Early Childhood Development Technical Lead
Hybrid · Amman, Amman, Jordan or Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon
Job Summary
Technical leadership for Arabic ECD content across IRC's MENA ECD portfolio, ensuring high-quality, evidence-based content delivered through in-person, remote, and hybrid modalities; collaborate with Digital Portfolio and country teams to adapt content for digital platforms, provide training and technical support to staff and partners, analyze data to inform decisions, ensure content aligns with local standards, and represent the program in regional forums; requires 8+ years in ECD content/program design, strong Arabic and English communication, autonomy in fast-paced environments, travel across MENA, and base flexibility in Amman, Beirut, or Damascus.
Required Qualifications
- A minimum of 8 years of experience developing ECD or education content and contributing to program design and delivery for large-scale programs focused on ECD or a related field
- Deep knowledge of the ECD field, including current and past research, evidence-based program models, and content development approaches across child-facing, caregiver-facing, and service provider-facing modalities
- Proven ability to provide high-quality technical assistance, guidance, and coaching to staff and partners
- Familiarity with digital technology in an ECD or education context, including an understanding of how content is adapted and deployed across digital platforms and products; direct experience working alongside digital teams is an asset
- Experience using or managing staff who use user-centered design principles in content creation
- Experience working in conflict and crisis settings and knowledge of humanitarian programming
- Demonstrated ability to work with a high degree of autonomy, managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills, with the ability to build positive relationships across diverse, geographically dispersed teams
- Strong knowledge of the MENA regional context; experience working in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and/or Palestine strongly preferred
- Fluency in written and oral Arabic and English
- Travel required across MENA as needed
- Position is based in Amman, Jordan; Beirut, Lebanon OR Damascus, Syria
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