Consortium Lead Job at Plan International

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected. Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Consortium Lead
Job Location: Maiduguri, Borno

Role Purpose

• Manage the entire EU education consortium project in Borno state.

Dimension of Role

• The EU education project is a project implemented in consortium with save the children that will be implemented in Borno state, in the North Eastern Nigeria in 9 LGAs. The project has focus on both formal and non-formal education including system strengthening for the existing structures from grass root structures as well as at state level and provision of livelihood opportunities for youth in the targeted locations.
• The role will therefore involve managing relationship with the consortium partner, timely and quality implementation of the project, reporting, capacity building of staff, partners and stake holders.

Key Roles/Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall implementation of the EU project.
• Ensure provision of timely and quality report as per the requirement of the donor.
• Ensure sufficient and efficient management of the project budget.
• Provide leadership and technical support including trainings to the project officers
• Support the training of teachers and education managers as well as the school based management committees.
• Manage consortium relationship with the consortium partners.
• Ensure timely submission of Purchase requests to the logistics and make follow ups with the logistics and procurement teams for the timely procurement of the project materials.
• Together with the project M&E, develop a contextualized monitoring tools and facilitate a joint monitoring with the M&E, SBMCs and the local education authorities.
• Perform any other project related duties as specified by the Supervisor.

Technical expertise, skills and knowledge
Qualifications and Experience:

• University degree or equivalent in Education, Social Science, Social Work, Psychology, or related fields
• Minimum of 5 years relevant working experience project management roles.
• 2 years’ experience managing EU or ECHO grants.
• Proven experience in quality and timely report writing.
• Experience working in emergency settings.
• Good knowledge and understanding of DO NO HARM principles and established international child protection standards (especially UNCRC)
• Experience with participatory approaches to education, emergency preparedness, crisis/emergency relief management, or other related area.
• Experience working with IDPs, and other vulnerable populations (ideal)
• Previous experience directly providing services to children at risk and victims of abuse, exploitation and violence

Skills & Knowledge:

• Strong ability to work independently, organize work, meet deadlines, maintain composure, prioritize work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills, creativity and flexibility
• Works well in and promotes teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to handle pressure well.
• Languages: Excellent command of English language

Behaviors:

• Creates strong sense of purpose and commitment within own part of operations and with stakeholders
• Holds self and others to account to deliver on agreed goals and standards of behavior
• Demonstrates a high degree of professionalism/integrity
• Provides good and adequate administrative and logistical support to enable programmes to meet meets it’s agreed financial and program outcomes.
• Actively seeks for support in addressing difficulties in execution of duties.
• Strategic thinking and effective contribution to own work and Organizational development.
• Sound judgement and decision-making in complex situations
• Strong emotional intelligence including self-awareness.
• Leads by example to motivate high performance of others
• Very strong commitment to continuous learning.

Note: Plan International Nigeria is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender or disabilities. Plan International Nigeria is fully committed to child protection to prevent children from all forms of abuse. Women are strongly encouraged to