Dawit Habte CV

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Summary

I have more than ** years’ work experiences in differ organizations on of Early Childhood Development (ECD), education, parenting, teacher, trainer, nutrition and Social and behavioral commination (SBC), and I have MA - in Early Childhood Education. I have been working in UNICEF – as Education Officer/ECD and lead on as expertise to develop and implement ECCE strategy and ECD framework for holistic child development. I have also coordinated and managed implementation of parenting enrichment and SBC program to promote community awareness and participation on education and ECD services. Additionally, I have worked as supervisor in World Bank - ECD project and ECD officer, responsible to manage on development and implementations of ECD Communication Strategy for integrated ECD approach in targeted communities. Besides, I have been working as community program officer in Mining company.

Skill Highlights

Work Experience

1. Education and ECD Officer

UNICEF Eritrea, from January 2015 to July 2022

Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) strategy development and implementation

• Coordinate on ECCE program planning, coordination, advocacy works, community awareness, implementation, and monitoring of UNICEF and GPE supported interventions

• Lead on development of ECCE costed strategy, dissemination, and implementation to create quality early learning opportunities for children.

• Advocate and supported MoE to prioritize ECCE program as part of basic education and to include in the Education Sector Plan (ESP)

• Providing technical support to MoE to expand ECCE program using cost-effective strategies such as, ECCE annexed classes, Rural Community Child Caregiving centres (RCCGs), and Kindergartens

• Project management

• ECD expertise

• Working with Communities

• Strategy and Research

• Parenting experise

• Multi-diversified professions

• Compelex proble solving

• Team working

DAWIT HABTE

SEYOUM

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3520 Quigley Street, Apartment -B,

Oakland, CA 94619

Phone:

+1-510*******

Email:

adrv8w@r.postjobfree.com

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• Implement early learning development standards (ELDS) to monitor on the achievement basic children’s developmental domains and ECCE curriculum implementation.

• Conduct capacity building and training programs to ECCE service providers -teachers, caregivers and directors and supervisors on paly-based ECCE curriculum and ELDS

• Develop and disseminate various ECCE resources manuals, guidelines, curriculum materials and COVID-19 repose materials to promote safe leaning.

ECD parenting enrichment program implementation

• Works as ECD focal person for officewide multisectoral ECD programming and implementations

• Develop ECD framework to guide ECD convergency and programming based on the ESAR - ECD Framework for action (2019), Nurturing care framework and UNICEF Global ECD Guidance

• Coordinate to update ECD parenting enrichment packages and guidelines in consultation with program sections and relevant ministries to implement ECD using different community-based platforms

• Develop ECD parenting booklets and comic books, radio programs to promote positive social norms and responsive parenting, learning at home and protection from COVID -19 pandemic

• Advocate and coordinate implementation of ECD -parenting enrichment program in remote communities through adult literacy program as entry point for holistic child development

• Coordinate annual #EarlyMomentsMatter Campaign by organizing different celebration events

• Advocate and concept note developed to integrate Care for Child Development (CCD) package and nurturing care with nutrition interventions to enhance responsive childcare and early stimulation

• Develop Gender responsive parenting materials - concept note and mapping exercise together with gender focal persons to use ECD parenting program as entry points

• Organize and conduct different training/capacity building programs on ECD parenting programs Education program planning, implementation, and monitoring

• Provide technical support to MoE on development of education sector analysis (ESA) and education sector plan (ESP), and development of GPE program application documents

• Provide technical support for program design, planning, data analysis, progress reporting, monitoring and evaluation on the areas of educational training, and community mapping

• Facilitate education working group (EWG) meetings and provide technical inputs on implementation of GPE supported education programs

• Supported on development of GPE annual progress reports that shows the GPE achievements, lesson learned and challenges.

• Closely follow-up DCTs, financial management, education program documentations and reporting.

• Organize and Conduct mid-term and annual review meetings with sectors and relevant stakeholders

• Develop proposals for resource mobilization on different education, and ECD program areas

• Conduct continuous joint field monitoring and supportive supervision and evaluation to the UNICEF supported programs

C4D/SBCC strategy design, back to school campaigns and community engagement

• As C4D/SBCC focal person for education section, coordinate and implement C4D intervention in the education sector

• Lead on the development process of education sector C4D/SBCC strategy and implementation in all zobas to enhance community participation and contribute for education learning outcomes

• Coordinate to conduct community’s mobilization using integrated flipcharts on early childhood education, out-of-school children, girls’ education, nomadic children, child marriage, menstrual hygiene and for children with special needs in targeted disadvantage communities.

