Project Officer, ECD - Madi Okollo

Knowledge & experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Development, Education, Social Work, Community Development, or related field.
  
• 4 years’ experience in community development and child-focused programming.
  
• Experience working directly with children and vulnerable communities.
  
• Good computer skills, written and verbal communication skills in English.
  

1. ECD Needs Assessment, Community Mobilization & Sensitization

• Conduct ECD needs identification to prioritize key ECD intervention areas as informed by community needs, government priorities and organizational strategic priorities
  
• Mobilize and sensitize communities to strengthen their participation and ownership of ECD project results
  
• Organize community into structures to oversee ECD project implementation
  

2. Implementation of High-Impact ECD Interventions

• Develop and coordinate multi-annual, annual, and quarterly plans for ECD programme implementation and community engagement, ensuring balanced ECD activities and achievement of targets.
  
• Plan and implement age-appropriate ECD interventions aligned with project objectives and national frameworks.
  
• Support the establishment and strengthening of ECD centres and oversee implementation in line with approved plans, budgets, and targets.
  

3. Community-Based Sponsorship Management

• Coordinate child registration, profiling, and enrollment into the sponsorship program.
  
• Ensure accurate, secure, and timely management of child data, including updates, transitions, and exits.
  
• Facilitate sponsor–child communication, including letters, updates, and special correspondence.
  
• Monitor and track child well-being and development in line with Help a Child sponsorship standards.
  

4. Community Engagement & Partnerships

• Mobilize and collaborate with community groups, churches, CBOs, and local leaders to support ECD program implementation.
  
• Strengthen community participation, ownership, and accountability for child-focused interventions.
  
• Build capacity of local community structures (parent groups, caregiver groups, child protection committees) through training and mentoring.
  

5. Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning & Reporting

• Track child development milestones and ECD indicators while supporting the development and updating of the Theory of Change, PMEL framework, and programme plans.
  
• Conduct regular monitoring, supervision, and assessments of ECD centres and community activities, and facilitate reflection sessions to strengthen adaptive programming.
  
• Collect, analyze, and document ECD data, best practices, and lessons learned to improve programme interventions.
  

6. Child Protection & Safeguarding

• Promote and enforce child safeguarding, child protection, and PSEA policies and procedures across all ECD activities.
  
• Identify, report, and respond to child protection concerns in line with organizational guidelines.
  
• Integrate child protection awareness into ECD, child-focused interventions, and sponsorship activities.