Local Consultant: Community Based Early Learning Settings

UNICEF Mindanao Field Office is contracting an Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Consultant to provide capacity building for Child Development Workers (CDWs) in Lanao del Sur. This is to improve the quality and increase the access of children 3 to 4 years old to ECCD program in the province. According to the UNICEF Report in 2019 entitled A World Ready to Learn, at least 175 million children or 50 percent of the world’s pre-primary-age population in 2019 are not enrolled in pre-primary programs. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS) in 2019 also revealed that at least 270,000 or 90 percent of children 3 to 4 years old are not attending any form of early childhood education program in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), and more than 50,000 of them are in Lanao del Sur.

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

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UNICEF has been an active partner of the Government of the Philippines and civil society in realizing the rights of every Filipino child, in line with priorities to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. UNICEF efforts have been focused on the most vulnerable regions identified by the Government of the Philippines Development Plan, particularly in the regions of Visayas and Mindanao. To ensure that interventions are sustainable and scaled up, UNICEF will support primarily local government units (LGUs) as the main instruments of delivering services and building systems. The level of engagement with government institutions will take into account capacities, economies of scale and sector issues.

It has a field office in Cotabato City, the second largest city in Mindanao, southern Philippines, with some 300,000 population. The city is the regional administrative centre of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao and over 80 percent of the population is Muslim. Mindanao is both conflict-affected and prone to frequent earthquakes and typhoon storms.

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• Bachelor's degree in any of the following areas:  ECCD, Social and Human Development or a relevant field. Advance Degree, an advantage.
• Solid ECCD experience for over 10 years is required.

HOW TO APPLY

Qualified candidates are requested to complete an online candidate profile in http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/ by 09 May 2025.  Only applications sent through the e-recruitment portal under Job Number: 581015 will be considered.

All candidates are requested to submit a COVER LETTER, and the duly filled P11 Form which can be downloaded from our website at P11 Form.docx (sharepoint.com) indicating three (3) previous supervisors. Please indicate your ability, availability and daily/monthly rate and area to undertake the terms of reference above.  Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered.

Only shortlisted consultants will be contacted.

Remarks:

Terms of reference may be shared upon request.

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"UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles."