Placement and Stakeholder Engagement Officer

1 month ago

Lagos, Nigeria Teach for Nigeria Full time

Position Summary

  • Teach For Nigeria is in search of a Placement Officer who is quick-witted and would like to take the challenge of finding placements for Fellows, establishing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders, securing agreements and ensuring that he/she can legally place fellows, and monitor administrative processes.
  • The Placement & Stakeholder Engagement Officer will strive to leverage the relationship with key state stakeholders to drive broad understanding of Teach For Nigeria’s mission, impact and support key organizational goals.
  • The Placement & Stakeholder Engagement Officer will report to the Head of Government Relations and Stakeholder Engagement on setting and executing a high level Government engagement strategy, Managing stakeholders and placement partnerships.
  • To be successful, the Placement & Stakeholder Engagement Officer must be a strategic thinker who is able to set a bold vision, develop strategies and an opening plan to achieve this vision and skillfully achieve results.

Major Responsibilities

  • Maintain the relationship between the organization, community members and government officials.
  • Establishing, nurturing and maintaining strong relationships with selected government stakeholders responsible for Fellow placement.
  • Nurturing and maintaining relationships at Teach For Nigeria partner schools through consistent engagement and consultation with School Head
  • Teachers, Teachers and school-level stakeholders.
  • Maintain an updated database on Teach For Nigeria partner schools, including weekly progress status reports to the team lead.
  • Build and maintain a comprehensive database on placement schools/communities for Teach For Nigeria that would include details such as local emergency contacts, placement history and housing constraints.
  • Leading and coordinating site visits to current and potential Teach For Nigeria school Partners.
  • Nurturing and maintaining relationships with key states and district education stakeholders through consistent engagements and consultations with State Education Officers, District Education Officers and local community leaders.
  • Work collaboratively with the team to provide data that will inform the placing of fellows in schools in a manner that will maximize student impact.
  • Work collaboratively with all necessary units as liaison between government stakeholders
  • Manage relationships with placement partners
  • Work with the M/E unit to establish monitoring processes to evaluate and manage school placements.
  • Identify and work with relevant agencies and organizations to plan and coordinate school placements.

Education & Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in any field and strong academic track record
  • Minimum of 3 years of professional working experience
  • Previous experience working within a Nigerian Government Parastatal is preferred
  • Experience working and living in Nigeria is preferred

Requisite skills

  • Exceptional organization skills and strong attention to detail
  • Operates with a high level of personal responsibility
  • Strong work ethic with desire to go above and beyond
  • Strong interpersonal relationship building skills with a variety of diverse stakeholders
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise and juggle multiple projects within tight deadlines
  • Strategic and critical thinking skills so as to conceptualize multiple
  • approaches to solving a problem and drawing out a clear roadmap with roles and responsibilities
  • Relationship building and influencing skills so as to leverage people and relationships outcomes
  • Communication skills so as to deliver compelling messages through oral and written medium to diverse stakeholders
  • Ability to be highly resourceful and entrepreneurial in the face of uncertainties
  • Ability to maintain a demanding travel schedule and work long hours
  • Ability to engagingly present to small and large groups
  • Ability to flexibly adjust strategy when unexpected obstacles emerge

Approach to Work

  • Must have a deep understanding of and strong alignment to Teach For
  • Nigeria’s mission, vision and core values
  • A self-starter with initiative, confidence, drive, and flexibility to deal with unexpected situations or last-minute changes in a dynamic team
  • Must show an uncommon level of personal responsibility in achieving professional goals
  • Must be reflective; proactively working to grow and improve
  • Able to perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned

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