VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Date: November 9, 2026
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Assignment: Consultant – ECCE Expert (Grant Project)
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Location: Gogunda, Udaipur, Rajasthan
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Assignment type: Consultancy
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Reporting to: Specialist, State Program & Partnership
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Duration: up to Eight Months
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Work environment: On-site.
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About ChildFund
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ChildFund India works towards ensuring that children from the most marginalized sections of the society become able, confident, and responsible adults.
ChildFund’s Values
ChildFund values a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible environment where everyone is welcomed and celebrated equally. In our culture of connection, you will have ample opportunity to grow, learn, and lead while contributing your talents and innovations to our inspiring mission.
ChildFund’s Commitment
ChildFund India’s Safeguarding Policy and Procedures will be strictly adhered to throughout the engagement period to ensure the safety, dignity, and well-being of children and vulnerable adults. ChildFund India maintains a zero-tolerance approach towards sexual exploitation, abuse, harassment (SEAH), and all forms of harm by staff, partners, consultants, vendors, and representatives in the delivery of its programmes and services.
The organization is committed to maintaining a safe and respectful environment within the workplace and in the communities where it operates. Accordingly, the selected candidate will be required to sign ChildFund India’s Safeguarding Commitment and Behavioural Protocol as part of the contractual agreement and comply with all safeguarding standards, policies, and do-no-harm principles throughout the engagement period.
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About this Assignment
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The ECCE Expert will provide technical support and guidance to implement Nand Ghar project at the field level. The role will design curriculum, programme tools, the Oral Language Activity and School Readiness Package, the training design, and the technical quality of the oral language and English exposure approach, keeping everything aligned to the state ECCE curriculum, NIPUN Bharat and the National Curriculum Framework for the Foundational Stage. The ECCE Expert will work in close collaboration with the Senior Specialist – Education based at Delhi office.
Remain alert and responsive to any safeguarding risks; acquire and maintain the relevant knowledge and skills necessary to promote strong safeguarding practices; understand and adhere to ChildFund India’s Safeguarding Policy and Procedures; and conduct yourself at all times in a manner consistent with ChildFund India’s safeguarding principles and standards.
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Required Experience and Education
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- Education: Master’s degree in education, Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Social Work or a related field.
- Work Experience: Minimum 8 years of experience in ECCE, foundational learning or early language, including curriculum and materials design.
- Language Proficiency: Fluency in English and Hindi (both writing and speaking); knowledge of the local language is an advantage.
- Skills and Abilities: Strong grounding in early childhood pedagogy, play based learning and school readiness. Ability to turn concepts into simple, usable materials that a lightly trained adolescent girl can deliver. Strong training and mentoring design skills. Collaborative, able to work with field teams, government functionaries and the community. Can set simple quality standards and use observation data to improve sessions.
- Job Knowledge: Demonstrated experience designing play based, age-appropriate learning content for children aged three to six years. Experience working with Anganwadis or the ICDS system, and with government education systems, is strongly preferred. Experience of working with adolescent or peer-facilitator and volunteer-led models, or with materials designed for low literacy facilitators would be advantage. Familiarity with NIPUN Bharat and the National Curriculum Framework for the Foundational Stage. Experience in low resource, rural settings and with community-based programmes.
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Scope of Work
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Programme and model design
- Lead the conceptualization and design of the Kishori Didi engagement model in line with Nand Ghar and Anil Agarwal Foundation priorities.
- Provide strategic oversight of the overall curriculum design and all programme tools.
- Ensure the model strengthens the Nand Ghar Didi and fits within the existing daily Nand Ghar schedule and requires no additional time from the Nand Ghar Didi beyond her working hours.
Curriculum, content and materials
- Develop the Oral Language Activity and School Readiness Package.
- Oversee the learning materials for children, the facilitation guides for Kishori Didis, and the Nand Ghar pass out badge or certificate.
- Ensure alignment with the state ECCE curriculum, NIPUN Bharat and the National Curriculum Framework for the Foundational Stage.
Capacity building and quality
- Shape the orientation and training design for Kishori Didis and Nand Ghar Didis and its delivery through ToT mode.
- Set technical quality standards for sessions and mentoring, and guide corrective action where needed using session observation checklist and mentoring format.
- Support the content for demo sessions and refresher rounds through the pilot.
Assessment and evidence
- Guide the design of child assessment and school readiness tools together with the monitoring and evaluation team.
- Review baseline, dipstick and endline and recommend programme adjustments. Help translate findings in soft.
Partnerships and representation
- Provide technical inputs to engagement with ICDS, the state and district, and the Nand Ghar team.
- Represent the technical approach of the programme in reviews, learning forums and documentation.
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Required Competencies
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ChildFund’s Core Competencies
- Teamwork: the ability to work effectively and collaborate with others; values and respects individual differences.
- Communication: demonstrates empathy and tact when communicating with others and uses a storytelling approach when appropriate.
- Results orientation: gets things done; takes proactive steps to achieve organizational goals and quality standards.
- Decision making: uses good judgement, critical thinking, and non-traditional ways to evaluate problems and opportunities; reflects and innovates to improve decisions and outcomes.
- Resilience: thrives and grows in rapidly changing, demanding, and complex environments.
- Digital literacy: adopts and champions new technology to relevant contexts, stays aware of technological trends and embraces technological solutions to business challenges.
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Disclaimer: This TOR is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the assignment.
How to Apply:
Please send your updated CV to recruitment@childfundindia.org (renaming your CV with your name is appreciated). Attaching a cover letter to demonstrate your suitability for the position is highly recommended.
Please include answer to the following question in your email for application –
Do any of your relatives or members of your family/household work for ChildFund or if any child related to you is being currently sponsored/enrolled by ChildFund?? If yes, please provide the following details:
- Name, Relationship, Current Position, and Location
Please mention in the subject line of your email “Application for ECCE Expert (Grant Project), Gogunda, Rajasthan”
Kindly pay attention to all of the above three points under “How to Apply” section as missing information may result in disqualification of the application.
Application Deadline: November 16th, 2026.
Note: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.