Senior Consultant, Nigeria. Education Outcomes Fund, remote. Req# 589289

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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

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