Project Field Officer – YouthCan Project at SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda: (Deadline 13 November 2023)
Vacancy announcement
Position Title: Project Field Officer – YouthCan Project
Vacant positions: 1 person
Type of contract: Fixed contract
Working location: Gikongoro Location (Nyamagabe District)
Supervisor: Youth Can Project officer
Nationality: Rwandese
Deadline: 13th November 2023
Context of the positions
SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda is an independent member association affiliated to the SOS Federation. SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda leverages existing community resources to strengthen quality childcare and protection through a holistic continuum of care tailored to orphans, vulnerable children, and their families. SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda actively advocates for the promotion of childcare and child protection. In Rwanda, SOS Children’s Villages operate in four locations based in Gasabo, Gicumbi, Kayonza and Nyamagabe districts.
Job summary
The Project Field Officers – YouthCan 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 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 the project officer in planning, monitoring, and revising plans.
- Assist the project officer in compiling donor reports (Monthly, Quarterly, Annual)
- Assist the project officer in 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 officer to ensure smooth implementation of the 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
Technical Qualifications and personal skills:
- Bachelor’s Degree (e.g., social work, sociology, education, rural development, etc.)
- At least 3 successive years implementing donor funded projects.
- Good understanding of youth employability (for youthCan project)
- Good under family strengthening and community interventions (for FS)
- Computer skills (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint) for both positions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication in English and Kinyarwanda is a requirement.
- Good communication in Kinyarwanda will be added value.
How to Apply
The interested candidates meeting the requirements shall submit an application letter, CV (with 3 traceable professional referees) and copies of education qualification. All documents should be written in English and directly submitted to sos.recruitment@sos-rwanda.org and properly fill the application form found via the following LINK not later than November 13th 2023 at 5:00 pm local time.
Please mention in the subject of your email “Project Field Officer – YouthCan.
Late applications will not be considered, and only shortlisted candidates 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 on 6th November 2023.
KWIZERA Jean Bosco
National Director
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