Minimum Requirements

Education:

• Advanced university degree Master’s or higher in: Education Development, Foundational Learning, Sustainable development, Education Policy, Teacher Training, International Relations, or related field.

Work Experience:

• Demonstrated strong working knowledge and experience in current global issues and best practices in Education. 
• Proven experience supporting government-led education reforms in any Sub-Saharan Africa region or a similar context to Nigeria. 
• A minimum of 8 years of experience on improving learning quality, ideally with a focus on curriculum or learning materials development, teacher professional development, quality pedagogy and teaching and learning approaches in basic education. 
• Demonstrable experience supporting the development, implementation and scale-up of effective approaches for improving learning quality, ideally focused on developing and rolling out quality, curriculum-aligned content for basic education focused on foundational literacy and numeracy.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English.

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills:

• Demonstrated expertise in education sector planning and strategy development, particularly on out-of-school programming in Nigeria or 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.
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• 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 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.