Education Specialist Vacancy at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

⏲ Aug 1, 2019, 4:58 PM
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The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, emergency food security, and water, sanitation and hygiene sectors. The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters, NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours’ notice when a crisis occurs. We are recruiting to fill the position below: Job Title: Education Specialist Ref. nr.: 4113203890 Location: Maiduguri, Borno Job Type: Full time Background

Since 2009, violent attacks on civilians by the armed group Boko Haram have left widespread devastation in northeast Nigeria. At least 17,000 people have been killed and approximately two million people are displaced within Nigeria. More than 14 million people in northeast Nigeria today are affected by the crisis caused by Boko Haram. Out of these, seven million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. Around 92 per cent of displaced people reside in either informal settlements or with low-income host communities, creating a strain on already limited resources. The remaining 8 per cent live in more formalised camps. NRC has been in Nigeria since 2015.

Role and Responsibilities

The Education Specialist will provide technical oversight and strategic direction to Country and Area offices to further the development of the Education Core Competency (CC)
The Specialist will provide quality assurance for all projects, develop a collaborative country strategy, capacity build staff through mentoring and training to increase the technical capacity of the staff, and develop a donor strategy to further grow the program.

Generic Responsibilities:

Develop Education CC strategy, technical guidance and Macro LFAs
Provide technical direction and project implementation support to the implementation team
Ensure that key learnings are extracted from CC implementation, and incorporate them in CC and staff development processes
Provide systematic training and build capacity of Education staff
Represent NRC in relevant forums/clusters, including with national authorities and donors
Compliance with and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
Contribute to fundraising, develop and revise funding proposal, budgets and donor reports
Identify trends technical standards and donor priorities
Follow up on compliance with contractual commitments within CC, ensure high technical quality and synergies in project implementation
Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy

Specific Responsibilities:

Responsible for technical innovative development and quality of CC in country, holistic programming (with other CCs) and to ensure harmonisation and consistency across CC projects in line with NRC Programme Policy
Lead the process on proposals, budgets, modifications, project reviews and reporting and ensure high technical quality
Take the lead on quality project deliverables to ensure high technical outputs
Develop and lead on conducting needs assessments (in collaboration with Area Program teams, Protection team and M&E team), baseline, mid-and end-evaluations
Represent NRC with relevant donors, government ministries, and in relevant humanitarian coordination meetings in country
Create strong linkages with other Education and Child Protection actors, and ensure strong referral pathways are in place
Actively promote and operationalize synergies between Education and other NRC programmes to move toward integrated programming (focus on WASH and ICLA)
Provide support and input to the recruitment processes for all Education staff
Accountable for organisational learning from programme implementation, sharing of best practice and capacity building
Provide strategic leadership on the development of programming that recognizes the challenges faced by conflict-affected youth
Support programmatic M&E and indicator tracking in conjunction with project teams and M&E department
Ensure work plans and spending plans in line with donor budgets are developed and maintained by supporting Project Coordinators, Managers and Area Managers
Lead on the transition of program teams regarding the split of Area Officer and the transition from leadership by a PDM to technical supervision by a Specialist in compliance with co-op

Critical Interfaces By interfaces, NRC means processes and projects that are interlinked with other departments/units or persons. Relevant interfaces for this position are:

Programme development: Core Competencies section (HO Oslo, Region, in-country), Country Program Department, Area Programme teams
Proposal development: Area Managers, Project Managers and Coordinators, Program Department
Quality control/ support: Area Managers, Project Managers and Coordinators
Capacity development: Education staff

Scale and Scope of the Position:

No direct management of staff but technical supervision and close support and capacity building of Education team
Stakeholders: UN agencies (focus on UNICEF), Protection Sector and Working Groups, INGOs, local NGOs, civil society, governmental bodies
Budget: Not a budget holder, but oversight and support of the Education team financial management and budgeting within new grants development
Information: Information resources the post holder is responsible for include GORS, Agresso, Intranet
Legal or compliance: Legal or compliance responsibility for donors’ contractual obligations, beneficiary personal data, GDPR, SSD

Required Generic Professional Competencies for this Position

Minimum: 4 years of experience within a humanitarian/recovery context
Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
Fluency in English, both written and verbal
Experience working in complex and volatile contexts
Minimum: 2 years of Education expertise (as Specialist/TA or Project Manager)

Required Context/Specific Skills, Knowledge and Experience

Knowledge of the Lake Chad Basin region and north-eastern Nigeria context specifically
Experience with start-up or expansion of new programmes
Experience with youth/adolescent programming, particularly vocational training is desired
Experience with alternative education in a humanitarian context an asset
Understanding of SPHERE and INEE Minimum Standards is required
Candidates with an advanced degree preferred; significant experience in the field of Education, PSS or Child Protection considered in lieu.
Experience in team capacity building
Advanced computer skills, especially in Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook

We Offer

Contract: 1 year fixed term contract (12 months extendable/renewable provided positive performance and funding)
Salary: Grade 9 according to NRC's salary grid and compensation and benefits policy
Designation of position: Non accompanied position
Travels: up to 40% of travels within country and eventually outside country to be expected
Duty Station: Maiduguri, Nigeria
Designation of duty station: Non-Family duty station

How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply Note

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships
Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

Application Deadline 15th August, 2019.

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