Coordinator Programs & Partners – EOF project Rwanda

Are you an experienced project manager with good knowledge on result based funding? We are recruiting a passionate and pro-active, ambitious  

Coordinator Programs & Partners – EOF Rwanda 

(Zwolle, the Netherlands, 28 hours per week)  

Red een Kind (Help a Child) is a Christian, international relief and development organization, founded in 1968 in The Netherlands. Help a Child provides a future for children in need, their family, and their entire community.  

Your job  

As Coordinator of Programs & Partners, you will be responsible for managing a portfolio of projects and partners of Help a Child projects. Your first and foremost focus will be managing our newly granted Education Outcome Fund (EOF) project in Rwanda. Other projects and partners that you will manage are determined based on your expertise, preference and coordinated with the rest of the team. 

About EOF 

Help a Child is in the lead of a consortium that will implement a EOF project in Rwanda. The launch of this project is expected in September 2025 and the project will run up to 2029. The project focuses on improving the quality of Early Childhood Education in 130 ECD (Early Childhood Development) centres in Rwanda. The funding type is result based funding and requires Help a Child to work with an impact investor and with a robust set of monitoring tools for outcome measurement, for more info visit: Education Outcomes Fund.  

As Coordinator Programs & Partners, you are part of the Dutch department (six colleagues) responsible for Help a Child’s projects and partners. You report directly to the Manager Programs & Partners, Geert de Jonge. You’ll be in close contact with the program team in the respective country and monitoring the progress of all projects and partners on a regular basis. 

Your profile 

Are you ready to add your expertise to our team? We look forward to hearing from you when you: 

• Hold a master’s degree in a relevant field, such as humanitarian aid, development, or international relations. 
• Have at least five years of experience and expertise in managing large-scale, strategically important projects and in humanitarian work, preferably in Rwanda.
• Are a passionate and pro-active person who is deeply motivated to make a difference for children in need. 
• You are able to think outside the box, continuously adapting projects based on data and lessons learned. 
• You have a good understanding of finance, Knowledge of result-based funding approaches is preferred. 
• You have a good understanding of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, especially outcome monitoring. 
• Preferably have experience in (early) childhood education. 
• Are a team player who can effectively motivate and coordinate teams. 
• Are open to travel to Rwanda.  

Your skills and expertise: 

• Experience with planning and coordination of large-scale projects of institutional donors such as the EU or UN. 
• Understanding of the Education Outcome Fund.  
• Proven ability to coordinate large consortia. 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English. 
• Cultural sensitivity and high standards of integrity.

What we offer: 

• A strategic role within a growing international, faith-based NGO. 
• A collaborative, ambitious team. 
• Opportunities to visit local projects and engage with partners. 
• An inspiring, dynamic international work environment, with regular team development and professional growth opportunities. 
• Sustainable travel policy: full coverage of public transport costs and travel time is work time. 
• A temporary contract for a year. 
• A gross salary of 3.552 to 5.144 euro (based on fulltime, 36 hours, collective agreement ‘Sociaal Werk’) and excellent benefits such as a 13th month, a comprehensive pension scheme, home office allowance, flexible working hours, and hybrid working. 

Application 

Interested and qualified candidates are invited to upload a cover letter and resume in English by August 15th 2025 by clicking on this link. In your cover letter, please reflect on your motivation for wanting to become part of the Help a Child organization. This includes a reflection on Help a Child being a child centered and Christian organization.  

If you have any questions about this position, please feel free to contact Willem van de Geer, Business Developer at Help a Child (+316 29079344).  

Please note that this position is based in Zwolle, the Netherlands, and requires a valid EU work permit. 

Procedure  

The first interviews will take place in the week of 25th till 29th August 2025. We will communicate about this in time.  

Red een Kind (Help a Child) is committed to keeping children safe. Help a Child has a zero tolerance policy towards any form of abuse. All staff is required to sign and adhere to the Help a Child’s Integrity Policy. Recruitment is subject to the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks. In this recruitment process, we ask the candidate for consent for obtaining the Statement of Conduct. Hereby we inform you that we participate in the SCHR Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.