Save the Children,School-Community Partnerships Coordinator 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 164 staff.

SC
Rwanda Country Office seeks to hire qualified, committed and experienced National
to fill the following position:

Re-advertisement:

Position: School-Community
Partnerships Coordinator

Place of Work:	Based in Kigali at REB office with frequent travel to the field
Reports to: Staff directly reporting to this post: Time frame: Tentative start date:	SCOPE Technical Advisor None Open Ended ASAP

CHILD
SAFEGUARDING:

Level
3- the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either
frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in
one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are
visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the
police checking/vetting process staff.

PURPOSE
OF POSITION:

Save
the Children is seeking a School-Community Partnerships Coordinator for a
current USAID-funded-project, entitled SCOPE or in Kinyarwanda, Mureke
Dusome. The position will support the Rwandan Education Board to create and
roll-out a school-community partnership model that supports improved learning
and literacy for children in grades 1-3.

The
School-Community Partnerships Coordinator will work closely with REB,
specifically the School Leadership and Management Unit within the Teacher
Development and Management Department, to ensure that the project aligns with
and supports the department’s wider work. S/he will lead on liaising with key
stakeholders for the finalization of Parent-School Partnership Standards, the
development and testing of SCOPE training modules for SEOs, School Leadership
and SGAC, as well as provide technical support and oversight of elements of the
program that target focus on SGAC engagement.

KEY
AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Training
Development, Policy Support and Coordination

Promote
and coordinate mechanisms for active collaboration amongst REB and project
staff and partners, establishing and communicating realistic and committed
work plans, taking into consideration deadlines, dependencies and
resources;
Lead
on alignment of REB SLM and SCOPE work plans to ensure complementarity
between approaches and plans
Collaborate
with project staff and REB/SLMU to review standards and training modules
for Head Teachers, SGACs and SEOs;
Work
alongside REB to obtain approval of standards, guides, and training
materials
Support
REB in publicising and applying standards, once approved, as well as
supporting the incorporation of activities into annual plans;
Collaborate
with Training Coordinator to organize trainings for DEOs, SEOs, HTs and
SGACs
Work
together with other SLM staff (at both REB and Save the Children) and
Training Coordinator to follow up with SEOs, HTs and SGACs on the
completion of training modules;
Initiate
Peer Learning Circles between SEOs, Hts and SGACs;
Collaborate
with key partners to ensure gender-sensitive and inclusive messaging;
Advocate
within REB/SLMU, Rwanda Reads, and other forums for incorporation of best
practices in literacy-focused school-community partnerships in Rwanda;
Provide
support to REB staff-SLM unit in their planned activities that promote
School Leadership and SGACs;
Advocate
within REB and districts to incorporate children’s literacy-related
activities into their Imihigo;
Disseminate
key literacy messages and Parent-School Partnership Standards whenever the
opportunity arrives;
Coordinate
with URCE and other partners on formative research into interests,
attitudes and needs of stakeholders, including DEOs, SEOs, HTs, DHTs, and
SGAC members;
Coordinate
with URCE to incorporate children’s literacy promotion and introduction of
the Parent-School Partnership standards content in the modules covered by
HTs for their post graduate courses;
Develop
and submit annually, quarterly and monthly work plans
Provide
monthly and quarterly report in accordance with the agreed schedules
Develop
case stories detailing the activities covered.
Share
with REB summaries of approved donor reports
Participate
in relevant working groups and task forces, including the School Based
Mentor Task Force

External
Networking & Representation:

Collaborate
and build on other development partners’ initiatives and best practices
related to school-community partnerships and a culture of reading
Represent
Save the Children in REB meetings and other relevant partner
meetings.

Innovations:

Advocate
within REB and Educational partners to take strategies of ensuring that
people with disabilities and other vulnerable parents are able to
participate actively in school community
Collaborate
with relevant partners in the development of strategies for both fathers’
and mothers’ engagement in supporting children’s literacy skills
development;
Collaborate
with relevant gender-focused stakeholders on building the capacity of
women to assume leadership roles within SGACs and provide ideas during the
meetings;
Encourage
REB and other educational partners to include in their plans the support
of School Leadership and SGAC to implement the National Parent School
Partnership Standards.

Monitoring,
Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL)

Identify
key management information required and provide support in designing an
effective system through reviewing program data collection formats to
ensure developed tools generate the required information;
Support
MEAL staff in the preparation of data collection and research, as well as
in dissemination of research findings;
Highlight
early to SCOPE Technical Advisor any potential constraints to
implementation of project so that action can be taken to address this;
Document
progress on indicators/achievement of targets, action plans and
accountability mechanisms and provide feedback for improvements;
Ensure
the use of MEAL findings to inform programme decision making and quality
improvements;

Share
successful stories, lessons learnt and other related materials to SCOPE
team.

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;
Do
children risk assessment before conducting any activity;
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 Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child
protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and
other relevant policies and procedures;
Coordinate
with the Communications Specialist and other project staff to ensure
compliance with USAID’s marking and branding guidelines and all
REB/MINEDUC policies on all materials developed;
Perform
other duties, as assigned by Chief of Party or Technical Advisor.

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
Creates
a managerial environment to lead, enable and maintain our culture of
child safeguarding

Ambition:

Sets
ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes
responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their
team to do the same
Widely
shares personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
Future
orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale

Collaboration:

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.

Creativity:

Develops
and encourages new and innovative solutions
Cuts
away bureaucracy and encourages an entrepreneurial approach

Integrity:

Honest,
encourages openness and transparency, builds trust and confidence
Displays
consistent excellent judgement
Acts
in the best interests of children

QUALIFICATIONS
AND EXPERIENCE:

University
degree (Master’s degree preferred) in education, or related discipline
Knowledge
and understanding of Education policies and Education Sector Strategic
Plan
Experience
in coordinating, organizing and conducting training to DEOs, SEOs, HTs and
SGACs
Proven
ability to forge connections with Ministries and Boards such as MINEDUC,
MINALOC, MINISPOC, and REB.
Excellent
planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organise
a workload comprised of varying and changing tasks and responsibilities
Understanding
of key concepts supporting early grade reading / literacy programming
Patient,
adaptable, flexible, able to improvise and remain responsive and
communicate clearly and effectively under pressure
Strong
communication (written and spoken) in Kinyarwanda and in English
Ability
to deliver presentations suitable for a range of audiences
Good
attention to detail, strong analytical and problem solving skills
Ability
to prioritise workloads and manage time effectively
Ability
to work effectively on own initiative
Good
computer skills
At
least five years of relevant experience
Experience
as a Head Teacher and/or a SEO and with teacher training programs/systems
in Rwanda is desirable.

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 7th June 2017.

Please mention School-Community Partnerships Coordinator as subject of
your mail.

*Note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.