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Senior Consultant, Nigeria. Education Outcomes Fund, remote. Req# 589289

United Nations Children's Fund
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Job Description

UNICEF Senior Consultant, Nigeria. Education Outcomes Fund, remote. Req# Skip to Job Description Senior Consultant, Nigeria. Education Outcomes Fund, remote. Req# 589289 United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Nigeria Remote Work Consultant Consultancy Educations Treasury and Investment Job Expired 18 Apr 2026 B Hardship Popular

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Job Description About UNICEF If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines fordeveloping countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. UNICEF has over 12,000 staff in more than 145 countries.

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:

  • 1 milestone tracking report of 2 pages
  • 3 updates to the risk register
  • 1 summary report (8-10 pages each) 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:

  • 2 governance meetings facilitated
  • 2 technical pre-reading slide decks (15 slides each) 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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