District Officer Zero Out of School Project at Save the Children

INTRODUCTION

Save the Children has been working in Rwanda since 1994 in partnership with the Government of Rwanda (GoR) and local stakeholders to promote a bright future for children. We have experience working in all 30 districts across the country. The main areas of focus are education, child protection, child rights governance, and health and nutrition in humanitarian and development contexts.

GENERAL BACKGROUND

Save the Children (SC) is the world’s largest independent child rights organization, underpinned by a vision of a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development, and participation. Our mission to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. Save the Children implements both development and humanitarian assistance programs in Rwanda and Burundi.

ROLE PURPOSE :

Save the Children Rwanda is working with the Ministry of Education to ensure that all children benefit from an inclusive and equitable basic education. For a period of five years, Save the Children is going to lead the implementation of the Zero Out of School Children Project which is co-funded by Education Above All Foundation (with support from Qatar Fund For Development) and the Rwandan Ministry of Education. Our join vision is that no child misses out on primary education in Rwanda. The project will directly contribute to achieving universal primary education in Rwanda and will support the strategy of the Government of Rwanda towards zero out-of-school children at primary school level. The project’s outcomes are as follow:

• Strengthening the identification, enrollment, attendance and retention of out-of-school children at the school-level;
• Empowering communities and families to promote identification, enrollment, attendance and retention of out-of-school children; and
• Strengthening policies, data and feedback management systems on and for out-of-school children
  Hence, Save the Children is seeking District Officer for this project: Zero Out of School Children.

District Officer will be responsible for the delivery of project activities in the respective allocated district. He/She will report directly to District Coordinator. District Officer will be the first point of contact for schools and community representatives in the assigned district.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Psychology, or related discipline with at least 2 years of experience in technical and /or management roles on education improvement programs.
• Proven experience of at least 2 years in working with district and officials in improving Quality of Education in Basic Education.
• Proven experience in working with community members, schools, sectors and districts.
• Demonstrated experience in developing training materials and conducting trainings.
• Commitment to inclusive programming that encourages full participation of individuals regardless of gender, disability status or other marginalized status.
• Proven experience in working with all categories of children, girls and boys, children with and without disabilities and other children with different Special needs.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Highly developed relationship building and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to liaise with a diverse range of people, stakeholders and beneficiaries.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Ikinyarwanda.
• Patient, adaptable, flexible, able to improvise and remain responsive and communicate clearly and effectively under pressure.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Attention to detail, strong analytical, problem-solving, financial skills and public speaking skills.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• Computer literate. (Ms Word, Excel, Power point, Internet Explorer)

PERSONAL BEHAVIOURS AND ATTRIBUTES

• Commitment to Save the Children’s mission and values.
• Initiative, flexibility and ability to work independently as well as in a team.
• High levels of self-motivation and initiative.
• Ownership and accountability of own work.
• High level of confidentially and integrity.

Deadline: October 2nd, 2024

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

This position is on Child Safeguarding- Level 3: the responsibilities of the post require you to have one-to-one contact with children or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g: four days in one month or more), because they support the country-side program activities. 

ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICY
We are committed to ensuring a safe working environment for all those who work for us and for all those who come into contact with our staff and representatives, including children and members of the communities with whom we work.

SCI takes a zero-tolerance approach to sexual harassment and any other conduct that is discriminatory or disrespectful to others.
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

*Note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. *
*Disclaimer: Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process.