Early Childhood Development and Pre-Primary Specialist

The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports Arts and Culture (MEIYSAC) Namibia is a longstanding partner organization of Comundo and is committed to delivering a qualitative and inclusive education for all children and youth. In addition, the Ministry promotes Namibian art, culture, and sports in favor of na tional unity and in consideration of its diversity. The Comundo Country Programme Namibia contributes significantly to a better education for all children and youth. To achieve this goal, we collaborate with the Ministry of Education, the regional Directorates of Education, different NGOs and with the National Institute for Educational Development (NIED). The Partner Organisation for this assignment is NIED, which is a Directorate under the Ministry of Education, in the Otjozondjupa Region in central Namibia.

Your activities / tasks

Your task is to support the NIED and MEIYSAC in their plans to implement the new Early Childhood Devel opment (ECD) policy and curriculum, and to improve ECD and Pre-Primary capacities and knowledge at the national level and across the 14 regions. This will lead to improved quality, and inclusive education for all children in ECD centers and Pre-Primary classes.

That is why we are looking for a professional who is able to conduct the following tasks:

• Practical implementation and further development of the new ECD policy and curriculum in the country
• Capacity sharing for the NIED staff in ECD and Pre-Primary
• Further education of ECD and Pre-Primary teachers in the area of didactics and methodology (e.g., learner-centred approach, classroom management, learning through play)
• Development of learning materials for ECD centres and Pre-Primary classes, which are age-appro priate and aligned with the curriculum
• Supporting MEIYSAC and NIED with the ECD transaction from the Ministry of Gender to the Ministry of Education
• Intensification of the networking between the Directorates of Education of different regions and at the national level (MEIYSAC and NIED)
• Share best practices for ECD and Pre-Primary among the stakeholders of the ECD sector