Education Officer at Jami Al Hakeem Foundation - 8 Openings

Jami Al Hakeem Foundation (J-HF) is a women-led, nonprofit, non-governmental organization, registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in 2008. J-HF delivers humanitarian and developmental interventions across communities that covers various sectors; Education, WASH, Governance, Livelihood Empowerment, Protection, Community Security, Peace building, Food Security and Nutrition.

The interventions of J-HF target marginalized and underserved communities with special focus on youths, elderly, people with special needs, women, and girls. J-HF has experience in execution of sustainable programmes that transform communities. Jami Al Hakeem presently operates in 4 states from the Northeast region of Nigeria; Adamawa, Borno, Yobe and Gombe with the Head Office in Yola, Adamawa State.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Education Officer

Locations: Borno, Adamawa, Yobe and Gombe 
Slots: 8 (2 in each of the States)
Job Category / Sector: Programmes
Employment Category: Contract
Employment Type: Full-Time
Duration of Contract: 18 Months

Job Description

• Implement Education activities according to Concept note, budgets, and work plans.
• Lead in organizing and facilitating training programs.
• Directly Implement the project with the project Manager.
• Support the MEAL Officer on assessments, Monitoring and Evaluation of Project activities.
• The Education Officer will also be responsible for the project assessment, analysis, design, capacity building.
• He/she will be responsible for supervising, training, and building the capacity of the learning facilitations
• Oversee the initial training of learning facilitators, as well as their continuous professional development.
• Monitor progress towards the objectives and intended outputs using routine data, spot checks, observation, and other methodologies.
• Provide regular written and verbal reports on education activities to the Project Manager.
• Promote the quality of non-formal education activities by setting up quality assurance mechanisms and checks in collaboration with other staff.
• Responsible for the reporting of educational activities on a monthly basis.
• Manage, maintain, and update the project data base
• Collect and send weekly reports and monthly consolidated reports
• Collect and compile lessons learnt and challenges from field locations.
• Design, and carry out capacity building for facilitators and beneficiaries.
• Train, supervise, and technically support Education facilitators.
• Observe and record trends and situation of project location in terms of gaps and persons in Needs for future programming.
• Collaborate with SUBEB and LEA focal persons in the locations of implementation to carry out selection, and training and workshops for facilitators and teachers.
• Establish and or revive SBMCs and G4G in all the locations of our projects and apply strategies to strengthen them to be more functional and active.
• Train SBMCs on resource mobilization management, safety and security of schools for
• children, access to quality, inclusive and protective education in their communities.
• Train teachers on social protection, fundamental human rights, and GBV to lead the safe spaces.
• Establish safe space in schools to equip girls with leadership and advocacy skills
• Conduct monthly meetings with SBMCs for need to support the education intervention and support coordination/management within the school environment, this will serve as a platform to discuss and address issues within the school environment.
• Organize monthly coordination meetings involving all major stakeholders at the project locations

Other Key Qualities Required:

• Understanding your role and responsibilities as well as policies of the organization.
• Completing tasks assigned by the Management, or line manager.
• Keeping internal information confidential
• Willing to learn and participate in meeting and training programs.

Technical Expertise, Skills, Knowledge, and Competencies

• Minimum of Four (4) years of cognate experience within the developmental or humanitarian sector.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Education, Social Science, Social Work, Psychology or related fields.
• A Master’s Degree is an added advantage.
• Have worked before directly with children
• Good knowledge of the EiE Working Group, and understanding the education situation of northeast Nigeria.
• Good knowledge of Child Safeguarding, PSEA Policies, MHPSS and the concept of Do No Harm, and good at working with children and vulnerable people especially in emergency settings.
• A willingness to learn and work as part of a team.
• A high degree of professionalism and the ability to follow instructions.
• Good organizational skills.
• Strong planning, organizational and interpersonal skills.

Application Closing Date
16th August, 2024.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to: [email protected] using the job title as the subject of the mail.

Application Process

• All applicants must send a Cover Letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English.
• CV and Cover Letter indicating and explaining the suitability to the position applied.
• Provide contact details (name, position, email address and tel. no.) of 3 professional non-related referees, whereas 1 must be from the latest Employer. Please do not attach any written recommendations.
• Applications should be addressed to "Human Resource Officer"
• Only applications that address the stipulated duties and meet the required qualifications, sent together with a CV, will be considered. CV-only applications will not be considered.
• The position title and location must be written in the subject line of the e-mail otherwise the application will not be considered.

Note

• J-HF considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to color, religion, age, marital status, or disability. Note
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Short-listed candidates will be responsible for their logistic and accommodation during interview.
• Due to the large numbers of expected applicants, J-HF will only inform shortlisted candidates for written test and oral interview.
• For general information about J-HF, kindly visit: www.jamialhakeemfoundation.org
• Women and PLWDs are strongly encouraged to apply.