Education in Emergency Officer At Hope 360 Initiative for Peace (HOPE360)

Background/HOPE360 Summary

Hope 360 Initiative for Peace (HOPE360) is an independent national non-governmental, non-profit, humanitarian and developmental organization supporting relief and development work in Nigeria hoping to be around the world with a vision of creating a society where men and women have an equal opportunity to participate in every sphere irrespective of their sex, gearing towards rebuilding a wall of peace and restoring their hope for a sustainable development. HOPE360 programs assist persons on the basis of need, vulnerability, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality. HOPE360 works through local partners to implement its programs, therefore, strengthening and building the capacity of these partner organizations is fundamental to programs in every country in which HOPE360 operates.

HOPE360 is a Nigeria based Organization and has been operating since 2018, with various humanitarian interventions being carried out in 2018 till date. Hope 360 Initiative works in the following thematic areas which include Health, Nutrition, Livelihood/Food Security, Education, CCCM/SHELTER/NFI, Protection, Peace Building and Conflict resolution.

Education in Emergency Officer – Borno

MAIDUGURI (NIGERIA)

Organization: Hope 360 Initiative for Peace (HOPE360)

Location: Maiduguri (Nigeria)

Grade: Level not specified

Occupational Groups: EiEWG

Closing Date: 30th April, 2022

Education in Emergency Officer

Job Type: Full Time

Qualification: BA/BSc/HND

Experience: 2 years

Location: Borno state

Job Field: Education / Teaching

Job Overview/Summary:

Child Safeguarding

Level 3- The responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with children or young people and, in the overseas context all posts are considered to be level 3 posts in view of potential situations which may allow staff unsupervised access to vulnerable children and young people.

Role: Purpose

Work closely with, SUBEB, SEMA, MoE, NEMA, local implementing partners, members of the Education sector working Group, to ensure that the programme goals are achieved. Specific areas of concern are to facilitate the access to quality education opportunity for children, provision of learning kits to support children learning outcomes, capacity building to teachers.

• He / She provides overall leadership at a strategic and programme level for the sector, and ensures that SC vision and overall program goals related to the sector are met.
• He / She provides managerial, technical, and administrative support to the partners. 
• He / She is responsible to contribute on designing programmes and writing proposals for new or ongoing projects in line with SC goals and strategic directions.
• For purposes of ensuring healthy collaboration between the sector’s work and other projects or initiatives in North Eastern region, the Education in Emergency Officer will actively participate in education-related activities and meetings, and will also seek active collaboration with other players working in the education sector.

Key Areas of Accountability

Under the direct supervision of the Education Coordinator, with frequent contact with the Education Program Coordinator and in close coordination with the State coordinator:

Programme development and Implementation:

• With the support and guidance of Education Coordinator and the Education program manager, lead the implementation of HOPE360 Children’s education project activities with vulnerable IDP Household and host communities through provision of EiE and ECCD services to the children.
• Work with communities and stakeholder to strengthen gender responsive education, established Community Education Committee in project locations to support the process.
• Identify critical program gaps and vulnerabilities, and clarify roles, responsibilities and accountabilities to effectively address those gaps
• Ensure quality in the programme by building capacity of the local staff and teachers through trainings in pedagogy, psychosocial support, life skills etc
• Provide guidance to field-based education team on common standards, innovative strategies and approaches which ensure a capacity to address HOPE360 Commitments for Children in Emergencies, and reflect good practice in emergency education responses

Human Resources:

Line management of the education project staff

Prepare performance objectives together with program staffs and give the necessary feedback, follow up and support to improve staff performance. 

Monitoring and Reporting:

• Contribute to the development of appropriate and effective program monitoring systems to enable assessment of both the emergency response process and impact and to ensure delivery of results for children
• Prepare implementation reports, weekly, monthly or other periodical reports for HOPE360 and funding partners
• Reporting on progress and documentation of best practices
• Support in development of communication materials, case studies and blogs.

Coordination and Networking:

Working closely with the Program Coordinator to develop partnerships to leverage resources, ensure adequate coverage in the emergency response and early recovery phases, and ensure adequate funding consistent with HOPE360 resource mobilisation strategy and emergency response plans

Advocate for, and support, the development of sustainable education and hazard-resistant standards and designs for learning centres, the integration of life skills into both formal and non-formal education, with a particular focus on Disaster Risk Reduction ( DRR)

Represent HOPE360 programme in the coordination at state levels; represent HOPE360 at the State Education Sector Working Group meetings, working closely with UNICEF, SEMA, Local partners among others, to address issues related to strategic planning, roles and responsibilities of sector partners, and joint advocacy

Qualifications and Experience

• University Degree in Education, Social Sciences or related technical field.
• Three years’ progressive experience in Education in Emergencies, programme design, administration, monitoring and evaluation or related field.
• Previous experience in working with capacity building / training facilitation is desirable.
• Excellent Computing and data management skills.
• Ability to adapt and work effectively in remote areas, work in a challenging work environment with minimal direct supervision.
• Ability to take personal responsibility for completing tasks to a high standard and to meet deadlines.
• Willingness to work flexibly and professionally in a dynamic and fast-moving environment
• Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling HOPE360 values

Ambition:

Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others

Collaboration:

Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters

Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength

Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions

Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

Honest, encourages openness and transparency

Method of Application

HOPE360 is committed to ensuring that all our personnel and programmes are absolutely safe for children.

We undertake rigorous procedures to ensure that only people suitable to work with children are allowed to join our organization and all candidates will, therefore, be subject to this scrutiny.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Applicants are advised that Hope 360 Initiative for Peace does not require any payment or expense during the entire recruitment process. Any request in this direction should be immediately reported as it is contrary to the values and practices of our organization.

To all the volume applications received, HOPE360 will provide feedback to all applicants. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible, as applications will be reviewed as received. HOPE360 reserves the right to change the closing date, if considered necessary.

Interested and qualified candidates should submit their Cover letter and CV which should not be more than 3 pages  with the position applied for as the subject; The documents should be forwarded to  [email protected] copy [email protected]