Deputy Director ECDE at County Government of Bungoma

Duties and responsibilities.

• Role modelling guiding and counselling, mentoring and motivation for the learners;
• Initiating and coordinating the designing of the curriculum;
• Organizing and developing of play/learning activities to foster children’s exploration and creativity;
• Ensuring safety and security of learners.
• Facilitate children in self-expression and discovery in order to cope with primary school life.
• Facilitating on re-writing, pre-reading, number skills, creativity, experimentation, and availing children with opportunities to learn to care for themselves and control of their behavior;
• Organizing community mobilization meetings to create awareness on ECDE programme
• Participating in curricula development panels, preparing organizing and developing relevant play/learning materials;
• Management of ECDE center, maintenance of professional records such as children’s progress records, schemes of work, lesson plans, and daily programme of activities;
• Mentorship of ECDE Teacher trainees;
• Interpretation and implementation of ECDE policies;
• Developing County Programmes that cater for the total development of children;
• Conducting research in ECDE;
• Participating in stakeholder engagement in the ECDE sector;
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and Annual report on ECDE sector
• Assisting in the development and implementation of the strategic plan for ECDE;
• Monitoring and evaluation of ECDE programmes;
•  Management of the County ECDE Resource Centre;
• Preparation and costing of Annual Work Plan.

Requirements for appointment.

For appointment to this grade a teacher must have: -

• Served in the grade of Assistant Director ECDE JG ‘P’ or a comparable and relevant position in public or private sector for a minimum period of 3 years;
• A Masters of Education Degree in Early Childhood Development Education or any other Master’s Degree from a recognized institution of higher learning;
• Must be registered by the Teachers Service Commission;
• Certificate in Computer applications;
• Have a Strategic Leadership Development Programme (SLDP) certificate from a recognized training institution.
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results;

Terms of Service: Five (5) years- contract