Week 6- Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally

Three international organizations that appeal to me are the Save The Children, Unicef, and Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) organizations.

            The Save the Children organization appeals to me because they provide children from different parts of the world with opportunities to grow up healthy and reach their full potential. This organization invests in helping children from the start. Another reason why I like Save the Children is because they work in the communities and working with people within the community.

            The job opportunity that appeals to me is the Program Specialist in the Early Childhood Development field at Save The Children. This position interests me because it ensures quality program implementation through providing training, technical assistance, and management support to program partners (Careers) that cater to children’s needs from prenatal to age five. In addition, “the Program Specialist oversees and supports program implementation, monitoring, and evaluation at assigned partner sites” (Careers). This position also interests me because it not only allows me to use my Master’s in Early Childhood Development, but I already meet most of the job requirements, such as having a minimum of three years of experience working with infants/ toddler development, having a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education, or related field, experience working in rural communities, being a trainer/mentor/ coach, working with or supporting professional/paraprofessional home visitors, and “a strong foundation in relationship-based work and supervision” (Careers).

            Another organization that I admire is Unicef. Unicef works with 190 countries promoting “the rights and wellbeing of every child…[while] focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere” (About UNICEF, 2015). Unicef’s goal of helping children overcome poverty, violence, disease and discrimination is appealing.

            The job position at Unicef that appeals to me is Consultancy Assignment: analysis of Vanatu Teacher-Classroom Interaction Survey Data. This job interests me because it takes place in Fiji, and allows me to observe classrooms and teacher-student interactions, outline policies, provide surveys, and present analytical draft reports (About UNICEF: Employment, 2015). The qualifications for this position is to have an advanced degree in Education or Social Science, extensive experience in survey design, and data management and analysis, field research experience, ability to use the compute, and proficiency in SPSS or STATA software statistical package (About UNICEF: Employment, 2015).

            The last organization that appeals to me is the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI). This organization appeals to me because “[they] are interested in sharing new approaches to the education of children and ensuring that these approaches are delivered in ways that enhance children’s individual skills and abilities and provide opportunities for success in life” (About Us).

            I was not able to find any job openings at the ACEI, however the ACEI does offer internships and volunteer opportunities. Unfortunately, neither of these positions interests me. The internship position focuses on doing online research and data gathering, while the volunteer position is to research and volunteer on your own time.

References:

"About UNICEF." UNICEF. 12 May 2015. Web. 11 Oct. 2015. <http://www.unicef.org/about/who/index_introduction.html>.

"About UNICEF: Employment." UNICEF. 8 Oct. 2015. Web. 11 Oct. 2015. <http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_85769.html>.

"About Us." Association for Childhood Education International. Web. 11 Oct. 2015. <https://acei.org/about-us>.

Careers. (n.d.). Retrieved October 10, 2015, from https://chc.tbe.taleo.net/chc01/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=SAVETHECHILDREN&cws=1&rid=3606