CHILD PROTECTION AND EDUCATION COORDINATOR

JOB OPPORTUNITY

CHILD PROTECTION AND EDUCATION COORDINATOR-NYUNGWE CLUSTER

World Vision is a child-focused Christian humanitarian organization implementing development programs in 30 Districts of Rwanda. Our interventions in the strategic period of 2021-2025 seek to reach 2 million of the most vulnerable children. This is done through programming in Resilience and Livelihoods, WASH and Health, Child Protection and Education.

World Vision Rwanda seeks to hire a highly qualified, dedicated, and experienced Rwandan national for the role of Child Protection and Education Coordinator and join an established and experienced team. This stimulating position incorporates a range of skills and development in multiple areas, allowing for an exciting opportunity for career growth in a dynamic, global organization. It will be based in Nyamasheke District, Rwanda, and will report to the Program Manager.

Purpose of the position:

The Child Protection (CP) & Education Coordinator will lead, manage and maintain delivery of the cluster‘s technical program to end violence against children and ensure improved literacy for lower grade levels. S/he will work with other sectors to strengthen integrated approaches to achieving child protection and education outcomes, ensuring quality monitoring and evaluation of child protection and education and demonstrating evidence of impact. Her/his role is to ensure that all child protection and education interventions are of a high technical quality to achieve desired outcomes for the most vulnerable boys and girls in Rwanda

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

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% Time

Major Activities

50%

Project Implementation:

Ensure CP & Education AP project planning and implementation in the targeted districts and communities;Work in collaboration with relevant partners and other sectors to ensure that Registered Children and their households are participating and benefiting from CP & Education projects’ interventions;Lead integration of child protection and education into other sectorsEnsure appropriate, safe, and meaningful participation of children in local communities, programme design/implementation/evaluation processes, and decision-making opportunities inside and outside of WV processes

30%

DME

Work with DM&E to track and monitor progress of functional literacy, early grade reading and early grade math skills;Ensure high-quality monitoring and evaluation of CP & Education programmes/projects, identifying best practices and lessons learned from programming evidence to inform policy advocacy, external facing publications, and research;Ensure collaboration and integration of Child Protection & Education in Emergency is technically focused on with other sectors in clusters;provide CP technical input into emergency response funding proposals Ensuring effective documentation of all the information related to CP & Education program’s successes, innovations and promising practices;

20%

Resource mobilization and Networking

Mobilizing resources through working with communities and other local partners in operational area both in cash and kind;Establish and maintain partnerships with key CP & Education related departments at sector and district level;

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in the fields of Education, Social Work, Social Science or any related field;Experience in instructional approaches, material development, instructional toolkit preparation on CP & Education programme;Experience in providing technical support to district-level education personnel;Ability to work with quality assurance officers, IZU coordinators at local levels, principals, teachers, community partners and volunteers in CP & Education;Interest and ability to relate positively to children, staff and parents.Experience and skills in preparing instructional and training materials appropriate to the needs and interests of children, informal or formal structures for CP and education;Ability to implement community participation strategy in the improvement of CP & basic educationStrong skills in networking with CP & education sector stakeholders in the field as well as other network of organizations;Driving License Category, A with the ability to ride a motorcycle

Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

Knowledge on CP & Advocacy models and early childhood developmentAbility to facilitate children with disabilities,Project design, implementation, monitoring and evaluationAbility to document best practices

Salary:

The salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

NB: Women are highly encouraged to apply.

How to apply:

Should you wish to apply for this position, please go:

https://worldvision.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WorldVi…