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 seven regions in Rwanda with a current staff
complement of approximately 80 staff. SCI Rwanda Country Office seeks to hire
qualified, committed and experienced Rwandan
Nationals to fill the following position;
Job Title:Nutrition Technical Advisor Place of Work:
Rwanda Country Office Reports
to: Chief of Party
PURPOSE OF
POSITION:
Save the Children
seeks a Nutrition Technical Advisor for a $19M USAID-funded Integrated
Nutrition and WASH project in Rwanda. USAID/Rwanda is exploring the development
of a new nutrition/water, sanitation, and hygiene integrated activity with the
anticipated goal of addressing chronic malnutrition in Rwanda through social
and behavior change approaches. The project will aim to improve the health and
nutritional status of Rwandans in order to accelerate Rwanda’s progress to
middle income status and better quality of life through sustained growth and
poverty reduction. Through INWA, USAID/Rwanda will contribute to improvements
in the nutritional status of women of reproductive age and children under five
years of age, with an emphasis on the 1,000 day window of opportunity from
pregnancy until a child’s second birthday. INWA is expected to reach an
estimated 324,000 children under five years of age and their mothers with
nutrition interventions and 574,000 households with hygiene interventions.
The Nutrition
Technical Advisor will provide technical leadership and direction for the
project and will have responsibility for all activities associated with improving
the nutritional status of the beneficiaries
MAJOR
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Oversee
implementation of the community based nutrition activities, both CBNP and
supplemental activities
· Support capacity
building efforts as they relate to nutrition
· Engage with GOR
and other stakeholders as needed to support and represent nutrition priorities
· Ensure the smooth,
efficient and effective start-up and implementation of the nutrition components
of the project.
· Ensure development
of detailed implementation plans, collection of appropriate baseline and
monitoring data, as needed, clear process and impact indicators, and effective
project monitoring and evaluation procedures to ensure accountability and make
improvements in children’s lives.
- Spearhead
innovative community implementation strategies in year one and plan for
their expansion and scaling up in the following years of the five-year
program. - Build
capacity of staff and local partners in community nutrition throughout
project design and implementation.
· Seek to
continuously improve programs, initiate new project implementation strategies
as needed, and plan for expansion of project impact, as appropriate.
· In partnership
with other key technical staff, establish and maintain good relationships with
project co-implementers; government ministries and departments; NGOs working in
the area and other key stakeholders.
· Attend
coordination meetings as appropriate. Ensure that key activities are organized
and collaborative across relevant stakeholders.
Qualifications:
· Master’s degree or
higher in nutrition, public health, food security or in a closely related field
is required;
· Minimum of seven
years of experience designing, implementing or supporting nutrition
programming, preferably in Rwanda is highly desired;
· Understanding and
experience of the Rwanda context is desirable
· Strong technical
skills in community based nutrition and social behavior change required with
care groups and positive deviance/hearth experience preferred,
· Technical knowledge
in food security and agriculture desired;
· Experience
integrating food security interventions into nutrition programming is
desirable;
· Excellent written
and verbal English language skills;
· Level IV (fluent –
reading/writing/speaking) Kinyarwanda language ability is desirable.
· History of
engagement with USAID-funded initiatives preferred.
Code of
Conduct:
Because Save the
Children’s work is based on deeply held values and principles, it is essential
that our commitment to children’s rights and humanitarian principles is
supported and demonstrated by all members of staff. Save the Children’s Code of
Conduct sets out the standards which all staff members must adhere to.
Interested
candidates should send an application letter plus an updated Curriculum Vitae
in English, including 3 names of professional referees to mailto: HR-Rwanda@savethechildren.org.
The deadline for receiving applications is 29th June 2015.
*Note that
only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Interested
candidates should send an application letter plus an updated Curriculum Vitae
in English, including 3 names of professional referees to mailto: HR-Rwanda@savethechildren.org.
The deadline for receiving applications is 29th June 2015.
