7 Job Positions of Project Field Officer
at SOS Children's Villages Rwanda: (Deadline 20-07-2026)
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Position: Project Field Officer
Vacant positions: Seven (7)
Type of contract: Fixed term
Working location: Gikongoro, Kigali,
Kayonza and Byumba Program Areas
Supervisor: Head of Program Area and
Project Managers
Deadline: 21st July 2026
Context of the position:
SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda is an
independent, non-governmental social development & child-focused
organization. The Organization supports vulnerable children and young people in
four locations of Kigali, Gicumbi, Kayonza and Nyamagabe. SOS Rwanda applies a
holistic approach to childcare ensuring that the best interest of the child is
catered for. SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda therefore seeks to recruit Seven
(7) Project field officers to support the implementation of our programs
activities in the mentioned districts.
JOB PURPOSE:
The Project Field Officers –SOS projects
will be required to aid the Project Managers in all aspects of project/Program
delivery including budgeting, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation
and collaboration with project stakeholders. The field officer is also
responsible to support 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, ethic, values to
achieve the sustainable development of the families and integration in the
community.
Main responsibilities:
The position holder will therefore be
responsible for the following tasks:
- Organize and support implementation of activities.
- Organize meetings and training (inform the participants,
arrange training venues, meals and transport of participants, monitor the
attendance list, etc.)
- Ensure good collaboration with community structure and
stakeholders.
- Assist Project manager in planning, monitoring, and revising
plans.
- Assist Project manager in compiling donor reports (Monthly,
Quarterly, Annual)
- Assist Project manager organizing learning and sharing
sessions.
- Communicate to the Project manager any challenge I encounter
during field work.
- Support the work of external consultants during baseline and
End-Term Evaluation
- Liaise with M&E Manager and regularly update the number of
beneficiaries reached in Programme Database (PDB2)
- Performs any other duties assigned by the Project manager to
ensure smooth implementation of the project.
- Facilitates the preparation of family development process, with
the strong participation of caregivers, children and the multidisciplinary
team.
- Keeps regular contacts with children and family during the
implementation of family development process through phone calls, home
visits and meetings in programme premises
- Supports Project manager in the development of services and
interventions in the frame of SOS Children’s Villages projects
Key Performance Indicators
- Effective planning and monitoring of activities.
- Timely completion of project/Program activities
- Tight monitoring of targets & reporting on indicators
- Good relationships and collaboration with project/Program
stakeholders programme Development
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 (PDB), ensures
quality of data and uses regularly the reports and data stored in the
database to track individual progress of children and families.
- Upon the request of the project coordinator and in accordance
with the national legislation, communicates regularly with the child
protection authorities on the case progress.
- Supports FSP coordinator in the self-evaluation and/or external
evaluation processes of FS programme.
- Collects regularly information about different indicators as
defined in the M&E plan of the program unit and reports to the project
officer.
Partnership building and advocacy
- Keeps regular contact with service providers to ensure that
services are provided according to objectives and actions agreed in Family
Development Process.
- Advocates for the individual child and his/her family to have
access to social entitlements or obtain needed services.
- Contributes to community development undertaken by the Family
Strengthening Programme, i.e. organise/participate in awareness raising
activities, community mobilization events and capacity building of the
community partners.
- Experienced in working in collaboration with local leaders and
cooperatives.
- Knowledge to use small scale adapted Conservation Agriculture
equipment such as hand hoe, small tractor plough.
- Training farmers on fabricating manure and dung-based
fertilizers
- Adapt method of post-harvest technology in rural areas
REQUIRED QUALIFICATION AND COMPETENCIES
- Bachelor’s degree in development studies, rural development
studies, community development, social studies, environmental protection
and agriculture, or any other related field
- Having good work experience in the community development field,
child protection, working with cooperatives and farmers and related
fields.
REQUIRED COMPENTENCIES
- Experience in project cycle management
- Positive and professional approach. Ability to work
independently, self-organise, use initiative, fulfil commitments and meet
deadlines.
- Good written and verbal communication skills, including written
and spoken English; French would be an added value
- Well-developed facilitation, group leadership and presentation
skills.
- Ability to develop guidelines and tools and oversee their
implementation.
- Computer literacy (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access).
- A team player who is culturally astute, respectful and
tolerant.
- Experience in using applied social research skills
(quantitative and qualitative). Additional skills to support FS families
would be added value
- Holding a valid motorcycle driving license is an essential
requirement for this position, as it enables timely, efficient, and
reliable access to project sites, including remote areas where alternative
means of transport may be limited.
How to apply
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 LINKby not later than 21st July, 2026 at 5:00
pm Kigali time.
Please mention in the subject of your email
Project Field Officer - SOS CV Projects
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 09th July 2026.
Jean Bosco KWIZERA
National Director
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