ECD Manager, Institute for Human Development at Aga Khan University Hospital

Job Summary

The Institute for Human Development at Aga Khan University is setting up a programme of work to provide technical support to local organizations working in Kenya, Uganda, Lebanon and Jordan to support children in emergency or humanitarian settings.  This work programme will aim to strengthen access to and quality of early childhood development and education services in these settings.  We seek a highly skilled and motivated professional to manage this work programme. They will coordinate all the activities by different internal and external parties. They will take the lead in coordinating all the activities, including training programmers, policy engagement, and technical support to implement and ensuring high-quality knowledge in action products. They will be the contact person for all those stakeholders interested in this programme.

Responsibilities

• Manage the delivery of high quality ECD short courses and workshops, including planning for trainings, managing participant applications, selection and communication;
• Coordinate preparation of training materials, including course evaluations and translation of course content as needed;
• Coordinate the development of new courses; support lead consultants to develop, test and rollout newly developed courses;
• Coordinate the development and dissemination of up-to-date information and communication materials;
• Identify and document lessons learned and best practices for decision making by leadership;
• Coordinate the planning and delivery of webinars and online technical help chats in collaboration with the team and partners;
• Provide initiative in maintaining positive, productive and ongoing communication within the programme’s large variety of internal and external stakeholders;
• Participate in external meetings and contribute to enhancing the visibility of the programme among stakeholders;
• In consultation with programme leads, identify all available opportunities to provide Technical Support e.g., regular meetings, planning and budgeting process, etc;
• In liaison with an M&E Consultant, facilitate the implementing partners to develop and use an M&E framework to ensure ECD outcomes are realized;
• Provide continuous technical support through progress review meetings or any other mechanism deemed appropriate;
• In collaboration with the Communication Officer, develop Policy Briefs, Fact Sheets, and other communication products targeting decision-makers at the Counties;
• Identify and document lessons learned and best practices for decision making by leadership
• Document evidence of processes and activities through photography and videography, interviews, testimonials in collaboration with Communications officer at IHD; and
• Coordinate and support the implementation team to deliver on their tasks to a high standard.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Education, Early Childhood Education, Social Sciences, Development Studies, or other allied field with at least 4 years of relevant experience;
• Extensive experience in implementing ECD programmes; 
• Experience coordinating or supporting a multi-partner, multi-country project;
• Demonstrable experience and skills to engage high level stakeholders from government, development partners, and donors among others;
• Experience in community mobilization and partner engagement processes;
• Experience coordinating or supporting a research project in early childhood development and education;
• Demonstrable experience in training and facilitation of ECD/ ECE courses;
• Strong oral and academic writing skills; and
• Demonstrable experience in providing technical support and capacity-strengthening for programme implementation teams.