Programme Officer

Requirements

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in education, ECD/ECCE, Social Work and Social Administration, development studies, Social Science.
  
• At least 2-3 years’ experience of working as an ECD programme Officer and working with communities to promote ECD will be an added advantage.
  
• Demonstrable experience with adult learning facilitation
  
• Experience in stake holder engagement at national and subnational levels, e.g. schools, communities, local government etc and mobilization skills.
  
• An excellent command of spoken and written English, including report writing and computer skills, especially MS Word and Excel.
  
• Ability to ride a motorcycle will be an added advantage.
  

Responsibilities

• Organise and conduct TNAs , train and provide mentorship to teachers and CMC members under the project.
  
• Provide technical input in designing, producing and dissemination of training materials, policy advocacy materials and visibility materials for project implementation.
  
• Training local government officials and other relevant structures on their role of delivering quality integrated ECCE services in the targeted districts.
  
• Participate in Sub National and National level events that are geared towards supporting ECCE implementation and programming.
  
• Conduct regular monitoring and evaluation activities to ensure that the project is implemented as per plan and budget.
  
• Organise stakeholder engagements including inception and ongoing review meetings to track the progress of the project and receive feedback from them most especially community and local government leadership.
  
• Flag issues of concern on the project progress and implementation to the supervisor.
  
• Identify capacity gaps and arrange for appropriate training of ECCE caregivers to adequately equip them with necessary skills and knowledge required to accomplish their responsibilities at the day-to-day operational level.