Senior Consultant, Nigeria. Education Outcomes Fund, remote. Req# 589289 | UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund
Senior Consultant, Nigeria. Education Outcomes Fund, remote. Req# 589289
UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund Remote | Abuja National Consultant - Contractors Agreement level Speaks Hausa, Igbo, English, Yoruba
Application deadline: April 19, 2026
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The Senior Consultant will provide strategic guidance for the implementation of the Education Outcomes Fund in Lagos State, Nigeria. This role involves ensuring timely achievement of program milestones, engaging stakeholders, and supporting outcomes-based financing for sustainability. The consultant will facilitate governance meetings, conduct workshops, and produce various reports to analyze program progress and challenges. The position is remote and spans from April 2026 to September 2026.
Candidate Requirements:
Degree in Education, International Development, or related field
10 years' experience in strategic development programs
Experience with Lagos State Government in education sector
Engagement with senior government stakeholders
Fluency in English
Experience in diverse educational landscapes across Nigeria
The consultant will provide strategic guidance on the implementation of EOF’s Education Outcomes Fund in Lagos State, Nigeria, to ensure the timely achievement of key programme milestones, support stakeholder engagement (Lagos State Universal Education Board (LASUBEB), Local Government Area (LGA) departments, Federal Ministry of Education (FME), evaluators, donors), support implementation of outcomes-based financing to enable sustainability and evidence uptake into public systems.
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Consultancy: Senior Consultant - Nigeria
Duty Station: UNICEF Hosted Funds, Education Outcomes Fund
Duration: 01 April 2026 – 30 September 2026
Office Based: Remote
BACKGROUND
Purpose of Activity/ Assignment:
The consultant will provide strategic guidance on the implementation of EOF’s Education Outcomes Fund in Lagos State, Nigeria, to ensure the timely achievement of key programme milestones, support stakeholder engagement (Lagos State Universal Education Board (LASUBEB), Local Government Area (LGA) departments, Federal Ministry of Education (FME), evaluators, donors), support implementation of outcomes-based financing to enable sustainability and evidence uptake into public systems
Scope:
The consultant will support EOF’s team in relation to its Education outcomes fund in Lagos State Nigeria, for which the Request for Proposal (RFP) publication and launch event are expected to take place in February 2026. The programme activities are set to begin in Summer of 2026 and continue implementing until 2030.
Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables:
Work Assignment Overview/Deliverables and Outputs/Delivery deadline
1. Develop and maintain implementation oversight tools, including milestone tracking reports (procurement, contracting, delivery, evaluation), risk registers (Excel), and performance summaries highlighting delays, mitigation actions, and delivery gaps
Deliverable 1:
30 Sept 2026
2. Prepare for and facilitate 2 formal governance meetings between with government, evaluator, and grantees. For each, prepare a 15-slide technical guidance pack to frame decisions and facilitate joint problem-solving implementation issues
Deliverable 2:
One meeting by 30 Jun 2026; The second meeting by 30 Sept 2026
3. Provide strategic guidance to the team to support stakeholder engagement with LASUBEB and provinces through bi-monthly meetings. Produce and submit
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Technical proficiency — UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund expects hands-on mastery of Excel. Don't just list them: describe a concrete project where you used them and the outcome delivered.
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Learner outcomes — Pass rates, student progression, curricula developed: quantify your pedagogical impact. If you use digital tools, demonstrate that you use the data to adapt your teaching.
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