EARLY CHILDHOOD ANIMATOR

Main responsibilities

1. Adheres to all Vtec policies
2. Ensures care and safety for children, self and all others in the VTec community.
3. Prepares and delivers assessment teaching and learning
4. Classroom management, including issues of health and safety.
5. Provides a safe and stimulating environment that facilitates learning
6. Organises and supervises play and work activities (for example reading, , music, dancing etc)
7. Coordinates with MHPSS for referal cases
8. Conducts self in a professional manner at all times, and represent the school in accordance with teaching standard expectations
9. Provides supportive basic English literacy and numeracy sessions

Child Protection

SOS Children’s Villages works in accordance with the UNCRC: The best interest of the child is our primary consideration. Every child has the right to develop to his or her full potential, to quality, education, participation and non-discrimination. Everybody has the responsibility to protect children from all forms of abuse, abandonment, exploitation, violence,maltreatment, neglect, harm and discrimination.

Knowledge Management:

1. To participate in weekly team meetings within VteC broad team meetings (where/when found applicable)
2. To ensure appropriate and adequate documentation of data collected (hard & soft copies)
3. Sharing of information within the field-level with the project’s team as lessons learned
4. Ensure proficiency in compiling weekly reports
5. Any other duties found related to the nature of the job as suggested by the MHPSS Specialist, VteC Supervisor and Project Manager.

Skills and Competencies:

• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent Communication and Interpersonal skills
• Language skills, Arabic (excellent), English (Excellent), French is a plus
• A high level of adaptability and Patience
• Creativity
• Responsibility
• Resourcefulness
• A good sense of humour