CREATIVE ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL (NEI ) JOBS

Creative Associates International is currently recruiting to fill several new positions to support a five-year program, The Northern Nigeria Education Initiative Plus (NEI+) funded by the United States Agency for International Development.

NEI+ works to improve the quality of and access to education in Northern Nigeria, equitably and sustainably.  All positions will be based in the project office in Abuja. Some positions may require travel within other regions of Nigeria, including the Northern States.

Position 1: Community Mobilization Officer

Location: Abuja, Nigeria.

Reporting & Supervision:
This position is housed in Abuja, Nigeria, reporting to the Deputy Chief of Party.
 
Job Description:
The Community Mobilization Officer will be responsible for implementing activities to increase community awareness and support of schooling in targeted non-formal education and alternative education learning center communities. This includes implementing a small grants program to enable CSOs to establish community coalitions and learning centers, building the capacity of CSOs and executing awareness campaigns to strengthen the community’s demand for education.The Community Mobilization Specialist will be responsible for implementing activities related to reestablishing a national culture of reading. This includes coordinating with national efforts.

Primary Responsibilities:
mobilize communities around formal and non-formal schools to promote access to education, establish community coalitions and learning centers, building the capacity of CSOs, conduct awareness campaigns to strengthen the community’s demand for quality education,
promote a culture of reading through innovation, social accountability, and ownership of reading gains by enhancing civil society engagement;
promote public discourse about reading; engage Nigerian organizations to develop and lead projects aimed at piloting or scaling-up effective models to stimulate reading, introduce additional reading materials at the community level; support research related to reading acquisition and correlating factors; generate momentum with communities themselves to spearhead increased interest and opportunities for everyone to participate in reading through community engagement campaigns and a grants mechanism for Community-Based Organizations (CBOs);
work with communities to develop strategies, identify funding needs, and monitor projects in collaboration with community-level networks; help create a generation of children who want to learn to read and parents who want teachers who can teach their children to read, generating a demand for future reading instruction and assessment improvements by working with communities to re-establish a culture of reading;
Engage parents and siblings in fostering a culture of reading (e.g., listening to children read)

Qualifications/Requirements:
At least 5 years of experience in community outreach or community mobilization
Demonstrated experience managing community engagement campaigns, preferably in the education sector
Experience with international organizations’ community grants mechanisms
Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing capacity building plans in culturally, politically, and security sensitive environments
In-depth understanding of the role of civil society in development
Demonstrated capacity in managing staff
Fluency in English
Bachelor’s Degree in International Development, Communications, Social Work, or other related field. Master’s degree preferred.

Position 2: Access and Fragility Specialist

Location: Abuja, Nigeria.

Reporting & Supervision:
This position is housed in Abuja, Nigeria, reporting to the Senior Educational Access/Fragility Specialist.

Job Description:
The Access and Fragility Specialist provides the overall technical expertise on the expansion of access-related activities, including risk reduction and safety, gender based violence, equitable education services, education and conflict analysis, non-formal education, well-being, psychosocial support and ensuring activities are conflict-sensitive and do no harm.

Primary Responsibilities:
Analyze and address barriers to educational access and participation;
Assess issues of supply and demand for education options/services;
Conduct analysis and assessment of education needs in emergencies;
Integrate a conflict-sensitive approach to education,
Lead preparation of activity designs; adapting rapidly changing activity designs;
Implement successful strategies to combat school-related gender based violence;
Implement risk reduction and psychosocial well-being activities, and other related areas.

Qualifications/Requirements:
Requires a Master’s Degree in education.
At least eight years of experience in the education sector, with at least five years of a leadership role in a conflict or crisis-affected country context.
The candidate must demonstrate at least five years of relevant technical experience working with activities that are of a similar scope to this activity.
The candidate is also responsible for some monitoring and evaluation, with at least five years’ technical experience in developing and implementing monitoring and evaluation plans and results-based management. The candidate must be professionally proficient and fluent in written and spoken English.


Position 3: Senior System Strengthening Specialist

Location: Abuja, Nigeria.

Reporting & Supervision:
This position is housed in Abuja, Nigeria, reporting to the Deputy Chief of Party.

Job Description:
The Senior System Strengthening Specialist will be responsible for overseeing all systems and policy-related activities.

Primary Responsibilities:
Facilitate a process with state governments and other stakeholders to map and review existing education policy frameworks, especially around systems, access, reading instruction, and assessment; work with FMOE, SMOEs, UBEC, NMEC, SUBEB, SAME, MORA to provide support to sustain existing policy initiatives and facilitate development and implementation of new policies, particularly in the areas of systems, access, reading instruction, assessment, and accountability; support implementation and monitoring of policy action plans as part of the reading improvement strategy; facilitate policy review meetings with regard to reading and access to track progress in implementing new policies, identify corrective actions to speed implementation, and develop tools to assess impact; improve the capacity of government education officials to develop leadership, managerial, and supervisory skills to effectively implement policies and regulations with regard to access and reading; provide coaching on various issues including data analysis and evidence-based decision making, monitoring, and staff mentoring; support dissemination of new policies and opportunities for bottom-up feedback at all levels through state-level workshops involving government education officials; community meetings; IT; paper publications; and ongoing media campaigns.

Qualifications/Requirements:
At least 5 years of experience in a leadership position responsible for developing policy frameworks, preferably in the field of education
Demonstrated experience working with government agencies, actors, and other stakeholders at the national and state levels
Demonstrated expertise in policy mapping
Demonstrated capacity to lead workshops, trainings, and strategic planning sessions
Experience in Monitoring and Evaluation
Masters Degree in Public Policy or related field. Master’s degree strongly preferred.

Position 4: NGO Capacity Building Officer

Location: Abuja, Nigeria.

Reporting & Supervision:
This position is housed in Abuja, Nigeria, reporting to the Community Mobilization Officer.

Job Description:
The NGO Capacity Building Officer will be responsible for implementing activities to increase community awareness and support of schooling in targeted non-formal education and alternative education learning center communities. This includes implementing a small grants program to enable CSOs to establish community coalitions and learning centers, building the capacity of CSOs and executing awareness campaigns to strengthen the community’s demand for education.

Primary Responsibilities:
Establish and trains new Community Coalitions or other local education support groups and committees
Provides partner CSOs with day-to-day mentoring on project design, implementation, and monitoring.
Supports the consistent application of training materials to strengthen CSO organizational management, HR and financial systems and provide technical support in community mobilization.
Engages and serves as program focal point with CSOs and supported communities.
Coordinates donor, stakeholder, and field staff visits to CSOs and communities.

Qualifications/Requirements:
At least 5 years of experience in community outreach or community mobilization
Demonstrated experience managing community engagement campaigns, preferably in the education sector
Experience with international organizations’ community grants mechanisms
Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing capacity building plans in culturally, politically, and security sensitive environments
In-depth understanding of the role of civil society in development
Demonstrated capacity in managing staff
Bachelor’s Degree in International Development, Communications, Social Work, or other related field. Master’s degree preferred.

Method of Application:
All potential job applicants should send a short cover letter and CV to:

recruiting@crea-neiplus.com

NB:
Local and regional candidates are encouraged to apply.
Please indicate the position for which you are applying in the Subject of the email.

Application Deadline: Not Specified [Apply Speedily].

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