International Consultant – Pacific Early Childhood Education Systems

This consultancy will produce an updated Pacific early childhood education status report, finalise and roll out a regional planning toolkit, and support Fiji to develop a costed pre-primary policy implementation plan. It combines systems analysis, policy recommendations, stakeholder engagement and technical capacity building across Pacific Island Countries regionally.

• Prepare an inception note with methodology, data-collection instruments, analytical framework and consultation plan
• Update the status of ECE systems across all 15 Pacific Island Countries
• Analyse access, equity, foundational learning and progress against the 2022 baseline
• Document country best practices, persisting gaps and prioritised recommendations for the Pacific ECE agenda
• Finalise and support roll-out of the Pacific ECE Systems and Planning Toolkit
• Support Fiji's Ministry of Education to develop and socialise a costed Pre-Primary Policy implementation plan
• Build ministry staff capacity on ECE planning, costing and implementation monitoring

• Education in early childhood education, early childhood development, education policy and planning, economics of education or a closely related social science discipline
• At least 12 years of progressively responsible professional experience in early childhood education or education systems analysis
• At least five years in multi-country or regional ECE systems diagnostic, review and planning work
• Professional experience in Pacific Island Countries including technical work with Pacific ministries of education
• Fluency in written and spoken English

• Work experience in other small island developing states of comparable scale and geographic dispersion
• Familiarity with the Pacific Regional Council for Early Childhood Development and Conference of Pacific Education Ministers process
• Experience facilitating multi-country validation and capacity building processes

• Early Childhood Education
• Education Systems Analysis
• Policy Development
• Strategic Planning
• Capacity Building
• Technical Assistance
• Analytical Writing
• Stakeholder Engagement

• PacREF
• PRECET
• Pacific ECE Systems and Planning Toolkit

• Consultancy applicants must submit a technical proposal and all-inclusive financial proposal through the official portal