JOB DETAILS:
Context of the position.
SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda is an independent member association affiliated to the SOS Federation. SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda leverages existing community resources to strengthen quality childcare and protection through a holistic continuum of care tailored to orphans, vulnerable children, and their families. SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda actively advocates for the promotion of childcare and child protection. In Rwanda, SOS Children’s Villages operate in four locations based in Gasabo, Gicumbi, Kayonza and Nyamagabe Districts. In order to further fulfil the above-mentioned responsibilities, SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda is seeking to recruit a Competent Project Officer.
POSITION’S PURPOSE:
The purpose of this position is to participate in the development of a national system for school based toothbrushing and handwashing programs as well as oral health promotion in the general population in close collaboration with civil society organizations, national health and education authorities, academia and other relevant stakeholders – with the following tasks:
- To carry out the implementation of project activities according to the objectives, actions and periods outlined in the project document.
- To ensure that the project operates as planned with the organization’s policies and procedures as well as project design.
- To participate and support capacity-building of project implementation beneficiaries and partners
- To build strong relationships with national, regional, and local authorities, and a strong network of associated organizations/stakeholders.
- To participate in community forums dealing with issues affecting oral and general health
- To use the project to showcase good dental health practices and strengthen the link with communities and key national stakeholders.
- To participate in the development of campaigns and public events on oral health and the development of educational material.
JOB DETAILS:
Context of the position.
SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda is an independent member association affiliated to the SOS Federation. SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda leverages existing community resources to strengthen quality childcare and protection through a holistic continuum of care tailored to orphans, vulnerable children, and their families. SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda actively advocates for the promotion of childcare and child protection. In Rwanda, SOS Children’s Villages operate in four locations based in Gasabo, Gicumbi, Kayonza and Nyamagabe Districts. In order to further fulfil the above-mentioned responsibilities, SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda is seeking to recruit a Competent Project Coordinator.
- POSITIONS PURPOSE:
The purpose of this position is to participate in the development of a national system for school based toothbrushing and handwashing programs as well as oral health promotion in the general population in close collaboration with civil society organizations, national health and education authorities, academia and other relevant stakeholders – with the following tasks:
To carry out the implementation of project activities according to the objectives, actions and periods outlined in the project document.
To ensure that the project operates as planned with the organization’s policies and procedures as well as project design.
To participate and support capacity-building of project implementation beneficiaries and partners
To build strong relationships with national, regional, and local authorities, and a strong network of associated organizations/stakeholders.
To participate in community forums dealing with issues affecting oral and general healthTo use the project to showcase good dental health practices and strengthen the link with communities and key national stakeholders.
To participate in the development of campaigns and public events on oral health and the development of educational material.
Key performance areas and main responsibilities:
To assist in organizing and conducting workshops and training within oral health promotion and school based oral health care for a wide range of different health professional and volunteer groups.
To assist in organizing and conducting training for SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda and strategic partner organization’s staff and volunteers.
To advocate for cooperation with SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda, to create locations awareness on oral health.
To empower, motivate and support project target groups and beneficiaries at the locational level.
To support in documentation of the Success stories on a quarterly basis
To implement activities at the location level and share the documents for Payments’ justification
To support in recording the beneficiaries in the SOS Project Data Base (PDB)