4 Job Positions at SOS Children’s
Villages Rwanda: (Deadline 21 December 2025)
3 Job Positions of Project Field Officer
at SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda: (Deadline 21 December 2025)
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Position: Project Field Officer
Vacant position: 3
Type of contract: Fixed term
Working location: Kigali, Byumba
and Kayonza locations.
Supervisor: Project Officer
Nationality: Rwandan
Deadline: 21st December 2025
Context of the position:
SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda is an
independent member association affiliated to the SOS Federation. SOS Children’s
Villages Rwanda leverages existing community resources to strengthen quality
childcare and protection through a holistic continuum of care tailored to
orphans, vulnerable children, and their families. SOS Children’s Villages
Rwanda actively advocates for the promotion of childcare and child protection.
In Rwanda, SOS Children’s Villages operate in four locations based in Gasabo,
Gicumbi, Kayonza and Nyamagabe Districts. In order to further fulfil the
above-mentioned responsibilities, SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda is seeking for
competent Project Field Officers, for its newly acquired Project based in SOS
Kigali, Byumba and Kayonza Location
MISSION OF THE POSITION:
JOB PURPOSE:
Under the leadership of the Project
Officer, the Project field officer supports project development in the field of
project interventions in the line with the “Vision, Mission, Values”, the brand
and approved strategies, policies, guidelines of the organisation and national
legislation. Project Field officer is responsible to support Reintegrated and
children who are at risk of losing the care of their biological family which
includes direct work with the children, caregivers and communities, based on the
professional social work practice, ethics, values to achieve the sustainable
development of the families and integration in the community. He/she is also
responsible to ensure the timely completion of the case management procedures
at all stages based on the individual approach and on the active participation
of children, younger people and parents/caregivers. He/she is a member of the
multidisciplinary team in the project and coordinates multidisciplinary
teamwork within the case he/she is responsible for.
Key performance areas and main
responsibilities:
Programme Development
- Support BMZ Street children Reintegration Project Coordination
in the development of services and interventions in the frame of family
strengthening.
- Support identification of vulnerable parents with their
children who are at risk of losing care from their families of origin
through different resources (referral, outreach, self-referral etc.).
- Conduct comprehensive assessment of children and families in
strong cooperation with the multidisciplinary team of stakeholders using
different resources and social work techniques/methods to identify family
needs and strengths and define the required services.
- Facilitate the preparation of family development plan/process,
with the strong participation of caregivers, children and the
multidisciplinary team.
- Arrange, provide and coordinate the delivery of services to
children and families in strong partnership with other service providers
and in line with the family development plan.
- Keep regular contacts with child and family during the
implementation of family development plan through phone calls, home visits
and meetings in programme premises.
- Document appropriately all activities conducted during the case
management stages in the child/family case file by applying methods and
tools for gathering information, as well as forms/templates, based on the
requirements of national legislation and/or regional guidelines.
- Play a leading role and support the National Association in the
project planning and other planning instruments according to the
organizational strategic vision and recommend further improvement of the
logical framework;
- Assist the Organization in enhancing an integrated process of
planning, programming, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation, research,
analysis and present information gathered from diverse source;
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Reassesses periodically the child/family needs and progress in
meeting the objectives defined in Family Development Process and make
decisions on the case closure, in cooperation with family members and the
multidisciplinary team.
- Enters data regularly in Programme Database module (PDB),
ensures quality of data and uses regularly the reports and data stored in
the database to track individual progress of children and families.
Provides information for new requirements (new reports, new data fields or
features) to BMZ Street children reintegration Project Officer.
- Upon the request of Project officer, and in accordance with the
national legislation, communicates regularly with the child protection
authorities on the case progress.
- Supports Project coordinator in the self-evaluation and/or
external evaluation processes of BMZ Street children Reintegration
Project.
- Collects regularly information about different indicators as
defined in the M&E plan of the programme unit and reports to Project
Coordinator.
- Support the use of Prodigi, PDB2 and Compass for monitoring and
evaluation of strategic plan indicators for the location
- Participate in the development and implementation of policies,
procedures and methodologies consistent with project monitoring and
evaluation.
- Implement the overall M&E strategy and guide the
implementation of related activities within the programme function.
- Lead in the development/ enhancement of data collection and
monitoring tools for child youth, family and community development
- Sets up systems and structures to support the development of
quality management within the Organization and the counterparts /
stakeholders.
- Coordinate the results-based management planning and reporting
process
- Assist in the coordination of internal and external evaluations
of the projects including drafting Terms of Reference, liaising with
partner and independent experts
- Develop and strengthen monitoring, inspection and evaluation
procedures as well as impact indicators for the project success.
- Monitor and analyse the project developments, implementation
and report the overall progress on achievement, quality and sustainability
of the project results.
- Advice and suggest strategies to the project management team
for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the project by
developing plans to minimize or eliminate such challenges.
- Organize and conduct trainings on planning, M&E for the
organizational / project staff including partners stakeholders.
- Prepare various written outputs such as draft background papers
on the projects, analysis, sections of reports and studies, inputs to
publications etc.
- Maintain and regularly update the project database.
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- Participates regularly in intervention sessions as well as
individual or group external supervision.
- Maintains personal and professional development to meet the
changing demands of the job, participates in appropriate training
activities and keeps up with organisational procedures, legislation and
developments in the professional practice.
- Supports in capacity building of community volunteers
Financial and Resource management
- Prepares of financial requisitions and other expenditure
necessary documents
- Provides supporting documents for financial reports
- Monitors budget expenditures in the programme unit, in order to
ensure that funds are properly used and in line with the annual plan and
budget.
- Continually looks for ways to provide quality services in a
cost-effective manner.
Partnership building and advocacy
- Keeps regular contacts with service providers to ensure that
services are provided according to objectives and actions agreed in Family
Development plan.
- Advocates for the individual child and his/her family to have
access to social entitlements or obtain needed services.
- Contributes in community development undertaken by the Family
Strengthening Programme, i.e. organise/participate in awareness raising
activities, community mobilisation events and capacity building of the
community partners.
- Ensure a good working relationship with the key stakeholders,
Knowledge Management
- Supports Project Coordinator in documenting good practises,
human touching stories.
- Keeps regular track of latest developments in social work area
as well as changes in national legislation, policies and practises related
to children in the target group.
- Specific duties as assigned by the supervisor:
REQUIRED QUALIFICATION
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Community Development
Studies, Business Administration and any other related fields of Study
with three (3) years relevant working experience in Child Protection and
Community Development Field
REQUIRED COMPETENCIES
- Knowledge of child protection issues, such as child
safeguarding, child rights, OVC, youth empowerment, entrepreneurship,
psychosocial support,
- Experience in psychosocial support for children and adults
- Positive and professional approach. Ability to work
independently, self-organise, use initiative, fulfil commitments and meet
deadlines.
- Experience of working with Street connected children
- To have experience of working with childcare international
organisations
- Good written and verbal communication skills, including written
and spoken English; French would be an added value
- Experience in project cycle management
- Experience in using applied social research skills
(quantitative and qualitative). Additional skills to support FS
beneficiaries would be an added advantage.
- Strong planning, organisational and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a multi-site organisation and
geographically dispersed participants
- Well-developed facilitation, group leadership and presentation
skills.
- Ability to develop guidelines and tools and oversee their
implementation.
- Work experience in programmes that build networks at community
level.
- Promotes the vision, mission and strategic goals of SOS
Children Villages.
- Demonstrate creativity and abilities to complete multiple tasks
by establishing priorities, deadlines and multiple reporting
relationships.
- Establishes, builds and maintains effective working
relationships with staff and clients to facilitate the provision of
support, knowledge, management and learning;
- In depth knowledge of Planning, Monitoring and Information
System, Monitoring and Evaluation and organizational development issues;
- Excellent abilities to identify significant capacity building
opportunities and capacity to deliver such trainings using a clear
communications skill.
- A team player who is culturally astute, respectful and tolerant
- Computer literacy (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access).
- Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills;
How to apply
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The interested Candidates in this position
should send a detailed Curriculum Vitae with three (3) traceable professional
references, application letter , Rwandan national Identity Card and academic
certificates/degrees to sos.recruitment@sos-rwanda.org and properly fill
the application form found via the following LINK by not later than 21st , 2025 at
5:00 pm Kigali time.
Please mention in the subject of your email
“Project Field Officer”.
Please be advised that online forms that
are not fully and accurately completed may not be considered during the
shortlisting process
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Female candidates are encouraged to apply
and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
“SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda/
International holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance
policy for conducts of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the
workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered.
Parallel to technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring decisions
will give due emphasize to assessing candidates value congruence and thorough
background checks, police clearance reference check processes”.
Done in Kigali on 15th December, 2025.
