Technical Manager-ecd

**Requisition ID**: req30014

**Job Title**: Technical Manager-ECD

**Sector**: Education

**Employment Category**: Fixed Term

**Employment Type**: Full-Time

**Compensation**: USD 0.00 - 0.00 Salary

**Location**: Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

The Technical Manager-ECD will be responsible for overall technical support to develop curriculum for coordinated model through prototyping and piloting phase; capacity building of frontline staffs and multi-stakeholders; training module, material, and content development/contextualization; quality assurance for evidence based coordinated ECD intervention and sector ECD forums and working groups. This position is directly reportable to Sr. Manager -ECD and will get technical assistance from Education Coordinator.

**Highlights of Key Responsibilities
**Program Designing and Prototyping**:

- Provide Technical support to develop coordinated ECD model for prototyping and piloting.
- Conduct related literature review for developing coordinated ECD model.
- Provide technical support for the development of proposal including the narrative, work plan, advocacy plan, research plan and budget.
- Conduct participatory action research with children, caregivers, and service providers to inform strategies for prototyping and piloting.
- Identify key priorities, opportunities and challenges for program monitoring and evaluation through data collection and analysis.
- Provided support to M & E team for monitoring tools, quality checking and feedback mechanism development for program effectiveness.

**Material Development and Capacity building**:

- Develop and finalize integrated ECD curriculum; through field test and consultation with different sectors (Health, Nutrition).
- Contextualize/develop learning and supplementary materials for ECD programming.
- Lead development of training module; counselor handbook; program implementation guideline (PIG) and validation
- Plan and execute ongoing professional development for frontline staffs (i.e training; coaching; mentoring)

**External Engagement**:

- Actively participate/ represent IRC in external coordination forums i.e. **ECD working group, Sector coordination meeting, Technical Taskforce Team meeting,** on regular basis to promote effective and efficient information sharing and provide input where necessary.
- Provide technical support to Sesame Workshop (SW) and IRC -Technical unit for developing ECD related materials.

**Qualifications**

**Experience and Competencies: Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- At least 05 years working experience with ECD program; with national/international NGO. Working experience in EiE (Education in Emergency) will be added value.
- Experience in working as technical hand for supporting early childhood development programs.
- Excellent facilitation skills with documented experience of capacity development of staff and partners.
- Proven experience of materials development related to ECD programming e.g - Learning materials, training module and messages for parents.
- Strong written and oral communication skills, appropriate in a multi-cultural environment and effective in representation and coordination with external actors.
- Promotes collaboration, appropriate in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to handle stress and pressure with professional grace
- Able to respond rapidly to changing environments.
- Excellent Computer skills: MS Office, outlook, and internet.
- Excellent written and speaking fluency in Bangla and English.
- Experience on Chittagonian dialect will be given priority.

**Specific Educational Qualification**
- Master’s degree in Education/Early Childhood Development is preferable.

**Standard of Professional Conduct**

IRC and IRC employees are required to abide by the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way - Code of Conduct which are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Harassment-Free Workplace, Fiscal Integrity, Anti-Retaliation, Combating Trafficking in Persons and several others.

**Gender Equality & Equal Opportunity**

We are committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer generous benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances. We welcome and strongly encourage qualified female professionals to apply.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Are you ready to join the most dynamic team?