Internal Vacancy Announcement
Junior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist for The Special Initiative on Training and Job Creation
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federally owned international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. GIZ has worked in Rwanda for over 30 years. The primary objectives between the Government of Rwanda and the Federal Republic of Germany are poverty reduction and the promotion of sustainable development. To achieve these objectives, GIZ Rwanda is active in the sectors of Decentralization and Good Governance, Economic Development and Employment Promotion, Energy, and ICT (Information and Communications Technology).
Creating sufficient opportunities for employment and income generation remains a major challenge on Africa’s as well as Rwanda’s path to sustainable development. The Government of Rwanda has set itself the ambitious target of creating 214,000 jobs annually until 2024. In the face of the country’s growing population and young demographic, this creation of jobs is essential for the population’s future and economic security.
Guided by the principle that targeted investments create jobs, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) launched the Special Initiative (SI) on Training and Job Creation. Under the brand Invest for Jobs, the Special Initiative seeks to promote investments by European and African companies in selected countries across the continent, including Rwanda. It also seeks to improve working conditions, increase opportunities for professional development or vocational training and preserve jobs that have been put at risk due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Location: Kigali
Fixed-term: one (1) year
Position: one (1) position
A. Responsibilities
The Junior Monitoring and Evaluation Expert is responsible for:
Reporting to the senior monitoring and evaluation (M&E) expert, the overall responsibility of the junior M&E advisor is to provide ongoing support to the monitoring and evaluation team to ensure deep insight and data quality for the Special Initiative on training and job creation both pro-actively and in response to regular and ad-hoc requests. The junior M&E advisor will require solid technical proficiency, communication skills, and data analysis experience, and the ability to work within a team. The junior M&E advisor is a young professional who is looking to advance their career in monitoring and evaluation. Proficiency in English and data analysis skills are required.
B.Tasks
The Junior Monitoring and Evaluation Expert performs the following tasks:
1. Development and Implementation of the M&E System
- Participate in developing and implementing the SI M&E calendar to generate regular information related to the progress of the project implementation
- Provide required assistance in coordination of data collection activities as needed
- Assist in the development of data collection tools.
2. Data Management
- Assist in tracking the project’s indicator results in close coordination with the SI project’s implementing team
- Support data collection, verification, and compilation as stipulated in the M&E calendar
- Assist in reviewing and compiling monitoring reports, project progress reports, etc.
- Update and maintain the SI project database.
3. M&E Development Support
- Support the M&E team in providing technical support to staff members for all M&E related activities
- Assist the M&E team to build the capacities of the implementing partners for enhancing skills and knowledge for proper quality data collection and reporting.
- Contribute to designing Terms of Reference, training materials, and knowledge products related to the program’s M&E System.
4. Quality Assurance
- Assist in conducting data quality checks for baseline, tracer, and end-line studies
- Support the M&E team to ensure that reports from partners/consultants are complete and meet the GIZ ’s standards and quality requirements.
5. Reporting and Documentation
- Assist in quarterly, special, and annual reporting
- Prepare the SI quarterly strategy workshops
- Supply of numbers, data, and facts for communication purposes.
6. Collaboration in cross-sectional tasks and, as required, support in the processing of other technical topics
C. Required qualifications, competencies, and experience
1. Education and Knowledge
- Bachelor’s degree in the field of IT, Statistics, Economics, Project management or development studies or related fields.
2. Professional experience
- At least one year of experience in research, monitoring, and evaluation or project management, preferably in an international development context
- Experience in report writing, and application and designing of tools for data collection, analysis, and production of reports
- Good interpersonal, communications, and facilitation skills
- Knowledge of managing databases;
- Very good working knowledge of ICT and computer applications (e.g., MS Office); good knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint essential
- Excellent knowledge of English, orally and written; ability to express oneself in clear sentences; being able to write precise English texts with correct grammar and spelling is an absolute must
- Excellent knowledge of Kinyarwanda.
Interested candidates should submit their application (motivation letter, updated CV, certificates, and references) until 10th December 2021 at 4:00 PM, by e-mail to recruitment-rw@giz.de The email attachment (max. size 2 MB) should be a PDF file. Please quote the job title in the subject
GIZ is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified candidates. This includes the provision of reasonable accommodation, if needed, in order to participate in the job application and interview process and to perform essential job functions. Please, let us know if you have any particular requirements should you be invited for assessment/interview or that you wish us to take into account when considering your application. Women and persons with disabilities are particularly encouraged to apply.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for test and interview.
GIZ Office Rwanda
KN 41 St. / Nr.17, Kiyovu
P.O. Box 59, Kigali,
Rwanda
GIZ Office Rwanda reserves all rights!!
2. Administrative Specialist
Vacancy Announcement
Administrative Specialist
for
Regional project “Support to the “International Conference on the Great Lakes Region”
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federally owned international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. GIZ has worked in Rwanda for over 30 years. The primary objectives between the Government of Rwanda and the Federal Republic of Germany are poverty reduction and promotion of sustainable development. To achieve these objectives, GIZ Rwanda is active in the sectors of Decentralization and Good Governance, Economic Development and Employment Promotion, Energy and ICT (Information and Communications Technology).
