PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACT OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT 

POSITION:Homestay, Language & Culture Coordinator (1)

OPENING DATE:March 9, 2026

CLOSING DATE:March 23, 2026

CONTRACT PERIOD:July - November (NTE 114 days)

BASIC COMPENSATION RANGE:48,041 RWF – 81,670 RWF per day 

BACKGROUND

The Peace Corps is an independent U.S. Government agency that sends American volunteers around the world to aid countries to fulfill their development needs. The Peace Corps has programs in 65 countries with approximately 7,000 American volunteers of all ages and backgrounds.

The three goals of the Peace Corps are:

• To help the people of interested countries in meeting their needs for trained men and women;

• To help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of peoples served;
• To help promote a better understanding of other people on the part of Americans.

Peace Corps originally opened its program in Rwanda in 1974, working for 20 years before closing its offices in 1994. It reopened its program in 2008 and Peace Corps Volunteers currently work in Health and TEFL Education, responding directly to the Government of Rwanda’s priorities. We are seeking an enthusiastic individual who is a team player and self-starter with moral integrity and a spirit of continuous improvement to fill this vacancy.

BASIC FUNCTION

Working as a member of Peace Corps Rwanda’s Training Unit, and under the direct supervision of the Training Manager (TM), the Homestay, Language and Culture Coordinator (HLCC) plays a critical role in ensuring Peace Corps Trainees have a safe, supportive, and culturally enriching environment during Pre-Service Training. The position oversees the full homestay placement process—planning, identifying, and evaluating host families—to guarantee trainees’ well-being and cultural immersion.

In addition, the HLCC provides essential leadership and coordination for Language and Cultural Facilitators (LCFs). The HLCC guides LCFs through daily task assignments to ensure trainees receive high-quality language and intercultural training. This dual responsibility ensures both the homestay program and language instruction operate smoothly and effectively throughout PST. Note: This is an intermittent position.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

HOMESTAY COORDINATION

• Prior to Trainee arrival, identifies Host Families for Trainee accommodation in collaboration with the Training Manager (TM), Assistant Training Manager/Logistics (ATML) and Safety and Security Manager (SSM).
• Coordinates with the local and community leaders and prepares the host families for their roles.
• Supervises and finalizes the election of home stay families and other home stay arrangements.
•  Manage relations between the trainees/training staff and the homestay families and other community members.
• Promptly resolves conflicts that may arise between Trainees and their families or community members. 
• Ensures that host families and Trainees experiencing challenges receive prompt and appropriate support. 
• Integrates host families into cross-cultural training by organizing events aligned with cross-cultural competencies.
• Incorporates the home stay families' input into the Trainee assessment.
• Provides language and cross-cultural training and support to host families. 
• Submit host family information to the Quality Assurance Specialist (QAS) to record in Volunteer Information Database Application (VIDA).
• Provides the TM with an evaluation of each host family, including recommendation for future PSTs at the end of PST,.

LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL TRAINING

• Organizes all Language and Cross-Cultural components of the Training of Trainers (TOT) in conjunction with the TM 
• Works closely with Trainees to ensure that they are developing the cross-cultural skills necessary to adapt to their new environment.
• Collaborates with the Training and Program Managers to identify cross-cultural training needs.
• Designs and implements the evaluation process of the cultural training.
• Works with LCFs to incorporate PACA concepts and Culture Matters topics into training
• Initiates and facilitates discussions with Trainers on cross-cultural sharing of information, ideas, and strategies.
• Coordinates all Language and Cross-Culture activities, delegating responsibilities to Trainers and following up on their work.
• Co-Facilitates Language and Cross-Culture sessions as needed in a manner demonstrating exceptional presentation and/or facilitation skills to Trainees and other Trainers.
• Develops and maintains a Lesson Plan Book that contains all written lesson plans for Language sessions. Submit this to the TM at the end of PST to be incorporated into the Peace Corps Rwanda Training Curricula. 
• Designs activities that provide trainees with the opportunity to apply new information/skills outside of class.
• Observes Trainees' cross-cultural integration and interaction and ensures that each trainee's progress is documented in short weekly reports, which cover: 1) strengths and 2) suggestions for improvement.
• Promotes and works with other training staff to ensure effective integration of language and cross-cultural into all PST components.
• Continually assesses, identifies, and implements innovative learning tools, utilizing available technologies and resources.
• Is responsible for course sequencing in the Calendar of Training Events (COTE) for language and intercultural sessions for PST.
• Ensure that all Trainees complete all planned language and cross-cultural learning activities.
• Coordinates with the TM and LCFs to provide additional, supplemental language training to Trainees as necessary.
• Report any Trainee’s challenges, including learning and/or behavioral challenges, which may arise in class, in tutoring sessions or within the homestay family to the TM on time, and on an ongoing basis.
• If certified, conduct Language Proficiency Interview progress checks and tests during and after PST.

LCF COORDINATION

• Trains and Coordinates Language and Cross-Culture facilitators (LCFs) during PST.
• Provides ongoing guidance, performance monitoring, and feedback to LCFs.
• Meet as needed (at least weekly) with LCFs to discuss trainees’ progress, ensure integration of training, and give recommendations as needed.
• Supports LCFs to adapt sessions to meet Trainees’ learning needs.
• Keeps LCFs informed of and guide them through administrative processes.
•  Advises and supports LCFs in teaching methodologies, presentation and facilitation skills, evaluation, feedback, and documentation.
• Conducts regular observations of LCFs and provide constructive feedback. 
• Works with LCFs on their session preparation and presentation, giving them feedback on their performance.
• Collaborates with TM to conduct performance evaluations for LCFs.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

At a minimum, the successful candidate’s CV must demonstrate the following:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in education preferred, or in Social Sciences, Community Development, or a related field. 
• Experience: At least 4 years of experience in teaching, program coordination, training, cultural exchange programs or another relevant field
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience in training design and delivery.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and coordinate staff activities effectively.
• Strong knowledge and sensitivity to cross-cultural communication and diversity, especially between Americans and Rwandans 
• In-depth knowledge of Rwandan culture and Kinyarwanda
• Strong computer skills including MS Word, MS Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint 
• Fluent in Kinyarwanda and English (Written and spoken)

Interested candidates must submit via email ONLY CV/resume and a cover letter to 

RW01-recruitment@peacecorps.gov by MARCH 23, 2026. The title of the position should be clearly marked in the subject line of the email message. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

The Peace Corps is an equal opportunity agency