United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Recruitment | April 2018

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) – For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children’s survival, protection and development. The world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: National Contractor – GEP3 State Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Consultant

Job Number: 512261

Location: Kano

Work Type: Consultancy

Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this consultancy is to ensure the effective monitoring, data collection and maintain records on all Girls Education Project Phase 3 (GEP3) interventions in the respective GEP3 focus state of Kano according to the GEP3 state work plan and GEP3 monitoring and evaluation framework, contributing to the results of the project. One State M&E Consultant will be contracted in Kano GEP3 focus state. GEP3 activities are implemented in close partnership with government education agencies and civil society partners.

The consultant will report to the Kano State Project Coordinator under supervision of the Katsina Education Specialist and with technical guidance of the Education Specialist, M&E based in Abuja. The consultant will work closely with the Education Specialist responsible for GEP3, based in the respective UNICEF Field Office. It is expected the State M&E Consultant will form effective professional relationships with relevant education sector stakeholders in Kano state at all levels to advance GEP3 activities and results. The consultant will work collaboratively with the other GEP3 state consultants – coordinating activities, analyzing operating environment, sharing lesson learnt and progress and maximizing synergy between activities towards key result areas.

Background

The UNICEF Country Office, Nigeria is implementing a DFID-funded multi-year Girls’ Education Project Phase 3 (GEP3) which aims at contributing to improved social and economic opportunity for girls in northern Nigeria. With a total of 10.5 million children out of school, Nigeria accounts for almost one in five of all school age children living in extreme educational poverty worldwide:

GEP3 (Girls’ Education Project Phase 3) is managed by UNICEF in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Education, Universal Basic Education Commission at the national level and with the state Ministries of Education and State Universal Basic Education Board of target states

And other implementing partners (IPs). GEP3 involves an investment of up to £103 million over eight years (May 2012 to September 2020).

In 2014, UNICEF took steps to redesign GEP3, through a process with government partners.  The purpose of the redesign was to:

Amend the Theory of Change to become more strategic and systematic;

Focus the project more on early grade learning; and

Simplify the project by eliminating some components and interventions. The outcome of the redesign was an updated Operational Plan, which outlines a new Theory of Change, logical framework and strategies planned to achieve change for girls’ education. The Operational Plan also presents how the delivery of the proposed interventions will take place, in such a way that the key outcomes for which UNICEF is accountable – over one million additional girls receiving and using a good basic education – are delivered and measured.

Results will be delivered under three outputs, with the following focus areas:

Output 1: Increased enrolment and retention for girls in basic education;

Output 2: Improved capacity of teachers to deliver effective learning for girls; and

Output 3: Improved governance to...

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