GPE KIX Africa 19 Hub (Inclusive Education, ECE, Gender and Knowledge Exchange) Consultant, Global Education Practice, remote. Req# 591325

About UNICEF

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines fordeveloping countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. UNICEF has over 12,000 staff in more than 145 countries.

Consultancy: GPE KIX Africa 19 Hub (Inclusive Education, ECE, Gender and Knowledge Exchange) Consultant

Duty Station: PG, Global Education Practice

Duration: 15 March 2026 – 15 January 2027

Home/ Office Based: Remote

BACKGROUND

UNICEF works in some of the world’s most challenging contexts to reach the most disadvantaged children to save their lives, defend their rights, and help them realize their full potential. UNICEF provides oversight, quality assurance, and technical assistance as well as building strategic partnerships and generates evidence to strengthen programming. Within education, UNICEF supports country offices by generating quality evidence and building partnerships for risk-informed programming and financing and enhancing the capacity of countries to design, implement, monitor, and evaluate education programmes with a focus on ensuring that all girls and boys, including those with disabilities, complete early learning, primary, and secondary education with grade-level learning outcomes.

Globally, an estimated 240 million children aged 0–17 years live with disabilities with 28.9 million living in Eastern and Southern Africa alone. Yet, many