Individual National Consultant – Female Leadership and Management Training Package Development

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. 

The School Education Sector Plan 2022/23-2031/32 (SESP) has been developed to support Nepal’s long-term education goals within the highly decentralized institutional framework that has emerged following the 2015 Constitution. One of SESP’s key objectives is to enhance the effectiveness of education service delivery by promoting good governance, strengthening inter-governmental coordination and collaboration, and building the institutional capacity of all stakeholders involved in school education. Equity and inclusion remain key cross-cutting themes.

According to the Flash Report 2080, 19.3% of community schools nationwide have female headteachers, while the proportion of female teachers at the basic level stands at 40.8%. Addressing specific training needs and gaps is essential to increasing female representation in school leadership.

With funding support from the European Union and GPE, UNICEF Nepal is implementing a project to promote female leadership among headteachers and local government officials at targeted UNICEF-supported local levels. As part of this initiative, a comprehensive training package and resource materials will be developed to strengthen women’s leadership skills and foster gender equality and inclusive governance.

To achieve this, a technical consultant will be engaged to design and deliver high-quality training materials in collaboration with UNICEF staff, government officials, and local partner Education Pages. Based on the training package, CEHRD will develop a trainer roster, and Education Pages will facilitate training rollout for female headteachers and senior teachers.

How can you make a difference? 

Scope of Work:

Under the supervision of the Education Specialist (NoC) and overall guidance of the Section Chief, the consultant will conduct the following activities:

Needs Assessment.

• Conduct a desk review of existing capacity-building packages, resource materials, and programs on female leadership and management. This review should include an analysis of various government plans and policies and those utilized by different development partners (DPs).
• Collaborate with UNICEF staff, government officials, and local partners to identify specific training needs and gaps for female head teachers and local government officials. This will involve using virtual meetings and face-to-face meetings, developing questionnaires, and conducting interviews with various stakeholders to enhance leadership and management skills.

Development of Training Package and Resource Materials:

• Lead the designing of a comprehensive training package for female local government officials, including modules, session plans, presentations, and facilitation guides.
• Provide technical support to the CEHRD teacher training section in the development of a training package for female headteachers and senior teachers, including training resources finalization
• Ensure the training package is designed to the needs of female head teachers and local government officials and promote leadership with effective performance, working in consultation with all key stakeholders.

Contribute to Roster Trainer Development

• Contribute as a co-facilitator in developing the roster of trainers through the Master Training of Trainers (MToT) program, based on the training curriculum, in collaboration with the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD).
• Adapt training materials for local contexts and diverse learner needs, ensuring inclusive leadership and management.

Collaboration and Coordination:

• Liaise and collaborate closely with CEHRD, the UNICEF team, and partners to finalize the training package and resource materials
• Incorporate feedback from stakeholders into the training packages, secure relevant endorsement of the final version, and provide a soft or hard copy to UNICEF

TASK

• Develop a detailed work plan outlining objectives, timelines, and key stakeholders.
• Organize an introductory meeting with UNICEF staff, government officials, and local partners to discuss the scope of the assessment.
• Conduct a desk review of the existing capacity-building package, resource materials, and programs on female leadership and management
• Mapping training needs and gaps in leadership and management is focused on female headteachers and officials.
• Liaise with and conduct a meeting with the CEHRD teacher training section.
• Provide technical support to the CEHRD teacher training section in developing a training package for female headteachers and senior teachers, including finalizing training resources.
• Lead the design of a comprehensive training package for female local government officials, including modules, session plans, presentations, and facilitation guides.
• Disseminate drafted/updated training packages within UNICEF team members and its partner’s team, note feedback, and adjust accordingly.
• Attend meetings and consultation sessions.
• Ensure comments/feedback are received and prepare consolidated feedback from UNICEF for the training package.
• Gather feedback by conducting face-to-face meetings with various stakeholders and make necessary adjustments to the training package.
• Contribute to delivering technical training for roster trainers based on the training curriculum in collaboration with CEHRD.
• Develop final report

Deliverable

• Submission of detailed work plan
• Submission of inception report outlining the approach and identified training needs
• Submission of training curriculum, sessions plan, and presentations on a training package for a female local government officer.
• Submission of training curriculum, sessions plan, and presentations on a training package for female head teachers/senior teachers.
• Submission of progress report

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

Education:

Advanced university degree in Education, social sciences, or discipline relevant to Gender, equity, and inclusion.

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

• At least 10 years of proven experience in training and curriculum development
• Knowledge of global and national priorities and existing policies on Gender, Equity, Disability, and Inclusion
• Proven experience designing training packages and training delivery on gender-responsive leadership and management.
• Familiarity with Nepal’s education system and previous work with government or educational institutions preferred.

Skills:

• Partnership building and maintaining skills
• Ability to collaborate across teams, government entities, and development partners
• Communication skills
• Training delivery skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Nepali.
• Innovative and creative skills

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic background, and persons with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. To create a more inclusive workplace, UNICEF offers paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. Click here to learn more about flexible work arrangements, well-being, and benefits.

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 promote 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 the 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.

Remarks:  

Qualified female candidates and candidates from the under-represented ethnic groups are strongly encouraged to apply. 

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 health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract.