Job Title: Education Assistant
Company: Unique Care and Support Foundation (CASFOD)
Job Type: Full-time
Industry: Non-profit / Humanitarian Services
Reports to: Education Officer
Application Closing Date: October 20, 2026
Unique Care and Support Foundation (CASFOD) is recruiting to fill the position of Education Assistant. The successful candidate will support education programmes focused on enrolling out-of-school children, promoting school retention, engaging communities and strengthening accountability in supported communities.
Job Responsibilities
- Implement assigned out-of-school children projects in line with project proposals, strategies and donor requirements.
- Contribute to baseline, midline, endline, needs and market assessments.
- Maintain accurate project documentation, collect monitoring data and track progress against output indicators.
- Support the preparation of project reports using monitoring data.
- Build relationships with communities and community leaders to encourage participation and ensure the principle of Do No Harm is upheld.
- Supervise and manage teachers, including facilitating teacher training.
- Support youth and adolescent programmes covering life skills, basic literacy and numeracy, and alternative or accelerated education.
- Identify training needs and support the development and delivery of training programmes for teachers, Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) and School-Based Management Committees (SBMCs).
- Facilitate the recruitment of volunteer teachers and learning facilitators.
- Contribute to proposal and strategy development by identifying education needs and gaps.
- Maintain regular communication with partners and stakeholders at community, Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) and state levels.
- Monitor project results and document case studies, lessons learnt, significant changes and best practices.
- Coordinate learning and reflection meetings to improve programme delivery.
Qualifications and Experience
- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree or Higher National Diploma (HND) in Education or a related field.
- At least two years of relevant work experience in programme implementation.
- Experience in strategic thinking, planning, priority setting and progress evaluation.
- Experience working with Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) and the Accelerated Basic Education Programme (ABEP) for out-of-school children.
- Strong analytical, planning and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and maintain positive professional relationships.
- Willingness to travel and work in hard-to-reach areas, sometimes under challenging conditions.
- Computer literacy and excellent documentation skills.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, negotiation, influencing and coaching skills.
- Excellent time management and organisational abilities.
- Fluency in written and spoken English and relevant local languages, such as Hausa and Fulfulde.
- Experience working in remote field locations with limited infrastructure.
- Ability to analyse information, make informed decisions and communicate findings clearly.
- Ability to build relationships with diverse internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong coordination and workload management skills, including the ability to handle complex and varied responsibilities.
- Cultural awareness and excellent written and spoken communication skills.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should complete the online application form using the link below:
Application Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSoO_dmTGbM7LPslc8mgpJnnOQidHFOlNqWYN3AQbPl1lk6g/viewform
Application Closing Date: October 20, 2026.
Applications must be submitted on or before the stated deadline.