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• Current situation: Absence of guiding
  framework for standards on IECD activities. The focus is primarily on
  early childhood education rather than early childhood development. No
  structured inter-sectoral collaboration mechanism within the local
  government. Limited access for 0-3 year olds. Varying advocacy and
  implementing groups, sometimes with overlapping roles. There are different
  sector specific ECD activities but these are not well coordinated. These
  different actors will have to be mobilized and oriented to bring about a
  conceptual shift from ECE to a more comprehensive and holistic ECD; to
  establish a coordinating body within the local government and develop a
  district multi-sectoral plan in line with the NIECD policy and action
  plan. Terms of reference for this coordinating body will be formulated,
  clarifying roles and responsibilities and division of labour.

• Current situation: ECD is understood from a
  specific sector perspective and in some cases sector linkages are not
  easily understood. Complementarity within the ECD service delivery is not
  easily recognized by the service providers. The integrated ECD policy is
  new in the minds of the implementers and for many it has not been
  explained.  The different actors
  both from the district local government and the civil society
  organizations will have to be educated on the new policy to enable them to
  understand the concept of integrated ECD programmes and services. They
  will also be trained on the delivery mode. The training can be in form of
  workshops, learning exchanges, demonstrations or practical experiences
  with emphasis on strategies for adopting and implementing IECD service
  delivery as per the standard guidelines. Working with partners to train on
  systems for communities, facilities, health workers, caregivers, nutrition
  educators, advocates and data collectors and other direct services and
  leadership roles. Training on the care for child development and family
  care practices will have to be streamlined.

• At this stage service delivery of the
  integrated ECD package will be passed on to the implementation teams. The
  key support activities will focus on strategies that will promote
  continuous improvement and sustainable service delivery.  In order to support the implementation,
  the TAs will support, and monitor the teams as they play their roles. The
  teams will be supported to work together especially in reviewing data and
  planning. Subsequent reviews and mentoring of the teams will be necessary,
  aimed at integrating practice into the sub county and district planning
  and service delivery systems, and ensuring that the implementing team
  members are providing the integrated package effectively. The system and
  organizational arrangements for coordination that will be supported to
  become functional. Mentoring of the coordinating body will be critical in
  order to increase the competency of the staff on organization, monitoring
  systems and alignment of programmes. Issues of scale up will be considered
  timely, as with arrangements for training additional staff to increase the
  number of providers. Data systems will be needed to facilitate information
  sharing, and for scale-up.

• Training of implementing teams on the service
  delivery package, roles and responsibilities, delivery channels,
  coordination issues, reporting etc.
• Reports of the Training sessions for the
  implementing teams from each of the participating districts, including
  roles and responsibilities for each member as well as the undertakings to
  be done jointly by member for the service delivery. 
• Conduct training sessions and facilitate
  consensus building between IECD stakeholders on the various approaches,
  plans tools and materials.
• Roles and responsibilities of
  sectors/partners agreed on implementation of the IECD capacity development
  plan; resources identified and time frame agreed for service delivery
  through the structures agreed upon.
• Conduct training sessions and facilitate
  consensus building between IECD stakeholders on the various approaches,
  plans tools and materials.
• Modalities for IECD/implementation,
  integration and implementation modalities agreed among stakeholders in the
  districts.
• Facilitate exchanges and consensus building
  between stakeholders for the establishment of coordination structures and
  support to implementation of the IECD policy, Action Plan and other
  related plans.
• Division of labor between districts
  stakeholders
• Partnership and coordination frameworks  agreed in each district
• Training of the implementation teams and
  other organized groups on the integrated package in districts
• Report on training for the implementation
  teams
• Report on the implementation roll out at the
  identified sites  initiated in each
  district
• Report on gaps in meeting the national minimum
  operating standards identified for existing IECD centers; and areas of
  supplement identified and advocated 
  for
• Report on community structures and actors
  involved in IECD implementation coordination mechanisms identified and
  agreed for each district – status report
• Mechanism for establishment of a model IECD
  Center identified; and required resources and capacities identified.
• Modalities for participation of local
  structures in IECD implementation agreed by stakeholders of each district
• Report on modalities for  joint planning and reporting agreed upon
  by stakeholders of each district
• Report on monitoring and reporting based on
  ECD indicators by individual district authorities as required by MoLG.

• The applicant for the United Nations UNICEF Early
  Childhood Development Officer job placement should hold a University
  Degree in education, public administration/health, nutrition, economics,
  psychology, sociology, human development, child development, family
  studies or other social science field is required.
• At least two years of professional experience
  in social development planning and management in early childhood
  development related areas at the international and/or in a developing
  country is required.
• Relevant experience in ECD related areas,
  program/project development and management in a UN system agency or
  organization is an asset.
• Fluency of the local language of the duty
  station as well as proficiency in English.

• Core Values: Commitment, Diversity and Inclusion,
  Integrity
• Core Competencies: Communication, Drive for Result,
  Working with People
• Functional Competencies: Formulating strategies and concepts,
  Analyzing, Applying technical expertise, Learning and researching,
  Planning and organizing

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