Ecd Project Manager - Cape Town, South Africa - VPUU NPC

VPUU NPC

Verified Company

Cape Town, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

_VPUU NPC is a Public Benefit Organisation that implements multisectoral integrated area based upgrading programmes of neighbourhoods in townships and informal settlements.

We do this in partnership with communities, municipalities, provincial and national government. _

We work in an integrated team of community participation, socio economic development, operation and maintenance, planning and design, infrastructure development, and knowledge management towards sustainable urban neighbourhoods. For our team we are looking for an_

ECD Project Manager

Fixed Term Contract until

R25 000 to R total cost to company per month

Job Purpose:

This role will provide Early Childhood Development support, guidance and feedback to the ECD practitioners who are part of the VPUU ECD programme at a citywide scale.

It includes developing practitioners' competence and monitoring and evaluation of the work with about 170 ECD Centre's to ensure the achievement of high-quality early learning services through the effective implementation of the programme...

Key Performance Areas:

Project manage an early learning programmatic approach towards improved ECD Services especially in informal settlements.
Oversee and further develop M&E tools towards measuring early interventions across neighbourhoods
Plan and conduct mentoring on site primarily in informal settlements in Cape Town (centre based as well as outreach/ out of centrebased programmes)
Ensure all VPUU ECD sites are implementing the learning programme accordingly
Support the supervisors in ensuring appropriate oversight of Fieldworkers that are assigned to perform M&E tasks.
Develop the centres and outreach programme towards best practice including making demonstrations
Facilitate training of practitioners, supervisors, fieldworkers and interns
Organise and Facilitate meetings with the ECD forums across areas.
Reporting and administration
Guide and oversee practitioner evaluations, the learner observations process, child development progress report process and inventory check process
Support the Supervisors with oversite such as inventory list preparation, data collection, analysis of data
Observe and guide interns in the designated centres and conduct quarterly mentoring sessions with interns
Draft practise briefs of the work conducted
Writing of monthly progress reports.

Requirements:

A Degree in Education, Early Childhood Development Sector, M&E or project management (Minimum NQF level 6)
At least 5 years of proven work experience in the field of Early Childhood Development Programmes, project management in social programmes, or M&E of educational projects
Grade R Knowledge would be an added benefit
Experience in facilitating training
Effective leadership, organizational and time management skills
Initiative, problemsolving and critical thinking skills
Possesses a strong excitement and passion for working with children and their Practitioners
Effective oral/written communication skills in at least 2 of the following languages: English, isiXhosa, Afrikaans
Criminal check Clearance on the Child Protection Register
Valid Code EB drivers' licence