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