Media Consultant for Schools 2030 Incubation Inclusive Innovations

Terms of Reference (TOR) for Schools2030 Incubation Inclusive Innovations Position Title: Media Consultant Location: Kampala City Reports To: Schools2030 Program Lead Duration: September to October 2026 Aga Khan Foundation The Aga Khan Foundation is a leading global development organisation working to tackle the root causes of poverty. For more than 50 years, we have helped create strong community institutions that support sustainable, locally driven initiatives to improve the lives of millions of people.

By combining local knowledge with global best practices, we strive to bring about transformative and long-lasting improvements to quality of life. Working alongside the agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network and through partnerships with local communities, civil society and business as well as governments and international aid agencies, we are building a future where we all thrive together. In Uganda, AKF is managing a robust and expanding portfolio of multi-sectorial initiatives that includes investments in education, early childhood development, sustainable economic development, and civil society strengthening.

Schools2030 Schools2030 is a global movement for holistic learning and teacher leadership. The movement brings together a diverse coalition which includes educators, school leaders, civil society, researchers, international organisations and government across ten countries and 1,000+ schools. It is a ten-year participatory learning improvement programme across ten countries. It seeks to enhance education equity and quality through focusing on holistic learning and a school-driven locally rooted approach to education system change.

It responds to the global Sustainable Development Goal 4: to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. Schools2030 promotes a Human-Centred Design, teacher-led approach to educational improvement, enabling teachers to identify challenges within their classrooms, develop practical solutions, test innovations, learn from evidence and continuously improve their practice.

These innovations will inform and be scaled up to transform education systems to improve holistic learning outcomes. We focus on the transition years of ages 5, 10 and 15 years. Our goal is to improve quality teaching and holistic learning, and to foster resilient education systems across the world, including for those living in remote regions and those facing multiple forms of marginalisation and crises.

We do this through a focus on teacher agency recognising educators as leaders, innovators and active agents in education reform. In Uganda, the program is undertaking the Inclusive Innovations Incubation in partnership with Sightsavers. The incubation phase is a process where evidence-based innovations, developed by Schools2030 teacher innovators, are packaged & presented to new teachers or schools to adopt & integrate the classroom innovations into their classroom practice.

By collaborating with these teachers & schools, Schools2030 hopes to scale the innovations to new classrooms, improve learning environments and improve learner wellbeing. As part of documenting and sharing these innovations, AKF seeks the services of a communications consultant to capture high-quality photographs and short videos showing teachers actively using Schools2030 innovations in teaching and learning.

The documentation will provide visual evidence of classroom transformation and help communicate teachers’ experiences, innovations, learner engagement and emerging outcomes to programme stakeholders, partners, policymakers and wider audiences. Scope of work The selected consultant/service provider will work closely with the AKF Schools2030 Uganda team and the Communications Lead to document through photography and videography of teacher led inclusive innovations.

The focus is on the teachers in the inclusive Innovation incubation phase in KCCA schools. Objectives The assignment will