Consultant: Deployment of Nigeria Learning Passport (duration -250 days)

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, education

In Nigeria, UNICEF works in a complex humanitarian and development setting to fulfill and protect children's rights in partnership with the government, civil society, children, and families. UNICEF Nigeria is one of the largest UNICEF Country Offices globally - click the link to learn more about UNICEF in Nigeria: https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/

How can you make a difference?

Scope of Work:

1) Situation/Needs assessment • Using existing platforms such as HQ survey tools and U-report, conduct analysis of teachers and students on their use of the NLP platform, usefulness of materials in delivering quality teaching and learning, and/or any requests on the content, accessibility and functionality of NLP. 2) FME management capacity • Provide support to FME to manage and coordinate programme implementation activities related to NLP, which includes technical assistance to FME staff on how to operate and manage the platform including uploading content. • Support FME in financial planning for digital learning, including assessing/forecasting capital and recurrent costs for NLP deployment and maintenance. 3) Communication, advocacy and stakeholder engagement • Coordinate the implementation of a communication, advocacy and stakeholder engagement plan in collaboration with FOs to sensitize government officials, schools, teachers, children and parents on LP management and use. • Promote enrolment/registration of teachers, children and adolescents on the LP. This includes ensuring that the Learning Passport platform is equity-based and accessible to all including the most disadvantaged children. 4) Content management / quality assurance • Engage the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), National Teachers Institute (NTI) and Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) in FME to develop content quality standards and conduct quality assurance of materials on NLP. • Support FME in developing and/or identifying supplementary learning resources and uploading the content on NLP, ensuring that the content is designed according to principles of equity and inclusiveness (e.g., gender sensitive and disability inclusive, based on the principles of Universal Design for Learning to the greatest extent possible). 5) Device management • Support FME, States, LGEA, schools and other education partners in managing and tracking onboard devices, including planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of the mobile device management (MDM) solution. • Support MDM online platform configuration for device management, user and device profiles with appropriate restrictions in place for devices as well as monitoring dashboards. 6) Connectivity • Support UNICEF and FME to develop and scale up partnerships for expanding connectivity and Whitelisting (e.g., Airtel, MTN, Glo, 9Mobile, Starlink), which includes advocacy and negotiation for zero-rating and/or education data plan of the LP with government line ministries, mobile network operators and communication regulatory authority. 7) Teachers’ skills • Support the development of a FME guidance and framework for teachers on how teachers use NLP for their teaching and learning as part of teacher standards and teacher training curriculum. • Support FME and the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in rolling out teacher training modules within NLP. 8) Helpdesk (admin/user support) • Provide FME with support for NLP maintenance and troubleshooting as needed. • Provide a comprehensive up-to-date knowledge base that is available to support users and administrators. 9) Monitoring, evaluation and reporting • Conduct regular monitoring and reporting on usage of NLP. • Conduct regular monitoring and reporting on NLP-related activities, including the implementation of NLP activities and scale up of the NLP in UNICEF Country Office (CO) and FOs. • Support integration of digital learning indicators into Education Management Information Systems. • Support evaluation surveys that aim to assess effectiveness of NLP on learning outcomes.

Please refer to the attached detailed job description for more information… TOR for Digital Learning Consultant.pdf

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in education, digital education, instructional design, information systems management, ICT management, computer science, or other relevant fields

Required skills and experiences

• 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 the 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).
• Fluency in English with strong written and oral skills.

Desired skills and experiences

• Experience in supporting the deploying and/or managing Learning Passport, such as coordinating with the government to decide on 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 parent.
• 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.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

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. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.