PE&D recruits 01 Early Childhood Development (ECD) expert
Planète Enfants & Développement (PE&D) is an international NGO, expert on early childhood and dedicated to improving the living conditions of vulnerable children through five priorities:
- Protection Early Childhood,
- against Gender-Based Violence
- Young Women Professional Integration
- Family Development
- Maternal and Reproductive Health,
Our DNA? Working in partnership with beneficiaries and national and local actors, to strengthen their capacities and experiment new innovative and sustainable methodologies and services.
PE&D has been working in Cambodia for 30 years and implementing social services projects for garment workers for 3 years.
Starting from April 2020, PE&D is implementing in Cambodia the Community Based Day Care Center (CBCC) Project with the support of the Japan Social Development Fund under World Bank management. The total duration of the project is 4 years.
This community-based childcare project will first focus on Kampong Speu province, as the area hosts a high concentration of garment factories whose workers live in their own communities and can participate in community-based services.
The project targets 625 garment factory workers and their children and families. The garment factory workers must be employees of participating factories at the time of application to join a CBCC and throughout enrollment.
PE&D is looking for a qualified person to fill the consultant position of Early Childhood Pedagogy and Child Care expert.
- Early Childhood Pedagogy and Child Care Expert responsibilities
The ECCD expert is recruited for finalizing the operational guidelines of the CBCC’s and the curriculum training of all the CBCC staff, train and coach the CBCC staff and the CBCC’s supervisors who will ensure the supervision alone after the consultant’s end of the contract.
- Finalize the operational guidelines & training materials for the CBCCs;
- Draft and implement an education program;
- Recruit a pool of Khmer trainers;
- Finalize the training for the project team and CBCC staff
- Participate in the recruitment of the CBCC staff;
- Organize and deliver the training for the Pool of Trainers and co-animate the training of the CBCC staff with the trainers.
- Is present in the CBCCs to observe the work of CBCC staff and practice with them in order to ensure the good application of the training – Organize on-the-job training, if necessary ; train, overview and support the CBCC supervisors in their coaching
- Monitoring the CBCC quality service provided (complete checklist and regular CBCC report)
- Finalize the full content of an electronic Learning Platform in collaboration with the contracted service provider (design and management of the digital app);
- Support the Project Manager to the intermediate and annual report
- Participate, if needed, in any exchange on early childhood organized by PE&D
Coordination and Reporting
The ECD expert will work closely with the project manager and the CBCC coordinator recruited internally by PE&D. The individual shall report to the project manager.
Type of contract: long term consultant
Duration: 12 months
Location: Kompong Speu province with frequent travels to Phnom Penh. Due to the current COVID 19 epidemic and travel restrictions, the person may work from a distance the first weeks.
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Expériences / Formation
The candidate for the ECD Expert position should have the following qualifications:
- At least, 3 years of studies with a diploma in Education sciences, Early childhood, neurosciences or psychology
- At least 3 years of experience working in or with daycare centers / or for early childhood development.
- Experience in adult training
- Autonomy, rigor and capacities of innovation
- Familiarity with the southeast Asian context in early childhood and an experience in implementing childcare programs in development settings would be assets.
- Fluency in written and spoken English. Khmer or French would be an asset.
Salaire
Type of contract: long term consultant
Duration: 12 months
Monthly remuneration: 2000 USD + bonus according to family situation+cost of health and pension insurance.
Arrangement for health and retirement insurance are under responsibility of the consultant.
Comment postuler
Interested candidates are requested to send curriculum vitae and cover letter with at least three referees by email with the subject title in e-mail of “Application for ECCD Expert_MIH-CS-16”and attention to following address:
Stéphanie Selle – stephanie.selle@planete-eed.org
Veronique jenn-Treyer siege@planete-eed.org
Chhum Sokha Email: chhum.sokha@planete-eed.org
Expression of Interest must be submitted no later than the 31st of August 2021. Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for writing test and interview.