Early Childhood Development Specialist

hace 4 días


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COMPANY PRESENTATION

For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS.

More than 13,000 staff work with UNICEF, with approximately 85 per located in the field in 190 countries. Seven regional offices and over 124 country offices worldwide, 34 national committees, a research centre in Florence, a supply division in Copenhagen, a shared services centre in Budapest and offices in Berlin, Brussels, Seoul and Tokyo, and UNICEF headquarters in New York and Geneva work on helping children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence.
- We employ committed professional to work in our five focus areas: Child Survival and Development, Basic Education and Gender Equality, HIV/AIDS, Child Protection and Policy Advocacy and Partnerships. We also employ staff with expertise in administration and finance, human resources, information technology, supply and logistics as well as external relations and communication. UNICEF's presence in humanitarian crises means that we also seek experts in emergency preparedness and response.
- Interested in becoming a champion for every child? Learn more about what we look for and what we offer.

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**For every child, Hope.**

**How can you make a difference?**
- The ECD Specialist reports** to **the** Early Childhood Development Manager (Level 4) **for guidance and general supervision. The Specialist supports the coordinated development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of ECD programmes/projects within the LAC Region. The Specialist provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes to accelerate equitable access to quality early childhood services (including in humanitarian contexts) and parents/caregivers engagement to support nurturing care for young children.
- The Specialist contributes to the achievement of concrete and sustainable results on ECD related programmes/projects according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM) and UNICEF's Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework.

Key function, accountabilities, and related duties/tasks:
**Summary of key functions/accountabilities**:

- Support to ECD programmes/projects development and planning
- Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results on ECD programmes.
- Technical and operational support to programme implementation
- Networking and partnership building
- Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

**1. Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results on ECD programmes**
- Support the preparation, design and updating of the situation analysis and assessments on ECD related issues to establish evidence-based data to support advocacy and holistic policy and programme development, as well as coordinated planning, implementation, and monitoring of early childhood development programmes/projects within the LAC region.
- Establish specific goals, objectives and strategies and implementation plans for the ECD programmes/projects using results-based planning terminology and methodology (RBM). Prepare required ECD documentations for programme review and approval.
- Work closely and collaboratively with colleagues and partners to discuss strategies and methodologies and to determine regional and national priorities/competencies to ensure the achievement of concrete and sustainable results.

**2. Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results on ECD programmes.**
- Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual reviews with sectors and counterparts to assess progress and to determine required action/interventions to achieve results.
- Prepare/assess monitoring and evaluation reports to identify gaps, strengths/weaknesses in programme management, identify lessons learned and use knowledge gained for development planning and timely intervention to achieve goals.
- Actively monitor ECD programmes/projects through field
- Monitor and verify the optimum/appropriate use of ECD programme resources (financial, administrative and other assets) confirming compliance with organizational rules, regulations/procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity and ensuring timely reporting and liquidation of resources.
- Prepare ECD regular/mandated programme/project reports for management, donors and partners to keep them informed of programme progress.

**Technical and operational support to programme implementation**
- Participate in programme meetings including programme developm



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