Education Officers - EFECT Project at Zireenza Support Foundation (ZSF) - 3 Openings

The Zireenza Support Foundation – (ZSF) is a National Non-Governmental Organization (Not for profit and non-socio-political organization). It has been established on 08thAugust, 2017.

Our organization has been steadfast in its mission to foster a poverty-free society where fundamental rights and human dignity are upheld. Operating in the midst of challenging circumstances exacerbated by the insurgency in Adamawa State, ZSF remains committed to engaging with local populations to address the root causes of socio-economic challenges while also responding to urgent humanitarian needs. With a deep-rooted commitment to community empowerment and sustainable development, ZSF continues to make meaningful strides towards positive change in the lives of those we serve.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Education Officer - EFECT Project

Locations: Gombi, Michika and Madagali LGAs, Adamawa
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Project Manager in implementing and developing all aspects of the education project.
• Compile and submit weekly, monthly and quarterly work plans and reports to the Project Manager.
• Regularly follow up schools, identify needs of trainings, plan trainings, implement and report.
• Closely work with Assistant Education Manager in reviewing the status of standard bench marks
• Plan a joint monitoring visit to schools and facilitate feedback session and regular discussion forum with CED officials, Payam supervisors and School directors
• Represent ZSF in South Sudan in meetings, workshops and activities, particularly at county and Payam level. As such, he/she should be well informed on ZSFpolicies, practices and approaches.
• Develop an effective and sustainable bridge between the local Education Authorities and ZSFin in County and Payam level based on good communication, representation, and feedback.
• Establish good relations with the local civil administration and community leaders, particularly the chiefs, sub-chiefs, women’s group, parents and children.
• Work closely with the entire education team and other thematic areas in implementing and developing all aspects of the education project, with a focus on clarifying to thecommunity the role and responsibilities of the LEAs, community/PTAs and ZSF.
• Work with communities to encourage enrolment of girls and suggest strategies to ZSFAssist in planning, organizing and overseeing teacher-training programmes and ensure follow up, monitoring and evaluation is done to support the teachers.
• Supervise to ensure timely and accurate delivery of material supplies to schools and ensure proper distribution plan and documentation is in place.
• Manage and account for cash/floats for activities such as PTA trainings and community mobilization workshops, local education authorities’ capacity building workshops and other components of training programmes.
• Lead workshops for teachers, communities, PTAs, children and others as designated related on the value of education and the links between child protection and education.
• Ensure that all supported schools are visited on regular basis, data collected and documented.
• Develop a monthly individual activity plan and support the CVT in developing similar activity plans for effective implementation of project activities.

Job Qualifications

• Interested candidates should possess a Bachelor`s / Master`s Degree in any relevant field with 2-8 years work experience.

Behaviours (Values in Practice) (Section should not consist of Competencies as this are the standard Values in practice):
Accountability:

• Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling ZSFvalues.
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for ZSF, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

Application Closing Date
19th March, 2025.