Education Coordinator at the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, emergency food security, and water, sanitation and hygiene sectors.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Education Coordinator

Job ID.: 13349
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Employment Type: Contract
Job Category: Education
Duration of contract: 6 months (Renewable).
Grade Level:  Grade 7 in NRC's grading structure
Reporting line:  Area Managert
Travel: 50%

Job Description

• Adhering to NRC policies, guidance, and procedures
• Directly line managing three Education Officer and indirectly line managing twelve Education Assistants and providing them with technical and administrative support in their duties.
• Identifying capacity gaps and providing informal capacity development for staff.
• Preparing monitoring documents, workplans, activity reports, spending plans and procurement plans for project activities. 
• Ensuring that quality activities are implemented on time and in compliance with organizational and donor requirements.
• Conducting regular field visits to project locations to ensure timeliness and quality of implementation in the field and provide regular updates on project status.
• Applying protection and prevention mechanisms in all project activities and interactions to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff and beneficiaries. 
• Managing and monitoring project budgets and ensuring spending is compliant with the project budget.
• Representing NRC in meetings and coordination with education actors in the area, communities and LGA education and government representatives.
• Project planning and implementation: Area Manager, Education Specialist, Field Office Coordinator, Support Coordinators
• Area operations: Area Manager and Field Office Coordinator
• Staff capacity building: Area Manager and Education Specialist
• Sector coordination and representation: other NGOs and UN agencies working in education in the area and Education Secretaries for the LGA, beneficiary communities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s preferably in project management or education.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience implementing and managing education projects
• Technical education expertise in education programming 
• Development of reports, workplans, budgets, procurement, and spending plans. 
• Experience managing and building the capacity of staff.
• Experience coordinating with local government and community representatives.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken
• Fluency in spoken Hausa.
• Experience in the field of education, peacebuilding, vocational education, or youth programming.

Application Closing Date
29th December, 2023.

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

Note

• This position is open to Nigeria Nationals only. We invite applications from all qualified and interested candidates.
• Candidates are encouraged to apply early, as applications may be screened prior to the vacancy deadline.
• Female candidates are strongly advised to apply.