New Positions at Idmibok International (360HSDC)

Idmibok International, also known as 360 HSDC is a health community-based organization registered in Nigeria, that works in a targeted yet comprehensive manner to address critical health, institutional and development related issues. 360 HSDC achieves this by collaborating with global and local development and private entities, such as governments, bilateral and multilateral donors, nongovernmental organizations and the private sector. The organization has a multifaceted team of experts with proficiency and experience in emergency environments, humanitarian activities and development in diverse environments and ecosystems, globally and across Africa, including in South Sudan, and extensively in Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Measurement and Mentoring Expert - Education

Location: Nigeria

Job Overview

• This is a consultancy for a proposal the organization is working on. This consultancy aims to support Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) interventions and approaches for pupils in grades 4-6 in selected public primary and integrated Quranic schools in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states
• The consultant will facilitate the adoption of assessment tools, classroom activities/content and training materials to be used in these schools.
• The reading and mathematics intervention will include the review of Hausa, English language and mathematics teaching and learning materials for pupils and teachers as well as training and support to mentors in collaboration with relevant stakeholders. systems.

Responsibilities

• Leads work with local teams and partners on programme design, strengthening and management
• Providing expert guidance on transitioning from pilot to scale.
• Supporting the augmentation of a monitoring, mentoring and reflection strategy
• Scale up strategy development through a participatory approach to designing a scale-up strategy with strong government engagement
• Facilitate training of trainers (ToT) focusing on mentoring and monitoring content.
• Create a training task team that would be made up of the strongest Leaders of Practice from Borno State. This task team would be responsible for training all the Master Trainers across Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Education and other related fields accompanied by relevant Certificates;
• 5 years of experience in the area of teacher education/profession development, material development and capacity developing including in the areas of early literacy, numeracy and assessment of learning outcomes;
• Experience of undertaking education-related assignment in Nigeria, especially in the northern part of the country;
• Proficiency in English (both written and spoken).
• Knowledge of Hausa or Kanuri is an added advantage.

Job Title: Education Expert (TaRL)

Location: Nigeria

Job Overview

• This is a consultancy for a proposal the organization is working on. This consultancy aims to support Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) interventions and approaches for pupils in grades 4-6 in selected public primary and integrated Quranic schools in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states
• The consultant will facilitate the adoption of assessment tools, classroom activities/content and training materials to be used in these schools.
• The reading and mathematics intervention will include the review of Hausa, English language and mathematics teaching and learning materials for pupils and teachers as well as training and support to mentors in collaboration with relevant stakeholders. systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and support in designing technical support
• Leverage experience from other countries where similar studies have been undertaken, with the aim of ensuring strong basic learning interventions and approaches are developed across countries
• Scale up strategy development through a participatory approach to designing a scale-up strategy with strong government engagement
• Facilitate training of trainers (ToT) focusing on mentoring and monitoring content.
• Creating a training task team that would be made up of the strongest Leaders of Practice from Borno State. This task team would be responsible for training all the Master Trainers across Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.
• Provide strategic oversight for technical support in Nigeria
• Prepare a final report at the project’s end
• Prepare fact sheets and power point presentations for advocacy purposes.
• Participate in and presenting key findings at stakeholders’ round table / validation.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Education and other related fields accompanied by relevant Certificates;
• 5 years of experience in the area of teacher training, curriculum development, capacity building or teaching in earlier grades;
• Experience of undertaking education-related assignment in Nigeria, especially in the northern part of the country;
• Proficiency in English (both written and spoken).
• Knowledge of Hausa or Kanuri is an added advantage.

Job Title: Literacy and Numeracy Content Expert
Location: Nigeria

Job Overview

• This is a consultancy for a proposal the organization is working on. This consultancy aims to support Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) interventions and approaches for pupils in grades 4-6 in selected public primary and integrated Quranic schools in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states
• The consultant will facilitate the adoption of assessment tools, classroom activities / content and training materials to be used in these schools.
• The reading and mathematics intervention will include the review of Hausa, English language and mathematics teaching and learning materials for pupils and teachers as well as training and support to mentors in collaboration with relevant stakeholders. systems.

Responsibilities

• Leads the development / adaptation of content for literacy and numeracy lessons
• Leads tracking of facilitators’ classroom experiences
• Mentor facilitators on innovation and use of TaRL Maths methodology.
• Scale-up strategy development through a participatory approach to designing a scale-up strategy with strong government engagement
• Facilitate training of trainers (ToT) focusing on mentoring and monitoring content.
• Creating a training task team that would be made up of the strongest Leaders of Practice from Borno State
• This task team would be responsible for training all the Master Trainers across Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Education and other related fields accompanied by relevant Certificates;
• 5 years of experience in the area of teacher education/profession development, material development and capacity developing including in the areas of early literacy, numeracy and assessment of learning outcomes;
• Experience of undertaking education-related assignment in Nigeria, especially in the northern part of the country;
• Proficiency in English (both written and spoken).
• Knowledge of Hausa or Kanuri is an added advantage.

Job Title: Training Expert - Education
Location: Nigeria

Job Overview

• This is a consultancy for a proposal the organization is working on. This consultancy aims to support Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) interventions and approaches for pupils in grades 4-6 in selected public primary and integrated Quranic schools in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states
• The Consultant will facilitate the adoption of assessment tools, classroom activities / content and training materials to be used in these schools.
• The reading and mathematics intervention will include the review of Hausa, English language and mathematics teaching and learning materials for pupils and teachers as well as training and support to mentors in collaboration with relevant stakeholders. systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide key support for literacy capacity-building of master trainers and teachers to adapt and implement learning interventions and approaches
• Provide key support for numeracy capacity-building of the master trainers and teachers to adapt and learning interventions and approaches
• Leads all literacy instruction design and training
• Leads all numeracy instruction design and training
• Scale up strategy development through a participatory approach to designing a scale-up strategy with strong government engagement
• Facilitate training of trainers (ToT) focusing on mentoring and monitoring content.
• Create a training task team that would be made up of the strongest Leaders of Practice from Borno State. This task team would be responsible for training all the Master Trainers across Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Education and other related fields accompanied by relevant Certificates;
• 5 years of experience in the area of teacher education/profession development, material development and capacity developing including in the areas of early literacy, numeracy and assessment of learning outcomes;
• Experience of undertaking education-related assignment in Nigeria, especially in the northern part of the country;
• Proficiency in English (both written and spoken).
• Knowledge of Hausa or Kanuri is an added advantage.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to: [email protected] with Job Title as the subject, e.g “Measuring and Mentoring Expert - Education”.

Application should include:

• CV / Resume
• Cover letter (stating daily rate, country of residence, addressing previous related work, and how you intend to carry out this project).
• Relevant certificates
• A past project report or other relevant documents (e.g reference letters and completion certificates) highlighting previous experience in conducting learning needs assessment and training.

Note: Only Nigerian nationals or people with a Nigerian work permit can apply

Application Deadline  15th November, 2020.