Jean Bosco KWIZERA
National Director
Project Manager at SOS Children’s
Villages Rwanda: (Deadline 21 December 2025)
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Position: Project Manager
Vacant position: 1
Rwanda job postings
Type of contract: Fixed term
Working location: Kigali, Byumba
and Kayonza locations.
Supervisor: Head of Projects
Nationality: Rwandan
Deadline: 21st December 2025
Context of the position:
SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda is an
independent member association affiliated to the SOS Federation. SOS Children’s
Villages Rwanda leverages existing community resources to strengthen quality
childcare and protection through a holistic continuum of care tailored to
orphans, vulnerable children, and their families. SOS Children’s Villages
Rwanda actively advocates for the promotion of childcare and child protection.
In Rwanda, SOS Children’s Villages operate in four locations based in Gasabo,
Gicumbi, Kayonza and Nyamagabe Districts. In order to further fulfil the
above-mentioned responsibilities, SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda is seeking for
competent Project Manager, for its newly acquired Project based in SOS Kigali,
Byumba and Kayonza Location
MISSION OF THE POSITION:
JOB PURPOSE:
Under the leadership of the Head of
Projects, the Project Manager supports project development in the field of
project interventions in the line with the “Vision, Mission, Values”, the brand
and approved strategies, policies, guidelines of the organisation and national
legislation. Project Field officer is responsible to support Reintegrated and
children who are at risk of losing the care of their biological family which
includes direct work with the children, caregivers and communities, based on
the professional social work practice, ethics, values to achieve the
sustainable development of the families and integration in the community.
He/she is also responsible to ensure the timely completion of the case
management procedures at all stages based on the individual approach and on the
active participation of children, younger people and parents/caregivers. He/she
is a member of the multidisciplinary team in the project and coordinates
multidisciplinary teamwork within the case he/she is responsible for.
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Key performance areas and main
responsibilities:
Programme Development
- Support BMZ Street children Reintegration Project Coordination
in the development of services and interventions in the frame of family
strengthening.
- Support identification of vulnerable parents with their
children who are at risk of losing care from their families of origin
through different resources (referral, outreach, self-referral etc.).
- Conduct comprehensive assessment of children and families in
strong cooperation with the multidisciplinary team of stakeholders using
different resources and social work techniques/methods to identify family
needs and strengths and define the required services.
- Facilitate the preparation of family development plan/process,
with the strong participation of caregivers, children and the
multidisciplinary team.
- Arrange, provide and coordinate the delivery of services to
children and families in strong partnership with other service providers
and in line with the family development plan.
- Keep regular contacts with child and family during the
implementation of family development plan through phone calls, home visits
and meetings in programme premises.
- Document appropriately all activities conducted during the case
management stages in the child/family case file by applying methods and
tools for gathering information, as well as forms/templates, based on the
requirements of national legislation and/or regional guidelines.
- Play a leading role and support the National Association in the
project planning and other planning instruments according to the
organizational strategic vision and recommend further improvement of the
logical frame work;
- Assist the Organization in enhancing an integrated process of
planning, programming, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation, research,
analysis and present information gathered from diverse source;
Monitoring and Evaluation
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- Reassesses periodically the child/family needs and progress in
meeting the objectives defined in Family Development Process and make
decisions on the case closure, in cooperation with family members and the
multidisciplinary team.
- Enters data regularly in Programme Database module (PDB),
ensures quality of data and uses regularly the reports and data stored in
the database to track individual progress of children and families.
Provides information for new requirements (new reports, new data fields or
features) to BMZ Street children reintegration Project Officer.
- Upon the request of Head of Projects, and in accordance with
the national legislation, communicates regularly with the child protection
authorities on the case progress.
- Supports Project coordinator in the self-evaluation and/or
external evaluation processes of BMZ Street children Reintegration
Project.
- Collects regularly information about different indicators as
defined in the M&E plan of the programme unit and reports to Head of
Projects.
- Support the use of Prodigi, PDB2 and Compass for monitoring and
evaluation of strategic plan indicators for the location
- Participate in the development and implementation of policies,
procedures and methodologies consistent with project monitoring and
evaluation;
- Implement the overall M&E strategy and guide the
implementation of related activities within the programme function;
- Lead in the development/ enhancement of data collection and
monitoring tools for child youth, family and community development
- Sets up systems and structures to support the development of
quality management within the Organization and the counterparts /
stakeholders;
- Coordinate the results-based management planning and reporting
process
- Assist in the coordination of internal and external evaluations
of the projects including drafting Terms of Reference, liaising with
partner and independent experts
- Develop and strengthen monitoring, inspection and evaluation
procedures as well as impact indicators for the project success;
- Monitor and analyse the project developments, implementation
and report the overall progress on achievement, quality and sustainability
of the project results.
