Overview
The Education Technical Coordinator is responsible for the overall strategy, management, coordination, and implementation of education activities across Cameroon, ensuring the quality of sectoral interventions.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic direction, leadership, and technical/management support to education programs.
- Lead and contribute to project design, including budgets, proposal narratives, and log frames.
- Ensure quality grant management and timely submission of high-quality reports.
- Coordinate with M&E unit for a robust M&E system and extract key learnings.
- Coordinate education program activities with other IRC sectors for integration.
- Organize joint planning meetings and field missions with partners.
- Lead the education team to implement timely, effective, and high-quality project activities.
- Ensure detailed implementation plans, spending plans, monitoring plans, and procurement plans are in place.
- Manage and monitor project budgets and performance.
- Ensure projects are implemented in accordance with global technical guidelines and best practices.
- Liaise with Education Technical Advisors and pursue technical guidance.
- Identify, monitor, and report unmet needs and make recommendations.
- Provide technical assistance and supportive supervision to education staff.
- Support the development and maintenance of a coherent education strategy.
- Supervise and provide technical support to the Education Manager and other education staff.
- Ensure timely recruitment, onboarding, and wellbeing of team members.
- Maintain professional relations and promote a strong team spirit.
- Ensure team members are aware of job expectations and have clear performance objectives.
- Identify training needs and develop capacity building plans for education staff.
- Attend technical working group meetings and other relevant coordination structures.
- Represent IRC in relevant forums/clusters, including with national authorities and donors.
- Collaborate with other sector technically leads to promote program integration.
- Play an active role in the execution of the country Strategic Action Plan.
Required Experience
- Minimum of six (6) years of professional experience in the management of education programs in emergencies (access, quality, and strengthening the education system) in international NGOs.
- Previous experience managing diverse teams to deliver results on short timelines.
- Previous experience in an insecure or conflict-affected setting preferred.
- Have experience implementing projects funded by ECHO, EU, etc.
Qualifications
Master’s degree in education or other relevant areas.
