Multiple and Flexible Pathways for Adolescents Consultant

Multiple and Flexible Pathways for Adolescents Consultant

UNICEF is committed to ensuring that all children and young people acquire the knowledge and skills needed to learn, thrive, and transition to further education, decent work, and active citizenship. However, many adolescents, particularly those affected by conflict and displacement, face barriers to formal education due to interrupted schooling, age-grade mismatches, lack of documentation, and legal restrictions. Flexible learning pathways such as accelerated learning, bridging programmes, alternative delivery models, and links to vocational training can help address these challenges, but their implementation remains inconsistent.

This assignment will address three key gaps: limited documentation of effective practices, barriers to certification and progression, and a lack of practical guidance for displacement settings. Drawing on evidence from PROSPECTS partnership countries, the consultancy will identify and analyze promising approaches, examine certification and transition pathways, and develop practical guidance to support UNICEF country offices and partners in expanding quality, flexible education opportunities for adolescents in fragile and displacement-affected contexts.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy on the detailed deliverables and expected outcomes, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: TMC0007385 TOR.pdf

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Master’s degree in education, development studies, monitoring & evaluation or a related field.
• Work

Experience

• A minimum of 8 years of professional experience in in education systems strengthening, with demonstrated expetise in Multiple Flexible Pathways (MFPs), secondary education, and skills development.
• Skills: Proven experience in designing and operationalizing system-level reforms, including integration of non-formal and alternative pathways within national education systems, and alignment with qualification frameworks, certification systems, and learning-to earning pathways. Strong track record of working in humanitarian and development contexts.
• Language

Requirements

• Proficiency in English. Knowledge of Arabic will be an added advantage.

• Technical Proposal (1-3 pages) containing the following: Brief understanding of the assignment, proposed approach, and methodology, workplan - timeline and consultant’s comparative advantage for the assignment.

• For every Child, you demonstrate...

• UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

• UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

• UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

• 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 promoting 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 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.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal (Talent Management System):

• An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
• Cover letter
• Technical Proposal (1-3 pages) containing the following: Brief understanding of the assignment, proposed approach, and methodology, workplan - timeline and consultant’s comparative advantage for the assignment.
• A separate financial proposal TMC0007385 Financial proposal template.docx

Remarks:

• UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

• All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

• Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

• Advertised: 26 Oct 2026 Jordan Standard Time

• Deadline: 09 Nov 2026 Jordan Standard Time

• Back to search results Apply now

• Whatsapp

• Facebook

• LinkedIn

• Email App

• Send me jobs like these

• We will email you new jobs that match this search.

• Great, we can send you jobs like this, if this is your first time signing up, please check your inbox to confirm your subscription.

• The email address was invalid, please check for errors.

• You must agree to the privacy statement

• Subscribe

• Recaptcha

• Privacy agreement

• Multiple and Flexible Pathways for Adolescents Consultant, Global Programme Division(GPD), 11 months, Remote with travel, International

• UNICEF is committed to ensuring that all children and young people acquire the knowledge and skills needed to learn, thrive, and transition to further education, decent work, and active citizenship. However, many adolescents, particularly those affected by conflict and displacement, face barriers to formal education due to interrupted schooling, age-grade mismatches, lack of documentation, and legal restrictions. Flexible learning pathways such as accelerated learning, bridging programmes, alternative delivery models, and links to vocational training can help address these challenges, but their implementation remains inconsistent.

• This assignment will address three k