National Consultant for implementing What Works Hub for Global Education (WWHGE) priorities in Nepal

National Consultant for implementing What Works Hub for Global Education (WWHGE) priorities in Nepal

The objective of this assignment is to design, lead, and facilitate policy dialogues at federal and provincial levels in close coordination with the Government of Nepal, the British Council, and FCDO, while also supporting selected local governments through targeted workshops and technical assistance to strengthen their capacity for evidence-informed education planning.

Details

Closing date: Tuesday 02 September 2025

Role overview

Specific scope of the assignment

Working with in-country British Council and FCDO colleagues, the tasks of the consultant shall comprise the following:

1. Familiarise with the British Council’s and the WWHGE’s priorities for this financial year in Nepal, the scoping study report conducted in Nepal in May 2025, the Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP) Literacy/Reading Report and Nepal’s School Sector Education Plan (SESP), and familiarise with similar initiatives planned under FCDO’s Bilateral Programme Samartha.
2. Lead the design, development, and implementation of federal and provincial-level policy dialogues in Lumbini Province to strengthen contextually relevant, evidence-informed education planning and policy formulation, in close collaboration with the British Council, the FCDO team in Nepal, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST), and other like-minded organisations, drawing on the GEEAP report, and the Nepal scoping study.
3. Liaise with the Development Assistance Coordination Section (DACS) and Technical Working Group (TWG) and CEHRD’s EMIS division and develop or revise Local Education Plans (LEPs) through participatory, data-informed processes that leverage existing education system data (e.g., EMIS, school profiles, census) to identify and address equity gaps, improve learning outcomes, and strengthen local planning capacity and other relevant line agencies at the MoEST, as well as provincial ministries and agencies, to ensure their ownership and active engagement from the planning to the implementation of the federal and provincial policy dialogues.
4. Ensure that the key takeaways from both the federal and provincial-level policy dialogues are well documented and shared with the Ministry and relevant line agencies.
5. Plan and deliver a three-day workshop in Province -level ensuring gender balance among the participants (split into 2+1 days) effectively on evidence based local education plan including genders sensitive content.
6. Lead gender and EDI mainstreaming into the design, development and implementation of federal and provincial-level policy dialogues.
7. Provide technical assistance to 8 to 10 selected local governments to develop or revise their local education plans based on evidence through participatory, data-informed processes that leverage existing education system data (e.g., EMIS, school profiles, census) to identify and address equity gaps, through sex disaggregated data to improve learning outcomes, and strengthen local planning capacity.
8. Document all the lessons learned during the consultancy period and share with the British Council and FCDO team.
9. Ensure all the external communication materials are compliant with the British Council and WWHGE brand guidelines.
10. Ensure the delivery adheres to the British Council’s Safeguarding, Environmental Framework Tool (EFT), and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and Counter Fraud policies.
11. Provide recommendations to the federal and local governments on gender and EDI mainstreaming into their education planning and policy-making process.

How to apply

Interested eligible applicants should submit the necessary documents as mentioned to Recruitment@britishcouncil.org by 2 September 2025.

• Application with eligibility statement (one-pager)
• Financial proposal per day rates for the services
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Application pack

TOR - WWHGE Consultant