Program Manager - Profuturo Consultancy at Save the Children Nigeria

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: Program Manager - Profuturo Consultancy

Job Identification: 6686
Location: Ogoja, Cross River
Job Schedule: Full time
Job Category: Programme Operations

Background

• Save the Children through UNHCR funding delivers education related assistance to Cameroonian Refugees and host communities’ children within ages 6-17 in the densely populated/concentrated states of Cross River and Benue.
• The goal of this project is to improve access to primary and secondary national education systems by leveraging SC's ongoing BPRM funded integrated child protection and education interventions for refugees across Benue and Cross Rivers states in the target communities. Children identified as being out of school will be enrolled in school and will receive education support.
• Through a more holistic response, education related support will be provided for PoC girls and boys, including children with disabilities in primary and secondary schools, to develop foundational and intermediate skills in literacy and numeracy and be able to thrive.
• They will be provided with accessible and community-supported literacy and numeracy instruction at a level that is appropriate for their learning needs. Save the Children through UNHCR funding will implement digital learning with support from Profuturo foundation.
• The Profuturo programme will bring quality digital education in supported schools through three models that will transform the educational experience of teachers and students and enhance the development of the 21st century skills needed to face the challenges of today’s world.
• To achieve this, a high quality digital educational resources, innovative teaching-learning methodologies and teacher training will be followed as the pillars of education.
• For a community learning environment to be supportive, communities must be actively engaged to support families and enroll their children, enable them to attend school regularly and thus maximize educational outcomes. This includes addressing existing social and cultural barriers that specifically disadvantage girls and children living with disabilities.

Purpose of the Assignment

• The Project plan to engage Digital Learning Manager and Coaches to support digital education in selected  schools in Benue and Cross River States. 
• The Managers would be responsible for the management of the coaches, supervision and submission of the operational reports, the elaboration of the planning, and the correct execution of the deployment model. 
• The coaches would offer digital learning training and accompany the teachers and heads of the schools in person, in the development of educational processes and initiatives that promote the acquisition of soft skills and ICT competences, performing coordination duties, giving face-to-face training sessions and continuously monitoring project activities, following the conduct, parameters and quality standards indicated by ProFuturo. 

Scope of Work
The Consultants (Profuturo Managers (Ogoja and Adikpo): The Digital Learning Manager will follow a defined process in the conduct of these Activities:

• Prepare, review and approve high-quality, written project status reports, updates, summaries, and other documents. 
• Management of the Coaches. 
• Ensure that the implementation of ProFuturo's Solution is based on the local context requirements. 
• Conduct regular status meetings with ProFuturo's coaches, keeping the project's status, needs and requirements continuously in view. 
• Report project progress, status and recommend corrective action when necessary. 
• Facilitate working sessions with the coaches so they can share best practices. 
• Document best practices. 
• Pro-actively identifies challenges, barriers, and areas of opportunity in the department; creates and implements solutions. 
• Develop strategic plans and objectives that ensure the program's continued success and develops evaluation methods to assess outcomes. 
• Maintain complete and accurate project records.
• Ensure performance reviews are carried out by the coaches.

The Consultants (Profuturo Coaches) will follow a defined process in the conduct of these Activities:

• Coordinating and delivering face-to-face training sessions. 
• Continuous monitoring of teachers and learners to ensure the acquisition of skills and the use of ProFuturo resources. 
• Comply with the activities of the operational plan of the project to achieve the scope of the goals established for each educational centre.
• Updating field reports and incidences on ProFuturo Salesforce portal.
• Any other task that may be assigned to coaches.

Minimum Requirements
Consultant shall demonstrate the following capacity, ability, and skills as a prerequisite for selection:

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in an educational or training setting delivering digital skills
• Extensive knowledge and application of a wide range of digital skills teaching techniques and traditional and modern methodologies experience of managing, designing and delivering successful digital skills training courses.
• Demonstrable creativity and innovation in training delivery
• Minimum of Bachelor's Degree in relevant areas such as Information Technology; Education; or any other relevant areas
• Enthusiasm and Passion for Teaching
• Excellent skills in Research, facilitation and report writing.
• Strong Communication skills

Application Closing Date
27th March, 2024; 15:52

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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