Deputy Director ECDE

The Deputy Director for Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) is a senior leadership position responsible for the strategic oversight and management of early childhood education within the county. This role involves guiding curriculum implementation, mentoring educators, and ensuring the holistic development of learners to ensure a successful transition to primary school life. The officer is also responsible for policy implementation, strategic planning, and community mobilization to enhance the ECDE sector.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Providing role modeling, guidance, counseling, mentoring, and motivation for learners.
• Initiating and coordinating the designing of the curriculum.
• Organizing and developing play/learning activities to foster children’s exploration and creativity.
• Ensuring the safety and security of learners within ECDE centers.
• Facilitating children in self-expression and discovery to cope with primary school life.
• Facilitating pre-writing, pre-reading, number skills, creativity, experimentation, and providing children with opportunities to learn self-care and behavior control.
• Organizing community mobilization meetings to create awareness of the ECDE programme.
• Participating in curricula development panels and developing relevant play/learning materials.
• Managing ECDE centers and maintaining professional records, including children’s progress records, schemes of work, lesson plans, and daily programmes of activities.
• Mentoring ECDE Teacher trainees.
• Interpreting and implementing ECDE policies.
• Developing County Programmes that cater to the total development of children.
• Conducting research within the ECDE sector.
• Participating in stakeholder engagement in the ECDE sector.
• Preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual reports on the ECDE sector.
• Assisting in the development and implementation of the strategic plan for ECDE.
• Monitoring and evaluation of ECDE programmes.
• Management of the County ECDE Resource Centre.
• Preparing and costing the Annual Work Plan.

Requirements for Appointment

• Must have served in the grade of Assistant Director ECDE JG ‘P’ or a comparable and relevant position in the public or private sector for a minimum period of three (3) years.
• A Master of Education Degree in Early Childhood Development Education or any other Master’s Degree from a recognized institution of higher learning.
• Must be registered by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
• Certificate in Computer applications.
• Must possess a Strategic Leadership Development Programme (SLDP) certificate from a recognized training institution.
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

Terms of Service

• Five (5) years contract.