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For each child, Education

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Background:

Providing entry to good high quality early childhood studying and improvement alternatives impacts wellbeing, well being, and the tutorial success of younger kids[1]. The Government of Indonesia goals to make sure that the implementation of high quality early childhood improvement or Pendidikan Anak Usia dini (PAUD) could possibly be achieved by means of the fulfilment of a number of parts that embrace guaranteeing the standard of the training course of, mum or dad’s engagement, provision of important companies, and the environment friendly and efficient administration of sources. This could possibly be achieved by means of capability constructing for academics, educating mother and father and caregivers^[2], as properly as advocacy work with the federal government each at nationwide and sub-national degree, significantly with reference to leveraging authorities sources to fulfil obligations concerning the requirements of service provision.

Papua has the bottom enrolment charges in Early Childhood Education (ECE) throughout the nation, with solely 19.6 per cent of kids aged 3-6 years enrolled in ECD[3] centres resulting in excessive disparity within the literacy charges of early grade college students. [4]^. Less than half of Papuan kids have beginning certificates that hinders them from acquiring important companies[5]. Additionally, nearly one in 4 kids underneath 5 years of age in Papua are categorized as being stunted and round 10.6 per cent are categorized as experiencing losing.[6] As a outcome, the obstacles confronted by kids in Papua are hindering the belief of the nationwide ECD technique to advertise fairness.

To deal with the pressing improvement wants of younger weak kids in Papua, high quality ECD companies have to be made out there and expanded. The companies should draw upon cross-sectoral help to satisfy the complicated and intersecting wants of younger kids, together with entry to high quality studying and improvement as properly as different important companies to assist their holistic wellbeing. To ship such companies, UNICEF is partnering with district stakeholders, particularly with the native Holistic and Integrated ECD (HI ECD) taskforces or the appointed native authorities workplace to coordinate the HI ECD programme. Additionally, it’s changing into extra obvious that college students with studying challenges are much less supported. Teachers and oldsters have to be outfitted with expertise to detect, stimulate, and care for college students with studying challenges, in collaboration with related specialists, together with skilled well being staff, psychologist and/or organizations of individuals with disabilities.

In 2025, UNICEF’s work with key companions to implement high quality ECD programming in Papua will proceed implementation in Sarmi district, including one other 10 ECD centres to the programme attain. As 2025 is the ultimate yr of the present UNICEF-Prudence Foundation partnership, HI ECD implementation in Sarmi district, requires essential coordination and intensive documentation of the programme achievements and classes realized. Additionally, this yr, UNICEF is starting to intensively assist 6 district governments in 5 provinces in Tanah Papua to implement high quality ECD programming as part of the Early Grade Learning (EGL) Phase 3.2 programme with DFAT.

In shut coordination with Pokja Bunda PAUD at provincial/district ranges, district authorities and UNICEF implementing companions, UNICEF will deploy a devoted marketing consultant to assist make sure the ECD programme within the remaining 10 ECD centres in Sarmi district and in 36 ECD centres in a further 6 districts is applied with high quality and is ready to leverage sources from native authorities to duplicate and develop the programme.

The marketing consultant will assist to adapt the nationwide degree instructor coaching module on HI-ECD, together with diet schooling in ECD middle as part of the free nutritious meal programme, and optimistic parenting to suit the native context, following a brand new nationwide authorities administration. He/she can even coordinate and facilitate coaching and doc habits change practices at focused ECD centres in Sarmi district, and in 36 centres in 6 districts underneath the EGL Phase 3.2 programme. The marketing consultant can also be anticipated to be actively engaged in advocating for high quality ECD programme replication in throughout goal provinces.

Scope of Work:

To guarantee high quality implementation of ECD programming in Sarmi district and in 6 districts underneath the EGL Phase 3.2. programme, the marketing consultant is predicted to supply the next duties and deliverables.

1. Update ECD in-service instructor coaching module following the brand new ministerial route to advertise 7 wholesome behaviors and diet schooling (aligned with faculty meal’s steerage) in ECD centres.
2. Coordinate and facilitate refresher coaching for district trainers on high quality ECD (which incorporates 7 key wholesome behaviors and diet schooling, aligned with faculty meal’s steerage) for Sarmi District in coordination with native governments and UNICEF.
3. Provide refresher coaching for UNICEF implementing companions’ facilitators in 6 districts within the Papua Provinces underneath the EGL Phase 3.2 programme, with the assist of implementing accomplice coordinators.
4. With Selected district trainers, help to coordinate and facilitate in-service instructor coaching on high quality ECD for further ECD centres in Sarmi District.
5. Provide common mentoring and monitoring with district trainers and implementing accomplice facilitators of focused academics on high quality ECD implementation, by means of common instructor working group actions.
6. Support the implementation and monitoring of parenting periods of the ECD programme at focused ECD centres with educated district trainers and implementing accomplice facilitators, utilizing the contextualized parenting session modules.
7. Document habits change indicators utilizing the accredited monitoring instruments, and database aimed particularly for academics, significantly on educating practices, faculty administration and engagement with mother and father.
8. Conduct joint monitoring visits to focused ECD centres in Sarmi district with nationwide and sub-national stakeholders for advocacy functions.
9. Conduct advocacy workshops with native authorities for replication and scale up, together with district regulation drafts on HI ECD.
10. Provide a report on total ECD programme implementation in Sarmi District, and implementation progress of the ECD element of EGL Phase 3.2 programme within the 6 focused districts.

 Please check with the Term of Reference connected for the detailed duties and deliverables.

To qualify as an advocate for each child you’ll have… 

• Bachelor’s diploma in schooling, psychology, sociology or different social science area
• A minimal of 3 years of skilled expertise in early childhood improvement, social improvement planning and administration in schooling and associated areas on the worldwide and/or in a growing nation is required.
• Relevant expertise in schooling and associated areas, program/venture improvement and administration in Papua Provinces and in a UN system company or group is an asset.
• Fluency in English and Bahasa Indonesia

For each Child, you reveal… 

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) and core competencies:

• Builds and Maintains Partnerships
• Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness
• Drive to attain outcomes for influence
• Innovates and embraces change
• Manages ambiguity and complexity
• Thinks and acts strategically
• Works collaboratively with others

 To view our competency framework, please go to  here. 

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Remarks:  

Only shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. 

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