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Education & Early Childhood Advisor at

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Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya World Vision Kenya Full time

World Vision is an international Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation working in almost 100 countries world-wide to create lasting change in the lives of children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice.


Key Responsibilities:
Technical support in Program design and Quality Assurance

Provide effective technical support to APs and Grants implementing Child Learning and other education interventions
Participate in the development and review of National Strategy and Technical Programs and ensure Education is well articulated in the CL & HHR Technical Program, related concepts and proposals and utilized to implement NO Strategy
Participate in technical coordination, planning and review meetings for Education within and externally

Develop and disseminate guidelines that will support delivery of the Education objectives throughout the strategy period appreciating the unique contexts where the TP will be implemented.

Support development of Child Learning TP and AP plans (AOPs, DIPs, Annual Budgets)
Provide effective technical support to field project teams to roll out of World Vision Partnership and other recognized and approved Child Learning Core Models (GbG & Learning Roots)

Coordinate as applicable sector integration interventions for ensuring integrated Child Learning implementation with other TPs at NO and field level.

Support/enhance linkages with EARO and GC Education learning centres for continued backstopping to enable quality programming within WVK
Ensure that business processes, standards and guidelines related to Child Learning initiatives are effectively applied by field programs

Program Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Learning, Research and Innovation

Participate/Support CL & HHR TP adaptation processes, Program assessments, monitoring & evaluation,
Ensure interpretation and utilization of assessment, baselines, evaluations and verification on quality of designs
Strengthen research, learning, documentation and dissemination of WVK work in Child Learning
Provide technical linkages and implementation of innovations related to the TP models both with National and Regional Level Governments, public and private partners
Ensure development of standardized monitoring tools & staff capacity building including core models Data Quality Tools (Learning Roots & Go Baby Go) to ensure are in use with appropriate feedback
Gather data at National level for reporting on Child Learning (MMR, Semi-Annual, Annual Reports, WVK annual & Board TP Report)
Coordinate and participate in regular learning forums to profile, communicate and ensure adoption of promising Child Learning practices

Participate in joint program monitoring visits with key partners to track and document program progress in the targeted program sites.

Ensure the feedback from monitoring exercises feeds into the working of relevant technical working groups within the Program counties.

Support quality reviews of program reports and core documents as per WVK guidelines and donor standards.
Design/Coordinate/participate in education & child learning operational research, documentation, publication and dissemination of useful research findings
Identify capacity gaps in child learning to inform the National level staff capacity development strategy
Ensure skills and capacity development for staff and partners in child learning strategies, models and approaches.

Program Development and Resource Acquisition

Technically support Resource Acquisition & Management (RAM) team to develop proposals/concepts to prospective donors and SOs for Child Learning
Respond effectively to calls and queries by donors and SOs on Education & child Learning Concepts/Proposals in coordination with RAM
Physically present/defend Education & Child Learning Proposals to donors in coordination with RAM when required
Participate in Go-No Go Processes, write ups, meeting with prospective donors and submission of concepts/proposals
Develop quality and coherent Education & child Learning capacity statements

In liaison with communications team, develop context specific electronic and live media communications on education & child learning and market related activities.

Develop Sector specific Job Descriptions for technical staff in liaison with People & Culture

Collaboration and Advocacy

Forge and strengthen partnerships with National and County government and other stakeholders involved in Education and ECDE Sectors
Lead in development and utilization of MOUs / working agreements with sector strategic, funding and program/project implementation partners
Participate in the planning and execution of ECDE Networks in all the counties, County level conferences e.g Nairobi County Conference, National Education Summit
Facilitate formation of the working committee for the National Education sector engagement for policy influence on the integration of the WVK Child Learning Models
Establish and maintain strategic contacts with the UN, Government, INGOs, Universities, Research Institutions, Donors and Embassies
Ensure WVK representation in key strategic Education working groups and forums
Gather and provide quality feedback and data to be used to develop technical papers and recommendations on key issues for external engagement with decision makers
Support advocacy efforts to influence County Governments' Planning and Budgeting processes and resource allocation to the priority needs within the sector
Ensure active engagement on policy at County and National level on issues to do with the food and nutrition security and sustainable use of natural resources
Support development of technical papers and or policy briefs on key issues for external engagement with decision makers
Build capacity of field staff on advocacy for enhanced advocacy mainstreaming in Child Learning projects
Participate and contribute in various committees and task forces and other assignments

Ensure Linkage with World Vision EARO and World Vision GC Education Initiatives/forums for continued backstopping to enable quality programming within WVK.

Others

Perform any other duty as assigned by the supervisor.
Participate and contribute in committees and task forces as may be signed from time to time.

Qualifications, Skills & Competencies

Minimum of 7 years' experience in education programming - designing, planning, implementing and reporting
Proven experience and demonstration of employing early child hood programming approaches at the school and community level
Minimum of a Bachelor of Arts in Education, BA Early Childhood Development, BA Early Childhood Care & Development or a closely related field from a recognized University
Relevant Post graduate qualification(s) will be an added advantage
Demonstrated track record in proposal development, funding acquisitions and grant management for major government donors preferred
Good understanding of the international development trends and approaches at both national and global levels
Must possess good understanding, knowledge and experience of WVI global core Child Learning project models including Go Baby Go, Learning Roots among others
Computer literate especially in Microsoft Office Suite and basic knowledge of data analysis programs such as SPSS, Stata, EPI Info and use of GIS for socio-economic mapping
Excellent technical programming and management skills and a good understanding of the entire program/project life cycle
Must have good facilitation skills and ability to deliver staff and partner capacity building (training, coaching and mentorship) on relevant technical fields including roll out of CPMs
Ability to take initiative, solve complex problems, exercise independent judgment
A team player, capable of building staff and partner's capacity in Education
Cross-cultural sensitivity and emotional maturity
Ability to maintain performance expectations in diverse cultural contexts
Strong budgetary and financial management skills.
Good interpersonal and organizational skills with leadership & management experience an added advantage
Should be a self-starter, able to work under minimum supervision and maintain good relationships
Excellent interpersonal, communication, networking and representation skills with experience in public engagements