Facilitate the 2nd ECE diagnostics workshop for Eritrea and ECE Development Plan

UNICEF works in among the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived youngsters. To avoid wasting their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential. 

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each youngster, all over the place, day-after-day, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

And we by no means surrender. 

For each youngster, EDUCATION 

Constructing a strong basis throughout the early years of life is a crucial prerequisite for lifelong well-being, profitable communities, financial productiveness, and harmonious civil societies. Realizing its significance, the Authorities of the State of Eritrea started to mirror Early Childhood Improvement (ECD) in numerous insurance policies such because the Macro coverage (1994), the Nationwide Schooling Coverage (2011), the Inclusive Schooling Coverage (2008), and the Complete Nationwide Youngster Coverage (2013) amongst others.

The Ministry of Schooling (MoE) in collaboration with companions, has been investing on a small scale to increase ECCE programmes anchored in cost-effective methods. ECCE curriculum supplies, Early Studying Improvement Requirements (ELDS), Early Childhood Improvement (ECD) parenting, and ECCE technique have been developed and are operational for high quality supply of ECCE methods. This has led to a progressive improve within the variety of ECCE facilities from solely 90 in 2000 to 622 in 2019 and the Adjusted Web Enrolment Charge (ANER) elevated from 6.9% to 17.4%.

To enhance the standard of pre-primary schooling, numerous capability constructing trainings have been performed in any respect ranges. To create early studying alternatives for youngsters between the ages of 0-6 years, the Ministry of Schooling (MoE) has chosen to make use of various implementation methods, together with Kindergarten, Rural Group Kids’s Centre (RCCC), Pre-primary courses annexed to a major college, and Parenting Enrichment technique.

It’s in opposition to this background that UNICEF seeks to rent an knowledgeable who will facilitate the 2nd ECE Diagnostics workshop and supply technical help and steering to ECE Job Staff to finalize the ECE nationwide Improvement Plan.

How are you going to make a distinction? 

The aim of the consultancy is to facilitate a five-day workshop to finalize ECE diagnostics, to offer orientation to scale-up approaches for summer time college programmes and advocacy approaches for public demand. Distant assist will probably be supplied to finalize the ECE Improvement Plan together with implementation plans for nationwide and Zoba ranges.

The particular targets of this project are to:

• Help in preparation of the workshop
• Facilitate the workshop
• Present orientation to scale-up approaches for summer time college programmes
• Present orientation to advocacy approaches for public demand.
• Growing implementation plan at nationwide and Zoba ranges.
• Help in finalizing the Eritrean ECE Improvement Plan

Deliverables and Administration

Facilitate 5-day ECE Diagnostics workshop. Efficiently concluded workshop and transient workshop report(50percentpayement)

Present distant assist to finalize the ECE Improvement Plan. Finalized ECE Improvement Plan (50% cost

The project is to be commenced 1st October and to be accomplished by thirtieth November 2023.

To qualify as an advocate for each youngster you should have… 

The {qualifications} and ability areas required embody:

• A sophisticated college diploma in one of many following fields: schooling, public administration, public well being, economics, psychology, sociology, human improvement, youngster improvement, household research, or one other related technical discipline.  
• A minimal of eight years of related skilled work expertise at nationwide and worldwide ranges in social improvement, particularly in early studying, together with early childhood schooling and preschool.
• Prior expertise in conducting ECE Diagnostics
• Fluency in English.

For each Youngster, you reveal… 

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

To view our competency framework, please go to  here.  

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our world workforce should mirror the range of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or another private attribute.

UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation for consultants/particular person contractors with disabilities. This may increasingly embody, for instance, accessible software program, journey help for missions or private attendants. We encourage you to reveal your incapacity throughout your utility in case you want cheap lodging throughout the choice course of and afterwards in your project. 

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict youngster safeguarding rules. All chosen candidates will probably be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules and can due to this fact bear rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to offer further info to conduct a background examine. 

Remarks:  

Solely shortlisted candidates will probably be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. 

People engaged below a consultancy or particular person contract won’t be thought of “workers members” below the Workers Rules and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures and won’t be entitled to advantages supplied therein (comparable to depart entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their circumstances of service will probably be ruled by their contract and the Normal Circumstances of Contracts for the Providers of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are liable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the cost of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines. 

The chosen candidate is solely accountable to make sure that the visa (relevant) and medical health insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for all the interval of the contract. Chosen candidates are topic to affirmation of absolutely vaccinated standing in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Well being Group (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which have to be met previous to taking over the project. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and will not be anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply areas or immediately work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out features for UNICEF at some stage in their consultancy contracts.