Early Childhood Ireland is the leading children?s advocacy and
membership organisation. We work in partnership with our members to
achieve quality experiences for every child in Early Years and School
Age care settings. We advocate for an effective and inclusive Early
Years and School Age Care system that values, supports, and invests in
childhood, children and services.
Early Childhood Ireland?s Strategic Plan (**Apply on the website**)
contains two ambitions. By **Apply on the website**:
* Early Childhood Ireland is the largest membership organisation in
the sector and our members are leading the way in achieving quality
practice in their child-centred settings.
* Early Childhood Ireland is the leading advocate for children in
early years and school-age care (EYSAC) settings in Ireland, has
influenced policy and legislative development in EY SAC, towards the
quality system we have championed; and Ireland has achieved an
investment level of 1% of GDP by **Apply on the website**.
Early Childhood Ireland?s Research and Data Analysis (RDA) function
delivers on these organisational ambitions by:
* Facilitating our members to engage in practitioner enquiry and
action research, and conducting research with members to elicit their
experiences and expertise to achieve our ambitions
* Generating knowledge to enhance the quality of children?s
experiences in early years and school-age care settings and the
quality of the system within which members operate
* Using a theory of change approach, monitoring and evaluating Early
Childhood Ireland?s work for organisational learning and impact
assessment
* Supporting the use of research evidence on how best to improve the
quality of systems and services, pedagogy and practice for children,
internally and by members and stakeholders.
JOB TITLE: Research & Evaluation Manager.
REPORTS TO: Director of Research.
CONTRACT: Full-time, permanent.
LOCATION: The organisation is operating on a hybrid basis for the
foreseeable future. Our national office is based at Tallaght in South
County Dublin.
JOB PURPOSE
Working closely with the Director of Research, the successful
candidate will develop and lead a programme of research and evaluation
to underpin and advance Early Childhood Ireland?s _Strategic Plan
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The Research and Evaluation Manager will work in a dedicated
multidisciplinary Research and Data Analytics function in Early
Childhood Ireland. In line with our Strategic Plan, this function was
established in January **Apply on the website**, providing the
successful candidate with a unique opportunity to shape and influence
applied early childhood and school-age care research in Ireland.
They will support all elements of the research and evaluation process,
from ideation to research design to impact assessment, including:
* reviewing and shaping the organisational research strategy
* generating, developing and communicating new research ideas to
contribute to achieving defined organisational impacts
* developing research projects and funding proposals and managing
commissioned research
* designing and managing internal monitoring and evaluation projects
and evaluating and reporting on the extent to which defined
organisational impacts have been achieved
* participating in developing new research partnerships and
maintaining existing partnerships
* ensuring that all research projects and outputs are of
consistently high quality and child impact focused.
_PLEASE SEE INFORMATION PACK ATTACHED BELOW._
APPLICATION PROCESS
To apply, please submit an up-to-date CV and letter of application via
email for the attention of Rita Dolan to **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**
before **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**.**APPLY ON THE WEBSITE** NOON ON
WEDNESDAY **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE** OCTOBER **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**.
The cover letter should address the essential requirements and convey
the applicant?s understanding of this role. The CV should be no more
than three pages long.
Shortlisting of candidates may apply and will be based on the Job
Description and Person Specification.? Candidates may be asked for
further information or to undertake other tasks to assist in the
assessment process.
_EARLY CHILDHOOD IRELAND STRIVES TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
EMPLOYER._
We need : English (Good)
Type: Permanent
Payment:
Category: Others
