JOB TITLE: Project Officers
(two positions )
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Umuhuza
background
Umuhuza is a Non Governmental
Organization founded in 2005 and recognized by the Rwanda Governance board in
the official gazette no 50 bis with legal personality no 104/2014.
Umuhuza aims to foster a culture of peace through education focusing on
educating parents of young children to promote improved childhood development
and create peaceful citizens.
Presently, from January 2016, the
o
rganisation is expanding to work with Save the Children International (SCI)
on School – Community Partnerships Education(SCOPE) project funded by
USAID. It is in light of this expansion that the organisation requires
the additional Staff.
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ROLE PURPOSE:
Umuhuza is seeking project
officers(2) for a USAID-funded School Community Partnerships
Education project, which aims to support the Rwandan Education Board to
create and roll-out a school-community partnership model to complement
improved reading and writing instruction delivered in schools. Project
Officers will support their respective coordinator with the implementation
and rollout of trainings at the subnational levels. These positions will
attend and support the training and meetings rollout both technically and
administratively.
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SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports
to: Community
Engagement coordinator
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KEY
AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Designing,
Planning and delivery
- Lead
TOT, awareness meetings and literacy campaign with targeted community,
local leaders and partners.
- Develop
the list of equipment and materials which is necessary for carrying out
training and meeting sessions;
- Organizing
the logistics of the training and meeting event: invitations, venue,
registrations, accommodation, meals, travel, etc.
- As
per needed , Collecting feedback and experiences, analysing the lessons
learned Overall the training events and follow up process
- Liaison
with Districts and sectors authorities, in order to identify synergies
and opportunities of collaboration
- Reporting
community engagement activities on regular basis
- Conduct
field supervision and document activity progress and any constraints
found at field
- Sensitization
of key stakeholders (district, sector education officers, parents) on
the literacy activities
- Support
SCOPE team to develop literacy social behavior change communications
campaign messages and materials.
- Support
in the organization of national literacy events
System Strengthening, Capacity
Building and Innovation:
- Facilitate
the training of ‘Literacy Champions’ to support out-of-school activities
relating to reading, including reading clubs, reading buddies and
reading festivals
- Support
the process of awareness creation with local authorities and work with
them to integrate literacy messages into umuganda and to support
other activities as the community level.
- Facilitate
the identification of options for Government mechanisms to support home
visits to promote home-based literacy activities.
- In
collaboration with other partners, support the inclusion of
school-community partnerships for literacy promotion in District imihigo
(performance contracts).
- Support
in the piloting of reading clubs at community level
- Facilitate
the organization of literacy festivals at community level
- Facilitate
training to SGACs on reading club monitoring and general oversight
- Supporting
the efforts of SGACs to identify Literacy Champions within the communities.
Innovations:
- Develop
and implement follow-up techniques in order to assist trained
person in development of their own services to be provided;
- Collaborate
with relevant gender-focused stakeholders on building the capacity of
women to assume leadership roles within SGACs.
- Develop
and implement effective strategies to Collecting feedback ,
experiences and lessons learned Overall the project implementation
and follow up process
Monitoring, Accountability and
Learning:
- Facilitate
monitoring and reporting on key community engagement activities
including documentation of key achievements, lessons learnt and their
dissemination.
- Lead
effective collaboration with SGACs to promote linkages between in-school
and out-of-school activities in relation to literacy promotion
activities.
Child Safeguarding
- Understand
the provisions of the Child Safeguarding Policy, Code of Conduct and
Local/Country Procedures and conduct oneself in accordance with the
rules of the Child Safeguarding Policy, in personal and professional
lives – which includes reporting suspicions of child abuse.
- Ensure
that all project activities carried out are considered in relation to
prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse and handling of serious
complaints in line with the child safeguarding policy.
- Promote
the message of child safeguarding to colleagues in other organizations
and government ministries, children in their own and beneficiary
families, and community members in general and be vigilant about
observing possible child abuse/harm in their personal and professional
lives.
General:
- Comply
with Umuhuza policies and practice with respect to child protection,
code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other
relevant policies and procedures.
- Perform
other duties, as assigned by Community engagement coordinator
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SKILLS
AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)
Mutual
Respect:
- Treats
all people(beneficiaries ,colleagues, partners, ….) with dignity
and respect
- Actively
consults and listens closely to team members, fellow staff, and partners
- Handles
conflicts in a constructive and supportive manner
- Seeks
first to understand others’ needs, ideas and suggestions
Honesty
and Integrity:
- Honest,
encourages openness and transparency, builds trust and confidence
- Displays
consistent excellent judgement
Justice
:
- Considers
whether decisions and actions will advance justice, peace, and
solidarity
- Uses
resources justly, equitably, and efficiently
- Inclusiveness/gender
Solidarity:
- Approachable,
good listener, easy to talk to; builds and maintains effective
relationships with colleagues, Members and external partners and
supporters
- Values
diversity and different people’s perspectives, able to work
cross-culturally.
Commitment:
- Committing
to Umuhuza’s mission for his/her selves and the team, takes
responsibility for his/her own personal commitment and encourages
the team to do the same
- Future
orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale
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QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s
degree in, social sciences, education or related fields;
- At
least 3 years of extensive working experience in developing and
conducting trainings and community mobilization
- Proved
experience in working with local authorities , local communities and
local NGOs/CBOs
- Experience
working with education system including working with DEOs, SEOs,
Head Teachers, SGACs, and other school management authorities
- Excellent
command of the Kinyarwanda and English language with writing
and communication skills and full computer literacy
- Have
good interpersonal and collaborative skills.
- Patient,
adaptable, flexible, able to improvise and remain responsive and
communicate clearly and effectively under pressure
- Commitment
to Umuhuza values
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If you meet all the above criteria,
please submit your hard copy of degrees and CV together with a
cover letter including telephone and email contact and details of three
referees (one of whom should be your current or most recent employer) to
Umuhuza Kigali office near to MINAGRI Kacyiru Sector/
Kamatamu cell, Uruhongore Village/ PO Box 2030 Kigali, KG 571 ST
Please
note that :
The
deadline for the submission your application is 21rst March
2016 at 5:30pm
The
applications which do not meet the specified minimum requirements or are
received after the closing date will be rejected.
Only
short listed candidates will be contacted.
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