Lead Higher Education Specialist at a Multilateral Institution Funded Project

A Project with funding from multilateral institutions, that is supporting capacity building in Nigeria, in the fields of Procurement, Environmental and Social standards require the services of qualified candidates to show an interest in providing Service(s) for an ongoing project.

The Independent National Facilitation Unit (INFU) of the Project now invites Individual Consultants (“Consultant”) for the position below:

Job Title: Lead Higher Education Specialist

Reference No.: NG-121514-CS-INDV/02/19
Location: Nigeria
Duration: The approximate effort level for each of the assignments is 120 man-days in six calendar months

Details
The successful Consultant will be required to:

• Supervise all academic, educational and Track design and roll-out in one delivery institution in each of the geo-political zones in the country;
• Lead on curriculum design and development for each of the Procurement, Environmental and Social Tracks in each delivery institution in each of the geo-political zones in the country.

Requirements
The short-listing criteria are:

• PhD in Education, Business, Management or similar fields;
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, interpersonal, coaching /mentoring, and computer skills;
• Good understanding of the higher education systems of Nigeria
• At least 20 years of general professional experience;
• At least 15 years of specific experience in designing and managing higher education programmes;
• At least 5 years of experience in supervising higher education programmes;
• At least 5 years of experience in setting, measuring and reporting on KPIs,
• Preferably in the academic sector.
• Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.

Application Closing Date
10th January, 2020.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Expression of Interest in a written form to: [email protected]

General Information

• EOl must be submitted in English Language.
• EOl submitted after the deadline for submission will be returned.
• Only shortlisted individuals will be contacted.
• The Project is not bound to shortlist any individual and reserves the right to annul the procurement process at any time without incurring any liabilities in accordance with section 28 of the Public Procurement Act 2007.
• Further information can be obtained by sending a mail to the Project Coordinator via: [email protected]