Project Officers
Willows International (WI) | Post type: jobs September 9, 2025 - Deadline 15/09/2025 | NumberOfPosition [1]

Willows International (WI) Overview

Willows International is a nonprofit organization that expands the utilization of comprehensive reproductive health services by providing individualized information, education, counseling, and referrals to women in communities in need of such services.

Job description

Willows International RWANDA (WIR)

Reports to: Country Director

Job Title: Project Officers

Location: Rusizi and Ngoma districts

Reports to: Project district officer

Type of position: fulltime

Application Deadline: 14th September 2025

Introduction

Since its establishment in 1997, Willows International (WI) has developed and perfected a client management system that improves the performance of community level health care providers and results in women receiving customized, timely information, services, and referrals for family planning and sexual reproductive health (FP/SRH). Willows International has specifically focused on applying its client management system for the betterment of women’s reproductive choices and services. Through its programs during the past two decades, Willows empowered nearly two million women and their partners to develop informed opinion, attitudes, motivations, and utilize existing FP/SRH services that meets their individual needs, situations, and preferences. Our mission is to help women realize their reproductive health goals.

In Rwanda, beginning May 2021, Willows International (WI) has partnered with the Ministry of Health (MoH)/ Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) to launch a project to support the optimization of existing government community health workers’ program for enhanced family planning and sexual reproductive health outcomes. WI support to RBC/MoH aims to strengthen FP/SRHR service delivery systems with a focus on client management and follow up and improving the effectiveness and efficiency of CHWs and their supervisors in two selected districts of Rusizi in the western province and Ngoma in the eastern province. The current project grant is of three years from January 2025 to December 2027. The WIR project aims at institutionalizing a customized and tailored FP/RH information, education and counseling services to clients at the community level, reinforcing continuation of newly adopted behaviour, optimizing systematic follow-ups, and strengthening the community to facility referral system.

Position Summary

The Project Officer will provide technical and managerial support to ensure achievement of project deliverables. The role requires hands-on supportive supervision, monitoring, and mentorship of district team, and continuous collaboration and coordination with the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Manager, the Finance and Administration Manager. This is a field-intensive role and the staff is expected to spend over 90% of his/her time providing direct technical and managerial support through supervision, monitoring and capacity building of community Health workers.

Local candidates are encouraged to apply as relocation costs are not available.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

To Collaborate with the community health supervisors at the district hospital and health centers to provide supportive supervision and mentorship to CHWs to ensure proper use of recommended guidelines and tools.
Develop and monitor implementation of work plan/action plans and submit in a timely manner, monthly, quarterly and annual program and financial reports.
Liaise with CHW supervisors to ensure quality FP/SRH services are provided at the community level and in the referral facilities.
To Monitor CHW activities including home visits, health education sessions and referrals.
Ensure CHWs follow the WISE standard operating procedures and data collection guidelines.
Training and Capacity Building of CHWs and WISE mentors
To Organize regular joint supportive supervision visits with district level officials and CHW supervisors to provide timely support and feedback to CHWs.
To Organize monthly and quarterly program review meetings with CHW supervisors to review progress of and provide feedback to CHWs.
To Assist with organization of training, meetings, field visits, and other events in the assigned district.
To Ensure strong professional working relationship with partners and stakeholders especially at the district level. Support GoR and district officials in organizing and facilitating trainings, supportive supervision visits, and project review meetings.
To Assist the Finance and Administration Manager in the disbursement of funds and accounting for funds used in field level activities at the district level.
Assist with other programmatic and administrative duties as required.

Position Requirements:

Qualifications

Bachelors Degree in Public Health, Community Health, Environmental Health, Nursing, or related field

Professionalexperience

At least 5 years of experience in Primary Health Care delivery and public health programs at community level;
Proven technical knowledge and experience in FP/SRHR and project management skills;
Proven technical knowledge and experience in FP/SRHR interventions at community level
Strong understanding of community mobilization and engagement strategies in Rwanda;
Experience in capacity building skills, including training and mentorship skills for community health workers.

Skills

Strong interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills, including government, NGOs, and community organizations.
Excellent analytical, problem-solving skills and strategic mindset.
A high level of initiative, coordination, creativity, teamwork, and client rights orientation.
Initiative-taking and sense of responsibility.
Demonstrate high level of integrity, ethics, and professionalism.
Proficiency in office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
Fluency in Kinyarwanda and English is strongly required. Knowledge of French will be an asset.

Time Frame and Location

The projector officer will be based either in Rusizi or Ngoma districts depending on the candidate’s choice

Application Process

Interested and qualified candidates should submit their applications, including a detailed resume and cover letter indicating the district of their choice to: pmutijima@willowsintl.org and Cc; dmutamba@willowsintl.org by 15th September 2025 CoB. The mails of submission should indicate in the subject “Application for the post of district project officer in Ngoma/Rusizi”

Failure to submit the required documents is subject to disqualification.

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