Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally

SOS CHILDREN’S VILLEGES (http://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/About-us/Working-with-us/Job-offers/Pages/Continental-Programme-Development-Advisor.aspx)

I chose this organization because they help families all around the world to take care of their children instead of taking the children away from them to take care of them. The position I found is Continental Programme Development Advisor. The skills you need for this position are an advanced degree in social work, social pedagogy, psychology or international development, at least three years of work experience in child protection and care, fluency in written and spoken English and Russian and knowledge and experience of deinstitutionalization and child welfare systems.

 

ChildFund International (http://www.childfund.org/child-sponsorship/sponsor-a-child.aspx)

I chose this organization because I am interested in organizations that provide child sponsorship programs. This position is not currently available but there was a position called Early Childhood Development Sr Specialist. Skills you need for this position are a Master’s or Doctoral degree in early childhood development, over 8 years of experience in early childhood development, experience working with children experiencing deprivation, exclusion and vulnerability, and their families, experience with proposal development, including technical strategy design and narrative writing, experience with USG donor agencies and grant making processes and so on.

 

International Rescue Committee (http://www.rescue.org/careers)

I chose this organization because they help children and families when emergencies occur and stay there as long as needed. The big earthquakes, tsunami and floods that have occurred in recent years made me think that these kinds of organizations are very important and needed. The job I found is Emergency Child Protection and Education Coordinator. The skills you need for this positions are a postgraduate degree in International Development or Education, excellent professional track record with at least three years of international management level experience within NGO leadership working in emergency / humanitarian program implementation within conflict or immediate post conflict environments, successful experience working within a volatile security environment, previous experience managing programs financed through US, EU, UN and private foundations, solid managerial skills and experience in an international multi-cultural setting; strong project planning, organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills and technical writing skills.