TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR RECRUITMENT OF TWO TRAINERS.

Life Wounds Healing Association (LIWOHA) would like to recruit two Trainers. Under the supervision of the hierarchical authority of Director and Training Officer; the trainer will assume the following responsibilities:

• Participate as a trainer in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the activities of the “ Community psychosocial care of women and communities victims of domestic and sexual violence ” project;  
• Prepare modules and provide on-the-job training
• Monitor and evaluate the training provided and ensure that regular quality reports are provided on time;
• Ensure that the work of the psychosocial facilitator in the field, community relays and leaders of discussion groups are in accordance with the organization’s code of ethics, respect the quality standards of the community psychosocial approach and effectively contribute to the objectives of the project and the mission of LIWOHA
• Maintain and develop good relations with local public authorities and other local leaders for the smooth running of the project;
• Participate, to the extent of the means at their disposal, in the life of the communities covered by LIWOHA’s intervention, in order to become better acquainted with them and to know their needs and problems;
• Participate in meetings organized by local authorities that affect its field of intervention and make known the mission, objectives and intervention methods of LIWOHA in the context of its intervention. ;
• Propose a local implementation strategy according to the specific context and supervise its implementation once validated.
• Be the direct contact person and representative of LIWOHA at Sector and District levels, both for local authorities and for other institutions
• Always keep the LIWOHA coordination team informed of progress and challenges of operational strategies,
• Ensure that key operational information circulates correctly between community relays, the field team, professionals and the LIWOHA hierarchy
• Participate in meetings and other relevant gatherings organized by key LIWOHA partners.
• Perform any other tasks requested by the hierarchy in relation to the success of the aforementioned project and other related projects.

TERM OF EMPLOYMENT:

 This is a full time position. The trainers will be based one in Mageragere Sector, Nyarugenge district and the other in Mbazi / Ruhashya Sector, Huye district.

Confirmation of employment will take place after six months probation. After this period, the trainers will receive a one-year contract renewable according to the availability of funding paying his salary.

REQUIRED SKILLS

A. Skills related to the care of people and groups in difficulty

1. Have a good experience in the individual psychological care of people in difficulty (e.g. traumatized people, victims of SGBV, genocide survivors, people affected by incurable diseases)
2. Have good experience in community psychosocial care for homogeneous or heterogeneous groups in difficulty (e.g. traumatized people, victims of SGBV, genocide survivors, people affected by incurable diseases)
3. Having benefited from awareness-raising and community healing workshops for life wounds (awareness, grief, management of feelings, forgiveness and reconciliation, life project) and witnessing the changes brought about by these workshops in his own life and in his relationship with others would be an asset.
4. Having successfully facilitated awareness-raising and community healing workshops (awareness, mourning, management of feelings, forgiveness and reconciliation, life project) and witnessing the changes brought about by these workshops in the lives of the groups formed would be an asset.
5. Having similar experiences in point 3 and 4 in similar projects for the care of vulnerable people and groups would be assets to mention in the submission.

b. Project management skills 

1. Have participated as a manager or professional in the conception, design and writing of similar projects funded by external partners;
2. Have been responsible for the implementation of similar projects and be able to correctly link the project activities and the corresponding budget lines; 
3. Have sufficient writing and communication skills to write quality narratives and financials;  
4. Have sufficient professional skills to follow up and monitor field activities and if necessary participate in the external evaluation of the project.

A. Skills related to the mastery of the context and public policies in relation to his field of intervention

1. Have skills allowing him to link the objectives and activities of the project to national policies and strategies guiding government action in your area of ​​intervention 
2. Have been involved in a successful experience of mobilizing community members to join a new initiative to fight against domestic and sexual violence
3. Having been successfully involved in the implementation of a project involving working with a diversity of actors from various institutions that do not necessarily have hierarchical links (e.g. grassroots authorities, churches, NGOs, civil society) would be an advantage

B. Human and communication skills 

1. Be honest, reliable and work with integrity and professionalism
2. Listening to others and capable of peacefully transforming conflicts that arise at work and in community life;
3. Adhere to the organization’s code of ethics
4. Very good command of French, Kinyarwanda and English (written and spoken).

 QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

1. Be of Rwandan nationality
2. Have a level A ₀  university degree in areas that affect the mental health of vulnerable individuals and communities (clinical psychology, sociology, education, social work, psychiatric nurses, etc.)
3. Have at least 3 years of experience in the four areas of expertise defined above (support for vulnerable people and groups, project management and context analysis, human quality facilitating work with others).  

Those interested in this position are requested to send a cover letter in French or English, a detailed CV, three reference persons with their contacts, a copy of the diploma certified as true to the original, a photocopy of the identity card . The deadline for submission is Friday 17 / September / 2021 at 11:45  p.m. Kigali-Rwanda time. Offers will be sent to the email address of  [email protected]  with a copy to the following addresses  [email protected]  and  [email protected]

For more information, contact the following number  +250788597071

Done in Kigali, 05 / September / 2021

Prof Simon GASIBIREGE / President of LIWOHA.