The Bernard van Leer Foundation (BvLF) is a private grantmaking foundation with a mission to improve opportunities for children up to age 8 who are growing up in socially and economically difficult circumstances.
The Foundation is currently searching for a consultant that can help them further develop their new India strategy focused on young children growing up in urban slums and can monitor existing investments on early learning in Orissa. The full-time assignment will run for 12 months, commencing with the start date of the contract. The consultant will be based in India with 2-3 visits to The Hague during the course of the consultancy.
BvLF currently has two goals in India.
- Reduced rates of malnutrition and morbidity among young children growing up in urban slums (geographies to be determined)
- Increased access to quality multilingual pre-school education services for 3-5 year old tribal children in Orissa.
Tasks for consultant
The consultant the BvLF is looking for must be able to help the Foundation deepen their thinking regarding the new work focused on child malnutrition and morbidity in urban slums and monitor the on-going programme in Orissa. Specific tasks foreseen include the following:
– Reduced rates of malnutrition and morbidity among young children growing up in urban slums (geographies to be determined)
– Increased access to quality multilingual pre-school education services for 3-5 year old tribal children in Orissa
Required Profile of Consultant
– Passionate about social change for young children and capable of instilling that passion in others…
– Equally comfortable in the board room, a minister’s office or a community meeting in an urban slum or a deep rural area
– Technical knowledge and professional experience in at least one of the following areas: child health and nutrition, environmental health, urban planning, social protection, child poverty, early childhood education.
– Technical knowledge and professional experience with at least one of the following: community organizing, governance, policy advocacy.
– Familiarity and past experience working with slum communities and/or with tribal communities in India. Both would be ideal.
– Some knowledge of evaluation methods
– Hard working, analytical and with a high tolerance for risk
– Strong oral and written communication skills with fluency in English. Knowledge of tribal languages from Orissa is an advantage.
The assignment with competitive compensation is full-time and starts as soon as possible for a period of 12 months.
Last date for submitting application is July 9, 2011
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