Inclusion Officers at Prison Fellowship Rwanda (PFR)

Project: Legal aid, Community-Based Protection, MHPSS & PSN

Position: Inclusion Officer (8)

Duty Station: Kiziba Camp (1), Kigeme Camp (1), Mugombwa Camp (1), Nyabiheke Camp (1), Mahama Camp (2), Kigali (1), Nkamira Transit center (1)

Technical field: PSN

Report to: Field Coordinator

Period: 4 Months with possibility of extension

Background.

Prison Fellowship Rwanda (PFR) is a non-profit organization working with the government of Rwanda and both local and international organizations to foster peacebuilding, unity, reconciliation, mental health and psychosocial support, access to justice, crime prevention, human rights promotion, and socio-economic empowerment of vulnerable people in Rwanda in the wake of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi and its aftermath.

Prison Fellowship Rwanda was founded on 01/07/1995, affiliated with Prison Fellowship International in 1997, and officially registered and recognized by Ministerial Order No. 037/17 of 23/10/2002 by the Ministry of Justice as a non-profit organization, with its registration published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Rwanda in 2002.

PFR envisions a society where unity, peace and justice reign and has a mission to contribute to the social transformation of vulnerable communities through peacebuilding, livelihood, justice, psychosocial and spiritual resilience interventions.

Since 2020, Prison Fellowship Rwanda (PFR) in partnership with United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Ministry in Charge of Emergency Management (MINEMA) supports refugees and asylum seekers in Rwanda in the following sectors:

a) Community-Based Protection (CBP) services,

b) Legal Assistance and civil documentation

c) Mental Health and Psychosocial Support/ Community Based Sociotherapy

Starting from August 2024, with the support of UNHCR and MINEMA, Prison Fellowship Rwanda is expanding its Mental Health and Psychosocial support Services, plus protection and inclusion of Persons with Specific Needs in all refugee camps, Urban Settings and Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM) Gashora.

With that regards, the organisation is hiring a qualified and experienced Inclusion Officer, who will be responsible for delivering Community-based rehabilitation services, advocacy and technical support to persons with specific needs.

Key responsibilities of the Inclusion Officer:

ASSESSMENT AND DIGNOSIS

• Assess the specific needs of diverse refugee groups to identify barriers to inclusion.
• Collect and analyze data to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of inclusion strategies.

Program Development and Implementation Responsibilities

• Provide physiotherapy interventions, including exercises, manual therapy, and use of assistive devices
• Oversee the implementation of interventions aimed at promoting inclusion and reducing inequalities in the zone of intervention
• .Analyze the project’s implementation process, advise the line manager on how to act upon.
• Compile the project’s M&E data and forward them to the line manager for use.
• Maintain accurate and detailed records of assessments, treatments, and patient progress.
• Identify all children with disabilities that need Community-Based Rehabilitation services and encourage their parents/caregivers to bring them to CBR centres in camps / urban areas
• Provide and Coordinate CBR services that are initiated in refugee camps / urban areas
• Conduct thorough assessments of individuals to identify physical disabilities and functional limitations.
• Develop and implement personalized treatment plans to improve mobility, strength, and function.
• Organize and conduct individual assessment of persons with disabilities in need of assistive devices and educational materials
• Establish a list of persons with disabilities eligible to assistive devices and other specialized services
• Link beneficiaries with specialized services and get their feedback.
• Organize inclusive recreational events in refugee camps / urban areas

Administrative Responsibilities

• Engage and Coordinate project community mobilizers
• Represent the organization where requested in coordination meetings and other relevant events organized by UNHCR, MINEMA and other UNHCR partners.
• Maintain good collaboration with MINEMA, UNHCR and various operational partners
• Work closely with other healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses, and occupational therapists, to ensure a multidisciplinary approach to patient care.
• Coordinate with other humanitarian organizations and agencies to optimize service delivery and resource utilization
• Collect the monthly reports of the community mobilizers, take them to field coordinator for approval and submit them to Project Coordinator on the last day of every month to allow payment initiation of their monthly incentives
• Ensure PFR visibility in different zone of intervention

Capacity Building responsibilities

• Identify the existing gaps in Knowledge and develop the capacity building plan that will be shared with the project manager for discussions and implementation

• Provide technical support in implementation of capacity development plans for the existing associations of persons with disabilities and implementing partners, and volunteers
• Educate persons of concern and their families on exercises and techniques to manage their conditions and improve their quality of life
• Train partners and volunteers on basic physiotherapy techniques, inclusion and disability mainstreaming
• Facilitate training workshops and continuing education for local staff and volunteers.

Monitoring and reporting responsibilities

• Prepare regular reports on rehabilitation activities, outcomes, and challenges for internal use and donor reporting
• Detailed assessment reports and intervention plans for individual cases.
• Contribute to project monitoring, specifically activity progress indicators and the expected outcomes.
• Contribute to project evaluations at the request of the field coordinator, and ensure that project evaluation recommendations are followed.
• Identify, document and share the project achievements, success stories, testimonies and lessons learned from the project interventions
• Ensure proper utilization of the existing data collection and management tools
• Close monitoring and Evaluation of CBR services and other specialized services delivered by PFR

Qualification and competences

• A Bachelor degree in Physiotherapy, Community-Based Rehabilitation, or other related field from a recognized University, having a Master’s Degree is an added value.
• Minimum experience of at least 3 years working with the persons with disabilities and elderly people, disability inclusion, Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) services, and advocacy
• Verified move towards professional development by number of other related professional courses attended
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team;
• Strong capacity in coaching, Knowledge in disability issues, Community-Based Rehabilitation approaches and practices, disability inclusion
• Ability to write comprehensive activity reports
• Knowing how to position oneself so things can move forward;
• Knowing how to simplify and prioritize;
• Good capacity to organize and conduct trainings and community awareness raising campaigns;
• Commendable organizational and planning skills;
• Ability to set objectives, prioritise his/her workload and other resources.
• Good skills in developing and delivering advocacy messages

HOW TO APPLY.

To apply for this position, please send your motivation letter, CV, Degree, ID/passport and other certificates, two recommendation letters from your previous employer plus a church recommendation to: recruitment@pfrwanda.org and mention the title of the position “Inclusion Officer” in the subject line of the email.

The application should be addressed to the Executive Director of Prison Fellowship Rwanda and the document should be in one PDF format.

Apply before 20th August 2024 at 5:00pm.Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. For more information about Prison Fellowship Rwanda, visit:www.pfrwanda.org 

“Prison Fellowship Rwanda has a zero tolerance to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of beneficiaries. Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) is everyone’s responsibility”.