• Coordinate on development of comprehensive SBCC training manual and facilitate as core trainers to conduct trainings for potential district trainers and cascade the communication capacity building training to local education service providers, community mobilizers and PTSA Dawit Habte CV

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• Advocate and implement nomadic and adult education in the disadvantaged communities to create demand for education and learning opportunities for school age children

• Develop different RCCE/IEC materials to in response to COVID- 19, such as radio and TV spots/programs, posters and leaflets targeting to children and parents to promote school reopening and prevention in schools. UNICEF Botswana CO, stretch assignment to support on ECD programming (Sep-Nov 2018)

• Provided technical support on the integrated ECD programme implementation and establish ECD modeled communities.

• Conducted capacity building trainings on integrated ECD programmes and shared Eritrea best practice on ECD parenting enrichment initiatives.

• Developed and presented ECD parenting strategies and ECD implementation arrangement to be adopted in Botswana’s context by establishing ECD networking at national and district level.

• Provided technical support on development of costed IECD Policy Implementation Plan.

• Developed Terms of Refences (ToRs) for ECD national working group and networking

• Provide technical support on evaluation and expansion of ECE reception classes within the premises of primary schools

• Supported on development of IEC/promotional materials and ECD messages - 2. Community Programs Officer,

Sunridge Gold Eritrea (Mining Company), from 2011 to 2014

• Managed and coordinated planning and implementation of social and environmental activities

• Facilitated to conduct Social and Environmental baseline studies and impact assessment and analysis

• Conducted community mobilization, stakeholder identification and community engagement

• Coordinated project screening, scoping, establish commination networking and setting up committee meetings and document project records and reports for the project areas.

• Developed databases system for local communities and stakeholder’s engagement activities

• Conducted monitoring and evaluation on social and environmental issues of the project area 3. Nutrition Consultant,

UNICEF Eritrea, as, From 2009 to 2010

• Supported to developed joint (UNICEF and MoH) nutrition and Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) work plans and implemented in targeted communities and health facilities.

• Conducted IMAM training to Health Workers (HW) and Community Volunteers

• Provided technical support to conduct Community Based Therapeutic Feeding (CBTF) Pre and post intervention survey in collaboration with MOH and prepare analysis reports

• Conducted monitoring and supervision to IMAM components (CBTF, SFP, FBTF), and nutrition supply) and provide on the job trainings to HWs and Community volunteers

• Conducted promotion campaign on Infant, Young and child feeding practices to support and protect breastfeeding and appropriate supplementary feeding.

• Provided technical support on National Child Health and Nutrition Week Campaign (NCHW) two times per year.

4. Early Child Development (ECD) and communication Officer World Bank, Eritrean Integrated Early Childhood Development Project, from 2001 to 2007

• Developed integrated ECD planning, strategies, budgeting, implementation and organize resources based on the objectives of ECD components.

• Managed and supervised six district/zoba ECD communication coordinators and conducted annual performance evaluations

• Coordinated ECD communication, advocacy, social and community engagement activities in collaboration with ECD stakeholders and implementers for behavioural change of target communities Dawit Habte CV

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• Lead to conduct ECD communication KAP survey and development of ECD communication strategy and implementation to promote holistic child development.

• Reviewed and approved project financial and technical proposals, and managed mass media and advocacy contracts for social and community mobilizations.

• Coordinate ECD national and district ECD technical working group meetings for integrated implementation approach of ECD interventions in targeted 116 Model ECD villages.

