vacancy positions of Early Childhood Development & Education Specialist – Talent Pool at VSO
About the job
Role Overview
Working at VSO
VSO is the world’s leading international non-governmental organisation that works through volunteers to create a fair world for everyone. In 2022/23, over 7,700 dedicated individuals from across the globe volunteered with VSO, bringing their abilities to support almost 11 million people in 35 countries.
Our work centres on those who are left out by society – those living in extreme poverty or with disability and illness. Those who face discrimination and violence because of their gender, sexuality, or social status. Those who are at risk from disaster, disease, and conflict.
But they are not passive beneficiaries of aid; they are the “primary actors” at the heart of our efforts. From their perspective, we define the issues, opportunities, and solutions that drive sustainable, local-led change. These individuals are the key agents of their own transformation.
Role Overview Summary
As an Early Childhood Development and Education Specialist, you will advise local tutors on how to train students in an active and child-centered teaching methods. You will provide and facilitate training to in-service teachers on operational practices and resource development and monitor and report the inputs and outputs of the programme’s interventions.
Note
This is a speculative job to help build a talent pool of prospective candidates for the upcoming volunteering jobs.
Ideal Applicant Summary
We’re looking for a passionate and experienced education specialist to join an exciting new Education Programme to help strengthen the Early Years education system and the capacity of local teachers.
Essential Qualifications
- A bachelor’s or post-graduate degree in Early Childhood/Early Years Education.
- A minimum of 3-4 years’ experience teaching early childhood education focused on inclusive learning through play for children 3-6 years old.
- Fluent spoken and written English skills and the ability to explain complex concepts to audiences of different levels of experience and knowledge.
- Experience in producing accurate, evidence-based, reflective reports and case stories.
- Working knowledge of early childhood education learning through play.
- Extensive experience training early childhood care and education educators on learning through play pedagogies.
Equal Opportunities: VSO promotes equal opportunities and values a diverse workforce.
VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.
VSO is the world’s leading development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty. We are unique in the way we bring people together to share their skills and experience, generate insights and ideas and, most of all, take action against poverty and exclusion. It’s a highly effective approach that works, and today is helping millions of people in some of the world’s poorest communities lift themselves out of poverty.
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