Project Coordinator – Airtel Africa Partnership (6-month consultancy)

About the role

The Project Coordinator will support the implementation of UNICEF’s partnership with Airtel Africa across six West and Central African countries. This 6‑month consultancy is based in the UNICEF West and Central Africa Regional Office in Dakar and focuses on connecting schools to digital learning platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate day‑to‑day activities between UNICEF regional and country offices and Airtel Africa teams.
• Track implementation progress across the six partner countries, ensuring alignment with partnership goals and timelines.
• Facilitate joint work‑planning sessions, co‑creation workshops and technical meetings.
• Align digital learning and connectivity components with UNICEF’s Giga and Learning Passport teams.
• Draft a white paper on expanding the connectivity partnership to out‑of‑school children for phase 2.
• Maintain monthly KPI reporting documents and dashboards for Airtel.
• Consolidate quarterly and annual progress reports, highlighting reach, achievements, challenges and lessons learned.
• Support data collection and reporting on key performance indicators such as number of schools connected and users reached.

Required profile

• Qualified consultant with experience in project coordination for multi‑country initiatives.
• Familiarity with digital education, connectivity projects and partnership management.

Required skills