Summary
Date Posted: Friday, July 22, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Child Adoption and Orphans Specialist
Level:3.II
Job description
• Oversee the preparation, implementation, revision and dissemination of policy and legal framework governing adoption,
• Initiate the child’s adoption documentation system and record keeping (birth certificate, notary act, police report, medical report, family report, consents, report from orphanage, death certificate, act of abandonment),
• Establish counseling programs for the involved parties in the Child adoption process
• Liaise and collaborate with various stakeholders
• Analyze adoption applications/requests and send letter of non-objection (verification of documents about PAPs: complete, authentic, acceptable),
• Coordinate matching events, ensure close follow up suitability of PAP for child
• Coordinate the capacity building and strengthening of the local leaders on policies, legal frameworks governing adoption,
• Compile, analyze and keep the post placement reports,
• Approve certificate of adoption/travel release,
• Manage the post adoption reporting system
• Lead the implementation of the 1993 Hague Adoption Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption,

Minimum Qualifications
• Master's Degree in Law
1 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Public Policy
3 Years of relevant experience
• Master's Degree in Public Policy
1 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Law
3 Years of relevant experience
• Mater's Degree in Psychology
1 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Psychology
3 Years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Social Work
3 Years of relevant experience
• Master's Degree in Social Work
1 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Education Sciences
3 Years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Early Child Care
3 Years of relevant experience

Competency and Key Technical Skills
• Integrity
• Strong critical thinking skills and excellent problem solving skills.
• Inclusiveness
• Accountability
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Client/citizen focus
• Professionalism
• Commitment to continuous learning
• Resource management skills
• Analytical skills
• Problem solving skills
• Decision making skills
• Time management skills
• Risk management skills
• Results oriented
• Digital literacy skills
• Knowledge of Rwandan Gender Sector
• Fluency in English, Kinyarwanda or French. Knowledge of all is an added advantage
• Computer skills in the application of professional software packages applied to the engineering design, housing, urban and development, construction sectors
• Knowledge of child justice and legal protection of children
• Knowledge of international, regional and national human rights law specifically relating to children

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 48

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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