The Technical Assistant will support the office to coordinate the ECD programme overall, and in particular oversee and coordinate the process of modelling integrated family and young child services.
This Technical Assistance broadly comprises the following:
•Coordination of planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluation of the UNICEF ECD programme including initiatives in support of ECD across all sections within the UNICEF Rwanda Country Office through the internal ECD and Family Taskforce and close collaboration with colleagues from the Education, Health and Nutrition, WASH, HIV, Child Protection, Social Policy and Communications and Construction sections; and with 1 UN Partners including WFP, UNFPA and UN Women to ensure an integrated and holistic approach to ECD;
•Coordination of ongoing planning, preparations and implementation of the modeling of facilities for integrated family and young child services in 10 sites over 5 provinces, including the facilitation of an action research project in close collaboration with the Social Protection, Policy and Research Unit in UNICEF Rwanda; and the provision of technical back-up to the Imbuto Foundation ECD-centre model in Kayonza;
•Monitoring of any ongoing UNICEF-financed consultancy support to government, including a survey on existing services, and the development of quality standards and guidelines for community-based ECD centres.
•Communication, collaboration, networking and partnership with both government and non-government partners in ECD, helping to identify new strategies and courses of action to accelerate/improve delivery of ECD services and achieve the ECD programme objectives; to support a coordinated and integrated government approach to ECD; to ensure the development of effective communication materials and strategies to support ECD advocacy and social mobilization efforts; and to support the development of a national monitoring and evaluation mechanism;
•Through technical working groups and partnerships with Government and other partners, NGOs, relevant UN and bilateral agencies and communities, provide technical support and guidance to Government on appropriate technical, financial and institutional capacity building measures to achieve national ECD programme goals.
All applications CVs and P11 completed form to be sent to mjanviere@unicef.org not later than 14 September 2012.
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