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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

Requisition ID: req17622
Location: Mubi, Adamawa
Employment Type: Full-Time
Employment Category: Fixed Term
Sector: Education
Open to Expatriates: No

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 Approach 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 the Education Manager (State), the Senior Education Officer will be responsible for providing technical leadership for and coordination of PEACE education activities in two LGAs.

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

Primary Responsibilities

  • Coordinate the implementation of all PEACE education activities in Michika and Madagali LGAs of Adamawa State.
  • Coordinate training, coaching and ongoing 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.

Job Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Education, Education Psychology, Social Work, Human Development, or a relevant field or equivalent is required.
  • A Master’s degree is preferred.
  • At least four years of experience working in the 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 the 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.

Note
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. Working

Environment:

  • IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants based on merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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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.

Since October 2012, the IRC has been responding to humanitarian needs of Nigerians. The IRC initially intervened in response to floods that affected over 7 million people across the country, destroying harvest and damaging homes. The IRC is currently implementing programs in Health, Protection, WASH, Nutrition, Food Security, and Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE) in Adamawa and Borno States in North-Eastern Nigeria.

The IRC is dedicated to making women and adolescent girls healthier from the earliest phase of acute crises (a target group most vulnerable during crisis) and implements evidence-based reproductive health interventions in line with the SPHERE-standard Minimum Initial Service Package for Reproductive Health in Crises (MISP). The goal is to ensure that the IRC’s health responses in emergencies include the core package of Reproductive Health (RH) services in its interventions.

The IRC’s Reproductive Health (RH) program is currently implementing (MISP) for RH in 4 health care centers in MMC and Jere LGAs and 1 IDP camp clinic. In addition the program is starting up an emergency mobile programming outside of these areas of Maiduguri in coordination with the WPE team. The focus of this program is to provide quality comprehensive RH and WPE services to conflict-affected women and girls in a timely manner. In addition to the mobile program, the WPE and RH joint mobile teams will be in charge of rapid assessments and rapid response. The mobile teams will be focused in the newly opened LGAs and emergency areas previously inaccessible due to conflict and insecurity. These teams will provide life-saving services to populations outside of Maiduguri, who have not had access to services in approximately 3 years.

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0 USD Mubi, Adamawa CF 3201 Abc road Fixed Term , 40 hours per week International Rescue Committee

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 OfficerRequisition ID: req17622 Location: Mubi, Adamawa Employment Type: Full-Time Employment Category: Fixed Term Sector: Education Open to Expatriates: No
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 Approach 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 the Education Manager (State), the Senior Education Officer will be responsible for providing technical leadership for and coordination of PEACE education activities in two LGAs.
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
Primary Responsibilities
  • Coordinate the implementation of all PEACE education activities in Michika and Madagali LGAs of Adamawa State.
  • Coordinate training, coaching and ongoing 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.
Job Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in Education, Education Psychology, Social Work, Human Development, or a relevant field or equivalent is required.
  • A Master’s degree is preferred.
  • At least four years of experience working in the 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 the 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.

Note 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. Working

Environment:

  • IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants based on merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
2021-07-31

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