Project Field Officer FS/GREEN Project at SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda: (Deadline 6 October 2023)

Project Field Officer FS/GREEN Project at SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda: (Deadline 6 October 2023)

Vacancy announcement

Position Title: Project Field Officer FS/GREEN Project

Vacant positions: 1 person

Type of contract: One year renewable based on appraisal performance 

Working location: Kigali/ National Office

Supervisor: Project Officer-Green project

Nationality: Rwandese

Deadline: 6^th October 2023

The National Office of SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda located at Kigali/Kacyiru wishes to recruit 1 Field Officer for FS/Green Project.

Context of the position: 

SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda is an independent, non-governmental social development & child-focused organization. The Organization supports vulnerable children and young people in four locations of 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. SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda therefore seeks to recruit a green project field officer to support the implementation of our green regeneration program in Gashora sector Bugesera District.

The Project Field Officer – Green project will be required to aid the Project officer in all aspects of project/Program delivery including budgeting, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and collaboration with project stakeholders. The field officer is also 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, ethic, values to achieve the sustainable development of the families and integration in the community.

The position holder will therefore be responsible for the following tasks:

• Organize and support implementation of activities.
• Organize meeting and training (inform the participants, arrange training venues, meals and transport of participants, monitor the attendance list, etc.)
• Ensure good collaboration with community structure and stakeholders.
• Assist Project/FS Coordinator in planning, monitoring, and revising plans.
• Assist Project/FS Coordinator in compiling donor reports (Monthly, Quarterly, Annual)
• Assist Project/FS Coordinator organizing learning and sharing sessions.
• Communicate to the Project officer any challenge met during field work.
• Support the work of external consultants during baseline and End-Term Evaluation
• Liaise with M&E Manager and regularly update the number of reached beneficiaries in Programme Database (PDB2)
• Performs any other duties assigned by the Project/FS Coordinator to ensure smooth implementation of the project.
• Facilitates the preparation of family development process, with the strong participation of caregivers, children and the multidisciplinary team.
• Keeps regular contacts with child and family during the implementation of family development process through phone calls, home visits and meetings in programme premises
• Supports FS Programme Coordinator in the development of services and interventions in the frame of family strengthening/ Green project

Key Performance Indicators

• Effective planning and monitoring of activities.
• Timely completion of project/Program activities
• Tight monitoring of targets & reporting on indicators
• Good relationships and collaboration with project/Program stakeholders programme Development

Technical Qualifications and personal skills:

• A degree, Development studies, rural development studies, community development, social studies, environmental protection and or agriculture
• Having a good work experience in the community development field, child protection, working with cooperatives and farmers and related fields.
• 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).
• A team player who is culturally astute, respectful and tolerant.
• Experience in using applied social research skills (quantitative and qualitative). Additional skills to support FS families would be an added value

How to apply

Interested candidates in this offer should send their applications to [email protected] The application dossier should contain:

• Application letter, 
• CV
• Copies of education qualification, and 

A mandatory employment application form well filled in, Available on this link: LINK

 Please indicate in the subject line “Field Officer FS/Green project”. The deadline for application is Friday the 06^th October 2023 at 05:00 PM. 

NB:

• The applications from qualified female 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 emphasize to assessing candidates value congruence and thorough background checks, police clearance reference check processes”. 

Done in Kigali on September 28^th, 2023. 

KWIZERA Jean Bosco

National Director

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