Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, October 17, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Senior Education and Child Development Specialist
About the Role:
The Senior Education and Child Development Specialist is an important member of the PDQ team. Under the general direction and guidance of the Programme Development and Quality Director, the Senior Education and Child Development Specialist will ensure that:
• Early childhood development (ECD) and basic education interventions are of a high technical quality
• Attract significant donor funding which contributes to Save the Children’s strategic objectives
• Monitoring processes are in place,
• Programme Quality and relevance is continually assessed and solutions quickly put in place to reflect changing contexts.
The Senior Education and Child Development Specialist is expected to:
• Strengthen the capacity of the existing ECD and basic education team,
• Conduct training and provide technical advice and support to project staff,
• With frequent visits to the field, to support high-quality programme implementation
• Ensure programming objectives are successfully achieved.
The position technically supports the ECD and education program in both development and humanitarian contexts. The Senior Education and Child Development Specialist is also expected to provide technical advice and support to ECD and basic education implementing partners..

Job Responsibilities: Not Specified
Job Skills: Not Specified

Qualifications and experience
• A child development or education professional with a Master’s degree in education, child development or relevant field;
• At least 5 years of professional experience in education and/or ECD, including experience working at senior management or technical level in child development or education for NGOs;
• Excellent understanding of the ECD and education sector, particularly issues related to literacy, holistic child development, pedagogy, teacher training, curriculum development, child protection and child rights either in development and humanitarian context;
• A clear understanding of the intersection of ECD and education with other thematic areas
• Proven representation skills;
• Strong commitment to capacity building of national staff and partners with a willingness to adopt participatory and consultative approaches;
• Experience writing donor funding proposals;
• Ability to compile narrative sections and thematic budgets for proposals; ability to edit/write narrative reports, with reference to financial reporting;
• Highly developed oral and written communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching;
• Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets;
• Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner;
• Fluency in English, verbal and written, required;
• Commitment to Save the Children's values, including a willingness to abide by and enforce the Child Safeguarding policy.

Job Education Requirements: Master’s Degree
Job Experience Requirements: 5 years

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Job application procedure
To apply kindly follow below link: https://rwanda.savethechildren.net/careers/details?jid=34948  
Deadline for receiving applications is October 29th, 2019
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
*Note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. *
*Disclaimer: Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process*

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