Our goal is to help create a more equal and prosperous society by giving its vulnerable children the advantage Welcome to Cotlands. As an organisation, we are working towards making South Africa a more equal society by creating access to play-based early learning opportunities for young children. Through the generous investments of donors and partners, Co...
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Key Responsibilities
Child Development & Learning Support
- Support children’s development across cognitive, emotional, social, physical, and language domains.
- Assist in planning and facilitating age-appropriate, play-based learning experiences.
- Help identify developmental delays and report concerns appropriately.
Curriculum Implementation
- Support the implementation of the National Curriculum Framework (Birth to Four) and CAPS (where applicable).
- Assist in preparing learning materials and classroom activities.
Health, Safety & Wellbeing
- Ensure a safe, clean, and hygienic environment.
- Follow child protection and safeguarding policies in line with South African regulations.
- Support children’s nutritional and daily care needs.
Learning Environment Support
- Help create an inclusive, engaging, and culturally responsive classroom environment.
- Assist in setting up indoor and outdoor learning spaces.
Observation & Reporting
- Support the observation and documentation of children’s development.
- Maintain accurate records (attendance, incidents, progress notes).
Collaboration & Communication
- Work closely with teachers, centre managers, and support staff.
- Engage positively with parents and caregivers.
Minimum Requirements
- ECD NQF Level 4 Certificate (required).
- Must live in Princess, Roodepoort, or surrounding West Rand areas.
Advantageous Qualifications
- ECD NQF Level 5 (Higher Certificate or Diploma).
- First Aid Level 1 certification.
- Training in Child Protection/Safeguarding.
- CAPS and NCF training.
- Inclusive Education or Special Needs support training.
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Duties & Responsibilities:
Strategic leadership:
- Work through complexity of key issues, problems and opportunities to affect actions clearly and quickly
- Set goals to align with organisational goals
- Identify and exploit opportunities
- Proactively build and align stakeholders, capacity and resources to get thing done efficiently and achieve objectives
- Attract, develop and retain talent to ensure that people with the right skills and motivation are in the right place at the right time
- Build passion and commitment towards a common goal
- Integrate information from all sources to develop well-informed, diverse perspective that can be used to optimise organisational performance.
- Create an environment that embraces change, makes change happen and helps others to accept new ideas.
Plan and organise
- Staffing
- Budget
- Goals
- Deadlines
- Policies and procedures
- Resources
Financial acumen
- Prepare annual budget
- Manage regional expenses according to budget
- Assist with income where possible
Coordinate and direct operations
- Implementation plans
- Organise activities
- Coordinate staffing requirements
- Issue instructions and duties
- Control performance
Influencing and negotiating
- Manage relationships
- Resolve conflict
- Establish strategic connections
- Develop emotional intelligence
- Make impactful presentations
Minimum Requirements
- Proven track record of at least 3 years in a project coordinator role including managing a team.
- Ability to speak and understand the local African language
- Experience in managing, mentoring and coaching team members.
- Good written and oral communication skills.
- Results-oriented, strategic thinker and planner.
- Valid driver’s license with own reliable transport.
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Requirements
Work collaboratively with internal relationships
- Work closely with the BD team to ensure the effective planning, implementations and delivery of fundraising activities and events.
- Maximise the effectiveness of engagement and stewardship through marketing and promotional events.
- Work closely with senior management, Projects and Operations to support the development of new business.
- Work collaboratively with other departments to ensure efficient processes are in place and exceptional support is delivered.
Manage existing corporate partners
- Secure personal income target and contribute to the achievement of team targets.
- Carry out day-to-day responsibilities for managing relationships and communications with a portfolio of existing and new partners/investors, ensuring exceptional stewardship.
- Support the development and delivery of partner fundraising and associated activities, attending in-person engagements, where required.
- Develop and deliver effective PR, communications and engagement activities, working closely with communications, marketing and digital activities where appropriate.
- Provide written reports to partners/investors as required.
- Work closely with Operations and Projects to maximise the effectiveness of engagement and stewardship events in supporting the development of existing and prospective relationships.
Source new business:
- Attend networking events to identify prospective new business opportunities.
- Research, approach and develop new partnership/investment opportunities as agreed by the National Business Development & Marketing Manager.
- Develop, write and present persuasive and innovative proposals and presentations to investors in conjunctions with the National Business Development & Marketing Manager and colleagues.
- Contribute to the preparation for meetings and pitches by developing profiles and compiling information as directed.
- Source and secure Donations in Kind (DiK) required within the organisation to reduce the organisational expenditure budget.
Administration
- Support the development of fundraising operational plans.
- Ensure effective use of Cotlands SOP’s for managing and developing existing and prospective partnerships/investment.
- Ensure all donations and income are correctly, recorded, tracked and acknowledged.
