Community And Family Based Support Specialist

Job responsibilities

• Coordinate the community-based child and family support initiatives;

• Coordinate with local leaders and community structures to promote ECD, nutrition, and child protection awareness and participation;

• Strengthen parents’ and caregivers’ capacity to support children’s holistic development ;

• Organize and report on capacity building for prospective caregivers, CHW, and friends of Family (IZU), ensuring quality standards in caregiving practices;

• Facilitate connections between families and ECD facilities, health services, and social protection schemes;

• Work with district staff and partners to track nutrition and WASH indicators at household and facility levels;

• Support identification of safe family-based care solutions for children without parental care, including foster families;

• Ensure community awareness and adherence to national child safeguarding policies and ministerial instructions;

• Support and supervision of the friends of the Family in the implementation of their roles and responsibilities in the community;

• Strengthen community structures to ensure continuity of services beyond project cycles;

• Contributes to developing partnerships and collaboration with internal and external counterparts to exchange information on programme status and implementation;

• Initiate and support the establishment of partnership mechanisms between the public and private sectors for the provision of nurturing to children;

• Document progress, challenges, and lessons learned for institutional reporting and policy refinement;

• Organize documentation of case studies demonstrating successful program interventions and outcomes;

• Fulfils any other duties as assigned by his/her supervisors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

  5 Years of relevant experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Development Studies

  5 Years of relevant experience

• Master's Degree in Development Studies

  3 Years of relevant experience

• Master's Degree in Sociology

  3 Years of relevant experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Social Work

  5 Years of relevant experience

• Master's Degree in Social Work

  3 Years of relevant experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Public Health

  5 Years of relevant experience

• Masters’ degree in Public Health

  3 Years of relevant experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Development

  5 Years of relevant experience

• Master's Degree in Early Childhood Development

  3 Years of relevant experience

Required competencies and key technical skills

• Fluency in Kinyaranda English and or French knowledge of Swahili is an added advantage

• Judgement and decision-making skills

• Planning and organizational skills;

• Computer Skills

• Team working Skills

• Communication and Negotiation skills

• Demonstration of objectivity and emotional intelligence

• In depth knowledge of child care, protection and welfare system in Rwanda and de- institutionalization processes in particular

• Good oral and writing skills, presentation skills, negotiation skills, interactive and interpersonal communication skills

• A flexible approach to work with a willingness to achieve results and strengthen capacities in case of technical capacity shortfalls

• Drive for results and willingness to learn

• Time management skills;