ChildFund is a child-focused international development organization that works in 23 countries to connect children with the people, resources and institutions they need to grow up healthy, educated, skilled and safe, no matter where they are.

Child Fund’s Values

ChildFund values a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible environment where everyone is welcomed and celebrated equally. In our culture of connection, you will have ample opportunity to grow, learn, and lead while contributing your talents and innovations to our inspiring mission.

Child Fund’s Commitment

ChildFund International has a zero-tolerance policy regarding sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (SEAH) and all other forms of harm by its staff, partners, and other representatives in the delivery of its mission and services for children. ChildFund is committed to creating a safe environment in the workplace as well as in the communities where it delivers programs and services. ChildFund expects every staff member, partner, and representative to adhere to this commitment and to ensure all organizational policies and standards are followed. This position is subject to a range of vetting checks, including criminal records check and/or disclosure to ensure program participants are safeguarded.

About This Role

The Project Field Coordinator is responsible for the overall organizing, directing management, and coordination of the activities across the project implementation locations. The position will closely work with concerned local implementing partners, government offices and the communities in selected Woredas. He/she is also responsible in compiling and timely submission of reports to the ECD Specialist.

Primary Responsibilities

Project Planning and implementation

• Undertake project planning in participatory way involving concerned government offices, communities, project staff and other responsible development actors.

• Support in the development of comprehensive and detailed implementation plans of the project.

• Ensure the proper functioning and quality of community childcare centers

• Ensure capacity of caregivers, Child Care Center facilitators/community facilitators and target beneficiaries is built on proper nurturing care for young children.

• Ensure that the knowledge and skills of parents are built on practicing early stimulation and responsive caregiving for young children and the parents are linked up with public service providers

• Provide regular coaching and supportive supervision to community facilitators, caregivers and childcare center workers.

• Support in setting up a monitoring and evaluation system that will document the processes of implementing the childcare service.

• Support organizing monthly parenting sessions with beneficiaries on various issues related to ECD

• Liase with women economic empowerment specialist to ensure strong linkages of ECD with empowerment components of project

• Participate in the assessment and evaluation of the project and in drawing recommendation on how to scale up the program at national level

• Actively participate in developing sustainability strategy of the intervention

• Ensure that the project interventions are properly handed over to the communities and concerned government offices.

Coordination

• Coordinate the implementation of age and culturally appropriate, environmentally friendly learning spaces, play, early stimulation and early learning for children aged 1-5 years.

• Facilitate consultation with government and community stakeholders including project participants on the importance of setting up and managing community-based Child Care Centers.

• Coordinate the implementation of awareness creation activities about early childhood development (proper childcare) at the household level (focusing on caregivers), at the community level and government office level involving key actors and providing coaching and supervision.

• Conduct advocacy work with relevant government offices, community leaders and front-line service provider on ensuring child-friendly childcare spaces.

• Coordinate interventions that can strengthen community level structures, resource mobilization, coordination, referral linkage for childcare services and establish linkages with women economic empowerment.

Safeguarding

• Remain alert and responsive to any child safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills which will enable to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child safeguarding policy and procedures and conduct activities in a manner consistent with Child fund’s Child Safeguarding Policy.

• Comply with ChildFund policies and procedures.

Position title:  Snr. Field Coordinator, Early Childhood Development (ECD) Project- JG 6
Location: Addis Ababa, with frequent travel to project site
ChildFund Office: Ethiopia
Manager/ Supervisor title: Snr. Project Manager
Position type: Full-time fixed term
Work environment: On-site

Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.

Job Requirements

Qualifications:

Required Experience and Education

• Minimum 4 years of relevant work experience. Experience in working with community-based organizations is required.

• Experiences should be in project designing, implementing and coordinating child-focused projects and working at the grass root level.

• Fluent in English, Amharic, and additional local languages is an asset.

• Knowledge of childcare and linkages with women economic empowerment is an asset

• Good training and facilitation skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, interpersonal communications, relationship-building, team player, conflict management, and negotiation skills, especially when developing / maintaining contacts and influencing partners.

• Strong computer skills including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, database management software and internet and other computer applications.

• Be available and willing to regularly travel and conduct field visits, trainings, coaching/mentoring, and supportive supervision activities at project locations

• Able to multi-task and on occasion work in high pressure environment with tight deadlines

• Commitment to ChildFund’s Vision, Mission and Values.                              

• University degree, preferably at post graduate level in Early Childhood Development/Education or related fields

Required Competencies

ChildFund’s Core Competencies

• Teamwork: the ability to work effectively and collaborate with others; values and respects individual differences.

• Communication: demonstrates empathy and tact when communicating with others and uses a storytelling approach when appropriate.

• Results orientation gets things done; takes proactive steps to achieve organizational goals and quality standards.

• Decision making uses good judgement, critical thinking, and non-traditional ways to evaluate problems and opportunities; reflects and innovates to improve decisions and outcomes.

• Resilience: thrives and grows in rapidly changing, demanding, and complex environments.

Other Required Competencies

• Outstanding written and oral communication skills in English; fluency in a local language is an advantage

How to Apply

Interested and Qualified applicants should apply through THIS LINK