5 Job Positions of Gender Equality Field Officers at Health Poverty Action: (Deadline 11 August 2024)
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Health Poverty Action (HPA), is an INGO working in Rwanda since 1998, implementing projects on community health education, SRH, WASH, education and poverty reduction including job creation and economic empowerment programs. On a global level our work intends to work with the most marginalized and hard-to-reach in society.
Health Poverty Action has embarked on the project titled: Enhancing Women’s Economic Opportunities, Workplace Conditions, and Gender Equality in the tea sector in the Western Province of Rwanda which aims to improve working conditions in five tea estates, through the Gender Equality Seal practice. HPA will use a series of inclusive innovations to invite more GBV survivors to participate in Rwanda’s historic transformation, including women, men, and youth. HPA will offer multiple program pathways including Work Ready Now, Be Your Own Boss, employment preparation, and continuation into additional job placements in different tea estates of the Western Province.
Health Poverty Action is currently looking for experienced Gender Equality Field Officers (5) to support the existing staff during the project implementation:
Gender Equality Field Officers (5 positions)
Reporting to: Program Manager
Duration:18 months
Location:Nyabihu,Nyamasheke, Ngororero, Rutsirodistricts
Field officers based in the tea estates will primarily be responsible for the project’s implementation with the beneficiaries, including liaising with the tea estate staff and structures. They will support the training and activities to be implemented successfully. They will also organise quarterly sector meetings between the project stakeholders. They will each dedicate 100% of their work to the project.
Duties and Responsibilities (these duties are a general summary and not all-inclusive):
- Develop and maintain a constructive, positive relationship with beneficiaries while assisting the tea estates to improve the working conditions of workers and promote gender equality;
- Collaborate, supervise, and/or participate with project beneficiaries in various activities, such as GBV victims’ Accompaniment Groups and SILC groups.
- Supervise the implementation of the project to achieve the anticipated results.
- Ensure that all project components are implemented according to the project plans to meet all goals and objectives.
- Conduct regular field visits, and produce monthly, quarterly, and annual reports about the project activities.
- Maintain good communications between the project leaders and partners.
- Work closely with tea estates to place the project beneficiaries into jobs.
- Work closely with M&E to ensure timely data collection, monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting.
- Ensure that any success stories are properly recorded.
- Ensure that lessons learned are documented and disseminated for project visibility.
- Carry out training sessions on Gender Violence.
- Document the training workshops and prepare detailed reports of each training, including the list of participants and changes in learning outcomes.
Required Qualifications and Skills for Field Officers:
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Social Work, Development Studies, Management, or related fields with at least 3 years of experience.
- Extensive project field skills and experience in gender equality and GBV prevention and response as well as job creation.
- Proven experience as a field officer or in a relevant similar position.
- Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Excellent time-management and organizational skills.
- Excellent writing and communication skills in English and Kinyarwanda.
- Capable of working under pressure.
Interested Candidates should send a CV, 2 references, a letter of motivation, and a copy of the degree(s)/Certificate to [email protected] with a copy to [email protected] or to Rwanda Country office, KG 19 Ave, 71, Kigali.
The deadline for submission of applications is 11th of August 2024, 4:30pm Kigali time. Late applications will not be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Done at Kigali, on 5th August2024
HPA Rwanda Office
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