• Provided technical guidance on the development of messages, programs, scripts and regular broadcasting of

“Our Children Our Future” TV and Radio programs

• Provided technical support to ECD stakeholders on development and implementation of integrated ECD and ECCE policies

• Conducted different trainings to IECD Service providers on Communication for behavioural Change, Community based Growth monitoring and promotion (GMP), ECCE curriculum, rural childcare giving, IYCF, Parenting Enrichment, Rapid result initiatives (RRI) and others

• Conducted different community and social mobilization, and advocacy campaigns at national, district, and community level to get support and build partnership on integrated activities of ECD project

• Developed guidelines and manuals on how to deliver ECD Integrated messages during advocacy and mobilization activities, to use by ECD teachers, social workers, GMP promoters, and others

• Implemented community-based Growth Monitoring Promotion (GMP) program using Counseling cards and guidelines in collaboration with MoH in the targeted ECD villages

• Developed various IECD promotional materials (IEC) and ECD messages, disseminated by the help of Audiovisual Van Equipment’s for broader social and community mobilization

• Provide technical support to conduct research/assessments to evaluate the progress and impact of ECD projects and develop analysis report and shared with World Bank and partners.

• Conducted supportive supervision, monitoring, and evaluation activities for ECD integrated implementation and shared results to ECD stakeholders

5. Worked in different originations as short -term consultant, teacher, researcher, and trainer, 2018

• I have worked in Sustainable Development Consultancy Services/firm (SDCS) from January to March 2008, as short-term Nutritionist researcher, - to conduct and analyse data for the impact evaluation/assessment of supplementary foods in targeted communities through DIA and MOH.

• Worked as trainer, teacher, consultant and facilitator in different organization and institutions Education

• MA, in Early Childhood Education (ECE) from New Mexico State University, USA 2019,

• BSc, in Biology from University of Asmara, Eritrea, 1999 Professional Certified trainings

• Trained and certified on Mainstreaming of Early Childhood Education into Education Sector Planning organized IIEP-UNESCO/UNICEF/GPE MOOC from 28 October to 29 November 2019.

• Trained and certified on Miro-Planning and School Mapping specialized course through face to face from 23 -April to 03 May 2019 organized by UNESCO – IIEP - Paris France

• Trained and certified on Behavioural Communication Strategies for Coronavirus Programme, from 2nd Sep. to 7th October 2020, organized by UNICEF NY, and NYU School of global public health

• Trained on Pre-Primary Education Workshop (#3e): Expansion, Economics and Excellence organized by ESARO from 18-22 September 2017, Maputo, Mozambique

• Trained on Care for Child Development (CCD) and Parenting enrichment - Regional Training conducted from 10 – 22 July 2017 Nairobi Kenya, organized by UNICEF Regional office

• Trained on RBM -modules and certified on 01 July 2016 through online and face to face Dawit Habte CV

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• Trained on early Childhood Development (ECD) Impact Evaluation, on Multi Country Initiative’’ organized by UNICEF HQ and World Bank conducted from 27 – 31 July 2015 in Kigali, Rwanda.

• Trained of SBCC facilitation skills organized by ECD and UNICEF (2004, 2016, 2018, and 2021)

• Trained as (TOT) on Communication skills, for improving delivery of IECD services, from June 28 to July 3, 2004. Asmara, Eritrea

• Trained as TOT on Interpersonal Communication, Pedagogy and Report writing, from July 29, to August 03, 2004, Asmara, Eritrea

• Trained as TOT on the New Curriculum Development of Kindergarten and RCCG, from 25- 31, 2003

• Trained as Trainer of Trainers (TOT) on community-based Growth Monitoring and Promotion (GMP) and nutrition, from July 22 – 27, 2002 Asmara, Eritrea Conferences and Research

• Participated on AfECN International Conference on ECD, in October 2018 in Kenya, Nairobi. Eritrea ECD parenting education presented in the conference as best parenting initiative

• Participated–on ECD and C4D ESAR Network meetings and presented ECD and C4D works

• Participated and organized ECD Conference on October 12 -14, 2002, Asmara, Eritrea

• Research paper on pre-primary teachers training/development in Eritrea (2017)

• Parent involvement on children school achievement, –synthesis paper (2019)

• Conduct baseline needs assessments survey (2004) for the IECD implementations

• IECD – ‘Our Children Our Future’ guide and brochure (2006)

• Early Childhood Education (ECE) Tracer Study (2004) Languages

Fluent in English, Amharic and Tigrigna

References

• Abeba Habtom, ECD Unit Head, MoE -Eritrea. Email: adrv8w@r.postjobfree.com

• Emmi Pakkala, Chief BECPP, UNICEF. Email: adrv8w@r.postjobfree.com

• Kisanet Tesfagiogish, Education officer, MoE, Eritrea adrv8w@r.postjobfree.com, Best Regards,

Dawit Habte

July 2022

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