Adolescent Girls’ Learning Agenda Consultant

About This Role

This role will support the design, coordination, and delivery of a strategic learning agenda for and with adolescent girls, contributing to strengthened internal and external learning on adolescent girls' empowerment and advancing girls' rights.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver the adolescent girls’ learning agenda, including quarterly learning events with internal and external actors
• Contribute to the adolescent girls’ research agenda, focusing on supporting POWER4Girls countries
• Roll out quarterly Evidence in Minutes issues, highlighting insights and maintaining an online library of learning materials in the POWER4Girls Knowledge Hub
• Facilitate the Global Girl Leaders Advisory Group (GGLAG), including follow-up on action plans and supporting cohort transition and engagement
• Facilitate preparations for the 2026 POWER4Girls report for resource mobilization and develop knowledge products
• Support onboarding and transition of POWER4Girls programme management, including annual work-planning and reporting
• Coordinate the adolescent boys/masculinities workstream, reviewing documentation and identifying priority learning areas

Requirements

• 4+ years of professional work experience in international development, including analysis and research, and programme experience of gender equality work and work targeting adolescent girls
• Experience directly working with girl leaders and knowledge of appropriate safeguarding measures
• Experience designing and delivering capacity-building and events management (especially learning events with UN agencies)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, including report writing for donors with gender equality/adolescent girls content

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Social Sciences, International Development/Relations, Economics, or a relevant discipline with a gender-specific aspect to academic study
• At least 4 years of progressively responsible and relevant professional work experience in international development, including analysis, research, and programme experience of gender equality work and work targeting adolescent girls.

Nice to Have

• Experience in education and/or social protection sectors
• Experience in work environment of an international agency, UN, or international institutions
• Prior experience in UNICEF