- Advice and suggest strategies to the project management team
for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the project by
developing plans to minimize or eliminate such challenges.
- Organize and conduct trainings on planning, M&E for the
organizational / project staff including partners stakeholders;
- Prepare various written outputs such as draft background papers
on the projects, analysis, sections of reports and studies, inputs to
publications etc.;
- Maintain and regularly update the project database.
Human Resource development
- Participates regularly in intervention sessions as well as
individual or group external supervision.
- Maintains personal and professional development to meet the
changing demands of the job, participates in appropriate training
activities and keeps up with organisational procedures, legislation and
developments in the professional practice.
- Supports in capacity building of community volunteers
Financial and Resource management
- Prepares of financial requisitions and other expenditure
necessary documents
- Provides supporting documents for financial reports
- Monitors budget expenditures in the programme unit, in order to
ensure that funds are properly used and in line with the annual plan and
budget.
- Continually looks for ways to provide quality services in a
cost-effective manner.
Partnership building and advocacy
- Keeps regular contacts with service providers to ensure that
services are provided according to objectives and actions agreed in Family
Development plan.
- Advocates for the individual child and his/her family to have
access to social entitlements or obtain needed services.
- Contributes in community development undertaken by the Family
Strengthening Programme, i.e. organise/participate in awareness raising
activities, community mobilisation events and capacity building of the
community partners.
- Ensure a good working relationship with the key stakeholders,
Knowledge Management
- Supports Project team in documenting good practises, human
touching stories.
- Keeps regular track of latest developments in social work area
as well as changes in national legislation, policies and practises related
to children in the target group.
- Specific duties as assigned by the supervisor:
REQUIRED QUALIFICATION
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Community Development
Studies, Business Administration and any other related fields of Study
with three (3) years relevant working experience in Child Protection and
Community Development Field. Masters degree is an added value.
REQUIRED COMPETENCIES
- Knowledge of child protection issues, such as child
safeguarding, child rights, OVC, youth empowerment, entrepreneurship,
psychosocial support,
- Experience in psychosocial support for children and adults
- Positive and professional approach. Ability to work
independently, self-organise, use initiative, fulfil commitments and meet
deadlines.
- Good team management skills
- Experience of working with street connected children
- To have experience of working with childcare international
organisations
- Good written and verbal communication skills, including written
and spoken English; French would be an added value
- Experience in project cycle management
- Experience in using applied social research skills
(quantitative and qualitative). Additional skills to support FS
beneficiaries would be an added advantage.
- Strong planning, organisational and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a multi-site organisation and
geographically dispersed participants
- Well-developed facilitation, group leadership and presentation
skills.
- Ability to develop guidelines and tools and oversee their
implementation.
- Work experience in programmes that build networks at community
level.
- Promotes the vision, mission and strategic goals of SOS
Children Villages.
- Demonstrate creativity and abilities to complete multiple tasks
by establishing priorities, deadlines and multiple reporting
relationships;
- Establishes, builds and maintains effective working
relationships with staff and clients to facilitate the provision of
support, knowledge, management and learning;
- In depth knowledge of Planning, Monitoring and Information
System, Monitoring and Evaluation and organizational development issues;
- Excellent abilities to identify significant capacity building
opportunities and capacity to deliver such trainings using a clear
communications skill.
- A team player who is culturally astute, respectful and tolerant
- Computer literacy (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access).
- Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills;
How to apply
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The interested Candidates in this position
should send a detailed Curriculum Vitae with three (3) traceable professional
references, application letter , Rwandan national Identity Card and academic
certificates/degrees to sos.recruitment@sos-rwanda.org and properly fill
the application form found via the following LINK by not later than 21st
December,2025 at 5:00 pm Kigali time.
Please mention in the subject of your email
“Project Manager”.
Please be advised that online forms that
are not fully and accurately completed may not be considered during the
shortlisting process
Female candidates are encouraged to apply,
and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
“SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda/
International holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance
policy for conducts of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the
workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered.
Parallel to technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring decisions
will give due emphasize to assessing candidates value congruence and thorough
background checks, police clearance reference check processes”.
Done in Kigali on 15th December, 2025.
Jean Bosco KWIZERA
National Director
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