Local Capacity Development Manager – Niger – USAID IPL Activity Full Time

Company Description

Education Development Center (EDC) is a global nonprofit that advances lasting solutions to improve education, promote health, and expand economic opportunity. Since 1958, we have been a leader in designing, implementing, and evaluating powerful and innovative programs in more than 80 countries around the world.

EDC promotes equity and access to high quality education and health services and products that contribute to thriving communities where people from diverse backgrounds learn, live, and work together. We support an inclusive workplace culture that embraces many perspectives and broadens our understanding of the communities we serve, enhancing and enriching our work.

Job Description

Project Description

The purpose of IPL is to increase safe and equitable non-formal learning opportunities for out-of-school youth, with a tailored approach for girls, to develop the foundational or vocational skills needed to transition into formal education or employment. The Activity will accomplish this through three objectives:

Objective 1: Increased access to safe, quality, flexible learning opportunities that strengthen youth participation in education and improve learning outcomes

Objective 2: Educators are trained and equipped to deliver quality, safe, equitable and contextually relevant learning opportunities.

Objective 3: Parents, caregivers and community leaders can better support, value and ensure safe, equitable and contextually relevant learning opportunities.

Position Description

The Local Capacity Development Manager will establish and lead local organizational development for the Activity, with a focus on supporting the ability of local partners and education institutions to provide successful, integrated non-formal education programming.  Collaboratively with the local partners, the  manager will assess and ensure response to capacity needs, with a focus on delivery of safe, conflict sensitive literacy, math, and social-emotional learning content. Specifically, the Manager will:

• Lead the develop of and oversee the implementation of an overall activity approach to local capacity strengthening for conflict-sensitive non-formal education;
• Conduct an initial organizational capacity assessment to identify strengths and areas for improvement of local organizational partners.
• Utilize findings of assessments to develop in a participatory way a detailed training plan with steps and milestones for local partners to improve and develop the capacities needed to develop and implement conflict-sensitive non-formal education;
• Provide and coordinate training/coaching and ongoing organizational and technical capacity support to local partners;
• Build the technical capacity of local organizations to design, implement, manage, monitor, and refine flexible non-formal education programs;
• Build the technical capacity of local organizations to strengthen family and community support to improve foundational skills and transition for all learners in target areas.
• Measure and monitor change using performance metrics and relevant organizational capacity assessment tools.

Reporting and Organizational Relationships:

The Local Capacity Development Manager is a full-time position reporting to the Chief of Party, and is based in Niamey, Niger and will travel up to 50% of the time to project implementation areas.

The candidate for the position of Local Capacity Development Manager shall have at a minimum the following qualifications:

Qualifications

Education:

Master’s degree in one or more of the following: public administration, organizational development, project management, education, social work, or another related area. In circumstances where a candidate possesses exceptional relevant experience but lacks a graduate degree, relevant post-education experience will be considered in lieu of a Master’s degree.

Skills and Experience:

At least eight (8) years of experience in organizational capacity development, grants management and/or similar project management (a minimum of 10 years’ experience is required with a bachelor’s degree), preferably on development interventions Niger.

• Demonstrated experience in participatory design and delivery of plans for improving capacity and performance, including targeted technical assistance, coaching and mentoring, and partnerships, within the context of project planning, implementation, M&E and specific technical interventions;
• In-depth understanding of non-formal literacy, numeracy and SEL programming
• Proven ability to work in partnership with organizations as peer to collaboratively support capacity building;
• Broad knowledge of Nigerien education structures involved in non-formal education
• Knowledge of USAID rules and regulations;
• Experience with United States Government awards is desired.
• Familiarity with the local context people and characteristics of the Activity area

Please note that this position in open to Nigerien nationals only. This is not a posted position.

Language:

Fluency in French, and advanced business proficiency in English are required.

Additional Information

Due to the volume of applications submitted, only finalists will be notified.  No phone calls, please.

EDC is committed to enhancing the diversity of its workforce and ensuring an equitable and highly inclusive work environment. EDC is a smoke-free workplace, and offers a supportive work environment, competitive salary, and excellent benefits. Women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.