Overview
The EECD Senior Officer contributes to the design, adaptation, and quality implementation of EECD programming. The role supports the development and adaptation of technical EECD materials, capacity strengthening of partners and facilitators, and ensures adherence to IRC technical standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the development of new and adaptation and contextualization of existing EECD content including but not limited to curricula, tools, and learning materials.
- Identify programmatic gaps and propose context-appropriate technical solutions.
- Support integration of EECD approaches across different delivery platforms (community-based centers, hybrid and remote modalities).
- Contribute to desk reviews and documentation of best practices, evidence-based approaches, policy briefs and fact sheets.
- Conduct regular field visits and observations to assess quality of implementation and provide coaching and technical support.
- Contribute to the establishment and rollout of a coaching and supportive supervision system for facilitators and frontliners.
- Document findings, lessons learned, and recommendations for program improvement.
- Support data review processes to inform adaptive programming and flag emerging trends or concerns.
- Support the preparation of trainings and capacity-building sessions.
- Deliver and/or support the delivery of trainings and workshops for facilitators, teachers, and partners.
- Identify capacity gaps affecting quality delivery and recommend training interventions.
- Contribute to tracking capacity strengthening progress and outcomes.
- Maintain sustained technical engagement with local and government partners, strengthening their capacity, and ensuring alignment with program quality standards
- Support and coordinate EECD-related policy, advocacy and scaling efforts with strategic partners
- Support the coordination and the development of the advocacy goals and plans; ensure advocacy activities are conducted in close coordination with partners and are high-quality, strategically aligned and designed, implemented, and monitored in line with program requirements and monitoring system.
- Support in identifying decision makers and influencers for EECD policy goals in close coordination with advocacy advisors at both country and regional levels.
- Work closely with the project team and regional team to support planning, implementing, and managing advocacy and policy engagement activities.
- Participate in relevant coordination meetings and technical working groups as delegated.
- Support engagement with partners, NGOs, and local stakeholders.
- Contribute to preparation of briefs, presentations, and technical inputs for meetings and reporting.
Required Experience
- 3–5 years of relevant professional experience in education/ECD programming.
- Experience in training delivery, material adaptation, or program implementation (a must).
- Understanding of the Lebanese education/ECD context is an asset.
- Basic knowledge of Monitoring & Evaluation tools and approaches.
- Strong communication and coordination skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively and provide field-level technical support.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Education, or Early Childhood Development, or related field
