{"id":17190,"date":"2016-09-26T11:32:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T11:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/?p=17190"},"modified":"2016-09-26T11:32:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T11:32:58","slug":"recruiting-now-world-bank-africa-early-years-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/recruiting-now-world-bank-africa-early-years-fellowship.html","title":{"rendered":"Recruiting Now: World Bank Africa Early Years Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Bank Group\u2019s\u00a0Early Learning Partnership (ELP)\u00a0is launching the Africa Early Years Fellowship to\u00a0recruit a cadre of young African professionals to support governments and World Bank teams to scale up investments in the early years.\u00a0\u00a0This new initiative is complementary to the\u00a0WBG Africa Fellowship Program, which is targeting Ph.D. students from Sub-Saharan Africa who are interested in starting careers with the World Bank Group. The Africa Early Years Fellowship will recruit promising young professional who will work in their home countries to build capacity in countries to ensure\u00a0Africa\u2019s children reach their full potential.\u00a0\u00a0In Sub-Saharan Africa, 80 percent of children under five years of age are not enrolled in pre-primary programs and malnutrition still prevails.\u00a0ELP\u00a0works closely with country governments and World Bank country teams to promote investments in the early years and support early learning and early childhood development (ECD).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfrica\u2019s youth is Africa\u2019s biggest asset and investing in young children is the smartest investment countries can make,\u201d says Makhtar Diop, World Bank Vice President for Africa. \u201cThe World Bank Group is committed to help African governments improve basic learning outcomes for young children and prevent malnutrition which can impair cognitive development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Demand for expertise in the area of early childhood development is increasing and exceeds current capacity, especially in the Africa region.\u00a0\u00a0 The Fellowship will build capacity within countries in the Africa region by developing a cohort of young professionals with technical and operational skills to support increased investments in early childhood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are launching this Fellowship to develop a sustainable and skilled workforce to scale-up investments in the early years in Africa.\u00a0 The Fellowship is designed to respond to the increasing demand for expertise in this area, both from client countries and within the World Bank Group,\u201d said Amanda Devercelli, ELP Program Manager.<\/p>\n<p><b>About the Fellowship<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Approximately 10 fellows will be selected and hired as short-term consultants for one year beginning early 2017, with the possibility of being renewed for a second year.<\/p>\n<p>Fellows will receive ongoing training and work experience across relevant sectors, including education, health, nutrition and social protection.\u00a0 The Fellowship will include a brief orientation at the World Bank\u2019s headquarters in Washington, D.C., and fellows will also benefit from ongoing professional development and mentoring from WBG staff.\u00a0 Fellows will be based in select countries in Africa, with the expectation that Fellows continue working in-country after the Fellowship conclusion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Specific duties may include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Support World Bank teams to design or implement operations in ECD\/early learning or a related field<\/li>\n<li>Support country and core teams in activities associated with the World Bank\u2019s Investing in the Early Years initiative<\/li>\n<li>Support countries\u2019 early learning research agenda associated with the World Bank\u2019s Early Learning Systems Research Program<\/li>\n<li>Contribute to analytical work in ECD\/early learning or related fields<\/li>\n<li>Coordinate initiatives to strengthen the capacity of local academic institutions in early learning and ECD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each Fellow will have a work program focused on one or two countries, and will be based in one of the following priority countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d\u2019Ivoire, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Criteria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interested candidates should be based in-country, or willing to relocate with minimum or no compensation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Requirement<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>African nationals 25-40 years of age<\/li>\n<li>Educational and professional experience in ECD\/early learning<\/li>\n<li>Graduate degree in a relevant field (including education, economics, statistics, health and nutrition, and social service) AND at least 3 years of professional experience in education, health and nutrition or social protection, with preference for previous work in ECD\/early learning; OR<\/li>\n<li>Undergraduate degree in a relevant field (including education, economics, statistics, health and nutrition, and social service) AND at least 5 years of professional experience in education, health and nutrition or social protection, with preference for previous work in ECD\/early learning<\/li>\n<li>Functional experience in economics, evaluation, project design and operations, policy dialogue, or advocacy desired<\/li>\n<li>Experience in the public sector, civil society, or multilateral organization preferred<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrated interest in ECD\/early learning<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrated high potential and commitment to ECD and\/or human development in Africa<\/li>\n<li>Strong analytical skills<\/li>\n<li>Strong written communication skills and ability to work well in teams, including with senior officials<\/li>\n<li>Ability to work effectively remotely<\/li>\n<li>Fluency in English required of all candidates; fluency in French or Portuguese required of candidates interested in working in francophone\/lusophone countries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>African professionals interested in a career in early childhood development are invited to apply for the Africa Early Years Fellowship<\/p>\n<p>The year-long fellowship is an initiative of the Early Learning Partnership, a multi-donor trust fund managed by the World Bank to support young children\u2019s development and learning through finance, analytical work and action research<\/p>\n<p>Selected fellows will gain training and work experience across education, health, nutrition, social protection and other relevant areas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Bank Group\u2019s\u00a0Early Learning Partnership (ELP)\u00a0is launching the Africa Early Years Fellowship to\u00a0recruit a cadre of young African professionals to support governments and World Bank teams to scale up&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[38],"tags":[2027],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-4tg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}