National Consultant: Education ECD & Foundation Skills based in Jayapura

at  UNICEF

Job no: 573265
Contract type: Consultant
Level: Consultancy
Location: Indonesia
Categories: Education, Early Childhood Development
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UNICEF Jayapura is looking for a national consultant to provide technical assistance to the Papua office for quality implementation of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) and foundational skills programme in Kota Jayapura and Kabupaten Jayapura, Papua Province.
To address the urgent development needs of vulnerable young children in Papua, quality ECD services accompanied by a strong foundational skills programme must be made available and expanded. The services must draw upon cross-sectoral assistance to meet the complex and intersecting needs of young children, including access to quality learning and development, as well as other essential services to support their holistic wellbeing, such as immunization.
To deliver such services, UNICEF will be partnering with district and provincial stakeholders, especially with local Holistic and Integrated ECD (HI ECD) taskforces and department of education offices. Additionally, it is becoming more apparent that students with special needs learning are less supported. Teachers and parents must be equipped with skills to detect, stimulate, and care for students with special needs, in collaboration with relevant experts, including professional health workers, psychologist and/or Organizations of People with Disabilities (OPDs).
In 2024, UNICEF’s ECD and foundational skills programme in Papua will be expanded in the district of Kota Jayapura and Kabupaten Jayapura, reaching an additional 80 ECD centres and 32 primary schools. In close coordination with Pokja Bunda PAUD of the Province of Papua and the district and provincial education office, UNICEF will deploy a dedicated consultant to help to ensure the ECD and foundational skills programme in Kota Jayapura and Kabupaten Jayapura is implemented in accordance with quality standards and is able to leverage resources from the district government to replicate and expand the programme
The consultant will help to adapt the national level teacher training module on HI-ECD and positive parenting to fit the local context in Kota and Kabupaten Jayapura. He/she will also assist to coordinate and facilitate training on foundational skills for primary school teachers, and lastly document behaviour change practices at target ECD centres and primary schools in Kota and Kabupaten Jayapura. The consultant is also expected to be actively engaged in advocating for the screening of immunization coverage both at target ECD centres and at target primary schools, as part of quality ECD and foundational skills programme replication in the Papua provinces.

TO QUALIFY AS AN ADVOCATE FOR EVERY CHILD YOU WILL HAVE…

• A University Degree in education, psychology, sociology, or other social science field
• A minimum of 3 years of professional experience in early childhood development, social development planning and management in education and related areas at the international and/or in a developing country is required
• Relevant experience in education and related areas, program/project development and management in Papua Provinces and in a UN system agency or organization is an asset
• Fluency in English and Bahasa Indonesia.
  TOR ECD and Foundational Skills Papua for TMS.pdf

• Builds and Maintains Partnerships
• Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
• Drive to achieve results for impact
• Innovates and embraces change
• Manages ambiguity and complexity
• Thinks and acts strategically
• Works collaboratively with other