Job Title:Â Â Early Childhood Development Manager (UN Jobs)
Organisation: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Duty Station:Â Â Kampala, Uganda
About the Company:
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is mandated by the UN general assembly to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere.
Job Summary: Â Â The ECD Manager reports to the Chief for general guidance and direction. In close collaboration with relevant sectors, including CSD, CP and SBC, the ECD Manager is responsible for coordinating the design, development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of ECD and ECE programmes within the Country Programme.
The Manager is also responsible for the provision of timely and effective advocacy and technical support to national counterparts for the design, implementation and monitoring of ECD and ECE policies, promoting the rights of the younger children as established under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, international treaties/framework and UN intergovernmental bodies.
The Manager contributes to the achievement of concrete and sustainable programme/project 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, as well as provides technical support in advancing the cross-sectoral results agreed for ECD in the country programme document.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Technical leadership in ECD and ECE programming
- Strategic management, monitoring and delivery of results on ECD programmes
- Advisory services, quality oversight and technical support
- Advocacy, networking and partnership building
- Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
- If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: Download File JD – ECD Manager P4 TA.pdf
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:  To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum requirements:
- Education: An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: education, public administration, public health, nutrition, economics, psychology, sociology, human development, child development, family studies or another relevant technical field.
- Work Experience: A minimum of eight years of professional experience in social development planning and management in early childhood development related areas is required.
- Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset.
- Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.
- Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required
Desirables:
- Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency.
- For every Child, you demonstrate…
- UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
- The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
- Builds and maintains partnerships
- Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
- Drive to achieve results for impact
- Innovates and embraces change
- Manages ambiguity and complexity
- Thinks and acts strategically
- Works collaboratively with others
- Nurtures, leads and manages people.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested applicants who wish to join United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) should apply online at the link below
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Deadline: 31st January 2025
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