Jobs Available at Cotlands

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