Vacancy title:
School Garden Project Coordinator

Jobs at:
Gardens Health International

Deadline of this Job:
Friday April 27, 2018

Duty Station:
Kigali, Rwanda

JOB DETAILS:
At Gardens for Health International (GHI), we believe that growing and eating healthy food must be part of the long-term solution for malnutrition. We are working to integrate agriculture into the treatment of chronic malnutrition across Rwanda. Our programs emphasize locally appropriate solutions that simultaneously work to address a gap in nutrition education and poor access to nutritious foods.
GHI has an exciting opportunity to partner with the World Food Programme under the Home Grown School Feeding (HGSF) program in the Southern and Western Provinces of Rwanda. The HGSF program is a 5 year project (2016-2021) operating in 104 primary schools in Nyamagabe, Nyaruguru, Karongi and Rutsiro Districts in the Southern and Western Provinces. The Program provides school lunches in order to improve students’ study concentration, performance and dropout reduction. This school lunch is often the largest meal of the day for the 83,000 students in the program and accounts for more than half the attained recommended daily allowances of energy, protein, Vitamin A, iron, and iodine for about 40 percent of students.
GHI is responsible for furthering the HGSF programs nutrition objectives by establishing gardens and delivering integrated nutrition education/life skills trainings to all schools. Through GHI’s School Nutrition Gardens Project, GHI will ensure that students have greater access to fresh fruits and vegetables, in addition to the staple foods provided through the HGSF program. Key learnings will be captured through continuous monitoring, which will inform a broader strategy for incorporating nutrition-sensitive gardening and life skills across Rwanda. GHI will work in collaboration with WFP, World Vision, MINEDUC, MINAGRI and other stakeholders to implement this project.
Job Description
The School Garden Project Coordinator - Western Province (Karongi & Rutsiro Districts) is responsible for overseeing all field activities related to GHI’s School Gardens program

Project Coordination and Implementation

• Coordinate rollout of garden and nutrition trainings at schools
• Work with GHI staff to establish school gardens and conduct nutrition trainings at schools. Involve GHI Health, Agriculture and M&E teams in a timely fashion to accomplish project goals.
• Engage and train qualified agronomists and for school garden establishment
•  Schedule and coordinate GHI nutrition trainings with schools
• Conduct routine follow up visits with schools to ensure successful implementation of garden and nutrition components of program
• Meet with school administrative committees and District and Sector government officials routinely to discuss progress on school gardens.
• Provide Project Manager with regular updates on meetings with schools, HGSF coordinators, local government officials, and District and Sector agronomists
• Represent GHI at HGSF events and meetings
  Communications
• Maintain clear lines of communication with school administrators, WFP partners, and District and Sector government officials. Regularly inform partners of project activities and timelines and respond to requests for meetings and reports when needed.
• Participate in frequent calls with GHI Project Manager to give updates. Calls will be more or less frequent depending on project needs.
  Technical Reporting
• Compile weekly reports tracking project progress and deliverables
• Document case studies, with photos when needed, for project reports
  Financial Reporting
• Submit Expense Requests weekly
• Maintain receipts and other financial records for accountability

Qualifications; Education/Knowledge/Technical skills and Experience

• Advanced Diploma in Agriculture or Rural development
• Demonstrated experience in coordination and working with partners
• Motorcycle driving licence (Category A)
• Permanently based in Karongi or Rutsiro.

Job application procedure
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications to the Karongi or Rutsiro HGSF District office or via email to careers@gardensforhealth.org  before Friday April 27, 2018. Applications should be enclosed with the following;
• Application letter addressed to the Country Director
• Curriculum Vitae
• One copy of the University degree
• Three referees
Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.