Summary
Date Posted: 5TH MARCH 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time , Currency: RWF , Value: 200000 , Minimum: 140000 , Maximum: 600000 , Period: MONTH

JOB DETAILS:

Job Description
Position Title: Nutrition and Social Protection Office
Position Location: Burera, Karongi, Gatsibo and Nyamagabe Districts, Rwanda
Department/Division: Programs
Job Title of Supervisor: Health Program Manager
Start Date: Effective Immediately
Length of Opportunity: 21 Months with a possibility of extension.
Hours per week: Full Time – 40 Hrs.
Number of Positions Open: 4 (1 per district)
Purpose of the Job:
The Nutrition and social protection officer will coordinate, monitor, and follow up all programme activities at the field and household level. He/she will train, empower and work closely with all stakeholders at the sector and cell level and all proximity advisors to ensure all the programme services are effectively utilized and beneficial to the target population.
Specific Job Duties:
• Serve and empower the existing local leaders in the cells to ensure and effective implementation and coordination of the programme 5 strategies and approaches to the delivery of integrated programmes to the under five children, women and poorest households according to plan
• Joint planning and program reporting with existing local community leaders.
• Ensure project related queries raised by beneficiaries are addressed timely, reported and documented.
• Follow up on the expected results of nutrition sensitive social protection activities and interventions implemented on a quarterly basis.
• Timely submit monthly narrative and financial reports.
• Prepare and manage the monthly budget to ensure all spending is transparent and provides value for money.
• Support community leaders and other partners to develop training tools, curriculums and ensure smooth capacity development activities as per the plan.
• Document lessons learnt, challenges and best practices and share lessons to sector, cell leaders and health program manager.
• Coordinate with community leaders on all community based assessments.
• Carry out other activities assigned by and mutually agreed on with your supervisor.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
• Minimum Bachelor Degree in Human Nutrition, Public Health, social sciences, clinical psychology, Agronomy development studies or an equivalent related degree
• Ability to maintain performance expectations in conditions with limited resources.
• Strong interpersonal skills are vital.
• Strong capacity building and facilitation skills
• Ability to work with minimum supervision, and to deal with problems/issues promptly and efficiently
• Excellent written and spoken Kinyarwanda
• Excellent written and spoken English. French is and added advantage
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office
Experience Required:
• 3 years’ experience in the implementation of community based programs, preferably in social protection, human nutrition or any other as mentioned above,

• Prior experience in working with farmer field life schools, training farmers in kitchen garden creation and management, cultivation of bio fortified seeds, namely iron fortified beans and orange flesh sweet potatoes.
• Preferably experience working with Village Savings and Loan Associations
Management of field activities
Physical Demands:
• Willingness to live and work in one of these districts Gatsibo, Burera, Nyamagabe and Karongi
Work Environment:
• Field based with required visits to Kigali as guided by supervisor.

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Job application procedure
Please submit a motivation letter indicating your top two districts you would prefer to serve in. A copy of your notified degree, comprehensive curriculum vitae with 3 names of referees by 13th of March 2019 to World Relief Rwanda Office, plot 53, KG 647 St, Kacyiru, Kigali, or send them all by email in one Pdf document and do not exceed 2 MB on wrrwandajobs@wr.org.
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified for the tests.