Project Outcome Harvest Writer(s)

FULL JOB DESCRIPTION

ABOUT PLAN INTERNATIONAL

Plan International is an independent humanitarian and development organisation working to advance children's rights and equality for girls.

ASSIGNMENT DETAILS

Assignment Title: Project Outcome Harvest Writer(s)

Contract Type: Consultancy

Project Locations: Damboa, Kala Balge and Mobbar LGAs, Borno State

Application Deadline: August 2, 2026, at 11:59 PM WAT

PURPOSE OF THE CONSULTANCY

The consultant or consulting team will conduct a comprehensive outcome-harvesting exercise for an Education in Emergencies project. The assignment will document intended and unintended outcomes, lessons learned, sustainability considerations, stakeholder contributions, programme achievements and participant experiences.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

• Identify and document verifiable intended and unintended outcomes.
• Examine changes in behaviour, practices, relationships, systems and decision-making.
• Gather and analyse evidence from programme participants and stakeholders.
• Review monitoring data, reports and project documents.
• Conduct focus-group discussions and key-informant interviews.
• Analyse how the project contributed to identified outcomes.
• Document enabling factors, contextual influences and implementation challenges.
• Capture achievements relating to education access, teaching, learning, attendance, retention, protection and community engagement.
• Develop clear and compelling outcome stories and knowledge products.

SCOPE OF WORK

• Participate in inception meetings with Plan International and relevant partners.
• Prepare a detailed methodology, work plan and fieldwork schedule.
• Develop data-collection tools, interview guides and evidence-validation procedures.
• Review project proposals, donor reports, results frameworks and monitoring data.
• Conduct interviews with children, adolescents, teachers, caregivers, school leaders, government representatives, community members and project personnel.
• Conduct field observations.
• Gather participant quotations and supporting evidence.
• Triangulate information from different sources.
• Verify the credibility of reported outcomes.
• Identify actors involved in each outcome.
• Analyse the project's contribution to documented changes.
• Assess the significance and sustainability of outcomes.
• Produce case studies, success stories, learning briefs and participant narratives.
• Apply safeguarding, confidentiality and informed-consent standards.

EXPECTED DELIVERABLES

• Inception report and detailed methodology.
• Data-collection tools and interview guides.
• Comprehensive outcome-harvesting report.
• Verified outcome-evidence matrix.
• Outcome stories, case studies and learning products.
• Analysis of lessons learned, sustainability, challenges and enabling factors.
• Organised repository of field notes, evidence references and approved quotations.
• Clean and tracked-change versions of final products.
• Editable final documents in Microsoft Word or Google Docs.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Advanced degree in Development Studies, Education, Social Sciences, Monitoring and Evaluation, Communications or another relevant discipline.
• Five to seven years of experience in writing, editing, qualitative documentation or knowledge-product development.
• Demonstrated experience conducting outcome harvesting.
• Experience in qualitative evaluation, storytelling and case-study development.
• Experience producing content for NGOs, United Nations agencies or donor-funded programmes.
• Knowledge of youth participation, gender equality and child rights.
• Understanding of humanitarian-response programming.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, PSHEA, informed consent and confidentiality.
• Experience working in North-East Nigeria or a similar humanitarian environment.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Hausa or another relevant local language is an advantage.

HOW TO APPLY

Applicants should submit the documents and information requested in the complete consultancy notice to Nigeria.procurement@plan-international.org. The email subject should clearly indicate the consultancy title.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

August 2, 2026, at 11:59 PM West Africa Time.