Job: Project Field Officer at ARCT-RUHUKA (Rwandese Association of Trauma Counsellors). Deadline 10th August 2021

RECRUITMENT NOTICE

1. BACKGROUND 

The Rwandan Organization of Professional Counselors ARCT – Ruhuka  is a National Nonprofit making Organization , formed in April 30th 1998 and officially registered under the Ministerial Decree No.97/11 on 28 July, 2004 and registered by Rwanda Governance Board  (RGB).  The organization was started to support survivors of psychological trauma, through integrated and holistic services for prevention, care, and healing to facilitate recovery for sustainable unity and reconciliation, peace and development.

Our mission: is to lead the development and application of innovative psychosocial approaches to mental health services and strengthen professional capacity in understanding, treating and preventing mental health problems for sustainable development. 

Our Vision: ARCT-Ruhuka envisages a Rwanda where all people have access to integrated mental health services.

ARCT-RUHUKA operates country wide and intervenes in the field of Mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) that contributes directly to building peace at individual, family and community levels. 

In partnership and with financial support from International Organization for Migration (IOM) ARCT-Ruhuka wish to recruit an experienced as Project  Field officer based in Rusizi district to support the “Psychosocial support and social cohesion for Women cross border traders in Rusizi Project” at community level in the area of intervention.

2. POSITION: Project Field officer  

 The purpose of the position is to support the overall implementation and day to day management, monitoring and evaluation of  “Psychosocial support and social cohesion for Women cross border traders in Rusizi” project activities to achieve its objectives.

Job Title:       Project Field Officer

Reports to:    Program Manager

Duty Station: Rusizi  District

Duration:       6 Months

2.1. Key Duties: Under the supervision of ARCT-Ruhuka program manager , the Project field office will be responsible  for the following: 

 Responsibilities:

• Work as  the contact person for “Psychosocial support and social cohesion for Women cross border traders in Rusizi” project
• Overall day to day planning , management, implementation  and Coordination of project activities  
• Develop a detailed project implementation /work plan and provide professional progress reports including ;   weekly , monthly quarterly and Semester project Plans and Reports.
• Carry out Psychosocial and social cohesion training needs assessment to identify existing gaps for building capacities and appropriate interventions.
• Developing an integrated and tailored training manual/module for training of Community psychosocial workers in Rusizi
• Organize and conduct training of Community Psychosocial Workers,
• Provide Clinical Supervise to the Trained Community Psychosocial Workers (CPWs)
• Develop monitoring and evaluation tools for project intervention, that will help to capture project progress and impact over time
• Develop project monitoring and evaluation  logic framework
• Regularly monitor and  collect necessary data and create project data base in excel sheet
• Work closely with other partners to create synergy among different interveners
• Receive clients / handle referred cases by CPWs for further professional counseling as needed
•  Attend project coordination  and  organize steering committee meetings  and  represent ARCT –Ruhuka as required
• Putting in place strategies to ensure high quality and professional services to the beneficiaries and Do No Harm approach
• Create and maintain  networks  of relevant interveners/stake holders for referral purposes , and maintain their data base for sustainability of the  project
• Create and maintain regular project documentation data base with clear statistics , best practices /lessons learnt , challenges and strategies  and  well elaborated success stories
• Perform other duties as assigned.

3.Essential Skills/Qualities Required 

• Ability to motivate people and work effectively in teams and partnerships with a various groups of stakeholders
• A person of integrity and trust worthy , transparent and accountable
• Demonstrate leadership, managerial and coordination skills
• Proven ability to develop Professional modules, provide training, clinical supervision and counseling for individual couples and groups.
• Good interpersonal, negotiation , mediation and communication skills
• Developed computer skills, including MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, e-mail, outlook, and others
• Developed level of initiative , creativity and able to work semi-independently and solve problems under tight deadlines and minimum supervision
• Living or ready to work and live in a rural setting (RUSIZI District)

4. Education and Experience required

• Bachelor degree (A0) in Clinical psychology, professional Counseling, social work or other related disciplines with at least 3 years practical field experience
• A Diploma (A1) in a related fields with Certificate in counseling and at least 5 years of field practical experience
• Previous experience in training and clinical supervision and counseling is required
• Proven experience in a variety areas including psychosocial support , social cohesion and clinical intervention 
• Prior experience working in similar field and work environment is an added advantage
• Experience in training and clinical supervision and counseling is required

Language Requirements:

Proficiency in the English or French language is required (both spoken and written); Kinyarwanda is obligatory and Swahili is an added value.

HOW TO APPLY

 Interested candidates should submit the following documents:

• Motivation letter
• Signed CV with most recent experiences and at least 3 referees
• Notified copies  of academic qualifications
• Copy of ID

The above required documents should be addressed to The Chairperson, ARCT-Ruhhuka ,. Documents can be deposited  at ARCT-Ruhuka  Head Offices in Kibagabaga, not later than  10th August , 2021 at 12:00  or by Email with all the required documents attached to: arctrecruitment@gmail.com;  For any other information,  please contact us on telephone no 250 787104307 (ARCT-Ruhuka Mobile Phone) .      

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Done at Kigali 02/08/2021

KALIGIRWA Annonciata / Chairperson ARCT-Ruhuka