Save the Children,Book Provision & Use Officer Jobs in Rwanda

POSITION
ANNOUNCEMENT
Rwanda
Country Programme, Kigali Rwanda
BACKGROUND:
Save
the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We
work in 120 countries. We work together, with partners, to inspire
breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and

to achieve immediate and
lasting change in their lives. Save the Children works in thirteen districts in
Rwanda with a current staff complement of approximately 134 staff.

SC
Rwanda Country Office seeks to hire qualified, committed and experienced National
to fill the following position: 
Position:     
                     
                     
 Book Provision & Use Officer
Place
of Work:
Kigali
Reports
to:
Staff
directly reporting to this
post:
Time
frame:  
Tentative
start date:
                  
                                                  
Book
Development & Use Coordinator
None
Open
ASAP
Child
Safeguarding
Level
3 – the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have
regular contact with or access to children or young people
PURPOSE
OF POSITION:
The
purpose of this role is to support the Book Development Unit in the following
areas: a) increasing the supply and demand for children’s books in schools and
communities, and b) ensuring that educators, parents and children have the
skills and support to use books effectively for enjoyment and learning.
KEY
AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Implementation:
  • Provide
    training and capacity building to a range of beneficiaries, including
    teachers, school principals and district education officers in the
    effective management of school and classroom book collections.
  • Support
    the purchase of approved titles for distribution to schools, communities
    and families and follow-up the logistics of distribution, in collaboration
    with the procurement department.
  • Support
    communities to establish, maintain and promote the use of comunity based
    book collections.
  • Prepare
    and submit monthly work plans and reports in accordance with the agreed
    schedules with the Book Development & Use Coordinator
Monitoring
and evaluation:
  • Support
    the data collection for evaluation indicators;
  • Monitor
    progress of the project against agreed targets and indicators;
  • Notify
    leadership any potential constraints to implementation of project,
    including over or under-spends so that action can be taken to address
    this;
  • Identify
    and document key lessons learned from the project, including success
    stories.
External
Networking & Representation:
  • Represent
    Save the Children in relevant Sector and District meetings when requested
    b leadership, represent the project to, and work with, the Government of
    Rwanda, donors, INGOs and civil society organisations and networks at the
    national level to increase coordination and learning and to support the
    achievement of advocacy and policy objectives.
SKILLS
AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:
  • Holds
    self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently,
    achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
  • Holds
    the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities –
    giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing
    the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate
    consequences when results are not achieved
Ambition:
  • Sets
    ambitious and challenging goals for themselves, takes responsibility for
    their own personal development and encourages others to do the same
  • Widely
    shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates
    others
  • Future
    orientated, thinks strategically
Collaboration:
  • Builds
    and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues,
    members and external partners and supporters
  • Values
    diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
  • Approachable,
    good listener, easy to talk to
Creativity:
  • Develops
    and encourages new and innovative solutions
  • Willing
    to take disciplined risks
Integrity:
  • Honest,
    encourages openness and transparency
QUALIFICATIONS
AND EXPERIENCE:
Essential
University
degree in education, social work or social sciences;
  • Good
    understanding of the education system in Rwanda, specifically primary
    education;
  • Ability
    to develop constructive relationships with a wide range of partners,
    including children, communities and local authorities;
  • Experience
    of facilitating trainings and community mobilization;
  • Ability
    to communicate effectively in Kinyarwanda and English: verbally and in
    writing
  • Understanding
    of and commitment to SCI mission, values and child rights-based
    programming approaches.
Desirable
  • Exposure
    or direct experience with children’s’ book provision & use
  • Working
    experience within the education, child rights or protection field
CHILD
SAFEGUARING POLICY
:
Any
employee, consultant, contractor or the supplier undertaking an activity on
behalf of SCI must sign the Child Safeguarding – Declaration of
Acceptance  Form
] and comply with the SCIs Child Safeguarding Policy
which is a statement of SCI’s commitment to preventing abuse and protecting
children with whom it comes into contact. 
  • This
    extends not only to children with whom SCI and its partners work directly,
    but also includes children whom staff are responsible for.  SCI
    believes that the situation of children must be improved through the
    promotion of their rights supported and demonstrated by all members of
    staff. Save the Children International’s Code of Conduct sets out the
    standards which all staff members must adhere to.
Interested
candidates should send an application letter plus updated Curriculum Vitae in
English, including 3 names of professional referees to HR-Rwanda@savethechildren.org. The deadline for
receiving applications is 16th August 2016.
                       
Please mention Book Provision & Use Officer as subject of your mail.
                                          
*Note that only shortlisted candidates will be  contacted.
     

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