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Key Responsibilities:

JOB OPPORTUNITY

NUTRITION & WASH PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY (PDQ) MANAGER

World Vision is a child-focused Christian humanitarian organization implementing development programmes in 30 Districts of Rwanda. Our interventions in the strategic period of 2026-2030 seek to reach 2.5 million of the most vulnerable children. This is done through programming in Child Protection, and Education, Nutrition and WASH, and Poverty Alleviation (Resilience and Livelihoods)

World Vision Rwanda seeks to hire a highly qualified, dedicated, and experienced Rwandan national for the role of Nutrition & WASH Programme Development and Quality (PDQ) Manager, joining an established and experienced team. This stimulating position incorporates a range of skills and development in multiple areas, allowing for an exciting opportunity for career growth in a dynamic, global organization. It will be based in Kigali at the Head Office and report to the Strategy and Programme Quality Director.  

                                                                     

Purpose of the position:

The Nutrition & WASH PDQ Manager will provide overall technical leadership in Nutrition and Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) in line with Nutrition and WASH Regional and Global Technical Sector strategies. This position will determine National Office sector capacity gaps, develop capacity building plan with regional assistance and coordinate all Nutrition and WASH related programmes to achieve NO Nutrition targets and WASH Business Plan and commitments to NO FY2026-FY2030 strategy. The job holder provides guidance to field staff for quality Nutrition and WASH programming implementation, seeks opportunities for Nutriton and WASH implementation research, and communicates learnings from programming and maps donors, understands their technical expectations, pre-positions the NO for grants bids and leads the design and development of proposals. He/she maintains strong and regular external engagement with nutrition and WASH stakeholders in the country and maintains situation awareness of potential public health emergencies ensuring readiness for sector response.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITES

% of time

Activity

End Results

30%

Technical Leadership

Contribute to overall NO strategy as well as Nutrition and WASH Business Plan; ensure nutrition priorities reflected in national strategyDevelop nutrition and WASH technical approaches, ensuring alignment with NO strategy and regional and global nutrition priorities and cross-sectoral considerationsDevelop nutrition and WASH technical guidance aligned with technical approachDevelop systems and processes to support programs to have common nutrition approachesEnsure ongoing improvements to nutrition programme design to ensure it remains relevant to context, incorporates innovation, by receiving and analysing field-level informationRemain up to date with public health and nutrition research, policy, guidance and initiatives and ensure dissemination to sub-national staffEnsure projects are aligned with NO and regional strategy, and nutrition technical assistanceDevelop and/or contextualize models, methodologies and tools for nutrition programming implementationProvide leadership, support and technical guidance to field staff in implementation of health programming with focus on nutrition and use WASH data/information to achieve nutrition targetsConduct field visits to ensure nutrition and WASH staff are adequately informed, trained and provided with necessary work tools.The NO Nutrition and WASH strategy aligned with NO IPF is developed, contextualized, monitored, reported and communicated internally and externallyThe Nutrition business plan in alignment with NO strategy and SDGs is developed and implementedprogramme communication plan is developed and backed by the technical briefs, implemented and reported: which will define activities, outputs and outcomes to achieve the NO’s strategy.Visibility and influence of NO by building synergistic communities of practice among targeted Nutrition and WASH actors are reinforced nationally.

20%

Lead Nutrition and WASH technical Supervision, Quality Assurance, and Improvement

Receive and review nutrition and WASH reports. May at times need to assist field staff to write these reportsHigh quality monitoring, learning, supervision and evaluation of nutrition programs to ensure quality implementation. Includes technical backstopping, reflection, lessons learned events, etc., to ensure programming on trackEnsure AP designs aligned to nutrition and WASH programming, ensure implementation meets minimum standardsLiaise with other organizations to collaborate in standard settingParticipate with M&E team in designing, redesigning and elaborating log frames for nutrition and WASH programmingEnsure standardization of Nutrition indicators and project models across projects Links with national HMIS (health management information systems)Use quantitative/epidemiology/bio-statistics data to inform nutrition programmes

The technical approach and programme to address barriers to Nutrition and WASH using a solid root cause analysis process is developedThe process for adaptation and contextualisation Nutrition and WASH related Project Models across NO programmes is supportedNutrition and WASH programme quality monitoring and benchmark data is produced to adjust programming to achieve desired outcomes;Overall Nutrition and WASH technical programme implementation, budget and quality assurance conducted and inform quarterly and semi-annual reports as well as NO strategy reporting

20%

Document and disseminate evidence-based impacts of Nutrition programmes

Document nutrition programme data and use it to package NO communications and visibility plansGather evidence of changes and impacts of nutrition and WASH programmesDisseminate and report data and evidence of nutrition and WASH programmesProvide monthly reports to the Strategy and Programme Quality Director by updating relevant interventions, best practices, lessons learned, challenges, way forward and impact of Nutrition and WASH within WVR programmesCompile updated fact sheets on health, nutrition and WASH programming to communicate key programme updates internally and externally

