Education Outreach Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the strategic vision, planning and quality implementation of the Education program;
• Responsible on referring all the cases needed to the accurate actors and agencies, including following up and making sure that all the services are provided.
• Working with the outreach team to identify and refer all the cases received and provide the support need at the field and centers levels.
• Linking with the stakeholders (INGOs, NGOs, municipalities…etc.) in aim networking and accessing to all the services provider.
• Attending all the meetings related to the education program and other department, to be updated on all the services that could provide, and presenting ODA in all the meetings that could conducted.
• Manage, monitor and evaluate implementation of the different project components, with support from the Education project manager;
• Coordinate, cooperate and communicate with other Education coordinator, center supervisors, field team and teachers
• Day-to-day management and supervision of a team of local education project staff, including recruitment, staff evaluation, and on-the-job orientation and training;
• Participating in the program budget management and project expenditures and putting in place responsible accountability systems to ensure responsible and efficient project spending;
• Train and build the capacity of program staff in general management and in project-related education, vocational and life skills topics;
• Coordinate and liaise with local/regional education authorities, NGOs, private sector actors and other international partners including UN agencies on all education program activities;
• Contribute to the expansion of Education and vocational and life skills programming, including assessments, proposal development and reporting as needed;
• Write regular reports on the implementation of project activities for both internal and external use.
• Ensure all project working documents are submitted on time (Annual Work Plan, budget revisions, Performance Monitoring Plan revisions, etc.)
• Other tasks relevant to fulfilling the objective of the education programs in Niger.

Qualifications

• License degree (Education, International Relations/Development, Social Sciences, or related field) preferred
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in implementing and managing basic education-related projects for children and youth;
• Previous work experience in refugee/IDP settings, complex emergencies and/or post conflict situations.
• Strong understanding of research methods to support the M&E staff and research partners in the quality implementation of randomized control trials and other forms of quasi-experimental research studies linked to the program;
• Experience in working with vocational and life skills and/or youth training programs;
• Professional experience either in north is a strong advantage;
• Strong program planning, fiscal management, organizational and communication skills;
• Supervision and training experience, specific experience training for local teams and local partners an asset;
• Strong report and proposal writing experience;
• Teacher training experience or vocational and life skills development experience is an asset;
• Fluency in English.