Vacancy title:
Project Officers

Jobs at:
Children’s Voice Today

Deadline of this Job:
29th July 2018 at 5:00pm.

Duty Station:
Kigali, Rwanda

JOB DETAILS:
BACKGROUND:

• Children’s Voice Today (CVT) is an organisation that was established to promote the rights of the child through meaningful child participation where children/youth initiate and lead all activities of the organisation (Child/youth led organisation).
  
• Children’s Voice Today (CVT) Rwanda is a member of the African Movement of Working Children and Youth (AMWCY) which was established by children and youth themselves to find solutions to the problems of working children and youth while promoting their rights and creating a safe environment for all children.
  
• Children’s Voice Today (CVT) is envisioning a child-friendly society whereby children are empowered to meaningfully participate in addressing issues affecting them and that their voices are heard.
  
• With its mission, CVT is committed to be the voice of Rwandan children, to empower them to advocate for their rights and to fight against poverty.
  
• Children Voice Today (CVT), in partnership with Plan International Rwanda, is implementing a project funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) known as ‘Right to Protection and Participation in Rwanda’. The project started since 2017 and is going to be implemented in three Districts (Nyaruguru, Gatsibo, and Bugesera).
  
• Under this framework, CVT is recruiting for the above mentioned two Project Officers who will support its implementation:
  Core Work Responsibilities
  Project implementation
  
• With support from the children members and youth advisors facilitate and provide technical support to existing child led media clubs/ children’s forum that promote the rights of the child, enabling them to be more organized to effectively/ carry out their works
  
• Support the existing and new child led media clubs in the implementation of their activities..
  
• Organize and facilitate outreach activities to community members
  
• Organize and conduct community based campaign aiming at raising awareness around child protection and participation
  
• Facilitate meetings with community members, local authorities and other project stakeholders
  
• Document and report the level of implementation of the project in the assigned districts on a regular basis
  
• Conduct regular data collection on project activities using monitoring tools
  
• Contribute to the development of the quality monthly, quarterly and annual reports in accordance with the donor agreed schedules and requirements.
  
• Facilitate sensitization sessions for children, local leaders and child protection committee members and other community opinion leaders
  
• Organize and facilitate community based child led media clubs activities
  
• Collaborate with local authorities to ensure the smooth implementation of the project
  
• Previous experience in outreach and child participation activities
  
• Effectively participate in coordination mechanisms with other Child Protection and participation stakeholders within the districts of interventions.
  
• With the guidance from the line manager, be responsible, in the assigned Districts, for facilitating budget planning, regular budget projection, expenditure monitoring and budget reporting, in compliance with CVT system and procedures.
  
• Produce and submit quality budget monitoring report of the assigned Districts on a regular basis as per donor agreement.
  
• Advise on budget revision on the basis of progress of the project implementation
  
• Support logistical arrangement related to the project implementation
  
• Ensure that CVT Child Protection Policy is followed to ensure the maximum protection for children.
  JOB REQUIREMENTS:
  
• University degree in Social Sciences, Psychology and any other related field
  
• At least 2 years working experience in children’s rights area and child protection in particular
  
• Demonstrable skills and experience in project implementation, preferable having worked with NGO
  
• Good understanding of the Child Protection and participation field
  
• Good understanding of the sense of child led participation
  
• Excellent communication skills in English and Kinyarwanda (both written and oral communication skills)
  
• Computer Literacy
  REQUIRED SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS
  
• Approachable and good listening skills
  
• Community mobilisation skills
  
• Problem-solving and decision-making skills
  
• Skills in training facilitation
  
• Able to build and maintain effective relationships with the team, colleagues, members and external partner
  
• Future orientated, thinks strategically
  
• Honest, encourages openness and transparency

Job application procedure
Interested candidates should send their application letter written in English along with their CV and proof of experience to: cvtkigalirecruitment@gmail.com  before the 29th July 2018 at 5:00pm. The CV should include 3 referees with their address. Please include The Job Title in the subject line of your email.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.