ABOUT FH
FH Association
Rwanda (Food for the Hungry) is an International Christian Relief and
Development Organization with a vision “God called and we responded until
physical and spiritual hungers ended worldwide” and a mission “to walk with
churches, leaders and families in overcoming all forms of human poverty by
living in healthy relationship with God and His creation.” The Ministry philosophy
statement is described internally as the Vision, Mission and Values (VMV).
POSITION
SUMMARY
FH Association
Rwanda is seeking to hire qualified, dedicated and experienced national for the
Programs
Director (PD) position. This is a senior level position
responsible for all programming development in FH Rwanda. The PD is based
at FH Rwanda Head Office and reports to the Country Director. The PD will serve
to guide all donor programs in FH Rwanda. He/she will be part of the Senior
Leadership Team of FH Rwanda and is expected to be an active contributor to the
overall management of FH Rwanda.
DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES
The PD will provide strategic leadership
and management of FH Rwanda programs by providing support to
financial management of programs so as to ensure well functioning linkages
between programs and administration and Finance, provide leadership to and
management of any programming in FH Rwanda, including timing of interventions,
program design, targeting, securing of resources, implementation and reporting
as well as manage a team of program staff at headquarters, district and field
level.
S/he will also be
required to
increase FH Rwanda funding portfolio by taking the lead in
designing and developing funding proposals for FH Rwanda programs in
Livelihoods (micro enterprises, cooperatives and agriculture), education,
health and Disaster Risk Reduction programming and other areas as relevant,
develop and maintain close ties with primary donors to represent FH programs
and secure funding as well as represent FH Rwanda programs to the Central
Government, Local Administration, partners and other parties.
REQUIRED
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job
successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential
duty/function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative
of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
- A
Master’s degree in project management, development studies, business
administration, health, agriculture, economics or related field coupled
with 3 years work experience at a senior program management level with
internationally funded programs (Note: a bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of
relevant experience will be considered in lieu of a Master’s degree); - Christian
commitment to serving the poor and full agreement with Food for the
Hungry’s Christian foundation and beliefs. - High
degree of fluency in both written and spoken English (working knowledge
of French will be an advantage); - Successful
experience in grant proposal preparation and writing, especially for
USAID, other government, non-government and multilateral donor agencies; - Strong
knowledge of monitoring and evaluation systems; - Ability
to read and apply program proposal and report guidelines and
regulations; - Should
have ability to maintain effective working relationships with all levels
of staff and other stakeholders; - Be
proficient in MS Office Suite; - Ability
to travel to rural areas and work away from the city center up to 30% of
time; - Experience
of child sponsorship and community development programs.
Must be a
citizen or resident of Rwanda agreeable to working under local conditions
HOW TO APPLY
Interested
candidates fulfilling the requirements should send a motivation letter
detailing how their experiences fulfill the requirements, resumes (CV)
including names, addresses and telephone numbers of references (a colleague,
pastor or priest and former employer) to FH Association Rwanda, via E-mail to: snamuganza@fh.org copied to rwanda@fh.org and to rmushanga@fh.org on or before January 6th,
2014. Applicants
MUST indicate
‘Application for Program Director position at FH’ in the
subject line of their covering email.
Please note:
Do not
attach transcripts and certificates to your application. Those will only be
required from those shortlisted for the next process; Due to the large number
of expected applications, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
FH is an
equal opportunities employer and female candidates are strongly encouraged to
apply