Deputy Head of Early Childhood Education Development Office

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (LEARN-IC-ECEDO-02 - Deputy Head of Early Childhood Education Development Office) Market Approach - Open, National UKRAINE Lifting Education Access and Resilience in Times of Need in Ukraine Program Grant No. TF0C5794 Assignment Title: Deputy Head of Early Childhood Education Development Office Reference No. LEARN-IC-ECEDO-02 Ukraine and World bank have signed the agreements for the Program "Lifting Education Access and Resilience in times of Need in Ukraine Program" (hereinafter referred to as the LEARN or Operation). LEARN was developed to address critical challenges and provide essential support to the education sector, aligning with the Ministry of Education and Science's (MoES) Strategic Action Plan. The objectives of the Operation are to (i) improve teaching and learning conditions; and (ii) strengthen management capacity of the education system. The objective of this assignment is to support the Head of ECEDO in ensuring effective cross-sectoral coordination, operational coherence, and results-oriented implementation of the First Steps Forward project. The Deputy Head will strengthen coordination across ECEDO pillars, MoES directorates, and development partners, while supporting efficient planning, resource use, and national-level scalability of interventions. The Consultant will be contracted through competitive selection in line with the World Bank's "Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers" September 2025 ("Procurement Regulations"). The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the Procurement Regulations, setting forth the World Bank's policy on conflict of interest. MOES now invites qualified interested persons to submit their expression of interest in Ukrainian and English as provided in the Terms of reference. The detailed Terms of Reference and submission modalities for the assignment are available at the link https://bit.ly/4ubFEX0 The deadline for submission of applications is 11:00 am Kyiv time March 12, 2026.