Job vacancies with e-CAPH
CALL FOR CONSULTANTS
Terms of Reference: Kaduna State Girls’ Education Financing & Budget Gap Analysis
Organization: Enhancing Communities Action for Peace and Better Health Initiative (e-CAPH)
Project: PAF-GSE Kaduna Project (Supported by Malala Fund)
Activity: 1.1 – Girls’ Education Financing and Budget Gap Analysis
Location: Kaduna State, Nigeria (Igabi, Chikun, Kagarko, Jama’a, Kubau, and Soba LGAs)
Assignment Type: Individual Consultant or Qualified Research Consultancy
Duration: 20 working days across 4 weeks
Application Deadline: September 30, 2026
1. Background
Enhancing Communities Action for Peace and Better Health Initiative (e-CAPH), with support from the Malala Fund, is undertaking the PAF-GSE Kaduna Project. This assignment aims to generate credible, gender-responsive evidence on girls’ education financing in Kaduna State.
The analysis will evaluate whether budget commitments translate into adequate allocations, timely releases, effective expenditure, and accessible services for underserved girls. The final deliverables will establish a costed advocacy agenda and investment case aimed at improving secondary education access for girls impacted by poverty, early marriage, adolescent pregnancy, disability-related exclusion, and other systemic barriers.
2. Key Objectives
The selected consultant/consultancy will:
Budget & Expenditure Analysis: Analyze approved state education budgets, implementation reports, and actual expenditure over an agreed 3-year period, alongside localized evidence from the six target LGAs.
Gap Identification: Identify discrepancies between allocations, releases, actual spending, documented needs, and the execution of girls’ education policies.
Community & Participatory Evidence: Review Community Development Charter (CDC) priorities and conduct safeguarded participatory consultations with girls, young mothers, married adolescents, out-of-school girls, girls with disabilities, community leaders, and key education stakeholders.
Policy & System Assessment: Evaluate financing and implementation arrangements concerning student retention, safe learning environments, re-entry, and second-chance education models.
Costing & Investment Strategy: Estimate financing gaps using transparent costing assumptions and construct a detailed, costed advocacy agenda and investment case featuring financing options, institutional responsibilities, timelines, and measurable commitments.
3. Scope of Work
Conduct state and LGA-level budget and performance analyses across Igabi, Chikun, Kagarko, Jama’a, Kubau, and Soba LGAs.
Synthesize CDC priorities with qualitative and quantitative community data.
Execute Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) and participatory consultations using robust ethical and safeguarding protocols.
Perform data triangulation and lead stakeholder validation processes.
Produce technical reports, clean datasets, financial models, and advocacy collateral.
4. Deliverables Timeline
TimelinePhaseKey Deliverables
Week 1Inception & PlanningInception report, methodology framework, workplan, data-request matrix, data collection tools, sampling strategy, and safeguarding plan.
Week 2Data Collection & AnalysisBudget analysis workbook, evidence register, and cleaned state and LGA budget/expenditure dataset tables.
Week 3Reporting & ValidationDraft analytical report, gap estimates, preliminary recommendations, and stakeholder validation workshop execution.
Week 4Finalization & HandoverFinal analytical report, costed advocacy agenda, investment case, policy brief, editable costing models/tables, complete datasets, and presentation decks.
5. Required Qualifications & Experience
Education: Advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Economics, Public Finance, Education Policy, Development Studies, Public Administration, or a related discipline.
Experience: Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated experience in public expenditure analysis, education financing, budget tracking, or Public Financial Management (PFM).
Technical Expertise: Proven track record in gender-responsive budgeting, education policy analysis, costed advocacy agendas, and financial modeling.
Contextual Knowledge: Deep understanding of Nigerian state and local education financing structures. Direct experience in Kaduna State and familiarity with Community Development Charters (CDCs) is strongly preferred.
Research & Ethics: Demonstrated ability to lead participatory research with adolescents and vulnerable populations following strict safeguarding guidelines.
6. Governance & Reporting
The consultant will report directly to the PAF-GSE Project Coordinator, with technical oversight provided by the Executive Director and the Education Financing Officer.
7. Application Process
Interested individual consultants or research consultancies must submit the following documents by September 30, 2026:
Technical Proposal: Outlining the proposed methodology, team composition, and detailed 4-week workplan.
Financial Proposal: Itemized breakdown covering professional fees, fieldwork operational costs, travel, data processing, validation session costs, reporting, and applicable taxes.
Qualifications: Detailed CVs of key personnel or organizational profile.
Evidence of Experience: Examples or samples of comparable completed assignments.
How to Apply:
Please submit complete application packages electronically to: [Insert Application Email Address]
Subject Line: Consultancy Application: Kaduna Girls Education Budget Analysis – [Your Name/Firm]
Compliance Note: The selected consultant will be required to strictly adhere to e-CAPH’s safeguarding, confidentiality, research ethics, and data-protection protocols. All commissioned tools, raw and cleaned datasets, analysis workbooks, and reports will remain the exclusive property of e-CAPH.
