The Rwandan Organization of Professional Counselors, Project Officer Jobs Vacancy

of innovative psychosocial
approaches to mental health services and strengthen professional capacity in
understanding, treating and preventing mental health problems for sustainable
development.

• Will
  be part of ARCT –RuhukaTechnical  Team (TT);
• Lead
  the project team in conjunction with the Executive secretariat of
  ARCT-Ruhuka and Management of TROCAIRE RWANDA.  ;
• Overall
  day to day management and coordination of  the above mentioned
  project activities;
• Develop
  a consolidated and detailed project implementation /work plan and provide
  professional progress reports  including ;   formal weekly
  , monthly quarterly and annual Plans and Reports;
• Carry
  out  training needs assessment and identify existing gaps for
  building capacities of the project target groups for appropriate
  interventions;
• Developing
  an integrated and tailored training manual/module for training of target
  groups;
• In
  partnership with local authorities and the field staff , identify target
  groups and select participants for training;
• Organize
  and conduct training on Gender, GBV and other project related topics as
  deemed necessary;
• Develop, 
  monitoring and evaluation tools for the project interventions and provide
  recommendations for changes in approach accordingly that will help to
  capture progress and impact over time;
• Work
  closely with other partners in the districts of operation to create
  synergy among different actors;
• Attend
  project coordination and other organized meetings and  represent ARCT
  – Ruhuka as required;
• Putting
  in place strategies to ensure high quality and professional services to
  the beneficiaries;
• Create
  and maintain  networks  of relevant actors/stake holders for
  referral purposes , and maintain their data base for sustainability of
  the  project;
• Regularly
  monitor, create data base with clear statistics, best practices /lessons
  learnt , challenges and strategies ( success stories /theories of change);
• Plan
  and forecast project expenditures, activities, procurement to ensure
  fulfillment with the project contract and budget guidelines;
• Monitor
  project budget income and expenditure to prevent overspending and/or under
  spending;
• Taking
  part into partner organizational meetings, processes, representations and
  communications
• Support
  in the project proposal development  and concept notes for potential
  donor-organizations;
• Perform
  other duties as assigned by the line managers ( program manager, Executive
  secretariat) in relation to achievement of the organizational goals.

• Ability
  to motivate people and work effectively in teams and partnerships with a
  various groups of stakeholders;
• A
  person of integrity and trust worthy, transparent and accountable;
• Demonstrate
  leadership skills and ready to work as a team inrefugee environment;
• Proven
  ability to develop professional modules, provide training, clinical
  supervision and counseling;
• Good
  interpersonal, negotiation and communication skills;
• Developed
  computer skills, including MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, e-mail, outlook and
  others;
• Developed
  level of initiative, creativity and able to work semi-independently and
  solve problems under tight deadlines;
• Willingness
  and ready to work in a rural setting.

• Preferably
  Masters or Bachelor degree (A0 )  in Gender studies, Development
  studies, Clinical psychology, Professional Counseling , social work,
  Management , or other related disciplines with at least 3  years
  practical  field experience
• Previous
  experience in  training of gender and GBV related issues is highly
  required
• Proven 
  experience in working at community levels in areas of Gender and GBV
  policy and laws   
• Prior
  experience working in similar project and  in the field an added
  advantage

• Application
  letter addressed to the Chairperson of ARCT-Ruhuka
• Signed
  CV with most recent previous experiences and at least 3 referees
• Notified
  copies of academic qualifications
• Copy
  of ID