Lead – Education Uninterrupted at Plan International – Nigeria

Plan International is recruiting a Lead – Education Uninterrupted for a Nigeria-listed position, providing global technical and strategic leadership across education and early childhood development programmes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy, development and improvement of the Education Uninterrupted Scalable Programme Model.
• Translate global evidence, programme results and learning into technical guidance, theories of change and scalable approaches.
• Advance inclusive, quality and uninterrupted education, particularly for girls and children affected by poverty, disability, conflict or displacement.
• Promote gender-transformative, rights-based, youth-led and technology-enabled education practices.
• Support country and regional teams in improving programme design, delivery, monitoring, adaptation and knowledge sharing.
• Develop investment cases and funding strategies and work with donors, foundations and education partners.
• Represent the organisation in education and early childhood development networks and policy discussions.
• Coordinate with global, regional and country-level colleagues on strategy, evidence and results.
• Promote safeguarding, inclusion, ethical conduct and shared ownership of education initiatives.

Requirements

• Relevant qualifications and significant strategic and technical experience in education and early childhood development.
• Expertise in inclusive education and addressing disruption to learning across humanitarian and development settings.
• Experience designing, adapting and scaling evidence-based programme models across countries or regions.
• Strong monitoring, evaluation, learning, strategy and analytical abilities.
• Proven donor engagement, strategic partnership and resource-mobilisation skills.
• Ability to influence colleagues and external partners across a complex international organisation.
• Excellent writing, representation, facilitation and senior-level communication skills.
• Experience with multi-country portfolios, education in emergencies, digital learning or education policy is advantageous.