National Consultant, ASWA III Systems strengthening and knowledge management, Abuja, Nigeria (Remote + travel), 6 months, #596032

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Job no: 596032
Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Abuja
Level: Consultancy
Location: Nigeria
Categories: WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. UNICEF is committed to the rights of every child and offers diverse opportunities for professional and personal development.

How can you make a difference?
The consultant will document promising practices from ASWA III, build the system to generate evidence on WASH impacts across health and education outcomes, support states to advance their sustainability response plans, and support the federal government on HOSI.

Key activities include:
• Development of 4 knowledge products documenting progress on climate resilience, sustainability and gender-transformative WASH.
• Establishment of indicators and collection of baseline 2024, 2025 and 2026 data on key health and education outcomes from routine government monitoring systems related to WASH in ASWA III target LGAs and communities: Lere and Kagarko in Kaduna, and Shelleng and Ganye in Adamawa.
• Support state governments to advance and institutionalize priority actions in state sustainability plans, and support the federal government to develop concrete activities for January 2026–2027 in response to the 2021 SWSC.
• Support federal government engagement and initiatives related to HOSI, including preparations for the UN Water Conference in December 2026, implementation and documentation of 2–3 priority actions from the Nigerian Youth–Government Collaborative Work Plan following the Kigali symposium, and finalization and implementation of the Nigeria Water Compact.
• Provide learning and adaptive-management recommendations to strengthen implementation, improve programme effectiveness, and enhance ASWA III sustainability.

Qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills
Education: Advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Public Health, Community Health, Public Administration, Social Sciences, WASH Engineering, Monitoring and Evaluation, or another closely related discipline.

Work experience: At least 7 years of progressively responsible experience in WASH and public health; high-level government engagement for international conferences and meetings; Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning; data-management and data-collection tools; evidence and analysis for programme design and policy recommendations; knowledge management; quantitative and qualitative research; WASH sustainability initiatives; and work with government institutions, UN agencies, NGOs and communities.

Skills: Excellent facilitation, stakeholder engagement, communication, analysis, synthesis and report writing. Strong understanding of WASH systems strengthening, institutional arrangements, governance, financing, planning and monitoring; WASH service sustainability assessments; gender-sensitive and inclusive data collection; ethics and safeguarding; climate-resilient WASH; and WASH and gender equality. Data-analysis proficiency is desirable.

Languages: Fluency in written and spoken English is required. Hausa or another relevant local language in Kaduna or Adamawa is an asset.

Desirable: Experience in Northern Nigeria, particularly Kaduna or Adamawa, and strong cross-cultural communication skills.

UNICEF values and safeguarding
UNICEF promotes inclusion and equal opportunity and encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including people with disabilities. Selected candidates undergo reference and background checks and must adhere to UNICEF standards on child safeguarding, prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination.

Application requirements
Submit an up-to-date TMS profile and CV, cover letter, separate financial proposal using the linked template, and a detailed technical proposal explaining how the work will be conducted and proposed timelines. Applications without a technical proposal will not be considered.

If TOR or financial-proposal documents are unavailable on a recruitment platform, visit the official UNICEF Careers vacancies page. UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage and will not request applicants’ bank-account information. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Advertised: 01 Oct 2026 W. Central Africa Standard Time
Deadline: 14 Oct 2026 W. Central Africa Standard Time