- Track, analyse, measure and report on fundraising results and activities, thereby ascertaining the relevant Return on Investment (ROI).
- Provide regular income and activity reports, as directed, to the National Business Development & Marketing Manager.
General
- Contribute to special organisation-wide projects and initiatives, as requested.
- Get to know the work of Cotlands and the priority areas for funding in order to support the fundraising strategy.
- Maintain up to date personal knowledge of play-based learning, toy libraries and other industry relevant knowledge including the relevant terminology.
- Maintain confidentiality at all times regarding donor and beneficiary information.
- Comply with Cotlands’ policies, procedures and corporate image.
- Ensure that behaviour and decisions are driven by professionalism and excellent stewardship.
- Keep up to date with cutting edge strategies and activities, especially in the international arena and global markets.
- Generate innovative and creative ideas to generate income.
Qualifications, knowledge, experience requirements:
Relevant qualifications
- Experience in sales, PR, marketing and/or fundraising
- International fundraising knowledge and experience
- International investor relationships and network would be an added advantage
- Experience in account management and/or customer care
- Experience in database management
- Good understanding of the principles of corporate fundraising
- Good understanding of prospect research and vetting methods
- Valid EB driver's licence and own reliable transport
- Very strong computer skills - complete MS Word package
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Key Responsibilities
Programme Facilitation
- Facilitate play-based sessions with parents/caregivers and children aged 0–3 years.
- Demonstrate and guide developmentally appropriate play activities that promote early learning and bonding.
- Support parents to actively participate in play and learning with their children.
- Facilitate group workshops that share practical information about child development, early learning, and responsive caregiving.
Programme Implementation
- Deliver sessions according to approved lesson plans and programme guidelines.
- Prepare learning materials and ensure resources are available for each session.
- Ensure sessions are engaging, inclusive, and culturally appropriate.
Community Engagement
- Build positive relationships with parents, caregivers, and community members.
- Encourage consistent attendance and participation of families in the programme.
- Support outreach and engagement activities within the community.
Monitoring and Administration
- Maintain attendance registers and programme records.
- Provide feedback on programme progress and challenges to the Programme Coordinator.
- Assist with basic monitoring activities as required.
Safeguarding and Professional Conduct
- Ensure the safety and wellbeing of children at all times.
- Uphold organisational policies relating to child protection and ethical conduct.
- Represent the organisation professionally within the community.
Minimum Requirements
- Level 4 equivalent qualification.
- Experience working with young children (0–5 years) and/or parents or caregivers.
- Experience facilitating group activities or community programmes.
- Ability to communicate clearly in the local language(s) of the community.
- Passion for supporting families and early childhood development.
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Duties & Responsibilities:
Quality service
- Administration
- Provide high quality front line and inter departmental service
- Give accurate, clear and sensitive responses to client enquiries
- Assist with maintaining clerical and administrative systems to ensure an efficient and effective toy library service to all
- Assist with maintaining reception area, display table, office and kitchen in neat and orderly manner
Planning and organising
- Assist with planning and implementation of play sessions
- Co-facilitate play sessions
- Engage with children and provide varied and quality early learning opportunities
- Assist with preparation, rotation and set-up of play rooms/areas
- Assist with packing of PG kits as per learning plan
- Assist with preparation of events – WPD, toy library seminars
Maintenance and stock control
- Assist with sorting, packing and maintaining resources in a neat and orderly manner on toy library shelves
- Assist with sorting, packing and maintaining resources in all the storerooms in neat and orderly manner
- Assist with sorting, packing and maintaining all recycled and waste material in neat and orderly manner
- Assist with maintaining labels on toy library shelves and container/boxes in storerooms
- Assist with preparation and processing of resources
- Assist with repairs and cleaning of resources
- Assist with cleaning, packing away and maintaining all outdoor equipment in neat and orderly manner
Meetings, Work Sessions and Training
- Attend and participate in meetings and work sessions as required
- Attend in-service training and internal and external training as required
- Implement knowledge and skills acquired through training received to effectively and efficiently to provide quality services
Monitoring, evaluate, report and implement
- Conduct self-assessment/evaluation using monitoring check lists
- Use operational register to record completion of daily tasks as per PDP and work schedule to effectively manage time and tasks
Advocacy and networking
- Assist with building relationships with community children, primary caregivers and ECD centres
- Assist with the promotion of toy library services and programmes to community members, primary caregivers, donors
Risk management
- Use safe methods and techniques for shifting and lifting heavy equipment
- To take care of all resources, consumable items and equipment to prevent waste, damage or loss
- Assist with effective tracking systems of all the equipment and resources to identify damages or loss
- Assist with recovery systems to prevent permanent loss or damage of equipment and resources
Qualification and requirements
- Matric
- ECD level 4
- PC Skills
- Driver's license
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