We are looking for a facilitator to support the development of the Primokiz Local Early Years Strategy

The Primokiz programme, developed by the Jacobs Foundation and implemented in Germany and Switzerland, is an evidence-based strategy development process to increase access to quality services - education, health and social - for young children. The International Step by Step Association (ISSA) has been licensed to implement the programme, which has been used with great success in Romania and Slovenia. In Hungary, 9 municipalities are joining the programme through a grant from the Partners Hungary Foundation. 

The role of the facilitator: 

• Providing professional advice to support the process of developing a local early childhood strategy. 
• The facilitator is an independent professional, but is also familiar with local, municipal conditions. 
• Ensure that the professional perspective of all sectors involved in early childhood development - health, education, social - is taken into account. 

• It coordinates and integrates the problems and needs identified among children and families into the local early childhood strategy. 
• Coordinate the work of the local action team and the local coordinator involved in developing the strategy. 
• He is in close contact with the Primokiz project leader, who works for the Partners Hungary Foundation.  
• Your work is supported, assisted and monitored by a Primokiz facilitator mentor.  

The facilitator is responsible for: 

• adhering to the methodology of the strategy development process, 
• preparing the strategy (together with the local coordinator). 

The facilitator not responsible the adoption of the strategy by the municipality. 

Tasks: 

• Organising regular face-to-face and online professional meetings for the local action team, moderating meetings, taking notes.  

• Collecting professional proposals and materials and preparing an analysis of the mapping of the local early childhood care system 
•  Ensuring cooperation between the local coordinator and the members of the local action team, sharing tasks, professional supervision of the writing of the local strategy 

Qualifications, professional background: 

• Higher education.  
•  Several years of theoretical and practical experience in the field of early childhood education, teaching and programming. 

• Qualifications and experience as facilitator, mediator, coach, teacher, conflict manager. 
• Good practice in drafting technical papers, submissions and studies. 
• High level literacy 

Priority in the awarding of a contract: 

• systems theory,  

• conflict management skills, 
• experience as a team leader, 
• Driving licence and own vehicle and driving experience. 

What we offer: 

• Competitive salary. 

• Travel allowance. 
• Professional development opportunities in an international environment. 

Nature and duration of the legal relationship: 

• fixed term: until 31.12.2023.
• part-time (20 hours per week) 

• home office, with rural travel 

How to apply: 

Please send your CV with a photo and a motivation letter to Zsófia Bátory, Primokiz Project Coordinator, at the following e-mail address: batoryzs@partnershungary.hu  

Application deadline: 2023.08.10. 

To start as a facilitator, the facilitator must attend a 3-day Primokiz facilitator training course after signing the contract. The expected date of the training is 28-29-30 August 2023.