Home Grown School Feeding Coordinator at Nyamagabe District: (Deadline 29 March 2024)

Tasks to be performed by the District School Feeding Coordinator Under supervision of the Mayor of Nyamagabe District, the District School Feeding Coordinator will perform the following tasks: Support National school feeding programme: 1. In collaboration with district Education office, coordinate the implementation of national comprehensive school feeding policy, operationalization of school feeding operational guidelines and scale up of school feeding from pre-primary to secondary school in Nyamagabe district. 2. With guidance from MINEDUC and WFP, coordinate school feeding capacity building interventions aligned with national school feeding programme and Home-Grown School Feeding project. 3. In collaboration with District Education Office, lead community mobilization and advocacy for additional resource to support school feeding through parent and district development partners contribution with the support of schools, sectors, and local communities. 4. Lead operationalization of school feeding governance in Nyamagabe district including the establishment of school feeding committees in district, sector, and schools 5. Represent school feeding and mobilize Joint Action Development forum partners to support school feeding intervention in the district. 6. Produce National School Feeding programme quarterly Action Plan and reports and share with WFP and MINEDUC 7. In collaboration with procurement capacity strengthening Associate Support district to compile school procurement planning, mapping of school feeding commodity supplies for both district and school level procurement and facilitate linkages between farmers, district, and schools to procurement locally produced commodities. 8. In collaboration with procurement capacity strengthening Associate Support Nyamagabe District to operationalization the new procurement model for the NSFP, under which districts procure long shelf-life commodities and schools procure fresh foods. Support Smooth transition of Home-Grown school feeding programme into the National School Feeding Programme: 9. Coordinate the implementation of transition plan of Home-Grown School Feeding Progrmme to the National School Feeding programme (as per annex 2) including ensuring that previously HGSF supported schools are embedded in national School feeding programme and can access school feeding budget, infrastructures and other school feeding related resources. 10. Monitor HGSF handed over infrastructure usage and maintenance as part of transition support and incorporate this activity into district performance, inspection, and audit processes. 11. Regular monitoring of previously HGSF supported schools that have transitioned to the National School Feeding Programme to ensure continuity and sustainability of activities. 12. Facilitate learning exchange across national school feeding programme within districts, province, and national level. 13. Participate in school feeding related studies and evaluation conducted by WFP and its partners. 14. Provide financial management and oversight of funds transferred by WFP to Nyamagabe district, according to Government of Rwanda financial regulations and laws. 15. To provide quarterly financial and operational (narrative) reports for all activities funded, under this Agreement with the support of the Project Coordinator Key technical skills : 1. Demonstrate capacity to work pro-actively with partners; 2. Proven work experience in project management and financial skills; 3. Strong communication skills, both oral and written; 4. Be familiar with the Rwandan education system; 5. Previous experience working with the government or donor agencies is an added advantage; 6. Proficient level of MS Office package (MS Excel, Word, Power Point, etc.); 7. Fluent in English and Kinyarwanda; working knowledge of French is an added advantage NB: A candidate must have a Driving license Category, A