Vacancy title:
Project Officer

Jobs at:
Faith Victory Association (FVA)

Deadline of this Job:
19th December 2018

Duty Station:
Rwanda

Summary
Date Posted: 17th December 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Company

JOB DETAILS:
FVA is a Christian Faith Based and Non- governmental Organization (NGO) dedicated to providing orphans, women, and minors a safe haven, training, schooling, and opportunities since 2003. Our mission is to facilitate processes that break the cycle of poverty, reduce HIV infections, combat domestic violence and help communities build programs to distribute resources to Rwandese. This will enable them to create a prosperous society of peace, reconciliation, care, and well being for all persons. FVA takes a multi-tier approach to poverty alleviation by working in a systematic way to maximize our impact, cut operation costs, put into place procedures and protocol as we grow and expand to meet the needs of those we are assisting.

Job announcement
Organization: Faith Victory Association (FVA)
Project title: CORE Project
Position title: Project officer

Faith Victory Association strong mandate of facilitate processes that assist in eradicating poverty, child protection, preventing violence, preventing and controlling diseases especially HIV/AIDS, environmental protection, promoting equality within the communities and developing capacity building programs aimed at transforming the society. It is against this background that FVA in partnership with WORLD VISION
- Rwanda intends to implement CORE Project in the District of Nyamasheke. The project will focus on Creating Off-farm Rwandan Enterprises to uplift socio-economic living standards of targeted vulnerable Youths and women.

Job description summary
The job holder will be responsible for the day-to-day field work and community mobilization activities with the focus on the area of increasing partnerships with the beneficiaries and stakeholders of the CORE project in the area of its operation.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Must have completed a bachelor’s degree in economics, management and rural development and other related fields.
  
• A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in community mobilization with emphasis on rural development activities,
  
• Must possess participatory community mobilization skills.
  
• An understanding of local culture will be an asset.
  
• Knowledge of Kinyarwanda and English is mandatory.
  
• Proficiency in the use of computer skills especially Microsoft office, Excel, Powerpoint packages.
  
• Strong writing and communications skills in particular understanding and use of social media platforms, media engagement.
  
• Having a motorcycle driving license will be an added advantage.