Project Coordinator at SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda: (Deadline 19 December 2022)

POSITIONS PURPOSE:

 The purpose of this position is to participate in the development of a national system for school based toothbrushing and handwashing programs as well as oral health promotion in the general population in close collaboration with civil society organizations, national health and education authorities, academia and other relevant stakeholders – with the following tasks:

• To carry out the implementation of project activities according to the objectives, actions and periods outlined in the project document.
• To ensure that the project operates as planned with the organization’s policies and procedures as well as project design.
• To participate and support capacity-building of project implementation beneficiaries and partners
• To build strong relationships with national, regional, and local authorities, and a strong network of associated organizations/stakeholders.
• To participate in community forums dealing with issues affecting oral and general healthTo use the project to showcase good dental health practices and strengthen the link with communities and key national stakeholders.
• To participate in the development of campaigns and public events on oral health and the development of educational material.

Key performance areas and main responsibilities:

• To assist in organizing and conducting workshops and training within oral health promotion and school based oral health care for a wide range of different health professional and volunteer groups.
• To assist in organizing and conducting training for SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda and strategic partner organization’s staff and volunteers.
• To advocate for cooperation with SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda, to create locations awareness on oral health.
• To empower, motivate and support project target groups and beneficiaries at the locational level.
• To support in documentation of the Success stories on a quarterly basis
• To implement activities at the location level and share the documents for Payments’ justification
• To support in recording the beneficiaries in the SOS Project Data Base (PDB)

How to apply.

The interested Candidates in this position should send a detailed CV, application letter and other required documents to sos.recruitment@sos-rwanda.org and properly fill the application form found via the following LINK by not later than 19^th December 2022.

The application file should contain:

• A cover letter,
• Detailed CV with three referees,
• Copy of academic qualifications
• A copy of a valid working license issued by Rwanda Allied Health Professionals Council (RAHP).

N.B The applications from qualified females are strongly encouraged.

Please specify in the subject line ‘Project Coordinator’. Only the shortlisted will be contacted.

“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 emphasize to assessing candidates value congruence and thorough background checks, police clearance reference check processes”.

Done at Kigali, 12^th December 2022

Jean Bosco KWIZERA

National Director

SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda