United States of America: Senior Specialist, Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)
Country: United States of America
Closing date: 13 Sep 2013
The Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Senior Specialist will provide state of the art technical support and guidance to country offices for the design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and documentation of Save the Children’s ECCD programs for children ages 0-8. S/he will be an integral member of a team of education and child development experts based both regionally and in out US headquarters, and will ultimately be a key player in contributing to our overall goal of helping children develop to their full potential. S/he will play a key role in the implementation of SC’s global education and child development strategy. The ECCD Senior Specialist will work closely with other Education and Child Development technical experts (Basic Education, School Health and Nutrition, Education in Emergencies, and Research) and other program departments (HIV/AIDS and Child Protection, Health and Nutrition, Hunger and Livelihoods, and Humanitarian Response) team members in home offices, SC member offices, and country offices. The ECCD Senior Specialist also leads country specific and regional advocacy efforts as well as ECCD proposal development as required.
Responsibilities
Provide regular technical assistance and leadership to specific countries in formulating program designs and country strategies for ECCD
Provide technical guidance and leadership to country programs to ensure quality ECCD programming that will increase the number of children who are developing and learning.
Provide basic assessment, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation support to country office
Collaborate with other technical advisors from other thematic areas to advance cross-sectoral programming approaches that meet the needs of young children such as Basic Education and School Health and Nutrition, and Education in Emergencies.
Support country offices to build and share evidence, foster EGI linkages, and support program pilot and scale up.
Provide technical support to Sponsorship ECCD programs and participate in Sponsorship Technical Working Group meetings
Act as integral member of the ECCD technical team, providing input into DECD’s strategic and operational plan
Represent SCUS as a technical expert to external forums related to ECCD as needed
Monitor new developments in ECCD and participate in promoting application of best practice.
Participate and where indicated, take the lead in the development and submission of quality proposals in response to identified opportunities
Requirements
Masters degree requited in early childhood development, international education, developmental psychology, public health or relevant field.
Minimum 7 years program experience in early childhood development, international experience preferred
Experience in program design and proposal development, including public and private donors.
Ability to travel 30-50% of the time
Ability to work as a team player and coordinate activities across countries and departments essential
Language skills (especially Spanish) strongly desired.
Employee Type
Full Time Regular
Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in over 120 countries, including the United States. We aim to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives by improving their health, education and economic opportunities. In times of acute crisis, we mobilize rapid assistance to help children recover from the effects of war, conflict and natural disasters. Each year, we and our partners reach millions of children in communities around the world. Join our dedicated and diverse staff in their work to improve the well-being of children everywhere.
Save the Children provides an attractive benefits package including competitive salaries, a matching retirement plan, health and welfare benefits, life insurance, an employee assistance program, generous time off and much more. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, handicap, disability, marital status, or status as a veteran. Save the Children complies with all applicable laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.
How to apply:
Submit resume on-line at: https://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH07/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=SAVETHECHI...
