Early Childhood Development (ECD) Specialist

Job Description

This is your opportunity to use your experience in early childhood development programming to help improve the lives and futures of some of the world’s most vulnerable children.

You can do this by joining World Vision (WV) –a global network of people committed to enhance the well-being and protection of children everywhere by empowering them, their families and communities to overcome the challenges of poverty and injustice.

The Early Childhood Development (ECD) Specialist will provide technical leadership to strengthen our global ECD program portfolio and enhance program quality on behalf of children in the early years of life. The specialist will play a lead role in promoting early child hood development programming quality and organisational learning.

As a Christian organisation, we believe that every child born is a precious gift to the entire world and that their well-being concerns us all. We will not rest while children suffer in situations that can be changed. We are looking for people who share our beliefs and our passion.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Development of evidence based ECD frameworks, project models, technical guidance and development of program design(s) in partnership with select WV experts in education, health and protection.
• Promote and foster new external relations around ECD in support of improved models, program guidelines and learning.
• Represent WV in ECD inter-agency venues and contribute regularly to academic-practioner discussions on ECD.
• Designs an ECD learning/research agenda focused in select countries on project models, refinement of assessment, monitoring and evaluation tools in partnership with academic institutions.

REQUIRED SKILLS INCLUDE:

• Master’s or Doctoral degree in early childhood development, education, developmental psychology or social work preferred.
• 5-7 years of experience in early childhood development programming with a minimum of 3 years of international field experience.
• Ability to travel internationally 25-30% of time.

If you believe you have the skills and experience to fulfil this vital and challenging role that will enhance the lives of millions of vulnerable children around the world, we’d love to hear from you.

Find the full description and apply online by the closing date 18 Oct 2013. For more information on World Vision International, please visit our website: www.wvi.org.

About the Organization

The World Vision Partnership is a global community of people passionately committed to improving the lives and futures of the world’s most vulnerable children.

We believe that every child is a precious gift to the entire world and that their well-being concerns us all. We will not rest while children suffer in situations that can be changed. We are looking for people who share our beliefs and our passion.

www.wvi.org