In the framework of a multilateral commitment towards the promotion of peace and security in Africa, GIZ – German Development Cooperation – supports the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) in implementing its Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region.
Location: Kigali (sometimes travels inside and outside of the Great Lakes Region)
Fixed-term: Fixed position until December 2022 (with option for extension afterwards)
Position: one (1)
A. Responsibilities:
Under the direct supervision of the Head of Finance and Administration, the Administrative Specialist has the following functions and responsibilities:
- Provide administrative services for the programme
- Meet the administrative needs of the project office independently, with a minimum of intervention
- Ensure that financial and administrative regulations are complied with in all processes
- Consult on and monitor local and regional procurement processes in line with GIZ rules and regulations
- Provide support to the project’s technical team regarding project implementation, including liaising with relevant stakeholders on administrative and financial topics
B. Tasks
Besides other duties within the context of the program assigned to the expert, s/he will fulfill the following tasks in close coordination with her/his superior:
1. Coordination
- Ensures that information regarding administrative issues is exchanged between project/programme staff, partners, and other institutions
- Works closely and on a regularly basis with GIZ country offices and contractors on administrative, financial, and logistical aspects
2. Administration and Logistics
- Organises administrative and logistical aspects of project activities (meetings, workshops, etc.)
- Monitors the availability of accessories and stocks and carries out procurement in accordance with guidelines (establishment of LPOs for the project)
- Is responsible for filing documents in reference files or in DMS in line with GIZ’s filing rules
- Is responsible for the project’s inventory across all the project’s locations
- Ensures, documents, and monitors proper use of project’s consumables
- Ensures security requirements of respective GIZ Country Offices are in place
- Is responsible for the follow-up on office space maintenance
3. Finance and Accounting
- Helps prepare activity budget planning
- Helps monitor expenses of activities in accordance with the planned budget
- Manages and monitors the project liquidity
- Is responsible for financial management, such as cash withdrawals, keeping the cashbook, bank accounts, preparing and entering vouchers
- Checks travel expense statements of staff and partners for approval by the superior
- Helps ensuring a correct project accounting
- Checks local invoices according to the contractual agreements
- Follows up on the payment of local invoices
- Interacts with service providers regarding their services and invoices
- Establishes project internal invoices (private calls and km)
- Monitors the project’s open receivables among various countries
4. Procurement
- Coordinates with the GIZ office on the mode of service delivery
- Gives advice to technical project staff on the mode of service delivery
- Assists in the establishment of documents for local procurements and tenders
- Follows up with the GIZ office on the establishment of requested contracts
- Monitors on financial and contractual aspects of local contracts
C. Required qualifications, competencies, and experience
1. Qualifications
- Bachelors’ in Finance, Accounting, Business Management, Logistics or related area
2. Competences
- Planning and organizing – ability to establish priorities and to plan, coordinate and monitor own work plan;
- Self-Management – Excellent ability to deliver results independently, on time, and according to the highest quality standards;
- Project management and administration – good analytical and problem-solving skills including the ability to identify and participate in the resolution of issues/problems;
- Accuracy – Diligent and accurate work especially in tasks related to finance and logistics;
- Communication – good verbal and written communication skills as well as the ability to draft/edit a variety of written reports, studies, and other communications in French and English;
- Technology awareness – fully proficient computer skills and use of relevant software (MSOffice) and other applications;
- Teamwork – good interpersonal skills, ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relations in a multi-cultural environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity;
- Travel – willingness to travel within the African Great Lakes Region, if needed over weekends.
3. Experience
- At least five (5) years of relevant work experience in the area of administration, finance, logistics and procurement
- Excellent IT skills (Microsoft Office, Skype, etc.);
- Open-minded, respectful and confident personality in combination with very good communication skills;
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and bookkeeping systems
- Ability to work in a multicultural team;
- Languages: For the post advertised, fluent oral and written French and English is required. Knowledge of other languages (Arabic, German, Kirundi, Portuguese, or Swahili) is a plus.
- University degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in Finance, Business Management, Logistics or related areas is a plus
Interested candidates should submit their application (motivation letter, updated CV, certificates, and references) until 10th December 2021 at 4:00 PM, by e-mail to recruitment-rw@giz.de The email attachment (max. size 2 MB) should be a PDF file. Please quote the job title in the subject
GIZ is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified candidates. This includes the provision of reasonable accommodation, if needed, in order to participate in the job application and interview process and to perform essential job functions. Please, let us know if you have any particular requirement should you be invited for assessment/interview or that you wish us to take into account when considering your application. Women and persons with disabilities are particularly encouraged to apply.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for test and interview.
GIZ Office Rwanda
KN 41 St. / Nr.17, Kiyovu
P.O. Box 59, Kigali,Rwanda
GIZ Office Rwanda reserves all rights!!
