Job/Roles in the ECE Community

     UNICEF stands for United Nations Children's Fund.  This organization appeals to me in that its belief is that nurturing and caring for children is the corner stone for human progress.  I think this is a powerful statement and commitment to mankind, speaking to poverty, violence, disease and discrimination.  One of the jobs that sounds interesting in this organization is the Chief of Child Protection.  In this job there entails a variety of ways in advocating for children.  Skills for doing this type of position would include understanding child protection policies nation wide that affect children, especially relating to violence, disease and discrimination.
     International Step by Step Association sounds like a pretty impressive organization in that it connects ECE professionals internationally.  This type of organization gives people in the field of early childhood the opportunity to learn what is happening in the areas of early childhood, primary education, equal access, teacher education and civic participation in education.  I did  not see any job opportunities in this organization, but there were ways to  become involved.  Opportunities such as being an early childhood expert in the organization along with participating in task forces and writing policy papers. Skills for such positions as these is the knowledge of Early Childhood along with the ability to understand and write policy papers.
     International Child Care is a christian health development operating in Haiti with the vision to see health and wholeness in children and families.  This organization sees this as a way of responding to God by promoting health and well-being. The idea of making sure that families experience health and wholeness draws me in that this is part of the foundation of life continuing.  A job that sounds interesting in this organization is the  Community/Education coordinator which is basically supporting the National Director in creating and implementing strategies for marketing the vision and community affairs events.  To do this type of job, a person would have to understand the full vision of the organization and be able to articulate it in a convincing and intriguing way.  Communication skills and knowledge would be key in functioning in this type of job.