Early Childhood Development Specialist

hace 6 meses

Panamá, Panamá UNICEF A tiempo completo

**Job no**: 569748

**Contract type**: Fixed Term Appointment

**Duty Station**: Panama City

**Level**: P-3

**Location**: Panama

**Categories**: Early Childhood Development

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

**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.
- Keep abreast of national, regional and international evidence and development priorities to identify opportunities where ECD can enhance inter-sector partnership, integration and linkages.
- Participate in and support RO and CO programme discussions to determine areas for ECD integration/intervention. Contribute to the formulation, design and preparation of ROMP and Country Programmes to ensure integration of ECD in a holistic manner across programme areas and to ensure alignment of ECD programmes with MSTP, UNICEF’s Strategic Plans and coherence/integration with UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDF), regional strategies and national priorities, plans and competencies.
- 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.

Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming processes to ensure ECD integration, coherence and harmonization with other UNICEF programme sectors and achievement of results as planned and allocated.

**2. Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results on ECD programmes.**
- Plan and/or collaborate with internal and external partners to establish monitoring benchmarks, performance indicators and other UNICEF/UN system indicators to assess/strengthen performance accountability, coherence and delivery of concrete and sustainable results on ECD programmes.
- Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, pro

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