Education Coordinator at Save the Children Nigeria - Benue & Cross River

Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in over 120 countries. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Save the Children is working in Nigeria because one in five children in Nigeria dies before their fifth birthday. About 40% of children miss out on school and have to work to survive while nearly 2 million children have lost one or both parents to an AIDS-related disease.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Education Coordinator 

Job ID: 230000MP
Locations: Adikpo, Benue and Ogoja, Cross River
Team/Programme: Education
Grade: 3
Employee Status: Fixed Term
Contract Length: 12 Months

Child Safeguarding: (Select only one) 

• Level 3: The post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff. 

Role Purpose

• The Job Holder will coordinate the planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting on the Education projects. In addition, support the Education project team to deliver Education projects activities in line with SCI commitments and lead involvement of local authorities and community members in the project; and support project team to mobilize community to ensure participation, sustainability of the project as well as the voices of community members, including women and children are heard. 
• The Education Coordinator in close collaboration with the Project Manager will assist vulnerable children to receive quality education in child-friendly and safe environments.
• The post holder will support assessment, response analysis, design and implementation of the Education component of Save the Children refugee response in Benue and Cross River State, Nigeria.
• The Education Coordinator will particularly ensure the technical support to all education project implementation in an integrated manner with Child Protection and other program components in the response.
• Under the guidance of the Education Specialist, Head of Education, the Education Coordinator will ensure that Education projects implemented by SCI are carried out in a coordinated, harmonized and aligned manner, in line with donor requirements and commitments.
• The Education Coordinator will be responsible for supporting the Project Manager in submission of timely progress reports (narrative and financial).  

Scope of Role:  

• Reports to: Education Specialist 
• Staff reporting to this post: Education in Emergencies Officers (Ogoja/Adikpo)
• Budget Responsibilities: None 

Key Areas of Accountability
Projects Coordination & Management: 

• Coordinate the project orientation meetings in the 2 States (Cross River and Benue) with government officials, INGOs, NNGOs partners.  
• Lead the coordination and implementation of Education Activities across Benue and Cross River State in line with the design of the project and donor requirements. 
• Establish, maintain and strengthen linkages with the key stakeholders of the project in order to manage and implement as per the project design. 
• Coordinate community entry meetings for the project in the targeted Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Cross River and Benue States 
• Monitor and ensure timely and quality reports are submitted as per the reporting requirements.  
• Working closely with Project Manager, Supply Chain, Finance and MEAL to ensure quality program delivery, documentation and reporting of progress. 
• Support Profuturo coaches and Manager to deliver digital learning in targeted schools 

Operational Planning and implementation:

• Education Coordinator will coordinate planning, development, implementation, monitoring, documentation and reporting for Benue and Cross River States. 
• Effectively support the Education Officers in developing weekly, monthly and annual plans, in line with Project design and Save the Children International planning guidelines. 
• Education Coordinator will ensure compliance with the agreed work plans and that programme objectives and targets are being realized in line with the funding proposal. 
• Maintain high standard of transparency and accountability in the course of project implementation while ensuring integrity and timeliness of activities implementation in meeting programme objectives, compliance with donors & Save the Children policies. 
• Provision of regular operations and implementation updates on project progress and challenges to allow for timely interventions and corrective actions by management. 

Program and Financial Reporting:

• Work closely with the Project Manager to prepare timely and high quality quarterly narrative and financial reports which are in accordance to the donor reporting schedule and formats. 
• Coordinate and facilitate quarterly follow ups and progress review meetings to address key performance issues from the reports. 

Internal and external engagements:

• Work closely with the Project Manager in 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 (Community, LGEA and State). 

MEAL:

• Effectively support teams in MEAL aspects, which include assessments, baseline and evaluation studies, putting in place a functional Activity Tracking Table. 
• Ensure that the projects quality bench marks are followed up. 
• Collecting and managing complaints and feedback in close coordination with MEAL team and Education Team. 
• Ensure regular monitoring of projects results, documentation of projects case studies, lessons learnt, significant changes and best practices and coordinating learning and reflection meetings/sessions 
• Ensure an effective programs/ projects monitoring and evaluation systems is in place. 
• Monitor programs/ projects activities to ensure quality, timeliness and adherence to both Country Office and Save the Children policies and procedures. 

Technical Oversight:

• In liaison with Project Manager, Field Manager and Head of Education provide guidance and support to projects officers, partners and stakeholders. 

Additional Job Responsibilities

• The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

• The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

• We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Safeguarding our Staff:

• The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy

Health and Safety

• The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI policies and procedures.

Application Closing Date
25th February, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online