Imyanya 5 y’akazi muri World Relief Rwanda (WRR) kubantu bize:Human Nutrition, Public Health, Social Sciences, Clinical Psychology, Agronomy, Development Studies n’ibindi byenda gusa: Deadline: Deadline 11-02-2021

Position title:

Social Protection Officer (SPO)

Department/Division:

Programs

Job title of supervisor:

Program Manager (AISPR).

Locations:

Kirehe/Nyamagabe/Rutsiro/Karongi/ Burera.

Start date:

Immediately

Length of opportunity:

12 months with potential of extension

Hours per week:

Full Time – 40 Hrs.

Number of positions open:

5 (One in each district).

 Purpose of the job:

The position holder will provide effective implementation, coordination and supervision of nutrition sensitive social protection interventions with the aim of contributing  towards the integrated social protection to promote resilience to shocks, end hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture to end poverty in all its forms everywhere and leaving no one behind.

In close collaboration with other local government staff, the SPO will help to build the capacity of Local Government staff and proximity workforces to strengthen the integrated delivery of services to better support the most vulnerable households through case management and referral approach. The position holder will also implement core poverty reduction activities through skills development and distribution of productive assets and tools. Community-led innovative poverty reduction solutions through seed funding and increase financial access through VSLAs will be strengthened and leading to entrepreneurial activities and improved household well-being,

Specific job duties:

1. Equip the existing local structures leaders and ensure effective implementation and coordination of the AISPR’s three community based and innovative approaches to the delivery of integrated programs to the under five children, women, and poorest households according to plan.

2. Ensure efficient and effective seed funding process to the beneficiaries while ensuring sufficient involvement of local leadership authorities.

3. Strengthen of Community Consultative Committees to address various social challenges and decision making at lower levels of decentralized systems in the five districts of intervention.

4. Document the process of establishing Community Consultative Committees and the seed funding process, poverty reduction and resilience strengthening activities, Community-led poverty reduction, and resilience strengthening activities.

5. Through the AISPR project empower mothers, fathers, and community staff, proximity workers with practical skills to improve entrepreneurship skills, nutrition practices, and behaviors, and improved social protection services to vulnerable communities.

6.  Joint review program reporting with existing local structures, identify issues in implementation, and recommend and implement approaches to strengthen project implementation by community leaders.

7. Ensure project related queries raised by beneficiaries (Children, women, poorest households) are addressed in a timely manner and maintain and update regularly the beneficiaries database at cell level.

8. Follow up on the results of nutrition sensitive social protection activities, including managing day to day project activities, documentation, monitoring, and evaluation at monthly and quarterly basis.

9. Prepare and update supporting documents (work plan, cash flow projections, training plans and other required  program tools) to ensure strong project implementation,

10.  Manage the budget and ensure all spending is transparent and provides value for money,

11.  Mentor, coach, and train proximity advisors, village, cell, and sector leaders and equip them to implement the AISPR’s project and to operationalize the existing structures at the local level to effectively coordinate and deliver quality services  more efficiently and to better support the most vulnerable households, including children under five, pregnant and lactating women.

12. Support community leaders and other partners to ensure smooth capacity development activities as per the plan.

13. Strengthen the integrated case-management and referral (ICMR) mechanism through coordination, delivery of services (livelihood skills, financial inclusion, disaster risk management and community planning) to extremely poor households, and  help in the establishment of pathways of support groups for agriculture, livestock, small business, and social/low intensity follow up are formed and led by respective proximity advisor at community level.

14. Document lessons learnt challenges, and best practices and share lessons to the program manager and Districts Authorities and Partners.

15. Assist the existing local structures in the preparation of data and information reports and all related documents on a monthly and/or quarterly basis.

16.  Carry out other activities assigned by and mutually agreed with the supervisor.

Knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Human Nutrition, Public Health, Social Sciences, Clinical Psychology, Agronomy, Development Studies or an equivalent related degree.
•  Ability to know how behaviors change, and how SBC strategies can be applied in the design of food security and nutrition social protection models.
• Know a list of evidence-based, nutrition sensitive agriculture practices that have the greatest potential impact food security and nutrition of Rwanda’s vulnerable communities.
• Ability to maintain performance expectations in conditions with limited resources.
• Strong interpersonal skills are vital.
• Strong capacity building and facilitation skills.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision, and to deal with problems/issues promptly and efficiently.
• Excellent written and spoken Kinyarwanda.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office.

Experience Required:

• 3 years’ experience in the implementation of community based programs, preferably in evidence-based nutrition-specific practices, social protection, human nutrition or any other area as mentioned above.
•  Prior experience working with Maternal, Infant, Young Children Nutrition projects or peer to peer support models.
• Experience in cash transfer or seed funding to vulnerable communities.
•  Experience working with community leaders at all levels.

Physical Demands:

Willingness to live and work in one of these districts Kirehe, Nyamagabe, Rutsiro, Karongi and Burera