COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Position: Community Volunteers

Type of contract: Fixed-term

Working location: Kamonyi, Kicukiro, and Bugesera Districts

Supervisor: Quality Care / BMZ Project Coordinator.

Deadline: 19^th April 2022

Context of the position

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 one program approach in its education, family strengthening, health, and community development programs, that support a holistic approach in the interest of the child. SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda, therefore, seeks to recruit community volunteers for the Quality Care project that is funded by BMZ.

JOB PURPOSE

The National Office of SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda located at Kigali/Kacyiru wishes to recruit Nine community volunteers. The volunteers will support BMZ Quality care project field staff to monitor 300 beneficiary Families living in Gacurabwenge Sector (Kamonyi District), Masaka (Kicukiro District), and Mayange (Bugesera District) and will be responsible for the supervision and reporting of all activities related to the project to ensure that the project’s objectives and results are achieved in a timely manner and according to the agreed standards in the project framework and in the related grant agreement document regarding Donor compliance.

The Project Community Volunteer will also abide to other SOS internal policies below:

Child Safeguarding & Protection Policy

• At all times, avoid actions or behavior that could be construed as poor or potentially abusive practice. Whatever decisions and actions are taken should be with the best interest of the child in mind.

Data Protection

• At all times ensure that personal data of SOS CV beneficiaries and their families as well as SOS CV Rwanda co-workers is handled confidentially and in accordance with prevailing SOS standards.
• Ensure that personal donor information and data used and administered for the benefit of SOS CV Rwanda is stored and transferred securely, handled confidentially, and in accordance with prevailing data protection laws. Donor data will remain under the control of SOS CV Rwanda and shall not be forwarded to or swapped with other organizations

The application file should contain:

• Curriculum Vitae
• Job application letter
• Photocopy of national ID
• A certificate from the Cell as proof that the applicant resides there permanently and it should be approved by the Sector’s Administration;

Copies of education qualifications.

NB: – The applications from qualified women are strongly encouraged

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
• Late applications will not be accepted.

“SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda/ International holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance policy for conducts of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered. Parallel to technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring decisions will give due emphasize to assessing candidates value congruence and thorough background checks, police clearance reference check processes”.

Done at Kigali, 06 April 2022

Jean Bosco KWIZERA

National Director

SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda

Applicants must meet the following requirements:

1. Being a Rwandan by Nationality
2. Being a resident of one of the Cells in the above-mentioned Sectors and evidenced by the certificate from the Cell in which he/she resides approved by the Sector
3. Having graduated from the first level of the University (A1). Having completed the A0 level in Education, Social Sciences, the development would be an advantage.

The job application file must be submitted at the Sector’s Office where the applicants reside or at the Office of the Project at SOS Children's Village Kigali located at Kacyiru no later than April 19^th, 2022 at 17h00.