The ECE Technical Officer provides technical support and guidance to ensure the quality,
relevance and effective implementation of Early Childhood Education activities. The position
supports the application of child-centred, play-based and inclusive ECE approaches,
strengthens teaching and facilitation practices, and contributes to quality assurance, technical
monitoring and continuous improvement of ECE programming.
Technical Guidance: Provide technical guidance and support for the planning and
implementation of ECE activities in line with approved programme plans, relevant
technical standards and agreed quality requirements.
• Pedagogical Quality: Support teachers and facilitators to apply child-centred, play-
based and developmentally appropriate teaching and learning approaches that
promote children's participation and early learning.
• Learning Materials: Support the review, adaptation and appropriate use of ECE
learning and teaching materials to ensure they are age-appropriate, inclusive and
responsive to children's learning needs.
• Inclusive ECE: Promote inclusive education practices and support the integration of
appropriate approaches for children with disabilities and other children facing barriers
to participation and learning.
• Technical Coaching: Provide technical coaching, mentoring and constructive feedback
to ECE teachers and facilitators based on identified needs and field observations.
• Quality Assurance: Conduct regular technical field visits to ECE learning activities,
assess the quality of teaching and learning practices, identify gaps and provide
practical recommendations for improvement.
• Capacity Building: Contribute technical inputs to the design and delivery of training
and capacity-building activities for ECE teachers, facilitators and relevant education
personnel.
• Technical Monitoring: Work closely with the M&E Officer to support the collection,
review and use of programme information related to ECE quality, progress and results,
and contribute to evidence-based programme improvement.
Coordination: Work closely with the Project/Programme Manager and other relevant
education team members to ensure coordinated, timely and technically sound
implementation of ECE activities.
• Protection and Safeguarding: Ensure that child protection, safeguarding, safe learning
environments, positive classroom management and other relevant cross-cutting
considerations are integrated into ECE activities.
• Documentation and Reporting: Provide timely technical inputs for programme reports,
assessments, monitoring updates and other documentation, including key
achievements, challenges, lessons learned and recommendations.
• Technical Improvement and Learning: Identify good practices, implementation
challenges and technical lessons related to ECE and contribute to their documentation
and use to strengthen programme quality.
Bachelor's degree in Education, Child Development, Psychology, Special Education, or
a related field.
• At least 2 years of relevant experience in Early Childhood Education or education
programme implementation.
• Demonstrated experience in child-centered, play-based and inclusive learning
approaches.
• Experience in providing technical support, coaching or training to teachers and/or
facilitators.
• Experience in quality monitoring and technical follow-up of education activities.
• Experience working with vulnerable children and/or in humanitarian or development
contexts is an advantage.
Skills
• Strong knowledge of ECE principles, child development and play-based learning.
• Good skills in teacher coaching, mentoring and capacity building.
• Ability to assess and improve the quality of teaching and learning practices.
• Good understanding of inclusive education and child safeguarding.
• Strong communication, coordination and interpersonal skills.
• Good analytical, problem-solving and reporting skills.
Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Fluency in Arabic; good working knowledge of English is an advantage.
Please note:
• Please note that these vacancies are part of a roster/pool of potential candidates.
• No start date is confirmed at this stage, and any engagement will be contingent upon
the successful completion of all required project procedures and approvals.
Work Location: Aleppo and Idlib
You are kindly requested to submit your resume with the title in the subject line " ECE
technical officer " to the following email address: career.sy@hand.ngo Applications without
the subject name will not be considered.
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