The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent, humanitarian, non-profit, non-governmental organisation. We provide assistance, protection and durable solutions to refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide. What is NRC? NRC promotes and protects the rights of refugees and people who have been displaced within their own country. We take action during situtations of armed conflict, and engage in other contextes where our competences will add value. The majority of our 5000 staff members are national employees in NRC’s projects in around 25 countries worldwide. All our projects are supervised by the NRC Head Office in Oslo. NRC was established in 1946 under the name Aid to Europe, to assist refugees in Europe after World War II. Today NRC is organised as an independent, private foundation. We cooperate closely with the UN and other humanitarian organisations, around the world as well as in Norway. What does NRC do? Programme Activities: NRC’s main activity is the deliverance of humanitarian aid through programme activities in the field. NRC specialises in five programme areas, or core competences – Shelter, Food Security, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Education, and Information Counselling and Legal Aid (ICLA). The core competences are adaptive to different contexts and mutually reinforcing.
- Job Type: Full Time
- Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
- Experience: 2 years
- Location: Adamawa
- Job Field: Education / Teaching, NGO/Non-Profit
JOB DESCRIPTION
- All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability.
- These attitudes and beliefs guide our actions and relationships.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Role and responsibilities
The purpose of the Education Project Coordinator position is to ensure effective implementation of NRC’s education portfolio at area level, and the Project Coordinator will be responsible for the following tasks:
- Adhering to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
- Promoting the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy
- Line managing Education Officers and Assistants in field offices and providing them with technical and administrative support in their duties.
- Identifying capacity gaps and providing informal capacity development for staff.
- Preparing monitoring documents, workplans, activity reports, spending plans and procurement plans for activities.
- Ensuring that quality activities are implemented on time and in compliance with organizational and donor requirements.
- Conducting regular field visits to project locations to ensure timeliness and quality of implementation in the field and provide regular updates on project status.
- Contributing to the development of country education strategies and project design.
- Applying protection and prevention mechanisms in all project activities and interactions to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff and beneficiaries
- Managing and monitoring project budgets and ensuring spending is compliant with the project budget.
- Representing NRC in meetings and coordination with education actors in the area, communities and LGA education and government representatives.
- Supporting the Education Specialist on development of proposals, concept notes and contextualization of activities and materials.
Critical interfaces
The Education Project Coordinator will interact with the following:
- Project planning and implementation: Area Managers, Education Specialist, Field Office Coordinators, Support Coordinators
- Area operations: Area Managers and Field Office Coordinators
- Staff capacity building: Area Managers and Education Specialist
- Sector coordination and representation: other NGOs and UN agencies working in education in the area and Education Secretaries working in the area, beneficiary communities
QUALIFICATIONS
Generic professional competencies:
- A minimum of 2 years of experience implementing education in a humanitarian, development or recovery context
- Experience working in complex and volatile contexts
- Technical education expertise in education programming
- Development of reports, workplans and other project planning tools
- Experience managing staff
- Experience coordinating with local government and community representatives
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal
- Candidates with university or advanced degree preferred; significant experience in the field of Education, PSS or Child Protection will be considered in lieu
- FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.
Context-specific skills, knowledge and experience:
- Knowledge of the humanitarian situation and implementation challenges in Northeast Nigeria
- Fluency in Hausa and one other spoken language in Borno Central and/or Borno North
- Experience liaising with multiple stakeholders at the LGA level an asset
Behavioral competencies
- Managing resources to optimize results
- Managing performance and development
- Empowering and building trust
- Handling insecure environments
- Handling insecure environments
- Managing resources to optimize results
- Empowering and building trust
- Managing performance and development
- Planning and delivering results