International Education Consultant to Lead the Development of a Federal Ministry of Education of Nigeria , SBC Strategy at UNICEF

UNICEF contributes to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria with a mandate to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. UNICEF’s Nigeria country programme:

  • Experience: 10 years
  • Location Abuja

How can you make a difference?
Scope of work:
The scope of work for this consultancy is to:

  • Develop a national SBC strategy with leadership and guidance from the FME. This will include four parts:
    • The development of a rapid needs assessment which will provide evidence for strategy development
    • The development of the strategy
    • Validation workshop with FME and all stakeholders
    • Dissemination of the strategy to selected States
  • Co-lead a series of (at least 2) high-level technical workshops with FME who will provide input and guidance on all four parts of the development (as stated above)
  • Provide up-to-date ideas on SBC implementation strategies to the technical group through-out the consultancy.

Work Assignment Overview:
Task / work area

  • The development of a rapid needs assessment which will provide evidence for strategy development.
    • Deliverables / Outputs:
      • Rapid needs assessment report
  • The development of the national strategy
    • Deliverables/Outputs
      • Draft strategy submitted
  • Validation workshop with FME and all stakeholders
    • Deliverables / Outputs
      • Workshop programme submitted. Workshop facilitated.
  • Dissemination of the strategy to selected States.
    • Deliverables/Outputs
      • Dissemination plan/programme and dissemination to one State

Minimum Requirements

  • Advanced university degree in Communication, advocacy and social behaviors change.
  • At least ten years of leading/managing SBC programmes at a senior level
  • Experience in developing SBC strategies in international contexts
  • Experience in supporting Governments to develop national SBC strategies.
  • Experience in working with Ministries of Education an assets
  • Experiences in working in Nigeria or other sub-Saharan African countries an asset.
  • Experience of working with UNICEF in SBC roles an asset.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to UNICEF on jobs.unicef.org to apply

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