Program Associate, Ecd

3 days ago

Port Shepstone, South Africa Interactive Research & Development (IRD) Full time

**Job description**:
Position Code
- HRD-SA/10-019

Program
- Kuyakhanya

Reporting To
- ECD Lead

Employment Type
- Full-time (Contractual)

Location
- Port Shepstone, KZN

**JOb Purpose**:
Responsible for helping setup and deploy the programmatic frameworks, protocols, and systems for a pilot project on early childhood development via playhouses and an associated outreach arm. S/he will work with the ECD Lead and support with ECD stakeholders for service agreements related to the project.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Conduct secondary research on ECD delivery in South Africa, types of nutritional support, design of Home Kits, resourcing and materials for ECD centre’s and non-centre based programmes, 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.
- Participate in on-ground field visits and research with the program team and partners where feasible.
- 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).
- Work with relevant teams to ensure ECD workforce is meeting standards of delivery and upholding project requirements.
- 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.

**REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES (KSA)**:
Required Qualification
- Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business Administration, or a related field.

Required Experience
- 2 years experience in community-based programming in education or other related fields.

**Required Skills**:

- Strong written and spoken communication skills in English. In addition, needs to be able to communicate in Zulu, Xhosa, or Afrikaans.
- Research and data analytics skills which includes SPSS / STATA / other quantitative data analytical skills.
- Ability to meet deadlines and learn new systems.
- Excellent interpersonal communication and problem-solving skills.
- Detail oriented and have strong stakeholder liaison skills.

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