District Field Officer at AJPRODHO-JIJUKIRWA :Deadline: 12-02-2021

POSITION:  DISTRICT FIELD OFFICER (DFO)

PROJECT: Public Policy Information, Monitoring and Advocacy (PPIMA)

STATION OF DUTY: Ngoma/Nyagatare District

Reports directly to: Programs Manager

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS 

• Serve as the Project focal person in PPIMA operational sectors in the district

• Facilitate PPIMA project setup processes in district including the project introduction, selection and training of GFPs (project gender focal persons), and all the community scored approaches and processes
• Assist GFPs in developing work plans in relation to their priority areas or work
• Assist GFPs organize feedback meetings with local government officials, pubic dialogues focus group discussions within the community.
• Assist GFPs write good and comprehensive activity and project reports in relation to their findings.
• Interact and facilitate communication between GFPs and local authorities, local development actors and other stakeholders at the district and sector level.
• Facilitate community participation in promoting local accountability and better service delivery at the sector and district level.
• Generate data and information to be used for advocacy at the local and national levels.
• Participate in different policy and budgeting events at the local and national level especially through the JADF and whenever necessary in national level advocacy spaces concerning the project.
• Develop and submit weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual project action plans and reports to be submitted to programs Manager on time.
• Enhance/ maintain strong collaboration between AJPRODHO as an organization and district authorities and other relevant stake holders
• To be the key person to organize any advocacy events that aims to advocate for the issues raised by the communities
• To be able to effectively participate and engaged in organization’s activities whenever it is needed

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Core skills and training

• Bachelor’s Degree in social sciences, development studies or other related fields. Relevant post-graduate qualification is an added advantage
• 3 years’ experience working with non-governmental organizations in the Rwanda context
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
• Strong English language and Kinyarwanda proficiency both in composition and spoken
• Project proposal writing and general written communication skills present high advantage
• Demonstrated experience in basic financial requirements for non-financial managers like tracking burn-rates and forecasting and act proactively to ensure all expenditure is in line with donor contract and organizational policy.
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills, able to trouble-shoot and to meet short- and long-term deadlines
• Strong working knowledge of Excel spreadsheet and MS Word & MS PowerPoint
• Has self-drive and able to steer a team performance
• Must be able to work closely with supervisor, other departments, management, keeping them engaged on all strategic decisions and activities
• Female candidates are more encouraged to apply for this position
• A driving permit for motorcycle is essential

 Submission procedure

All interested candidates should submit only soft copies of  updated CV along with their academic certificates with at least 3 previous work referees and Motivational letter to; info@ajprodhojijukirwa.org  

cc: ajprodhojijukirwa@yahoo.com

cc: jijukirwaaprodho@gmail.com

Only shortlisted candidates will be conducted

Date deadline for submission is on 12^th Feb 2021.

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