NOW RECRUITING TO DELIVER AN EXCITING EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (ECD) NATIONAL PROGRAM!
Children in Crossfire is a registered charity in Ireland that facilitates International Development and Development Education/Public Engagement activities. Our vision is a compassionate world where every child can reach his or her potential. We work in partnership with local organisations in Tanzania and Ethiopia to improve the lives of the most disadvantaged young children, with a particular focus on Early Childhood Education. By improving childhood care we are changing lives and empowering young children and their communities to build a better future. More information can be found at: www.childrenincrossfire.org
Children in Crossfire recently secured funding from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to deliver an ambitious three-year project championing ECD policy and programming advocacy in partnership with the Tanzania ECD Network (TECDEN) and the Union of Tanzania Press Clubs (UTPC). The new project to be more popularly known as ‘Mtoto Kwanza!’ will provide lead support to the government of Tanzania and wider ECD stakeholder ecosystem to raise the profile of ECD policy and programming in Tanzania, including supporting the roll-out of the anticipated landmark National Multisectoral ECD Programme at national and sub-national levels. The project will support civil society engagement with national monitoring mechanisms as well as establish a network of local civil society organisations (CSOs) across all mainland regions of Tanzania to effectively engage regional and local government in ECD programming. Community engagement will be enhanced via a network of ECD champion journalists reporting on all ECD domains across all regions nationwide.
We are recruiting for key roles to lead successful implementation of this unique and exciting project:
Senior Specialist Monitoring, Evaluation And Learning (MEL):
In the context of such an exciting scope of ECD programming, Children in Crossfire is looking to substantially invest in our organisational capacity to implement high standards of MEL. Based in either Dar es Salaam or Dodoma, the Senior Specialist for MEL will provide the technical and management leadership of digitalising and transforming the MEL function across Children in Crossfire’s direct programming and national policy engagement. Building MEL capacities across the Children in Crossfire programmes team and our local CSO implementing partners will be critical to this goal. Furthermore, the role will provide technical MEL leadership across major Evaluation activities including for the new ECD advocacy project and our direct programming in Early Childhood Education especially facilitating child learning assessments.
Detailed JOB DESCRIPTIONS and APPLICATION FORMS for these exciting positions can be downloaded from: https://www.childrenincrossfire.org/stay-connected/join-our-team
HOW TO APPLY
All applicants are required to complete a Children in Crossfire Application Form and email to: jobstz@childrenincrossfire.org.
Only those candidates selected for interview will be contacted.
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