VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Position:FSP Field Officer

Vacant positions: One (1)

Type of contract: Fixed Term

Working location: Byumba Location

Supervisor: FSP Coordinator

Deadline: 07^th February, 2025

BACKGROUND OF THE ORGANIZATION

SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda is an independent, non-governmental social development & child-focused organization. The Organization supports vulnerable children and young people in four locations of Kigali, Gicumbi, Kayonza and Nyamagabe. SOS Rwanda applies a holistic right-based approach to improve the quality of vulnerable children’s life and their families. The family strengthening program supports in the prevention of child family separation and SOS leverages on its impact to scale up interventions that promote child rights, child protection, family economic wellbeing and enhanced gatekeeping. SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda therefore seeks to recruit one Field Officer to support the implementation of family strengthening program across its program locations.

MISSION OF THE POSITION

JOB PURPOSE

The FSP Field Officer is responsible for facilitating the capacity building of FSP supported families, communities and duty bearers to effectively protect and care for children in collaboration with local authorities to enable children who are at risk of losing the care of the families to grown within a caring family environment.

Duties and Responsabilities:

• Facilitate the formation and development of Community Task Force to spearhead the programme;
• Facilitate the identification and training of community facilitators in Family Development Planning.
• Maintaining and updating files for programme participants.
• Support Community Task Force, families and communities in the assessment of root causes leading to child abandonment at family and community levels through use of appropriate participatory tools.
• Support the programme coordinator in the consolidation of Family Development Plans and preparation of budgets relevant to the attainment of programme’s goal.
• Facilitate families’ access to essential services required to fulfil their children’s developmental needs and rights;
• Facilitate the development, with full participation of the supported households, of an appropriate individual household IGA/business & FS plan to meet the economic & nutritional needs of vulnerable households;
• Organise and facilitate the relevant IGA & FS training of households identified for IGA support;
• Identify opportunities for OVC supportive partnerships within the programme area;
• Make a recommendation as to whether a family (or individual child) should exit the programme. Submit this recommendation to the programme Manager, for consideration by the programme management structure;
• Carry out regular home visits to families on the programme and write home visit reports.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATION

• Bachelor’s degree in Community Development, Sociology, Development Studies, Rural Development, Education and any other related field of study with at least three (3) years of relevant experience in implementing community development or OVC support programmes.
• Possession of a driving license category Ais a requirement.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

• Understanding and ability to apply community development participatory methodologies.
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills
• Ability to work with minimum supervision
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English is a requirement

How to Apply:

If you believe you are the right candidate for the above position, please send your detailed application package including an application letter, CV with three traceable references and copies of academic certificates) to sos.recruitment@sos-rwanda.organd properly fill the application form found via the following LINK not later than the 07^th February, 2025. at 5:00 pm Kigali time.

N.B: Please mention in the subject of your e-mail the name of the position applied for.

Female Candidates are encouraged to apply and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Done at Kigali, on 28^th January, 2025

Jean Bosco Kwizera

National Director