Senior Consultant, Education Outcomes Fund, remote
Location: Nigeria
Categories: Partnerships
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Consultancy: Senior Consultant - Nigeria
Duty Station: UNICEF Hosted Funds, Education Outcomes Fund
Duration: 01 April 2026 – 30 September 2026
Home/ 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
Qualifications & Education:
- A degree in Education, International Development, Social Sciences, Project Management, or a related field, is required.
- A Master's degree is preferred but not required.
Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:
At least 10 years’ experience in leading and managing strategic development programmes ideally in Lagos, Nigeria, and ideally in the education sector.
- Direct experience of working with the Lagos State Government or other state government in Nigeria, ideally in the education sector.
- Experience engaging senior government stakeholders.
- Fluency in English is required.
Desirable requirements
Prior experience working with international organisations in Lagos or Nigeria is desirable.
- Experience with innovative finance, particularly outcomes funds, is desirable.
- Fluency in Yoruba and Nigerian Pidgin is highly desirable.
- Proficiency in Hausa and/or Igbo is desirable.
Requirements:
Completed profile in UNICEF's e-Recruitment system and Upload copy of academic credentials
Financial proposal that will include/ reflect:
the costs per each deliverable and the total lump-sum for the whole assignment (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference.
- travel costs and daily subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or travel is required as per TOR.
- Any other estimated costs: visa, health insurance, and living costs as applicable.
Indicate your availability
Any emergent / unforeseen duty travel and related expenses will be covered by UNICEF.
- At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.
- Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed satisfactory deliverables.
UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process
For every Child, you demonstrate.
- UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.
View our competency framework at: Here
UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities.
- This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants.
- We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.
Advertised: 12 Jan 2026 W. Central Africa Standard Time
Deadline: 09 Feb 2026 W. Central Africa Standard Time
How to Apply
Interested applicant can apply via this link
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