Nutrition and WASH programme data from researches and evaluations (both primary and secondary data), innovations, and good practice are documented, reflected upon, shared, and utilised to improve programme delivery and quality, position the organisation as thought leaders in education, and influence decision-makersProcess and impact of Nutrition and WASH projects are documented and reflected uponMonthly reports and quality evaluation reports are produced demonstrating lessons learned, impact to vulnerable children and recommendations for future programming in development and emergency settings are documentedProgramme success, lessons learned, innovations and impact for further external publications and marketing with external networks/partners and Communities of Practice undertakenWater systems and other Nutrition and WASH related systems are operated

10%

Lead capacity building and staff development

Assessment of NO Nutrition and WASH staff capacities/competenciesCommunicate capacity building needs to regional Nutrition and WASH staff, develop sector staff capacity building plans with P&CParticipate in selection of SMEs to assist with capacity needsFacilitate capacity building of staff on health and nutrition technical modules and models, public health topics, through trainings, workshops, technical backstopping etcPartners, stakeholders and staff are trained on WV project models to implement the programmes that support to meet NO strategy and IPF documentData generated from partner assessment is used to develop and implement partner capacity planNutrition and WASH programme coordinators are coached to meet quality benchmarks and project models

10%

Programme Co-ordination/Integration and networking

Provide strategic leadership and coordination within the Regional Office for the successful implementation of the NO strategy Nutrition and WASH programmesSupport coordinator of strategic Nutrition and WASH Workstream targeting to harmonize and lead learning perspectives among in-office staff and projects that implement Nutrition and WASH initiatives in the course of FY2026-FY2030 strategyLead the review of programme or grant designs from Nutrition and WASH perspective and ensure effective integration into all proposal opportunities as requiredPartner with Communications, GAM, IPD and Strategy units to preposition knowledge management products for Nutrition and WASH programmes for branding, Donor engagement and policy influencing purposesRepresent WV at external workshops, technical forums, etc, engaging with MoH and Ministry of Infrastructures, donors and other health partners. Ensure WV prominent actor at all levels; networkingPartnership agreements with government institutions, NGOs and international bodiesDevelop strategic partnerships with private sector with guidance of partnership and innovation team in GC. More intentional engagements with private sector/corporates

Nutrition and WASH programmes coordination established and operationalized at NOExternal Nutrition and WASH stakeholder Relations plan including Government Relations is developed, implemented and reported which focuses on establishing a comprehensive external relations framework for engagement

10%

Programme Development and Resource Mobilization

Preposition the NO for grants in technical sector, working with national GAM teamMapping of donors; understand donor expectations, technical priorities, key strategic approachesTrack multilateral, bilateral and local funding programs to access resourcesMap potential partners with strengths that would be complementary to WV in filling gaps in a grant opportunityPrepare detailed health or sub-sector capability statement at NO levelTogether with GAM, track specific opportunities and make appropriate partnering arrangements. Join in go/no-go decisionLead on grant proposals as coordinator of writing team, or grant design, design workshop, interview panels for key personnelPrepare and review concept papers and proposals for fund raising, marketing with SOsThere are increased relevant grant opportunities identified for the NO and are in the grant pipelineProposals submitted are technically sound

KNOWLEDGE & QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience

Experience in Nutrition programmingProven understanding of national Nutrition and WASH policies and programmesGood knowledge on WASH engineering in the context of RwandaGood understanding and experience in programme quality, quality assurance and reporting related to Nutrition programmes

Required Education,

training, license,

registration, and

certification

Master’s Degree in Public Health, Nutrition, Water engineering or related field.A deep knowledge of the health, nutrition and WASH issues that affect the countryKnowledge and skills in health data management/monitoring & evaluationExcellent interpersonal, organizational, time management, demonstrated leadership and good management ability

Preferred Knowledge

and Qualifications

Strategy developmentTheory of change and logical framework developmentBudget development/management, including knowledge of general accounting and budgeting principlesDatabase management, statistical skills and ability to critically evaluate health dataMentoringAbility to work in a cross-cultural environment

Travel and/or

Work Environment

Requirement

35% of time spent on travel

Physical

Requirements

65% of time spent at office for office work including coordination, policy analysis and communicating results around and Nutrition and WASH programming

Language

Requirements

Fluency in English and Kinyarwanda; Knowledge of French is an advantage.

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHEPS

Contact (within WV or outside WV)

Reason for contact

Frequency of contact

Support Office Programme Management Team Members

Nutrition and WASH programme monitoring

Monthly

Senior Operations Manager

Coordination of programming, issues regarding field staff

Weekly

NO PDQ Managers

Integration, assistance with specialized areas

Monthly

IPD

Overall programming oversight and decision making

Monthly

National Director

National strategy development, implementation and decision making

Quarterly

Regional HN (Health and Nutrition) Director

Alignment with regional and global HN strategy

Monthly

Regional HN Technical Advisors

Technical guidance, capacity building and mentoring support

Monthly

National external technical partners

Representation, advocacy and partnership

Monthly

The salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

N.B.: Women are highly encouraged to apply.

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The closing date for submission of applications is August 24, 2025; no late applications will be accepted.

As a child-focused organization, World Vision is committed to the protection of children and does not employ staff whose background is not suitable for working with children. All employment is conditional upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks.

Note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only