TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR RECRUITMENT OF STAFF
Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA – Rwanda) is a non-governmental, not-forprofit organization that works at the grassroots level established in Rwanda in February 1995. YWCA Rwanda was legally recognised by the Rwandan Government in September 2005 as nonGovernmental organization and has the vision of seeing the world where all women live free from poverty and where they and their rights are respected.
YWCA is partnering with USAID through the implementation of USAID/Igire-Wiyubake in Kicukiro district. It is in this framework that YWCA Rwanda would like to recruit the qualified staff for the position of MEL Director. Therefore, YWCA would like to request the qualified individuals for the following position to send in their motivation letter, copy of degree, certificates and CVs.
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Director (1)
Required Qualifications and skills
- Master’s Degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Statistics, or a relevant field;
- A in a relevant field, and at least 8 years of professional work experience, including at least 6 years of relevant professional experience managing, monitoring, and evaluating complex development activities
- Hands-on practical experience setting up and managing MEL systems for PEPFAR & USAID programs and ability to coach and train others in their use
- Demonstrated expertise in designing rigorous quantitative and qualitative data collection systems and knowledge of methods for data analysis
- Solid understanding of PEPFAR & USAID regulations and M&E reporting requirements and demonstrated experience with USG and/or other donor best practices and regulations in MEL
- Familiarity with or prior experience working in health and socio-economic growth programs required, especially those in health; economic growth, food security, democracy and governance.
- Familiarity with health, and socio-economic impact indicators and modeling preferred
- Familiarity with digital survey and virtual meeting tools
- Demonstrated ability to be flexible and respond to emerging opportunities and overcome barriers
- Demonstrated oral and written communication skills in English and Kinyarwanda
- Demonstrated expertise in engaging disparate stakeholders with varying perspectives and needs and facilitating stakeholder consultations and meetings.
Responsibilities:
- Leading the design and implementation of all project monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEAL) activities under ODA;
- Develop and manage the project’s Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Plan;
- Develop relevant M&E tools;
- Provide technical training and guidance to the project team on relevant M&E tools and processes;
- Ensure compliance with and use of existing MEAL tools;
- Capacity building and coaching MEAL team to deliver high quality data collection and document high quality reports;
- Regularly supervise M&E Officers and Database Administrator to plan accordingly the data entry and follow up, data analysis and data processing;
- Lead the project data collection, data management, analysis, and data quality, as well as reporting to USAID through narratives, and PEPFAR through DATIM or any other system that may be required.
- Oversee the preparation and implementation of project assessments, survey and evaluation, and;
- Other relevant activity assigned by the supervisor under the above-mentioned project.
YWCA Rwanda has a zero tolerance to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of beneficiaries. Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) is everyone’s responsibility and all staff are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct, that enshrines principles of PSEA, at all times (both during work hours and outside work hours). Any form of discrimination and human trafficking is strongly prohibited.
Interested candidates will send their applications including detailed CV, copies of degrees and certificates showing their prior experience. All applications should be addressed to YWCA Executive Director. Only soft copies are allowed to be submitted. Interested candidates will send their application documents to info@ywca.rw and copy to ywcarwa@yahoo.fr no later than 30th June 2023 at 5:00PM.
Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
Done at Kigali, on 14th June, 2023.
Signed by YWCA Executive Director
UZAMUKUNDA Pudentienne
