Plan International,Education and ECCD Program Manager Jobs Vacancy

humanitarian organisation
committed to children living a life free of poverty, violence and injustice.

• With
  support from the Program Support Manager, design, implement, monitor and
  evaluate Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) and education related
  strategies (especially child and mother nutrition) and other matters to
  ensure that CCCD is embedded in programs 
• Design
  innovated projects with an emphasis on nutrition, peace building around
  ECCD and scale them up to increase local and external program income as
  well as to reach more vulnerable children and their families
• Build
  Human Right Based Approach and Child Centered Community Development (CCCD)
  into ECCD and Education programming to ensure children rights are embedded
  in programming
• Oversee
  ECCD and education budgets and expenditures to ensure their alignment with
  the required standards
• Train
  staff on ECCD and education Country Program, also train partners including
  parents (moral duty bearers) and principle duty bearers on better child
  rearing practices (nutrition, family planning, social and emotional care
  for children including children with special needs)
• Handle
  ECCD and education related matters and evidence based advocacy targeting
  Government staff and community leaders to increase their knowledge,
  funding capacity in best practices and gender related issues in ECCD.
• Facilitate
  the implementation of communication for behavior improvement to mitigate
  poor understanding of the importance of communities including duty bearers
  towards Early Childhood Care and Development and to protect children at
  the ECCD centres and beyond 
• Produce
  briefings, reports and other ECCD and education related data/information
  to show program progress and impact
• Liaise
  with other development organizations as well as the government to build
  partnership/alliances and come up with innovative and comprehensive
  interventions for ECCD and education including nutrition, peace building,
  inclusivity and hardware components.
• Implement
  international, regional, national and local initiatives related to ECCD
  and education  to influence policies implementation and strategies
  within the country and improve Plan visibility.
• Support
  the dissemination of user-friendly ECCD policies among targeted
  communities
• Ensure
  integration of action around ECCD by linking the ECCD centres with the
  local health centres through referrals, awareness raising and trainings to
  community health workers on parenting and regular health screening to
  children that attend the ECCD centres
• Ensure
  child protection, water and sanitation are promoted in the ECCD
  centres 

• Effective
  program learning system in place as well as M&E for ECCD and education
  projects
• Quality
  ECCD and education programs that are in line with CCCD approach
• Plan
  is well represented in major ECCD and education networks/platforms at
  Community, national and regional Levels
• Accurate
  alignment of Plan’s ECCD and education program areas and program framework
• Growth
  with quality (geographic and funds)
• ECCD
  and education related interventions are well documented, shared and
  supported by research and/or evaluations/studies
• Program
  Units staff able to explain and implement ECCD and education programs

• Ensures
  that Plan International’s global policies for Child Protection (CPP) and
  Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) are fully embedded in accordance with
  the principles and requirements of the policy including relevant
  Implementation Standards and Guidelines as applicable to their area of
  responsibility. This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring staff and
  associates are aware of and understand their responsibilities under these
  policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), their relevance
  to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed in
  accordance with the appropriate procedures.

• Internal
  to Plan Rwanda (supervision, sharing; management
  of program; coaching)
• Work
  closely with the PSM and other program managers and PU Manager in terms of
  programming and coordination of interventions – High
• Work
  with Programs/Project’s hired consultants –High
• Work
  with other Program Staff as well as the Program Support Manager and the
  Monitoring and Evaluation, the Child Rights and Advocacy Program Manager
  in designing comprehensive projects; and implementing campaigns – 
  High
• Work
  with Program Unit Managers in supporting the implementation of projects- Medium
• Work
  with the resource mobilization staff in mobilizing diverse
  resources-project scale up strategies– Medium
• Support
  technical capacity building of project partners and front line staff – High
• (sharing;
  learning; best practices; contribution to initiative/research…)
• Liaise
  with external stakeholders and partners involved in ECCD Program and
  projects and the project team at National Offices (NO) including GNO, SNO,
  CNO among others- High

• Good
  budgetary and financial skills
• Good
  analytical skills
• Good
  negotiation skills
• Ability
  to work under pressure and do multitasks
• Excellent
  communication –verbal and writing skills
• Good
  skills in proposal development and reporting
• Proficient
  in computer skills

• Team
  player with good mentoring and coaching skills,
• Highly
  effective networking and inter-personal skills,
• Timely
  and effective delivery
• Gain,
  develop and retain credibility about performance
• Commitment
  to child protection and participation
• Courtesy,
  honesty and integrity, effective and clear communication

• Postgraduate
  degree in children and mother Nutrition, Early Childhood Care and
  Development, Education, development studies, public service, social work
  or related fields
• Minimum
  of 5 years relevant working experience in project management, nutrition,
  participatory approaches, community mobilization for development
• Working
  experience in a similar role and experience in working with bilateral
  organizations or INGOs would be an added advantage.
• Strong
  network with government institutions and UN agencies in education and ECCD
  is a strong asset
• Excellent
  reporting skills and competencies in computer literacy (M-Excel, MS-Word,
  & Power Point, internet)
• Experience
  working with communities- parents and families and more importantly
  working with children
• Strong
  finance and budgeting background is required for this role.

• Knowledge
  in inclusive education as well as on human right based approach to
  development
• Demonstrate
  experience in developing strategies and designing program interventions,
  including monitoring and evaluation
• Demonstrate
  ability to assess best practices, document and disseminate lessons learned

• Promotes
  a culture of openness and transparency, including with sponsors and
  donors.
• Holds
  self and others accountable to achieve the highest standards of integrity.
• Consistent
  and fair in the treatment of people.
• Open
  about mistakes and keen to learn from them.
• Accountable
  for ensuring we are a safe organisation for all children, girls &
  young people

• Articulates
  a clear purpose for staff and sets high expectations.
• Creates
  a climate of continuous improvement, open to challenge and new ideas.
• Focuses
  resources to drive change and maximise long-term impact, responsive to
  changed priorities or crises.
• Evidence-based
  and evaluates effectiveness.

• Seeks
  constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when
  appropriate.
• Builds
  constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared
  goals.
• Develops
  trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and
  communities.
• Engages
  and works well with others outside the organization to build a better
  world for girls and all children.

• Seeks
  constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when
  appropriate.
• Builds
  constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared
  goals.
• Develops
  trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and
  communities.
• Engages
  and works well with others outside the organization to build a better
  world for girls and all children.