ACCESS Lagos School Leadership International Consultant at UNICEF – Lagos

UNICEF is recruiting an international School Leadership Consultant for its ACCESS Lagos education programme. The consultancy will support school leadership training, coaching and mentorship in collaboration with LASUBEB and local government education partners.

UNICEF Job No.: 596789.

Responsibilities

• Under the overall supervision of the Chief of Education, the consultant will report directly to the UNICEF Education Manager (Lagos) and will be responsible for:
• With LASUBEB and LGAs reviewing current school leadership programmes in Nigeria and Lagos and leading the development of a school leadership training, coaching and mentorship programme for Lagos
• Providing support for the training of Head teachers and School Support Officers in school leadership
• Providing ongoing coaching and mentorship support to headteachers and SSOs, including in the STPD programme
• Providing thought leadership to LASUBEB and other stakeholders of both the school leadership programme and the STPD programme in Lagos
• Documenting emerging good practices /lessons from the implementation of the school leadership programme

Minimum requirements

• Education: Master`s degree in Education Development, Educational leadership, school leadership, curriculum design, school coaching and mentoring, and any other educational fields
• Work Experience: Minimum eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in education programming, including:
• Educational leadership
• School leadership curriculum design
• School-based programmes including headteacher training and school improvement plans
• Facilitation skills, particularly of master trainers, headteachers and school support officers/district education officers
• Educational coaching and mentoring particularly of school leaders and school support officers/district education officers and education stakeholders
• Education programme implementation.
• Stakeholder engagement and partnership management.
• Monitoring, evaluation and reporting.
• Working with government education systems in Nigeria.

Preferred

• Experience working with Ministries of Education
• Experience implementing donor-funded programmes.
• Experience working with UNICEF, UN agencies or international NGOs.

Knowledge / Expertise / Skills

• Demonstrated expertise in educational leadership
• Coaching and mentoring skills with headteachers and teachers and community leaders
• Facilitation skills, especially high level workshops with senior education officials
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, with experience translating evidence for and communicating with a broad range of actors (including government) on sensitive issues.
• Stakeholder relationship collaboration
• Language Requirements: Fluency in English

Desirables

• Proven experience of the OOSC and FLN landscape, ideally in Sub-Saharan Africa and Nigeria specifically
• Ability to present ideas concisely for diverse audiences and to give practical, actionable advice grounded in evidence.