Save the Children Climate Change and Education Technical Advisor Jobs in Nigeria

Save the Children Climate Change and Education Technical Advisor Jobs in Nigeria

Job Description

Save the Children is no ordinary not-for-profit.
We’re ambitious, creative and outspoken. We stand up for children’s rights.

We want all children to be educated, healthy and live a life free from violence. We run programs all over the world and, if there’s a disaster - like an earthquake, drought or conflict – we are there on the ground.

Where you come in

In this fulltime, maximum term 18 month role (with strong potential for extension), ideally based in any country in the West Africa region, you will play an integral part of the delivery of the Climate Smart Education Systems, Strategic Capability Initiative was launched by the Global Partnership for Education in June 2023.

Working alongside UNESCO, UNESCO-IIEP and our Save the Children county offices you will be part of a multidisciplinary climate and education team with experts in policy and planning, financing, coordination, data management, infrastructure, school management and curriculum and play a key role supporting Ministries of Education think through what support they want from the project to further the integrate climate change into the education sector.

You will make an impact by

Sharing your experience and expertise in the multidisciplinary team to help identify
opportunities to support ministries of education.

Being the expert in coordination, financing, school management, or infrastructure.

Traveling to selected countries to work with the UNESCO and Save the Children local teams so support the Ministries of Education to identify what more they could be doing to address the impacts of climate change.

Building the capacity of Ministry staff and our country colleagues to better understand how climate change will impact children’s education and what we can do about it.

Does this sound like you?

You are a technical expert in education, school safety and / or climate change with in-depth knowledge of how climate change will impact children in schools and what Ministries of Education can do to reduce those impacts.

You love to travel and engage with a variety of people who work in or support Ministries of Education. You know how to facilitate a conversation and lead from behind bring the best out in people.

You know West Africa really well and you know what makes people and systems work in the regions.

You are a confident operator and can go between the bigger picture and finer details of delivering quality technical assistance

projects.

You're an excellent communicator and have a passion for the environment and climate change action as want to see vulnerable children thrive despite the challenges the world throws at them.

Requirements

This role requires

At least 5 years experience working in climate change and education.

You must have extensive experience and expertise in at least one of the follow areas as they relate to the climate change in the education sector: Policy and planning, coordination, financing, school management and or infrastructure.

Outstanding problem-solving skills supported by strong analytical capabilities.

Experience operating within a complex environment and dealing with ambiguity.

A friendly, communicative, accessible and positive personality.

Fluent spoken and written English and / or French.

Working at Save the Children is more than just a job.

It’s the feeling of knowing that your work is contributing to making the world a better place for children and working with others who feel the same.

In addition to a connection to social causes, you will have access to

Friendly and flexible work environment
Agile work environment including working from home
Support for workplace wellness, including access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) as well as internal networks to support our diverse workforce,

Competitive salary + super

Full salary packaging benefits if you are an Australian resident for tax purposes (please use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you!)

Additional annual leave options available.



How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Save the Children Climate Change and Education Technical Advisor Jobs in Nigeria

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