International ECD Senior Advisory Consultant

The Senior Advisory Consultant will inform CELFF’s strategic direction, country engagement, and partnership approaches within the context of leveraging agenda for Early Childhood Development (ECD). The consultant will guide relevant teams, collaborate with the ECD Centre of Excellence, ensure strategic coherence and effective country-level demonstrations, and contribute to a roadmap to scale key initiatives to advance outcomes for young children.

Responsibilities

• Inform CELFF’s strategic direction, country engagement, and partnership approaches within the context of leveraging agenda for ECD
• Guide relevant teams and work collaboratively with the ECD Centre of Excellence to ensure strategic coherence and effective country-level demonstrations
• Contribute to a robust, pragmatic roadmap to scale key initiatives, including CELFF, to advance outcomes for young children

Requirements

• PhD in education, international development, psychology, human development, child development or another relevant technical field
• 15 years minimum of relevant professional experience in strategic advisory roles leading regional/global initiatives and high-impact programs, preferably in early childhood development / early childhood education, social impact
• Experience in innovative finance deals (structuring, operationalization, MRV)
• Proven track record in high-level partnership engagement with governments, IFIs, DFIs, bilaterals, multilaterals and donors, particularly with the EU
• Demonstrated experience in partnering with the European Commission and other relevant EU institutions
• Demonstrated experience in designing and facilitating high-level convenings and technical workshops
• Proven track record in shaping and deepening programmatic engagement, initiating thought leadership dialogues, envisioning and executing a pipeline of strategic publications (including white papers, policy briefs, reports)
• Strong communication, negotiation and strategic leadership skills
• Fluency in English
• Progressive experience in a UN system agency or organization

Skills

• Strategic Advisory
• Early Childhood Development
• Early Childhood Education
• Innovative Finance Structuring
• Finance Operationalization
• Monitoring Reporting Verification
• Partnership Engagement
• Government Relations
• International Financial Institutions
• Development Finance Institutions
• Donor Relations
• European Commission Engagement
• EU Institutions Collaboration
• Workshop Facilitation
• High-level Convening
• Thought Leadership
• Policy Brief Writing
• Report Writing
• Programmatic Engagement
• Strategic Communications

Languages

English