International Consultant, School-Based Teacher Professional Development

About the role

UNICEF is recruiting an International Consultant for a 12-month consultancy in Abuja, Nigeria, to develop and implement a school-based teacher professional development model. The consultant reports to the Education Manager (Learning) under the Chief of Education and works remotely with frequent travel to Nigeria.

Key responsibilities

• Support refinement of the STPD handbook and the Headteacher and Teacher manuals, and support the STPD technical group
• Run train-the-trainer workshops with the technical team for master trainers, and support them when they lead downstream Instructional Leadership teams
• Provide content for the online portal, including pedagogical modules, short videos of good classroom practice and reflection questions
• Share up-to-date teaching practices and models with the technical group, run one knowledge-sharing workshop and give ongoing technical support to States implementing STPD
• Co-lead technical engagements with government agencies and give strategic and project management input

Required profile

• Masters degree in Education Development, Foundational Learning, Sustainable Development in Education, Education Policy, Teacher Training or a related field
• At least ten years in teacher education with Ministries of Education globally, ten years leading multicultural teams and ten years writing teacher professional learning materials
• At least five years conducting and supporting school-based teacher professional learning, and experience coaching government officers in low- and middle-income countries
• Formal teaching qualification; proven expertise in teacher professional development, preferably in Nigeria or a similar context
• Fluency in English with strong written and oral skills

Required skills

• Experience in the FLN landscape, ideally in Sub-Saharan Africa and Nigeria
• Familiarity with competency-based education standards and instructional design in low-resource or multilingual settings
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of actors, including government, on sensitive issues
• Desirable: knowledge of the Nigerian political landscape, UNICEF programme areas, and experience with UN agencies

Candidates apply through the UNICEF online recruitment portal with a CV, cover letter, financial proposal and a recent writing sample. No processing fee is charged.