UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA expands the possibilities for women and young people to lead healthy and productive lives.

UNFPA, with funding from the Government of Norway, has been implementing the project "Advancing Access to Comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Adolescent Girls and Women in Nigeria" since 2023. An endline evaluation is being undertaken to assess the project's performance, results, and contribution to UNFPA's transformative results and national SRHR priorities.

The National Consultant will work closely with and under the technical leadership of the International Consultant (Team Leader) to support the design, implementation, analysis, and reporting of the endline evaluation.

• Provide contextual, cultural, and gender expertise relevant to Nigeria's SRHR, GBV, and harmful practices landscape
• Support field-level data collection, stakeholder engagement, and validation of findings
• Ensure gender-responsive, rights-based, and contextually grounded analysis, particularly in relation to women, adolescents, and marginalized groups
• Strengthen the quality, credibility, and usefulness of evaluation findings and recommendations

• Master's degree in women/gender studies, human rights law, social sciences, development studies or a related field

Professional Experience

• 5 years of experience in conducting evaluations, reviews, assessments, research studies or M&E work in the field of international development
• Substantive knowledge on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, GBV and other harmful practices
• Ability to ensure ethics and integrity of the evaluation process
• Ability to consistently integrate human rights and gender perspectives in all phases of the evaluation process
• Solid knowledge of evaluation approaches and methodology
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience working with a multidisciplinary team of experts
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Work experience in/good knowledge of the national development context of Nigeria

Competencies

• Strong understanding of gender-responsive and human-rights-based evaluation approaches
• Excellent qualitative research and facilitation skills
• Proven ability to engage sensitively with women, adolescents, and community actors
• Strong analytical and synthesis skills
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary evaluation team

Language

• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Knowledge of Hausa and/or other Nigerian languages is an advantage

Duration
32 working days between February and June 2026

Apply Before
Wednesday, 4 March 2026, 06:35 PM

How to Apply
Interested candidates should apply directly through the UNFPA careers portal using the link below: https://estm.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2003/job/31999/

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