MAJOR RESPONSIBILITES

% of time

Activity

End Results

35%

Program Planning & Implementation Management

• Lead implementation of Health & Nutrition and WASH BCC activities.
• Support the development of project work plans, budgets, and procurement plans.
• Provide technical and administrative oversight in the implementation of all Health & Nutrition and WASH BCC related interventions.
• Coordinate implementation of WV’s core nutrition models including PD/Hearth, Growth Monitoring and Promotion (GMP), and Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM).
• Strengthen engagement and support of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Health & Nutrition and hygiene and sanitation programming.

• Timely development and implementation of plans and budgets.
• Effective execution of projects in accordance with WVR and donor guidelines.
• Balanced and successful implementation of Health & Nutrition and hygiene and sanitation programming.
• Improved child growth and maternal nutrition outcomes.

20%

Strategy Development & Technical Leadership

• Contribute to development/review of Health & Nutrition and hygiene and sanitation strategies, technical approaches, and national-level plans.
• Provide strategic direction on scaling up core project models (e.g., PD/Hearth, GMP, CMAM, WASH-UP, TTC, CHW, channels of hope, Comprehensive Sexual Education, iWASH).
• Support national strategy and programming for universal sanitation and nutrition coverage through district wide professional UMUGANDA program.
• Facilitate innovation and leadership in new models or technologies for nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific interventions.

•  Evidence-based technical guidance in both nutrition and WASH programming.
• National plans reflect WVR strategies.
• Scaled-up use of proven nutrition models.
• Improved health, growth, and sanitation outcomes in target areas.

15%

Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning & Reporting

• Support in tool development for project tracking and reporting, including indicators for nutrition, hygiene and sanitation models.
• Ensure high quality documentation of learnings and best practices from both nutrition and hygiene and sanitation programs.
• Ensure baseline studies, needs assessments, and evaluations include nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive measures.
• Monitor performance of PD/Hearth sessions and community-based nutrition interventions.

•  Timely and quality reports with data from both WASH and nutrition activities.
• Integrated learning products developed and disseminated.
• Data-driven improvements in program implementation.
• Measurable improvements in child nutritional status.

10%

Capacity Building

• Build capacity of staff, CHWs, caregivers, and local structures in Health & Nutrition and WASH BCC programming.
• Conduct training on PD/Hearth, GMP, and CMAM approaches.
• Mentor field teams and support recruitment and induction of technical staff in both sectors.

• Strengthened program delivery through knowledgeable and empowered teams.
• Enhanced capacity of CHWs and community volunteers.
• Improved community ownership and sustainability of health and nutrition actions.

10%

Resource Acquisition & Partnerships

• Support proposal writing and resource mobilization for integrated WASH and Nutrition projects.
• Build partnerships with Government, NGOs and UN agencies working in maternal, infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN), CMAM, and health systems strengthening.
• Ensure WV visibility through participation in national health and nutrition coordination platforms.

• Increased funding for integrated WASH and Health & Nutrition programs.
• Strengthened partnerships for technical support and scale.
• WVR’s leadership recognized in national nutrition and WASH sectors.

10%

Mainstreaming & Integration

• Ensure integration of cross-cutting issues such as gender, disability, and social inclusion, environment, child protection, CVA, and nutrition-sensitive agriculture into all project interventions.
• Promote multi-sectoral collaboration, especially with livelihoods and food security teams, to enhance nutrition outcomes.
• Coordinate nutrition-sensitive interventions such as homestead food production to complement PD/Hearth and CMAM.

• Inclusive, gender-sensitive, and holistic programming.
• Multi-sectoral impact and sustainability of nutrition and WASH efforts.
• Enhanced resilience and wellbeing of vulnerable children and families.

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience

• At least 5 years of relevant experience in Health, Nutrition and WASH programming.
• Strong knowledge of development project management tools (log frames, budgets, M&E tools).
• Experience working with Government, donors and other partners.

Required Education,

training, license,

registration, and

certification

• Master’s degree in Public Health, Community Health, Environmental Health, Nutrition or related discipline. (If the degree is issued by a foreign institution, an equivalence certificate from the Rwanda Higher Education Council (HEC) will be required)
• Fluent in Kinyarwanda and English; French is an added advantage.

Preferred Knowledge

and Qualifications

• Certificates in atleast one of the WV Nutrition models 
• Certificates in water/sanitation technologies, climate change, resource planning.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills.
• Strong report-writing and proposal development capabilities.
• Experience in innovation, learning, and knowledge management.
• Ability to mobilize communities and build effective teams.
• Strong understanding of integration of gender, environment, and protection issues.

Travel and/or

Work Environment

Requirement

This position will be based at WVR Head office with 50% local travels to areas where the project is implemented

Physical

Requirements

Should be physically healthy with proof of certified medical checks

Language

Requirements

Should be fluent in English and Kinyarwanda knowledge of French is an added advantage.

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

Contact (within WV or outside WV)

Reason for contact

Frequency of contact

WASH & Nutrition, Program Development and Quality (PDQ)

Managers 

Daily field implementation of projects activities

Weekly 

Senior Operations Manager 

Line Manager 

Daily 

Programme Manager-Cluster

Project confirmation and local level partners engagement

Monthly 

Programme Coordinator- WASH & Nutrition-Cluster 

Health and Nutrition programming across their respective clusters, projects, identification, design, costing, procurement, implementation, sustainability and monitoring

Daily

ENOUGH Campaign Advisor

Coordinate and leverage nutrition programming including but not limited to Professional umuganda and the ENOUGH Campaign

Weekly

Advocacy and Government Relations Advisor 

For involved government institutions engagements

Monthly

DECISION MAKING

Joint decision making with WASH & Nutrition, Program Development and Quality (PDQ) Managers and cluster team to ensure quality, efficient and effective Implementation of projects field activities.