[Hiring] International Consultant for the development and implementation of the school-Based Teacher Professional Development Model @AGORA

Role Description

Under the overall supervision of the Chief of Education, the consultant will report directly to the Education Manager (Learning) and will be responsible for:

• Support refinement of the STPD handbook and the Headteacher and Teacher manuals
• Supporting the STPD technical group
• Conducting, together with the technical team, train-the-trainer workshops for master trainers on the head teacher and teacher manuals and support the Master trainers when they conduct downstream Instructional Leadership teams
• Providing input and content for the online portal including pedagogical modules and other related resources (such as short videos of good classroom practice and reflection questions)
• Provide up-to-date ideas, teaching practices, and models for the technical group throughout the consultancy
• Conduct one knowledge-sharing workshop and provide regular ongoing technical support to States that are implementing STPD
• Co-leading the technical engagements with the government agencies during the course of the consultancy
• Provide strategic and project management input

Qualifications

• Masters degree in Education Development, Foundational Learning, Sustainable development in education, Education Policy, Teacher Training, Teacher professional learning, or related field

Requirements

• At least ten years of working in teacher education with Ministries of Education globally
• At least ten years in team leadership and management of multi-cultural teams
• At least ten years of experience in writing teacher professional learning materials
• At least five years of experience in conducting and supporting school-based teacher professional learning
• Demonstrated expertise and experience in facilitating workshops, providing training and coaching to government officers in low- and middle-income countries on teacher education
• Fluency in English with strong written and oral skills
• Formal teaching qualification (it is essential that you have been a teacher in a Government system)
• Demonstrated expertise in teacher professional development, particularly in Nigeria or a similar context
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with experience translating evidence for and communicating with a broad range of actors (including government) on sensitive issues
• Proven experience of the FLN landscape ideally in Sub-Saharan Africa and Nigeria specifically
• Familiarity with competency-based education standards and instructional design in low-resource or multilingual settings

Desirables

• Knowledge of the Nigerian political landscape and recent developments in education
• Familiarity with the Nigerian education context will be considered an asset
• Experience working with UN agencies or other international development agencies
• A good understanding of UNICEF’s programmatic areas
• Ability to work to tight timeframes and flexibility to adjust to the needs of government and UNICEF
• Ability to present ideas concisely for diverse audiences and to give practical, actionable advice grounded in evidence
• Strong writing skills

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it.

• 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
• UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities throughout the recruitment process
• UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF

Application Process

Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):

• An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
• Cover letter
• A separate financial proposal (only acceptable in the format of the linked template)
• A detailed technical proposal
• A recent writing sample

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes.