Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally

Internationally Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community

1. United Nations Children's Fund

UNICEF has been defending the rights of children for 70 years. This has been possible across 190 countries and territories, with programs that involve child protection and inclusion, child survival and education to name a few. UNICEF also operate out of their offices around the world. They have offices in various continents of the world.

One career opportunity that stuck out to me is International Professional (IP). To be a candidate for this position one must have a minimum of Masters Degree from an accredited institution. International Professional staff is recruited internationally and serve in duty stations outside their country of nationality. Its a leadership, managerial and/ or specialist position. IP staff are expected to rotate to new duty stations and must be willing to work in various regions and setting, including emergencies. This position varies in levels, from Entry to Senior.

Entry Level- 1-2 years of professional work
Mid Level- 5-8 years of professional work
Senior Level 10+ years of professional work experience

2. Save The Children

Founded by Eglantyne Jebb, the Save the Children fund began in England in the year 1919. In1930 a group of inspired Americans, established the Save the Children fund in the United States. save the Children also provide services for the children from around the world and the UNited States. My main attraction was the work they do for Education. In 2016, Save the Children helped over 13 million children through their education programs, Including more than 58,000 U.S Kids. This was possible through training of the teacher, parents, and caregivers for early learning with their children, to tutoring children for math and reading. The also provided learning experiences through crisis to prevent dropouts or children following behind.

One career opportunity I found interesting was Director position. The Director, Early Childhood and Child Care Recovery Center, was solely responsible for leading child care and school recovery programs for the Hurricane Harvey Response with a particular focus on assessment, recovery and quality improvement. The position will lead the administering of sub-grants and material support to licensed child care and early education providers in TX.  This position will manage proposals, monitoring, and reporting of SC child care and school recovery projects.  The Director will lead assessments, recovery plans, and high-profile collaborations, and will be the media spokesperson for Child Care Recovery related to Hurricane Harvey (www.savethechildren.org).

3. United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

UNESCO creates the opportunity for dialogue among civilizations, cultures, and peoples based upon respect for commonly shared values (www.unesco.org). UNESCO's mission is to build peace, the eradication of poverty, development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication, and information with two main focuses in Africa and Gender Equality. 

I explored the internship programs of UNESCO. I found that anyone from a wide range of disciplines are all able to apply for individual 1- 4 month internship at UNESCO Headquarters and field Office, either in strategic activities or to an administrative or technical function. This provides professional experiences in an international organization related to one's studies.

My main interest in these three organization is the impact they all make in the lives of young children around the world. With Community of Practices such as those mentioned above, gives me the inspiration to want to expand my local impact to a global movement. Knowing that these organizations are available allows one to do so. 

References
 http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6115947/k.8D6E/Official_Site.htm

 http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/about-us/who-we-are/introducing-unesco

 http://www.unicef.org/