Program Associate Early Childhood Development (ECD)-Port Shepstone, South Africa

By IRD Global Health, Research and Development, Singapore                Job Code: HRD-SA/10-019                                                             Qualification:          

• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Psychology, Business Administration, or a related field.

Experience:

• 2 years’ experience in community-based programming in education or other related fields.
• Strong written and spoken communication skills in English and able to communicate in Zulu, Xhosa, or Afrikaans.
• Research and data analytics skills which includes SPSS / STATA / other quantitative data analytical skills.                                                                                                               

Jobs Responsibilities:

• Conduct secondary research on ECD delivery in South Africa, types of nutritional support, design of Home Kits, resourcing and materials for ECD centers and non-center based programs, and others as needed. Develop checklists, observational guides, rubrics, and standard operating procedures pertaining to ECD services set up and delivery based on the Department of Basic Education’s requirements.
• Develop protocols and manage tools for ECD workforce for programmatic review and process monitoring.
• Consolidate findings and learnings from collected data tools, conduct data analysis of ECD programmatic data, and present, with support of ECD Lead, at various forums to inform improvements and iterations.
• Serve as coordination point person between IRD and ECD workforce (through the ECD Centre as well as Community Play Facilitators). Support ECD Lead with development of awareness raising materials for CE Lead to deploy through field teams.
• Support ECD Lead with review of training materials, technical documents, and others. Support ECD Lead with integration of ECD services with other programmatic services, such as mental health, community engagement, monitoring and evaluation, etc.