The first organization that I explored was the International
Step By Step Organization (ISSA). The mission of this organization is to work
toward supporting communities to provide high quality care and educational
services for all children from birth through the primary grades with a focus on
the poorest and most disadvantaged. They strive to ensure greater inclusion of
family and community participation in children’s development and learning. They
want to ensure social inclusion and respect for diversity. http://www.issa.nl/index.html. ISSA’s
programs and services are based on three programmatic action pillars. Pillar 1-Access to equity of care and education
for each young child, Pillar 2-Promote high quality and professionalism in
providing care and education for young children and Pillar 3- empower parents
and communities to participate in the support and well-being, development and
learning. I could not find job
opportunities but their mission and values are in-line with my passion for
early childhood. There are opportunities for volunteering at their biannual conferences.
UNICEF is another organization that
I researched. It is a leading humanitarian and development agency working
globally for the rights of every child. Child rights begin with safe shelter,
nutrition, protection from disaster and conflict and traverse the life cycle:
pre-natal care for healthy births, clean water and sanitation, health care and
education. UNICEF has spent nearly 70 years working to improve the lives of
children and their families. UNICEF also lobbies and partners with leaders,
thinkers and policy makers to help all children realize their rights, especially
the most disadvantaged. http://www.unicef.org/
One job that was interesting to me
was with UNICEF is for an Early Childhood Development Specialist.
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The job will require the person to
be accountable for the formulation, design, planning, implementing, monitoring
and evaluation of ECD program
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To ensure overall efficiency and
effectiveness of the program management, delivery and accomplishment of program
goals and objectives.
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Accountable for supporting the
creation of an enabling policy environment; promoting increased access to
quality early childhood care and education (ECCE) in a variety of setting and
for all ages, including infants, toddlers pre-schoolers, and school-aged
children; identifying and addressing access/quality inequities in ECD in a
variety of settings and for all age groups
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Develops innovative approaches and programs to
eliminate disparities and promoting strategic partnerships for ECD.
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Collaborates across the program to
ensure gender responsive ECD service provision.
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Ensures that monitoring mechanisms
are in place to track progress towards disparities reduction goals and targets
in ECD.
Qualifications
needed:
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Advanced university degree
(Master's) in one or more of the disciplines relevant to Early Childhood
Development; or Social Sciences fields relevant to international development
assistance.
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A minimum of eight (8) years of
progressively professional work experience at the national and international
levels, in fields relevant to Early Childhood Development programs is required. A
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Strong knowledge in demonstrative
capacity to identify and monitor gender inequalities, as well as develop and
implement gender mainstreaming in programs.
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Work experience in a field relevant to
development assistance.
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Background/familiarity with
Emergency.
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Experience working in the UN or
other international development organization is considered an asset.
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Fluency in English (verbal and
written) is required. Knowledge of an additional UN Language (Arabic,
Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish) and local working language of the duty
station are considered an asset
The third
organization that I looked into is The United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (
UNESCO), it is their mission
is to promote education as a fundamental human right, to improve the quality of
education and to facilitate policy dialogue, knowledge sharing and capacity
building. They believe in education for all as a basic right http://www.unesco.org.
This is a job opportunity that I found.
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Education
OVERVIEW
From time to time UNESCO employs
consultants and authors who are recognized specialists or authorities
working either in an advisory or
consultative capacity, or providing the skills, expertise and knowledge
needed for the delivery of a specific service or product. They should possess
specialist skills and knowledge not readily available within
UNESCO, and for which there is a
temporary, short-term need, rather than a continuing need.
Consultants and authors in
Education are recognized specialists or authorities in one of the following
fields
(please note that this list is not
exhaustive):
• Adult Education
• Basic Education
• Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Education
• Curriculum development
• Early Childhood Care and Education
• Education for all
QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
Consultants should have relevant
professional experience at the national, regional
and/or international level.
Professional experience should be of 2 years for junior level, 5 years for i
intermediate level, 10 years for
senior level and over 15 for highly specialized senior consultants, in one or
more of the above mentioned
fields. Significant experience working in developing countries may be
required
for some assignments.
SKILLS/COMPETENCIES
Advanced university degree.
Normally excellent knowledge of English or French. Knowledge of another
UNESCO’s official language
(English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese or Russian) would be an advantage.
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