PROJECT FIELD OFFICER VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Position Title: Project Field Officer
Vacant positions: 1 person
Type of contract: Fixed term
Working location: Kigali National office
Supervisor: Senior Project lead
Nationality: Rwandan
Deadline: 24th March 2023
Content of the organization
Established in 1949, SOS Children’s Villages is a dynamic social development international organization working globally to meet the needs and protect the interests and rights of vulnerable children. In Rwanda SOS Children’s Villages is an affiliate of SOS Children’s Villages International which is a federation of over 130 SOS Children’s Villages associations world-wide. We build families for neglected, abandoned or orphaned children, we help them shape their own futures and we share in the development of their communities. In order to further fulfil its responsibilities, the National Office of SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda located at Kacyiru / Kigali, wishes to recruit a competent project field officer for one of its projects; Children in street situation project.
Position Summary
Project field Officer is charged with implementing and reporting project activities at field level, mobilizing different CBOs and community-based structures to address Street children and child protection issues, conduct sensitization of the project objectives and results to concerned local community leaders, beneficiaries and other relevant stakeholders. S/he will assist in the preparation of project progress reports to monitor all technical aspects of the project (organize meetings, facilitate workshops, support the CBOs and Local partners NGOs through discussions and consultations with communities and stakeholders. S/he will play a leading role in the implementation of a Monitoring and Evaluation system for the effective implementation of the project as well as lead and coordinate activities pertaining to M&E at project locations.
Priority Tasks & Responsibilities
- Mobilize different CBOs at community level to address Street children protection
- Conduct sensitization of the project objectives and results to concerned community leaders, beneficiaries and other relevant stakeholders.
- Facilitate the necessary field work to carry out beneficiary selection in collaboration with NRS, city administration, NCDA and other stakeholders
- Support and facilitate joint implementation plan of the project with relevant government stakeholders
- Facilitate project planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the project at community level.
- Ensure the regular collection and capturing of beneficiary data into the Program Data Base (PDB2).
- Participate in the assessment and surveys in partnership with stakeholders
- Facilitates effective participation of children, families, communities and stakeholders in project activities
- Facilitate and follow up different material distribution at community level
- Monitor and follow up Community conversation sessions as well as peer to peer dialogues at community level
- Organize different training, workshop and meeting at community level
- Facilitate different field visits programs
- Facilitate different review meetings at community level
- Collect data from beneficiaries that will be used as an input for case story and for other documentation purposes
- Provide any project updates on regular basis
- Report training /workshop activity as well as distribution of materials
Child safeguarding
- Responsible to take part in awareness raising sessions and capacity building trainings in relation to Child Safeguarding to prevent and protect children and young people from all forms of abuse, abandonment, exploitation, violence and discrimination
- Support children and young people to make them understand the CS risks and protection mechanisms
- Responsible to report any CS suspicion, concern, allegation or incident immediately, following Child Safeguarding reporting procedures. CS reports should be made to the CS team at program level and/or to the respective line manager
Qualifications
- The position holder is required to have at least B.A/B.Sc. degree in any relevant field to the roles and responsibilities
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience matching the above duties
Competencies – knowledge, skills, abilities
- Experience of working in the community, voluntary, or a related sector
- Experience of coordinating project work and working on multiple projects at the same time
- Ability to build good working relationships with internal colleagues, external partners & stakeholders
- Knowledge of community mobilization and participation in the development project
- Track record of planning and implementing events
- Excellent people and negotiation skills and an upbeat, enthusiastic and positive attitude
- The ability to work collaboratively and independently in a fast-paced team environment, while simultaneously managing a large number of projects
- The ability to handle large amounts of detailed information with accuracy
- Strong work ethic and the desire to do the best job possible
- Prompt responsiveness to internal and external stakeholders
Please note: This job description outlines only the general scope of activity and the basic tasks and responsibilities associated with his/her position. It may be supplemented with a more detailed definition of tasks, responsibilities and work-plan and is subject to change at the discretion of the direct superior.
How to Apply:
The interested Candidates in this position should send a detailed CV, application letter, other deemed required documents with three (3) traceable professional references to sos.recruitment@sos-rwanda.org and properly fill the application form found via the following LINK by not later than 24th March, 2023. at 5:00 pm Kigali time.
Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply
N.B: Please mention in the subject of your email: Project Field officer.
Late applications will not be accepted. 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 emphasis to assessing candidates value congruence and thorough background checks, police clearance reference check processes”.
Done at Kigali on 14th March 2023.
Jean Bosco KWIZERA
National Director
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