Term of References

Assignment Purpose: 

The role holder will be responsible for all tasks related to care of staff children in the office.  The caregiver will serve as a loving, nurturing and trustworthy companion to children and to provide a safe, caring, stimulating environment in which the children thrive and develop. General responsibilities include undertaking most all tasks related to the children’s care in office. The caregiver is responsible for keeping the children’s areas neat and tidy in addition to providing attentive, high-quality childcare.  

Activities

• Create a stimulating, nurturing, and safe environment for the children.
• The responsibility of feeding children using the food brought by parents to the facility.
• Perform work related to child care, including cleaning up after meals, tidying play areas, and washing bottles.
• Changing diapers.
• Place the children down for naps and bedtime.
• Dressing children appropriately. 
• Supervising children's meals and snacks.
• Scheduling and coordinating children's activities.
• Undertaking appropriate creative activities with the children based on the children’s age.
• Undertaking appropriate educational activities and reading with the children based on the children’s age.
• Implementing daily routines.
• Track attendance of children and movement
• Doing light housework in the office on-site child care.
• Running errands.
• Adherence to child safeguarding and child protection guidelines in addition to Save the Children policies and procedures

Essential Competencies:

• BC of kindergartener.
• Proven child care experience with references

Desirable

• Further training in child care and development such as a formal nanny training program, early childhood classes and/or in-service training
• First Aid and CPR certification
• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate/ Training.