National Consultant – Re-entry Guidelines for Pregnant and Married Adolescent Girls

UNICEF is recruiting a national consultant for a three-month assignment supporting the Kwara State Government to domesticate and operationalise Nigeria’s National Guidelines for the Facilitation of Re-entry of Pregnant and Married Adolescent Girls into Schools.

Key responsibilities include conducting a desk review of national guidelines and relevant state policies; identifying legal, policy and institutional gaps; facilitating stakeholder consultations and a state-level domestication workshop; adapting the national guidelines into a Kwara State re-entry framework; developing monitoring, reporting, referral and tracking mechanisms; incorporating stakeholder feedback; and producing the final validated guidelines and implementation framework.

Minimum requirements:

• Advanced university degree in Education, Gender Studies, Social Policy, Public Policy, Development Studies, Sociology, Law, International Development or a related field.
• At least five years’ experience in education policy development, gender and education, adolescent development, child protection or a related area.
• Experience facilitating multi-stakeholder consultations and policy dialogue.
• Experience working with government institutions and development partners.
• Demonstrated experience supporting policy development, domestication and implementation at state or national level.
• Strong knowledge of girls’ education, gender equality, inclusive education, child rights and safeguarding.
• Fluency in English.

Desirable: knowledge of Nigeria’s education and political landscape and experience with UN or international development agencies.

Application deadline: 3 September 2026. Applicants must apply through UNICEF’s official recruitment portal and submit all documents requested there. UNICEF does not charge any recruitment fee.

NGO Career Link is not the recruiting organisation and applicants should never pay anyone for this vacancy.