Job/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally

The Save the Children organization works to protect children in their child protection program

 activities.  These activities include creating Child Friendly Spaces in emergencies, reunifying 

separated and unaccompanied children with their families in emergencies, developing public 

awareness campaigns against child trafficking, piloting training programs for social workers to 

provide supportive care to families and children and advocating for more effective national

 protection policies and child welfare reform. Save the Children also focuses on the 

participation and leadership of the children themselves. Save the Children actively supports 

child clubs and other child-led activities that educate children on how to protect themselves, and

 empower them to call for action in their communities (http://www.savethechildren.org).  I chose 

this organization due the fact that it focuses on child protection, education, child survival, 

hunger, as well as health and nutrition.  All of this issues need attention and assistance, and 

Save the Children has the tools and resources to succeed in accomplishing their mission.  

There was only one job opportunity that sparked my interest and it was the Early Childhood

Development Specialist.  This career requires three to five years experience in an early 

childhood program design, experience in developing countries, experience in materials 

development to support ECD programming, and excellent communication skills in English

and fluency in Spanish.


The United Nations Children's Fund focuses on child survival and development, education,

gender equality, child protection, policy advocacy and partnerships.  The United 

Nations  Children's Fund advocate for measures to give children the best start in life, because 

proper care at the youngest age forms the strongest foundation for a person’s future 

(http://www.unicef.org)/.  I believe in this statement to the fullest.  I also believe in the fact that

unicef holds individuals accountable to the promises they make for children for the rights of 

children.  There were no job opportunities that sparked my interest in this particular 

organization.


The International Step by Step Association is a membership organization that connects 

professionals and organizations working in the field of early childhood development and

learning.  ISSA also promotes equal access to quality education and care for all children,

especially in the early years of their lives, and supports family and early years practitioners'

empowerment (http://www.issa.nl/global). I chose this organization due to the fact it also focuses 

on the development of children at a young age.  Being a Campus Director at a childcare center 

with infants beginning at six weeks of age, my focus is also on the access of a quality 

early childhood program.  I did not see any career opportunities, but there was opportunity to

join ISSA as a member or their online community.

References

 Save the Children. (2011). Retrieved 
     from http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6115947/k.8D6E/Official_Site.ht

 United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). (n.d.). Retrieved October 12, 2013, from 

 http://www.unicef.org/

International Step By Step Association. (n.d.). Retrieved October12, 2013, 

from http://www.issa.nl/index.html