Job Position of Project Field Officer – Ciss-seruka Project at SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda (Deadline: 15th January 2024)
Vacancy announcement
Position Title: Project Field Officer – CiSS-Seruka Project
Vacant positions: 2 staff
Type of contract: Fixed contract
Working location: Kayonza, Nyagatare, Bugesera, Musanze, Rubavu districts
Supervisor: Senior Project Lead
Nationality: Rwandese
Deadline: 15th January 2024
Context of the position
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 Officer – CiSS-Seruka Project will be required to aid the Project lead in all aspects of project 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.
Working closely with community structure to rehabilitate and reintegrate rescued children from street situations within their families.
Work with SOS Village social worker to monitor the rescued children who are under short-term care and rehabilitation
Organize meeting and training with project participants (inform the participants, arrange training venues, meals and
transport of participants, monitor the attendance list, etc.)
Ensure good collaboration with community structure and stakeholders to prevent streetism.
Assist Project lead in planning, monitoring, and revising plans.
Assist Project lead in compiling donor reports (Monthly, Quarterly, Annual) and documentation of project success stories.
Assist Project lead organizing learning and sharing sessions.
Communicate to the Project lead any challenge met during field work.
Support the work of external consultants
Liaise with monitoring and Evaluation officer (M&E officer) and regularly update the number of reached beneficiaries in
Program Database (PDB2)
Performs any other duties assigned by the Project lead to ensure smooth
implementation of the project.
To regularly update the database of key stakeholders in child-based programs.
Key Performance Indicators
Effective planning and monitoring of activities.
Timely completion of project activities
Tight monitoring of targets & reporting on indicators
Good relationships and collaboration with project external stakeholders
Technical Qualifications and personal skills:
Bachelor’s Degree (e.g., social work, sociology, education, health studies, etc.
At least 3 successive years implementing donor funded projects.
Good understanding of child care-based programs/projects.
Computer skills (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Excellent written and verbal communication in English and Kinyarwanda is a requirement.
Good communication in French will be added value.
How to Apply
Candidates meeting the requirements shall submit application letter, CV (with 3 traceable professional referees) and copies of education qualification. Please mention in the subject of your email “Project Field Officer – CiSS-Seruka”. 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 15th January 2024 at 5:00 pm local time.
“SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda 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”.
Late applications will not be considered, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Done at Kigali on December 21st, 2023
Jean Bosco Kwizera
National Director
SOS Children’s Villages in Rwanda