2 Job Positions at World Vision International Rwanda: (Deadline 18 October 2022)

% Of time

Activity

End Results

70%

SBBC programming and implementation 

• Lead the design and implementation of a multi-layered SBCC strategy with the aim of engaging parents and communities with messaging focused on supporting their children’s literacy and learning.
• Lead the creation of behavior cantered messaging through both existing and innovative new platforms for dissemination.
• Design and implement a comprehensive, community-based SBCC campaign to raise awareness and relay messaging on the importance of supporting reading to parents, community members, school leadership and key local government actors
• Develop comprehensive communication tools and SBCC campaign materials and activities, using evidence-based theories and methodologies, in close collaboration with program leads
• Work with program leadership on key modalities for SBCC messaging platforms including radio, mobile communication, peer support and local messaging.
• Liaise and coordinate with the relevant organizations and agencies of the Ministry of Education and assigned counterparts to ensure coordination of strategies, communications and quality of messages.
• Provide support to technical aspects of the procurement process for SBCC services and products.

• Quality SBCC strategy to improve children’s literacy will be developed
• SBCC messages will be developed and disseminated
• SBCC awareness campaigns will be organized and conducted
• Innovative platforms will be developed

20%

Planning, monitoring evaluation and learning 

• Work with the project team members ensuring SBCC related activities are incorporated into project’s AIP and MEL plan.
• Liaise and coordinate with the relevant organizations and agencies of the Ministry of Education and assigned counterparts to ensure coordination of strategies, communications and quality of messages
• Periodically collect information on good practices/ promising approaches more specifically at the community level to gain institutional knowledge.
• Capture lessons learned, stimulate internal and external knowledge exchange and suggest ways how to translate this into practice.

• Both Annual Implementation Plan and Monitoring Evaluation and Learning plan will incorporate SBCC activities.
• Success stories will be collected, documented ad shared with the donor and other relevant stakeholders.

• The management will be advised on

10%

Capacity building 

• The SBCC specialist will also support capacity building/ strengthening with the Ministry of Education and implementing partners; contribute to the design and rollout of the learning agenda and improve the evidence base to inform and influence policy in the Rwanda education sector.
• Provide technical support and training to the project’s SBCC field staff and other implementors or stakeholders at community level.

• Project field staff including consortium members and local implementing partners will be trained on SBCC and will be able to implement related activities.

Required Professional Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in designing, planning, and implementing SBCC efforts and/or community level activities, including communication campaigns and trainings.
• Field experience in developing and implementing SBCC tools/projects.
• Proven experience in undertaking activities aimed SBCC and Capacity Building of audiences with different age ranges and education level.

Required Education, training, license, registration, and

certification

• Bachelors’ degree, preferably in behavior change communications, journalism, and other related social sciences fields.

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Master’s degree in behavior change communications, journalism, and other related social sciences fields.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate closely with government staff, effectively manages their expectations, and builds capacity.
• Proven abilities to set priorities, to multi-task, and to work collaboratively across technical disciplines.
• Familiarity and understanding of USAID policies and procedures (is a benefit), or those of other donors, donor funded projects, community- based projects, or corporate social responsibility projects.
• Excellent facilitation and communication skills.

% Of time

Activity

End Results

40%

Planning and program implementation 

•  Provide technical review and feedback on feasibility of local implementing partners’ proposed work plans; provide adjustments and recommendations as needed.
• Lead the development and/or revision and adaptation of technical resources to incorporate key program components to engage parents and other community members.

• LIPs work plans are comprehensive, feasible and with impactful activities.
• Project decisions and approaches are research based.

40%

Capacity building/ strengthening

• Organise, conduct technical trainings for the community engagement component of the Uburezi Iwacu, and support the rollout of these trainings to field staff and community volunteers.
• Work with regional education coordinators to support community volunteers in management and use of the story books and other literacy materials in reading clubs.

• Homes and Communities project’s field staff, and volunteers will be trained on all technical aspects including reading clubs’ facilitation, child and adult safeguarding, gender and inclusion.
• Books and other literacy materials provided to community libraries and reading clubs will be efficiently and effectively used

10%

Monitoring, evaluation and learning 

• Provide monitoring and evaluation support for the community Engagement component.
• Prepare weekly updates, monthly, quarterly and annual reports on the implementation progress of the community engagement component

• Community engagement component’s report will be prepared with quality and submitted on time.
• Community volunteers’ activities will be monitored and support will be provided for improvement

10%

Networking and Collaboration

• Collaborate with the SBCC Specialist and SBCC field staff to ensure that SBCC messaging is integrated into community engagement activities.
• Works closely with the leadership to ensure the Homes and Communities project is well represented in all Education coordination meetings and other relevant forums at all levels.

• All community engagement activities have social behaviour transformative messages
• Homes and Communities Activity is represented in different working groups, platforms and stakeholders at both national and local levels.

Required Professional Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in designing, planning, and implementing community engagement and outreach activities.
• Field experience in developing and implementing community and civic engagement tools/projects.

Required Education, training, license, registration, and

certification

• Bachelors’ degree in education, political science, public administration and any other relevant field.

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Master’s degree in education, political science, public administration and any other relevant field.
• Familiarity and understanding of USAID policies and procedures or those of other donor funded projects or community- based projects.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate closely with different stakeholders including government staff, local partners, and FBOs’ leaders and builds capacity.
• Proven abilities to set priorities, to multi-task, and to work collaboratively across technical disciplines.
• Excellent facilitation and communication skills