National Consultancy – Foundational Learning Specialist, For Sierra Leone nationals only

UNICEF works in a number of the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived youngsters. To save lots of their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential. 

Throughout 190 international locations and territories, we work for each little one, in all places, day by day, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

And we by no means quit. 

For each little one, dedication.

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How will you make a distinction? 

Function and Aims:

It’s towards this background that UNICEF, in collaboration with the Ministry of Primary and Senior Secondary Training (MBSSE) and the Instructing Service Fee (TSC), seeks to rent a nationwide marketing consultant to help the worldwide marketing consultant, UNICEF, MBSSE, TSC and different events within the improvement of the college readiness framework and the revision of the pre-primary tutorial core bundle. The educational core bundle consists of the curriculum, studying outcomes, targets/minimal studying competencies, and educating studying and evaluation supplies. The marketing consultant will even develop an in depth educating schedule, pattern lesson plans and studying materials for kids. In conducting their duties, the marketing consultant will even help the MBSSE and the TSC in reviewing the doc on classes realized and greatest practices in pre-primary training.

The goals of this project are:

1. To help the institution of a nationwide early childhood training (ECE) technical group of specialists for the event of the pre-primary tutorial core bundle.
2. To help in reviewing and growing an tutorial core bundle on foundational studying for pre-primary.
3. To develop coaching content material/modules for the coaching of pre-primary lecturers, head lecturers, faculty high quality assurance officers and instructor coaching establishment instructors on pre-primary tutorial core packages.

 Methodology and Technical Strategy:

1. With the help of the worldwide marketing consultant, assessment the doc on classes realized and greatest practices to be developed by MBSSE.
2. Assessment current curriculum supplies and educating and studying supplies together with, however not restricted to, the Early Childhood Care and Training (ECCE) curriculum, ECCE curriculum information, Early Childhood Growth (ECD) image books, studying by way of play: pre-school instructor coaching information and participant handbook, play based mostly early stimulation (0-2) coaching information and Early Childhood Training (ECE) curriculum posters.
3. Conduct in-depth interviews with key stakeholders at nationwide and sub-national ranges.
4. Primarily based on the above insights, conduct a nationwide SWOT evaluation of current tutorial core packages.
5. Assist in growing a pre-primary/faculty readiness curriculum framework.
6. Conduct and facilitate workshops with the MBSSE, TSC, ECE technical working group, and pre-primary curriculum improvement knowledgeable group as obligatory for the event of the educational core packages for pre-primary.
7. Develop tutorial core bundle, educating and studying supplies and related presentation supplies for dialogue with ECE Technical Working Group members, the MBSSE, TSC, and nationwide stakeholders.
8. Pilot the developed TLMs.
9. Finalise the supplies improvement based mostly on suggestions and enter from key stakeholders.
10. Develop and/or adapt coaching guides for the coaching of lecturers, head lecturers, SQAOs and TTI instructors.
11. Assist the supply of coaching to grasp trainers, head lecturers, and SQAOs on the brand new pre-primary curriculum bundle.

Particular Duties:

1. Assist in reviewing the teachings realized and greatest practices in pre-primary training report.
2. Help the worldwide marketing consultant, MBSSE and TSC in Establishing the nationwide ECE technical group:

• Present solutions for key native contributors for the Nationwide Technical Crew devoted to pre-primary educating and studying.

3. Kick-off Occasion Preparation and Supply:  

• Assist the worldwide marketing consultant, MBSSE and the TSC in getting ready and delivering the kick-off occasion titled “Bettering pre-primary Training for All.”

4. Capability constructing for the nationwide technical group:

• Information in contextualizing the science of educating and studying in pre-primary for the event of pre-literacy, pre-numeracy, socio-emotional, and motor abilities.

5. Stocktaking Train:

• Assist the event and conduct of a stocktaking train to assessment current pre-primary tutorial supplies in Sierra Leone developed with help from key companions.

6. Definition of age and developmentally applicable educating and studying and scope:

• Contextualize anticipated studying outcomes and scope and sequence for preprimary educating and studying on the present curriculum in direction of play-based studying/ studying by way of play method.

7. Growth of kids’s story books, image books, and workbooks:

• Assist in creating fashions of play based mostly classes.
• Assist in piloting the brand new curriculum bundle and documenting the outcomes of the pilot.
• Collaborate on growing ultimate variations of the educational core bundle for pre-primary for nationwide implementation.

8. Preparation/Revision of complementary/supplementary supplies:

• Making ready or revising complementary/supplementary play and studying supplies, together with posters, charts, and manipulatives for pre-literacy and pre-numeracy                                  

9. Assist the supply of the coaching of grasp trainers, head lecturers, and SQAOs on the brand new pre-primary curriculum bundle.

Please see hooked up ToR for detailed data  ToR – Education GPE-ECE national consultant.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for each little one you should have… 

Superior college diploma (Masters, PhD) in Training, Psychology, Sociology, or associated social science fields within the disciplines of:

• Early Childhood Training
• Curriculum Growth
• Studying Evaluation
• Minimal of 5 years {of professional} expertise in early childhood training, curriculum improvement and implementation, and early studying evaluation.
• Sound data of the training sector in Sierra Leone and MBSSE insurance policies and processes.
• Sturdy technical experience in pre-literacy, pre-numeracy, socio-emotional abilities, and play based mostly studying.
• Sturdy interpersonal abilities.
• Glorious planning, design, and coordination abilities within the improvement of the educational core bundle.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Sturdy information evaluation abilities.
• Understanding of expertise platforms and their use for studying and coaching.
• Skill to interact with a variety of individuals, together with authorities companions, educational facilities, formal and casual networks, NGOs/CSOs, and technical specialists if required to collate all related data.

For each Youngster, you show… 

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

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UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our international workforce should mirror the variety of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.

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UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and goals of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict little one safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates will probably be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas and can subsequently endure 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 supply further data to conduct a background test. 

Remarks:  

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

People engaged below a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to 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 offered therein (comparable to depart entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their circumstances of service will probably be ruled by their contract and the Common Circumstances of Contracts for the Providers of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are answerable 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 insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for the complete interval of the contract. Chosen candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Well being Group (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which have to be met previous to taking on the project. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and aren’t 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 point of their consultancy contracts.