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Key Responsibilities:

World Vision is a child-focused Christian humanitarian organization implementing development programmes in 30 Districts of Rwanda. Our interventions in the strategic period of 2021-2025 seek to reach 2 million of the most vulnerable children. This is done through programming in Resilience and Livelihoods, WASH and Health, Child Protection and Education.

World Vision Rwanda seeks to hire a highly qualified, dedicated, and experienced Rwandan national for the role of WASH & Health Coordinator, joining an established and experienced team. This stimulating position incorporates a range of skills and development in multiple areas, allowing for an exciting opportunity for career growth in a dynamic, global organization. The job holder will be based in Rutsiro, Rwanda, and reports to the Programs Manager.

Purpose of the position:

To oversee the implementation of Nutrition, Health, and WASH activities effectively within the cluster for the achievement of the child well well-being. To communicate World Vision’s Christian ethos and demonstrate a quality spiritual life that can be commendable to others.

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Major Activities

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          Programme Management

• Responsible for Nutrition, Health, and WASH project planning and implementation in the project area by preparing cluster designs in line with the Nutrition, Health & Wash National Office Strategy.
• Coordinate Cluster Nutrition, Health & WASH projects being implemented by partners and technical resource persons.
• Initiate and participate in Nutrition, Health & WASH District and NO Advocacy initiatives
• Ensure cross-cutting themes and other sectors are adequately integrated with the Area Programme’s detailed implementation plan
• Provide technical assistance for all Nutrition, Health, and WASH interventions using established guidelines
• Work in collaboration with the child development Officer to ensure that Registered Children and their households are participating and benefiting from Health and WASH Programme interventions.
• Promote the sustainability of the program interventions by ensuring the ownership by the beneficiaries (community involvement, local administration involvement) of the implemented activities
• Liaise with the National Office Nutrition, Health & WASH technical Manager for quality implementation of Health & WASH   projects within the cluster program area.
• Mobilization of key partners and conducting training to build capacities on Nutrition, Health & WASH improved methodologies
• Identify and build strategic linkages, relations, collaborations and networks with partners and other stakeholders in implementation at the district level

• Develop, implement, and coordinate the establishment of strong and innovative systems for tracking the implementation of program objectives, outcomes, outputs, and activities;
• Conduct periodic Monitoring and Evaluation and develop M&E reports highlighting the progress of implementation and recommending key areas requiring redress
• Timely produce quality reports as per the internal and donor requirements on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual basis
• Plan, facilitate, and conduct training of participants and ensure capacity building for partners on the logical framework, data management, data analysis, results-oriented programming, basic surveying and sampling techniques, monitoring and evaluation methods and principles and report writing techniques and requirements for WV and other relevant donors
• Ensure effective knowledge management through proper documentation of successes, innovations, and best practices and disseminate through appropriate mechanisms.

Resource mobilization and management

• Contribute to the growth of the Nutrition, Health and WASH portfolio by developing concept papers and proposal for funding
• Leverage the existing resources within the cluster to develop the Health and WASH sector
• Ensuring efficient and effective resource (materials and funds) utilization by putting in place proper accountability measures.

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 Coordination and Networking

• Establish/strengthen and maintain networks and partnerships with key partners in Health and WASH at the cluster level
• Maintain a good working environment with the implementers and the communities