[Hiring] GEOP Program Senior Consultant @AGORA

Role Description

The Ghana Education Outcomes Project (GEOP) is a results‑based financing programme seeking to improve learning outcomes and reintegrate out‑of‑school children across northern Ghana. Embedded within the World Bank‑funded GALOP, it delivers outcomes payments across two components:

• Accelerated Learning Programme (ALP) for out‑of‑school children
• Mainstream School Improvement Programme (MSIP) focused on literacy and numeracy in primary schools

The consultant will serve as EOF's primary in-country representative and coordination point for the GEOP programme, with a specific mandate to drive stakeholder engagement and ensure progress on agreed priority workstreams, particularly those that will enable EOF to provide technical input.

Qualifications

• A Master's degree in a relevant subject such as International Development, Education, Public Policy, Social Science is required.

Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years relevant experience, including in the education sector, with public policy, in program design and implementation.
• Experience working in the education sector in Ghana.
• Experience working with the government in Ghana.
• Experience with program design and implementation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Desirables

• Experience with, or knowledge of, innovative finance is highly desirable.

Benefits

• UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does.
• UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence.
• Reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities throughout the recruitment process.

Remarks

• Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal (Talent Management System):
• An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
• Cover letter
• A separate financial proposal
• UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes.
• All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.