JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Gender & Social Protection Expert (M/F)
Background
Enabel is the Belgian development agency. It implements and coordinates Belgium’s international development policy and primarily works for the Kingdom of Belgium. The agency also implements actions for other national and international donors. With its partners in Belgium and abroad. Enabel offers solutions addressing pressing global challenges: Climate Change, Urbanisation, Human Mobility, Peace and Security, Economic and Social Inequality, and Global Citizenship. With 1,800 staff, Enabel manages about 150 projects in twenty countries, in Belgium, Africa, and the Middle East.
Currently in Rwanda, Enabel is implementing a five-year cooperation programme (2019 – 2024) with a total budget of 120 million euros in four priority sectors of development: health, agriculture, urbanisation, and public finance management.
In parallel, a new Thematic Portfolio of 50 million Euro on Social Protection in Central Africa, is under formulation and will be implemented in DR Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda from 2022-2026. The portfolio will also focus on regional networking, learning, and exchange of best practices.
Decent work and social protection are high on the international agenda because of their transformative nature, also in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Decent work is also a priority theme of the Belgian Law on Development Cooperation of 19 March 2013 and an integral part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Belgium ambitions to be a global leader in social protection and decent work and supports the ILO’s approach and guidelines in favour of decent work and social protection in developing countries as universal and fundamental human rights. The right to decent work and social protection must be guaranteed for all, including the most vulnerable, throughout life, while avoiding any discrimination. This right is also intricately linked to the ILO’s Decent Work framework, which consists of four pillars: (1) employment creation and enterprise development (2) standards and rights at work (3) social protection, (4) social dialogue.
The social protection portfolio is part of an approach aiming at supporting partner countries to establish comprehensive and universal social protection mechanisms.
In view of implementing the social protection portfolio Enabel is currently looking for a (f/m)– Gender and Social Protection Expert
Location:Kigali, Rwanda.
Duration of the contract: Open-ended – local contract according to the Rwandan labor law ((upon the Specific Convention of the Portfolio is signed between Government of Rwanda and Kingdom of Belgium)
Expected starting date: March 2022
Salary package: From 3.106.526RWF gross salary
depending on the number of years of relevant experience
Function:
The Expert under the direct supervision of the Intervention Manager will lead the implementation of the project activities in the area of Social Protection by providing inputs for planning, execution, coordination, and monitoring and evaluation of activities in order to ensure that the results of the Project (outputs – outcomes) are achieved within the set execution deadline. The portfolio seeks to ensure that 50% of the beneficiaries are women, thus, the expert e will ensure gender equality in the implementation of the whole portfolio
In general, (s)he will:
- Support overall governance and coordination of social protection portfolio among key stakeholders in government, trade unions, private sector, and civil society.
- Support research o related to social protection and decent work activities
- Facilitate adoption of best international practices for learning and experience sharing on social protection and decent work
- Ensure gender and women aspects are mainstreamed in all portfolio strategies and interventions
- Ensure Policy and strategies formulated comprehensively cover gender and women aspects
Your profile
qualification and experience
- Rwanda Citizen.
- Master’s degree in social sciences, project management, law, sociology, human rights, psychology, statistics, economics, gender, education, management, or other areas closely relevant.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in the area of social protection and/or Decent Work.
- Working experience in the field of private sector development or informal sector will be an asset
- An international experience is a strong asset.
technical skills
- Proven experience in work related to mainstreaming gender aspects
- Previous experience (work or consultancy) with trade unions, or international organizations active in decent work and/or social protection; and Relevant experience in public sector support and capacity building (governance, policy & strategy within the labor and social protection sector)
- Knowledge of the social protection and, institutional set up of in Rwanda
- Continuous learner, able to demonstrate a familiarity with current trends.
- Fluency in spoken and written English. Considering the working language of and the international environment in which you will work the knowledge of French is an asset.
attitude
- Mature and team player
- Ability to work under stressful conditions with flexibility to working overtime and undertaking field missions
- Ability to work with a variety of actors and stakeholders with good communication skills
- Ability to work independently to produce expected results
- High level of rigor and integrity
- Proactive
- Adaptability, cultural-gender-age-religion-nationality sensitivity
Applicants are also required to commit to the vision, mission, and values of Enabel (https://www.enabel.be/content/enabel-vision-mission-values) .
Following this recruitment procedure, a shortlist/pool of successful applicants may be constituted which may be sourced in the next three years for similar job openings.
How to Apply
Interested applicants fulfilling the above-mentioned criteria are invited to submit their application documents through Job in Rwanda by clicking the “Apply for this job” button including detailed Curriculum Vitae (max 5 pages), a motivation letter, and a copy of University degree(s). Past and current service certificates also need to be attached to the application (unproven experience will not be considered during the shortlisting). Sspecify in your CV the names of three referees (former direct supervisor) as well as their emails and telephone numbers. Submit the full file not later than 01st February 2022.
Enabel is committed to equal opportunities and diversity in its workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability status or any other factor other than competence.
Only successful applicants will be contacted.
Enabel never requests money to be part of any of the recruitment process.
Done at Kigali, 21st January 2022
Resident Representative of Enabel in Rwanda
