Digital Education and AI-Enabled Teaching and Learning Companion Programme Support, Accra, Ghana (Home-based/Onsite + Travel), 14 months, #595327

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.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

The consultant will provide expert technical assistance across five interrelated workstreams:

1. Programme Management, Coordination, and Technical Oversight

2. AI Teacher Companion Technical Coordination and deployment support

3. Teacher professional development coordination

4. Programme Monitoring, Learning, and Research Coordination

5. System strengthening, government engagement, communications, and scale-up planning

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here:  ToR TMC0005260.pdf

• Advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Education, Digital Education, Educational Technology, Artificial Intelligence in Education, Instructional Design, Teacher Education, Data Science, Monitoring and Evaluation, Development Studies, Public Policy or a related field.
• A first university degree combined with additional years of relevant professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced degree, where appropriate.

• Fluency in English is required.

• Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible professional experience in digital education, education technology, teacher professional development, AI-enabled learning solutions, education systems strengthening or related fields.
• Demonstrated experience managing or coordinating complex, multi-stakeholder education programmes involving government institutions, development partners, technology providers and other implementation partners.
• Demonstrated experience supporting the design, implementation, and/or scale up of AI-enabled education interventions, including configuration, adaptation or operational use of existing AI tools such as Google Gemini or similar AI platforms for education use cases.
• Strong experience in teacher professional development, including pre-service and in-service teacher training, blended learning, professional learning communities and digital pedagogy.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating programme implementation, work planning, partner engagement, quality assurance and adaptive management.
• Experience supporting implementation of education programmes in low-resource, multilingual or underserved contexts.
• Demonstrated experience supporting implementation research, programme monitoring, learning, evaluation or evidence generation, including coordination of research partners or consultants.
• Experience working with Ministries of Education, teacher education institutions, national education agencies, development partners or UN agencies.
• Experience supporting responsible AI, data protection, safeguarding, accessibility, inclusion and ethical use of digital technologies in education.

• Strong understanding of digital education, teacher professional development, foundational learning and education systems strengthening.
• Strong programme management and coordination skills, including work planning, implementation monitoring, risk management, quality assurance and adaptive management.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and manage collaboration across government institutions, technology partners, research partners and development organizations.

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 promote 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 the 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.

• An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
• Cover letter
• A separate financial proposal (only acceptable in the format of the linked template)  Financial proposal template TMC0005260.xlsx
• A detailed technical proposal:
  • Candidates must submit a detailed technical proposal that demonstrates a clear understanding of the assignment and directly responds to the full scope of work, deliverables and technical evaluation criteria.
  • The proposal should explain the consultant's approach to providing programme management, technical coordination and implementation support for UNICEF Ghana's Digital Education and AI Teacher Companion programme. It should present a practical methodology for coordinating implementation across multiple partners, supporting the development, testing and deployment of the AI Teacher Companion, and ensuring alignment with Government priorities, teacher needs and programme objectives.
  • The proposal should include a realistic implementation approach and workplan, outlining key activities, stakeholder engagement, programme governance, quality assurance, risk management, monitoring, reporting and adaptive management arrangements throughout the consultancy period.
  • Candidates should demonstrate how they will support coordination of teacher professional development, user testing, implementation research, monitoring and learning, Government engagement, knowledge management, communications, donor reporting and programme sustainability. The proposal should also describe the consultant's approach to responsible AI, child safeguarding, data protection, privacy, accessibility, gender equality, disability inclusion and the effective adaptation of AI-enabled tools within the Ghanaian education context.
  • Candidates should include relevant qualifications, experience, examples of similar assignments or work

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: 25 Aug 2026 Greenwich Standard Time
Applications close: 07 Sep 2026 Greenwich Standard Time

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