UNICEF
GEOP Program Senior Consultant, Education Outcomes Fund, 2 months, Accra, Ghana, Remote assignment for Ghanian nationals ONLY
🇬🇭GhanaRemote available6 days ago
SeniorFull Time
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
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How can you make a difference?
The Ghana Education Outcomes Project (GEOP) is a results‑based financing programme seeking to improve learning outcomes and reintegrate out‑of‑school children across northern Ghana. Embedded within the World Bank‑funded GALOP, it delivers outcomes payments across two components: an Accelerated Learning Programme (ALP) for out‑of‑school children and a Mainstream School Improvement Programme (MSIP) focused on literacy and numeracy in primary schools.
The consultant will serve as EOF's primary in-country representative and coordination point for the GEOP programme, with a specific mandate to drive stakeholder engagement and ensure progress on agreed priority workstreams, particularly those that will enable EOF to provide technical input.
If you would like to know more about this consultancy's detailed deliverables and expected outcomes, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: GEOP Program Senior Consultant.pdf
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum requirements:
Education:
A Master's degree in a relevant subject such as International Development, Education, Public Policy, Social Science is required.
Work Experience:
A minimum of 10 years relevant experience, including in the education sector, with public policy, in program design and implementation.
Experience working in the education sector in Ghana.
Experience working with the government in Ghana.
Experience with program design and implementation.
Language Requirements:
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
Desirables:
Experience with, or knowledge of, innovative finance is highly desirable.
For every Child, you demonstrate...
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.
UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.
UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.
Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal (Talent Management System):
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