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Date Posted: Saturday, November 23 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
BRAC envisions a world free from all forms of exploitation and discrimination where Everyone has the opportunity to realize their potential. Both BRAC and the Mastercard Foundation believe in the potential of young people to transform their lives and communities if given the opportunity to fully exercise their agency and engage in dignified and fulfilling work. Together, the two organizations bring the experience, creativity, and resources needed to address the mounting challenges faced by Sub-Saharan Africa’s growing youth population, most of whom are living in poverty and extreme poverty. AIM is a multifaceted approach designed to make a substantial contribution to youth unemployment across the diverse challenges faced by AGYW in the African context. Throughout the capacity-building interventions and livelihood pathways, there will be an intentional focus in going the extra mile to support different categories of girls facing intersectional vulnerabilities, such as populations living in ultra-poverty, those facing displacement, and those living with a disability.
In the AIM Programme, the inclusion of Early Childhood Development (ECD) is an innovative and community need-based solution where young women aged 18 to 35 will be trained and supported to be childcare workers and run their home based ECD. These women will provide quality child care services for young children in their own communities in Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. The knowledge and expertise of the BRAC Play Lab model will be used in the form of curriculum delivery, play space and materials design, training, management and monitoring to set up the childcare micro enterprises.
The Technical Coordinator will manage the implementation of the AIM Programme’s ECD component for BRAC Rwanda. This role involves overseeing all day-to-day management and administrative aspects of the ECD programming, under the supervision of Programme Manager - AIM at BRAC International Rwanda and with programmatic guidance from the global ECD technical team at BRAC International. This will be a full-time position based in BRAC’s Regional Office in Nyanza District.

Key Responsibilities:
• Oversee ECD staff to ensure effective coordination. This will include ensuring the following activities are conducted at the highest standards: Entrepreneur selection and child survey, staff recruitment and placement, childcare set up, play lab curriculum roll out, business development and market, and inclusive learning.
• Manage stakeholder coordination to develop, adopt and deliver ECD components under AIM Programme.
• Oversee overall implementation of ECD programming in the targeted areas.
• Contextualize and implement the operations manual, manage recruitment and training of relevant staff, participant selection, profiling, and training.
• Lead the mapping, selection, renovation and of home based ECD
• Oversee the intervention package and input support in selection and delivery.
• Ensure quality implementation of monitoring systems in consultation with BMT M&E Manager.
• Support process documentation and analysis; dissemination of lessons learned and best practices among internal stakeholders and donors.
• Support technical donor reviews and external engagement activities including meetings with implementation partners, government agencies, civil society and local Community Based Organizations, organizing learning and knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Support budget development and reviews in alignment with technical narrative
• Oversee database management, including updates for pipeline reports, grant stewardship, prospect research, and contact management
• Manage external technical consultants and partners in the country
• Support the communications team with up-to-date content to create presentations and marketing materials to showcase program and project successes
• Conduct monitoring and program design visits on an as needed basis
Safeguarding responsibilities:
• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation.
• Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.

Academic Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Social Works, International Development or related field.

Experience Requirements:
• At least 3-5 years’ practical experience working with NGOs, Education, Early Childhood, child protection or related programs.
• Experience managing ECD related interventions or projects
• Experience building and managing project team
• Experience developing and/or using project cycle management tools such as work plans, budgets etc
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation
• Experience in recruitment and capacity building for staff

Required Skills, Competencies & Knowledge:
• Knowledge of Child Protection and the Child Protection Systems in the Country.
• An understanding of delivering services through volunteers.
• Providing effective supervision and management of staff and team development.
• Knowledge on Government policies and programs pertaining to ECD sector development
• Training facilitation skills
• Computer software skills and knowledge

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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