Early Childhood Development Consultant - Beirut

The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical support to the ECD committee in the development of a national ECD policy framework, implementation plan, and monitoring and evaluation plan.

The ECD consultant will specifically engage on the early childhood development committee and will:

• Review existing ECD policies, strategies, and plans in the country and internationally, and identify best practices that can inform the development of a national ECD policy framework.
• Facilitate a consultative process with relevant stakeholders to develop a national ECD policy framework, implementation plan, and monitoring and evaluation plan.
• Provide technical assistance to the ECD committee in the development of a communication strategy for the dissemination of the national ECD policy framework.
• Actively guide, supervise and steer the ECD content with the committee members to ensure material developed respond to the different areas for development for a child.
• Develop the ECD component within the curriculum with the committee with the support of partners.
• Provide technical input on ECD content based on best practices and evidence.
• Actively read all relevant Nurturing Care Framework material (handbook and practice guide) to familiarize herself/himself with the NCF approach; and ensure the components included on ECD are in-line with the Nurturing Care Framework.
• Actively engage in the curriculum review process and provide technical input.
• Coordinate with the Curriculum Development Experts and Curriculum Development Coordinators in securing the optimal conditions for the ECD/ECE curriculum revision kick-off, namely from content relevant and content design perspectives.
• Develop and implement coordinated and integrated Early Childhood Development/Early Childhood Education Structure and Policy.
• Define Early Childhood Development/Early Childhood Education quality standards.
• Develop Early Childhood Development/Early Childhood Education monitoring framework and system.
• Draw on the latest trends in instructional methods, educational technology in the Early Childhood Development/Early Childhood Education.
• Provide technical support for the development of Early Childhood Development/Early Childhood Education’s staff motivation mechanisms, system and processes.

Expected Deliverables:

The consultant will be expected to produce the following deliverables:

• An inception report outlining the proposed methodology and work plan for the consultancy.
• A review report documenting the findings of the review of existing ECD policies, strategies, and plans.
• A draft of national ECD policy framework, implementation plan, and monitoring and evaluation plan.
• A final national ECD policy framework, implementation plan, and monitoring and evaluation plan incorporating feedback from stakeholders.
• A monitoring and evaluation framework for the implementation of the national ECD policy framework.
• A capacity building plan for the ECD committee and other relevant stakeholders.
• Developing the piloting materials for ECD program and a monitoring framework to monitor the piloting process.

Key Working Relationships:

CERD President and IRC ECD Senior Technical Quality Manager.