Field Officer at SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda: (Deadline 26 January 2024)

Field Officer at SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda: (Deadline 26 January 2024)

Vacancy announcement

Position Title: Field Officer

Vacant positions: 1 Person

Type of contract: One-year renewable

Working location: Kigali Location

Supervisor: Kura Umenye Project Coordinator

Deadline: 26^th January 2024

The National Office of SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda located at Kigali/Kacyiru wishes to recruit a Field Officer for the Kura Umenye project aiming to achieve the overall goal ‘’Children grow in caring families, learning in child-centred schools and thrive in responsive communities’’ through strengthening the social and economic living conditions of the project participants. 

Context of the position: 

SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda is an independent, non-governmental social development and child-focused organization. The Organization supports vulnerable children and young people in four locations Kigali, Gicumbi, Kayonza and Nyamagabe. SOS Rwanda applies a holistic approach to child care ensuring that the best interest of the child is catered for. The Kura Umenye project is implemented in the Gasabo, Nyarugenge, Kicukiro, Bugesera, Rwamagana, Kayonza, Musanze, Gicumbi, Nyamagabe and Huye districts. This project will build on three major pillars: (i) Family strengthening and reintegration, (ii) Education (Remedial classes) and (iii) health topics (mental health, sexual reproductive health and rights and the prevention of harmful behaviours including smoking, drug abuse, drinking).

Under the leadership of the Kura Umenye Project Coordinator, the field officer will support project development in the field of family strengthening and Reintegration, MH&PSS and ASRHR, and Education and remedial Learning. The field officer will be responsible to support children who are at risk of losing the care of their biological family which includes direct work with the children, caregivers, and communities, based on the professional social work practice, ethics, and values to achieve the sustainable development of the families and integration in the community. He/she will be also responsible for ensuring the timely completion of the case management procedures at all stages based on the individual approach and the active participation of children, parents/caregivers. He/she will be a member of the multidisciplinary team in the project and coordinate multidisciplinary teamwork within the case he/she will be responsible for. 

Programme Development

The position holder will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Supports Kura Umenye Coordinator in the development of services and interventions in the frame of family strengthening and reintegration, MH&PSS and ASRHR, and Education and remedial Learning.
• Supports identification of cases of children who are at risk of losing care from their families of origin through different resources (referral, outreach, self-referral etc.).
• Conducts comprehensive assessment of children and families in strong cooperation with the multidisciplinary team of stakeholders using different resources and social work techniques/methods to identify family needs and strengths and define the required services.
• Facilitates the preparation of the family development process, with the strong participation of caregivers, children, and the multidisciplinary team.
• Arrange, provide and coordinate the delivery of services to children and families in strong partnership with other service providers and in line with the family development process.
• Keeps regular contact with the child and family during the implementation of the family development process through phone calls, home visits, and meetings on programme premises.
• Documents appropriately all activities conducted during the case management stages in the child/family case file by applying methods and tools for gathering information, as well as forms/templates, based on the requirements of national legislation and/or regional guidelines.
• Play a leading role and support the National Association in project planning and other planning instruments according to the organizational strategic vision and recommend further improvement of the logical framework;
• Assist the Organization in enhancing an integrated process of planning, programming, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation, research, analysis, and present information gathered from diverse sources.

Technical Qualifications and Personal Skills:

• A degree qualification in social sciences, Education, Development studies and any other relevant field;
• At least 3 years of work experience in the community development field and child protection;
• Experience in project cycle management;
• Positive and professional approach. Ability to work independently, self-organise, use initiative, fulfil commitments and meet deadlines;
• Good written and verbal communication skills, including written and spoken English; French would be an added value;
• Well-developed facilitation, group leadership and presentation skills;
• Ability to develop guidelines and tools, and oversee their implementation;
• Computer literacy (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access);

Experience in using applied social research skills (quantitative and qualitative). Additional skills to support FS families would be an added value.

How to Apply:

If you believe you are the right candidate for the above position, please send your detailed application including application letter, CV with three traceable refferrees and copies of education qualification) to sos.recruitment@sos-rwanda.org and properly fill the application form found via the following LINK by not later than 26th  January, 2024 at 5:00 PM.

N.B: Please mention in the subject of your email: Field officer for Kura Umenye Project.

NB:

• Applications from qualified females are strongly encouraged
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
• Late applications will not be accepted.

“SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda/ International holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance policy for conducts of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered. Parallel to technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring decisions will give due emphasis to assessing candidates’ value congruence and thorough background checks, police clearance reference check processes”.

Done in Kigali on 17^th January, 2024. 

KWIZERA Jean Bosco

National Director