(Local
Candidates Only), Rwanda – Improved Services for Vulnerable Populations (ISVP)
Position Title: Food
Security Officer (Local Candidates Only), Rwanda – Improved Services for
Vulnerable Populations (ISVP)
Requisition Number:
14-0134
Location: Kigali,
Rwanda
Department Overview:
Pact seeks a Food
Security Officer for the proposed USAID-funded five-year Rwanda Improved
Services for Vulnerable Pop
ulations (ISVP) Activity to improve and sustain the
health and social wellbeing of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) and People
Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV), their households, and communities in Rwanda. This
position is contingent upon award.
Position Purpose:
Reporting to the
Health and Social Services Manager , the Food Security Officer will be
responsible for activities relating to:
• Strengthening food
security and improving nutrition
• Helping vulnerable
households, especially those with PLHIV, address risks to food security
directly related to inadequate resources and lack of knowledge concerning
farming practices and nutrition
• Potential
provision of food relief
• Kitchen gardens
Key
Responsibilities:
• Coordinate
technical activities and provide direction, feedback and support to ensure
success; as applicable, supervise a local program team in their day-to-day
operations.
• Provide input into
and assure that all donor reporting requirements on program impact are met
• Ensure high
quality program delivery and the cost-effective use of Pact and USAID resources
• Ensure provision of
management support and technical assistance to grantees on program design,
budget/work plan development, and M&E planning.
• Provide regular
written/oral program progress updates, as requested.
• Perform any other
relevant duties as assigned by the DCOP.
Basic Requirements:
• Three to five
years of experience with nutrition activities is required;
• Demonstrated
ability to establish and sustain professional relationships with civil society
organizations and host country government counterparts
Preferred Qualifications:
• A Bachelor’s
degree or higher training in public health, food security, or in a closely
related field is preferred
• Three to five
years in a technical leadership/management role with direct supervision of
professional staff preferred;
• Experience
interacting with government, international organizations, donors, other
bilateral donor and civil society representatives, and senior level government
officials;
• At least three
years of experience working with USG cooperative agreements or contracts in
senior program management capacity preferred
• Excellent
communicator with demonstrated experience in communicating complex processes to
diverse stakeholders, including government officials at the national,
provincial and district levels, service orientated NGOs, civil society
organizations, donors, etc.
• Rwandan citizens
To apply for this
position, please visit our website at www.pactworld.org
