular written and verbal reports on education activities to Education Manager.
• Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC education programs.

Key Working Relationships:

• Position Reports to:  Education Manager
• Position directly supervises: 1 Education Officer and 1 M&E Officer
• Key Internal Contacts: IRC Child Protection Team, Supply Chain, Finance, HR and Senior Education and Child Protection Manager
• Key External Contacts:  Local Government Education Authorities, State SUBEB and SAME

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Education Psychology, Social Work, Human Development or relevant field or equivalent is required.  Master’s degree is preferred.
• At least four years of experience working in education sector (including teaching, teacher training, and materials design) with an international or civil society organization.
• Experience in direct implementation of education programming in conflict or post conflict contexts.  
• Strong knowledge in social and emotional learning and/or child psychology/child development preferred.
• Strong understanding of educational context in North East Nigeria.
• Classroom teaching at the primary school level preferred.
• Flexibility, commitment, work ethics and team spirit.
• Strong written communication skills.
• Fluency in English required; Hausa/Kanuri proficiency preferred.
• Computer literate in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Standards of Professional Conduct:  

• The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – Code of Conduct.  These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.  In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Harassment-Free Workplace, Fiscal Integrity, Anti-Retaliation, Combating Trafficking in Persons and several others.

Gender Equality:

• IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.