VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Job title: Program Coordinator

Reporting to: Executive Director

Duty station: Rwamagana District, Eastern Province, Rwanda

Overview

Dorcas Consolation Family is a non-profit, Christian, and humanitarian organization with vision of serving countrywide to equip local women and girls for sustainable development in their communities in Rwanda, the East African region, and across the world. “Dorcas is the portrait of a compassionate and charitable woman who seeks to demonstrate God’s love by bringing HOPE and PURPOSE to hopeless women (cfr. Bible: Acts 9:36-40)

DCF has been working in Women empowerment since 2005 in Kicukiro District and now extends its work in Rwamagana District, Gishari Sector

DCF seeks to recruit a program coordinator who will be in full charge of its work in with relevant technical and working experience.

Qualifications

Education Bachelor’s degree in Social work, Sociology, Clinical Psychology and education and other social related fields with 5 years experience.

Experience

• Relevant experience in rural women empowerment;
• Hands-on experience in different approaches in lifting vulnerable families from poverty using community based approaches such as groups, mutima w’urugo, etc.
• Experience in project development and implementation
• Strong knowledge of counseling, orientation, and guidance for women and teenagers;
• Reporting skills is a must;
• Ethical consideration while working with vulnerable groups,
• Skills on public mobilization/sensitization;
• Female applicants are encouraged to apply.

Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills,
• Self-motivated and can work independently with minimal support and supervision,
• Strong technical and organizational skills,
• Must possess strong interpersonal skills to establish and maintain professional relationships,
• Ability to work with all levels of personnel local and international,
• requires in-depth knowledge of the use of computer systems and related software,
• Proficient in Word, Excel, and powerpoint

Applications should be submitted to [email protected] Please include motivation letter and CV with relevant skills, experience, and reference details, degrees, and certifications soft copies.

The closing date for the application is Friday 12 November 2021 at 17:00. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Olivier HABIMANA

Executive Director

Dorcas Consolation Family-DCF