Education Officer at Life at Best Development Initiative - 2 Openings

Life at Best Development Initiative (LABDI) is a team of change-makers who believe that every helping hand can create a better future for survivors of wars. We started extending help to vulnerable children and women who were affected by the insurgency which began in Borno state, Nigeria, in 2009. This moment intensified when we found that there were many such vulnerable children, women, and households who needed help with food, shelter, and education. Our team expanded and we spread out into different parts of the BAY states to make sure we cover all possible areas and help as many children, women, and households as possible. We support children, families, and communities affected by insurgencies and natural disasters.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Education Officer

Locations: Monguno and Bama, Borno
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• The Education Officer will provide operational and technical support to the Borno project team under the leadership of the Consortium manager to implement all Education activities for the project. The job holder will also be working closely with LABDI Education Team Lead, Advocacy, Communication, Campaigns and Media, Operations Teams and other stakeholders at the community, LGA and State level.
• Under the guidance of the Education Department Team Lead, he/she will ensure that the Monguno and Bama project adheres to safe programming and is implemented in a coordinated, harmonized and aligned manner.

Responsibilities

• Implement the project activities like back-to-school campaigns, enrolment drives, door to door campaigns, community mobilization to bring out of school children and retain at risk of dropped out children across the Monguno and Bama LGA Of Borno States, Nigeria in line with the design of the project.
• Support the Consortium manager to establish, maintain, and strengthen linkages in the design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. 
• Conduct and contribute to needs assessment, baseline and endline assessment in the respective project locations Of Monguno and Bama LGA OF Borno State
• Ensure accurate project documentation, including collection of monitoring data and tracking of progress on output indicators; utilize data to contribute to reports as requested by management.
• Supervise and manage the teachers, including facilitation of teacher training. 
• Support facilitation of training programs for teachers, school safety committee, climate change resilience school clubs and SBMC.
• Support enrolment campaign activities and coordination with the different stakeholders.
• Facilitate relationships with communities and community leaders to ensure buy-in and Do No Harm
• Create and sustain positive working relationships with the partners, government officials and other key stakeholders and work in collaboration with relevant education authorities to support the project implementation.
• Contribute to ensuring timely and quality reports are submitted as per the reporting requirements to the Education Team lead and Head of Education.
• Working closely with Consortium manager to ensure quality programme design, delivery, documentation and reporting of education activities in the respective States

Operational Planning and Implementation:

• Recommend technical solutions to speed up the project implementation and budget performance in line with the project work plan and budget.
• Effectively support the project team in developing plans, in line with best practices for education project design and LABDI planning guidelines and ensure compliance with the agreed work plans and that program objectives and targets are being achieved in line with the funding proposal.
• Maintain high standard of safeguarding, transparency and accountability during program design and support in expediting implementation while ensuring integrity and timeliness of project duration and meeting program objectives, compliance with donor and LABDI policies.
• Support in providing regular operations and implementation updates to the Project and Education Team Lead on project progress and challenges to allow for timely interventions and corrective actions by the management.
• Ensure the timely reviews and adjustments for the project operational and implementation plan and budget as may be required from time to time. 

Safeguarding:

• Ensure safe programming in the planning, implementation, monitoring, trainings, campaigns and workshops across Monguno and Bama LGA Of Borno State though out the project period.
• Adhere to the Do no Harm principles across the entire steps within the Program Management Cycle

Internal and external engagements:

• Ensuring that the program experience is represented and given recognition at stakeholder meetings, workshops, donor, networks, and any other engagements. 
• Develop and maintain regular channels of communication with partners and key stakeholders at all levels (LGA, State and LABDI Head Office).

Application Closing Date
11th December, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications (Letter of motivation and CV in a single PDF file) to: recruitment@labinigeira.org.ng using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note:

• LABDI has zero tolerance to sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA), any act of child abuse including sexual exploitation and sexual abuse constitutes acts of serious misconduct and are therefore grounds for LABDI plenary measures, including summary dismissal.
• We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including but not limited to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.