The American University of Nigeria in collaboration with a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) is recruiting suitable candidates to fill the position below for the USAID funded project:
Job Title: Office & Operations Manager – SENSE
Location: Yola, Adamawa
Nature of Employment: Full Time-Projects
Project: Strengthening Education in North-East Nigeria States (SENSE)
Duration: One (1) Year
Reporting Line: Chief of Party
Supervises: Office Assistants, Handy Men and Cleaners
Summary of Position
- The Office and Operations Manager will be responsible for maintaining office services, organize office operations and procedures and oversee administrative support.
- He/she is the point person for any issues that arise within the team, support and coordinate project administrative operations and communications.
Primary Responsibilities
- Manage all project admin functions and coordinate all office administrative matters.
- Ensure that the office operates smoothly and efficiently on day-to-day basis.
- Compose and control correspondence, produce reports and design filing system.
- Implement and maintain procedures and office administrative systems.
- Coordinating appointments and meetings for senior leadership team (SLT).
- Coordinate project internal and external communications.
- Provide support during the recruitment of Admin/Communication staff.
- Lead on Project communication and non-technical reports.
- Create presentations and other management-level reports.
- Any other duty as may be required from time to time by the CoP.
Position Requirements
- B.Sc in Business Admin, social sciences or related discipline. A post graduate degree in relevant field will be an advantage.
- Excellence, integrity, creativity, team spirit, commitment and safety consciousness.
- Must be able to provide high-level technical support to solve technical problems.
- A high level of oral and written communication
- Ability to delegate and allocate responsibilities efficiently to manage projects end to end.
Description of Benefits
Salary and benefits are commensurate with experience and job classification as per AIDIs – AUN salary scale.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Job Title: Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) – SENSE
Location: Yola, Adamawa
Nature of Employment: Full Time-Projects
Project: Strengthening Education in North-East Nigeria States (SENSE)
Duration: One (1) Year
Reporting Line: Chief of Party
Supervises: SIP Specialist, Technical Coordinator & Instructional Material Dev’t Officers
Summary of Position
- The Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) will assist the CoP for the day-to-day technical and operational aspects of the project in Adamawa and Gombe states.
- The DCOP will represent the project to its various stakeholders in the absence of the Chief of Party.
Primary Responsibilities
- Provide technical guidance and direction to ensure that the SENSE Project is technically sound, evidence-based and responsive to the needs of the Adamawa and Gombe States and the USAID.
- Direct project implementation through providing oversight to Technical Advisors/Specialists, State-level Officers, and partners.
- Lead in the development of instructional materials for the project.
- Preparation for annual work plan for the project and its budget.
- Oversees the annual planning and implementation of all project activities in all the Project States.
- Facilitates communications among all project stakeholders.
- Assist the CoP in technical report
- Mentors partner staff during project implementation
- Any other duties as may be assigned by the CoP.
Position Requirements
- Master’s degree in education, arts, Mathematics/Statistics or relevant social sciences, Ph.D is a plus.
- Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in design and management of reading/literacy programs.
- Demonstrated experience and expertise in conducting trainings, preferably in the context of teacher trainings in literacy and numeracy.
- Demonstrated experience and expertise in the development of teaching and learning materials on a donor funded project, preferably in literacy and numeracy materials.
- Familiarity with the Nigerian state education system structure, including the LGEAs and school level management.
- Not less than 5 years progressive professional experience in the area of education system strengthening, especially in terms of capacity building of state, LGEAs and school level education personnel.
- Strong understanding of the education context as well as experiences in trainings in North East Nigeria is highly desirable
- Strong communications skills, including capacity to produce polished reports and PPT presentations
- Good working ICT Skills.
Description of Benefits
Salary and benefits are commensurate with experience and job classification as per AIDIs – AUN salary scale.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Deadline: 15th March, 2021.
And
Submit their Resumes, Cover Letters and References on a single file (word document or PDF format) to: recruitment@aun.edu.ng using the “Position being Applied for” as the subject of the email.
Note
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
- This position is a local position and is open to indigenous and / or legal residents of Nigeria.
- AUN is an equal opportunity employer and strives to provide a culturally diverse workforce; we do not discriminate in employment on the basis of race creed, colour, nationality, origin, age, sex, religion and marital status. For information on AUN, visit our Web site at www.aun.edu.ng.
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