Project Coordinator

• Serve as a focal point for intersectoral programming within the Office by convening sector teams, identifying synergies, and ensuring alignment and complementarity of outputs
• Prepare consolidated analytical briefs and inputs for internal coordination, reporting, and HQ submissions
• Oversee the expansion of teacher education curricula in collaboration with the National Commission for Colleges of Education, the National Teachers’ Institute, and the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council, ensuring the integration of resilience and fragile-context pedagogy
• Coordinate the training of more than 18,000 teachers in digital literacy and multigrade teaching methodologies, ensuring the continued functionality and accessibility of the project’s e-learning platform
• Lead capacity-building initiatives for teachers working with visually impaired learners under the new national curriculum framework
• Consolidate high-quality technical and donor reports, including reporting under the European Union funding instrument, integrating both quantitative results and qualitative impact narratives
• Serve as the primary coordination interface between UNESCO and key international partners, including the European Union, Embassies of donor countries and other stakeholders involved in the project
• Facilitate coordination with donors and their Embassies to ensure timely reporting, appropriate visibility, and strategic alignment with agreed project objectives
• Develop and implement a sustainability roadmap aimed at progressively transferring responsibilities and capacities to national institutions and partner structures
• Review and harmonize technical documents, concept notes, policy briefs, and donor deliverables to ensure clarity, coherence, and alignment with UNESCO standards
• Ensure timely submission of high-quality reporting using standardized formats
• Draft and edit communication materials, including press releases, web stories, briefing notes, and social media content
• Coordinate with HQ, the Regional Office, and partners to ensure coherent outreach and visibility
• Support multimedia content development and dissemination
• Contribute to partner mapping, preparation of donor briefs and concept notes, and development of funding proposals
• Maintain and regularly update a stakeholder and donor database
• Document lessons learned and good practices
• Support capacity-building activities for project teams and implementing partners
• Ensure systematic archiving of project documentation
• Perform additional tasks as assigned by the Head of Office

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in international development, project management, communications, social sciences, or a related field
• Excellent drafting and editing skills in English
• knowledge of French is an asset
• Strong planning, organizational, and coordination abilities
• Ability to synthesize complex technical material for diverse audiences
• Familiarity with communication tools and basic multimedia production
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively in multicultural environments and under pressure
• Fluency in English
• knowledge of French would be an advantage
• Relevant professional experience in programme or project coordination, preferably within international organizations or United Nations agencies
• Knowledge of extrabudgetary project management, donor reporting, and intersectoral coordination is considered an asset
• Experience in communications, drafting documents, and programme visibility functions is desirable
• Familiarity with UNESCO Global Priorities and Nigeria’s education sector is advantageous
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate remote implementation through institutional focal point models

• Knowledge of French
• Relevant professional experience in programme or project coordination, preferably within international organizations or United Nations agencies
• Knowledge of extrabudgetary project management, donor reporting, and intersectoral coordination
• Experience in communications, drafting documents, and programme visibility functions
• Familiarity with UNESCO Global Priorities and Nigeria’s education sector
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate remote implementation through institutional focal point models

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