National Consultant - Deployment of Nigeria Learning Passport

Specific Objectives

The consultant will support the deployment of NLP and strengthen the digital learning ecosystems in Nigeria in collaboration with UNICEF Field Offices (FOs). Specific objectives are:


Internal and external coordination of digital learning programmes
Grant management
Government management capacity
Content development, management and quality assurance
Communication, advocacy, and stakeholder engagement
Monitoring, evaluation, and reporting
Other activities.


Scope of Work

Internal and external coordination and grant management of digital learning programmes:


Participate in and contribute to internal and external digital learning coordination meetings at global, regional, country and state levels.
Manage the grants with digital learning components to ensure that the projects are planned, implemented, monitored, and reported as scheduled.
This includes NLP deployment and scaling with capacity building of state officers and teachers.


Government management capacity:


Provide support and capacity building to the Federal and State Ministries of Education to manage and coordinate programme implementation activities related to digital learning and NLP.


Content development, management and quality assurance:


Lead the development and launch of learning pathways on NLP to facilitate curricular-based learning using the content on NLP.
Support FME to review and approve new content in NLP when needs arise.


Communication, advocacy and stakeholder engagement:


Coordinate communication, advocacy, and stakeholder engagement activities in collaboration with FOs to sensitize government officials, donors, private partners, schools, teachers, children and parents on NLP and digital learning management and use.


Monitoring and reporting:


Conduct regular monitoring and reporting on usage of NLP as well as NLP-related activities.
Support the mid-year and end-year review and report.


Other activities:


Support the development of funding proposals and concept notes.
Support the organization of seminars, conferences, and staff retreat, as well as programme mid-year and end-of-year review.


Work Assignment Overview

Tasks/Milestone:


Coordination and grant management of digital learning programmes


Deliverables/Outputs:


1st biannual report/record of digital learning coordination meeting and grant management
Government management capacity


Deliverables/Outputs:


A record of 1st round of government capacity building
Content management and quality assurance


Deliverables/Outputs:


Learning pathway on NLP developed, launched and updated.
Communication, advocacy & stakeholder engagement


Requirements

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have:


Advanced university degree in education, digital education, instructional design, information systems management, ICT management, computer science or other relevant fields.
A minimum of 8 years of experience in designing and implementing large-scale digital learning projects.
A minimum of 5 years of experience in developing / supporting instructional design, teacher competencies, e-learning materials and courses, and/or learning platforms, in context of digital teaching and learning.
Working experience in conducting a similar type of digital learning development and deployment projects (e.g., needs assessment, capacity building for administrators/users, promotion strategies, digital content management, device management, helpdesk, and/or monitoring/reporting)
Experience in supporting the deploying and/or managing Learning Passport, such as coordinating with the government to decide functions of platform, select content, support device procurement, develop partners for connectivity, and train teachers.
Knowledge in instructional design, e-learning platform configuration, and digital learning content, with experience in requirements engineering related to applications for children, educators and parents.
Experience in incorporating inclusive education strategies and/or universal design for learning (UDL) into technology-based learning solutions to improve accessibility to and use of digital learning platforms for children with disability.
Result-based project/programme management skills.
Experiences in working for UNICEF or UN agencies.
Understanding of West Africa context.
Fluency in English with strong written and oral skills.


For every Child, you demonstrate:


UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, Sustainability (CRITAS), and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.
UNICEF is also proud of a diverse workforce who are profoundly committed to supporting the full realization of children’s rights, and in uplifting a rights-based approach in all that we do.


Competencies:

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are


Builds and maintains partnerships
Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
Drive to achieve results for impact
Innovates and embraces change
Manages ambiguity and complexity
Thinks and acts strategically
Works collaboratively with others.



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