Early Years Curriculum and Learning Resources Specialist

Early Years Curriculum and Learning Resources Specialist

The Early Years Curriculum and Learning Resources Specialist supports the development, review, implementation, and continuous improvement of early childhood curricula, educational frameworks, learning resources, and formative assessment tools for nursery and KG settings. The role translates early learning standards and developmental principles into practical educational content, guidance materials, and high-quality learning resources. It also supports curriculum piloting, implementation monitoring, research, data analysis, and the professional guidance of educators to ensure that curricula and resources are developmentally appropriate, inclusive, engaging, and aligned with approved educational standards and best practices.

• Support the development, review, and updating of early childhood curricula, learning standards, educational frameworks, and related policies.
• Translate developmental and learning standards into practical educational content, learning experiences, activities, and implementation guidance.
• Develop and review curriculum documents, educator guides, lesson-support materials, activity resources, and parent guidance materials.
• Design and evaluate printed, visual, sensory, digital, and interactive learning resources appropriate for nursery and KG settings.
• Ensure that curriculum content and learning resources support child-centred, play-based, exploratory, inclusive, and developmentally appropriate practice.
• Support the development of learning experiences across language, literacy, numeracy, physical development, social-emotional learning, creativity, communication, and exploration.
• Contribute to the development of formative assessment tools that support observation and monitoring of children’s learning, growth, and development.
• Support curriculum piloting and field testing in nursery and KG settings and collect feedback from educators, leaders, children, and relevant stakeholders.
• Analyse pilot results, implementation evidence, assessment data, and field feedback to recommend curriculum and resource improvements.
• Monitor the implementation and use of approved curricula and learning resources and identify areas requiring clarification, support, or revision.
• Provide technical guidance and professional support to educators and leaders on the effective use of curricula, educational guides, and learning resources.
• Participate in workshops, orientation sessions, and professional-development activities related to curriculum implementation.
• Conduct research and benchmarking on local, regional, and international early childhood curricula and learning-resource practices.
• Evaluate the suitability, quality, developmental appropriateness, cultural relevance, and educational value of proposed learning resources.
• Coordinate with designers, authors, publishers, technology providers, subject‐matter experts, and other partners involved in producing educational resources.
• Support the development and review of digital learning content, interactive media, educational applications, and multimedia resources.
• Ensure that curriculum and resource development reflects inclusion, child safeguarding, wellbeing, cultural identity, and accessibility requirements.
• Prepare technical reports, curriculum reviews, resource evaluations, presentations, recommendations, and implementation updates.
• Maintain accurate curriculum records, resource inventories, version controls, approvals, and supporting documentation.
• Perform other related duties and assignments as directed by the Section Head or Department Director.

• Early childhood curriculum expertise.
• Curriculum and learning-resource development.
• Creativity and educational innovation.
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving.
• Quality and attention to detail.
• Planning and organization.
• Research and evidence-based practice.
• Collaboration and teamwork.
• Professional communication.
• Stakeholder engagement.
• Ownership and accountability.
• Commitment to inclusion, child wellbeing, and educational excellence.

• Strong knowledge of early childhood education and development within nursery and KG settings.
• Strong understanding of child-centred, play-based, exploratory, inclusive, and developmentally appropriate learning.
• Knowledge of curriculum design, curriculum mapping, learning standards, learning outcomes, and educational content development.
• Ability to develop and evaluate printed, digital, sensory, visual, and interactive learning resources.
• Understanding of formative assessment, observation, documentation of learning, and developmental progress.
• Knowledge of inclusive education and adapting curriculum and resources for diverse learning and developmental needs.
• Strong research, benchmarking, analytical, and evaluation skills.
• Strong instructional writing, editing, proofreading, and educational-content development skills.
• Ability to convert educational theory and standards into practical classroom and…