Job responsibilities

Nursery Education Component

• Undertake monitoring of ECD activities to track progress and resource utilization;

• Assessing the quality of current ECD activities based on national guidelines;

• Ensuring the ECD centres are following the approved curriculum for ECD;

• Provide continued coaching and mentoring support to care givers to improve skills of ECD caregivers.

• Facilitate school readiness activities in all the under ECD centres;

• Facilitate smooth transition of children from under ECD centres to formal schooling;

• Establish and maintain effective partnerships with other stakeholders in the ECD sector working in the district in order to increase service linkages and ensure sustainability of services;

• Collect and report essential program data and support;

• Establishment of community managed information management systems.;

• Monitor child development and facilitate referrals to professional assistance where necessary;

• Promote community resource mobilization to sustain ECD services and motivate caregivers;

• Support caregivers to develop daily instruction and play programs (lesson plans);

• Perform any other duties assigned by the supervision.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Public Health

  0 Year of relevant experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition

  0 Year of relevant experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education

  0 Year of relevant experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition & Dietetics

  0 Year of relevant experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

  0 Year of relevant experience

• Bachelor's degree in Nursery education

  0 Year of relevant experience

• Bachelor's degree in Child psychology

  0 Year of relevant experience

Required competencies and key technical skills

• Resource management skills

• Problem solving skills

• Networking skills

• Time management skills

• Risk management skills

• Results oriented

• Digital literacy skills

• Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and/or French. Knowledge of all is an added advantage.

• Training skills

• Analytical skills

• Teamwork skills

• Strong communication skills

• Background/experience in child care and government Institutions pertaining to child protection in Rwanda is a strong asset

• Analytical and report writing skills

• Decision making skills;