Imyanya 800 y`akazi irimo idasaba ibyangombwa bihambaye muri ABT:Deadline: 05-04-2024

MINISTRY OF HEALTH

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

The U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) Evolve Project was awarded to Abt Associates on December 19, 2022. The purpose of this contract is to support PMI, as well as U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Missions and Bureaus, with the planning, implementing, and monitoring of malaria vector control programs, including Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS), insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs), and larval source management (LSM). PMI Evolve will strengthen the capacity of local institutions, including Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC)/ Malaria and Other Parasitic Diseases Division (MOPDD), district health offices, and research institutions to independently conduct vector control programs. PMI Evolve is also responsible for entomological monitoring and conducting operations research on new vector control innovations. PMI Evolve will incorporate gender equity and social inclusion (GESI) and climate change initiatives as cross-cutting themes with the overall goal of ending malaria faster. Activities are carried out in full collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC)/ Malaria and Other Parasitic Diseases Division (MOPDD).

PMI Evolve Rwanda Project in collaboration with the Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC)/ Malaria and Other Parasitic Diseases Division (MOPDD) is carrying out recruitment activities to fill various temporary district and sector positions for the PMI Evolve Project and the Government of Rwanda/Global Fund supported IRS districts. The position(s) will be based where the need has been identified specially at various districts/sectors in Rwanda on occasional basis. Below is the summary of seasonal positions and the number of people needed per each position:

1. District Coordinator –10 positions

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Manage robust IRS campaign planning efforts in assigned geographical area, including quantification of insecticides and equipment needs.
• Identification and recruitment of spray teams.
• Logistical planning for IRS distribution and transportation; insecticide and equipment storage, security, and environmental safety; and coordination with national and district level Ministry of Health counterparts.
• Oversee the recruitment, training, and supervision of spray teams and IRS spray operators.
• Track inventory distribution and storage of materials, work with the logistics and procurement team to support procurement of IRS materials.
• Supervise IRS implementation and contribute to the trainings conducted in the assigned geographical area.
• Ensure that routine program tracking and reporting are in place and delivered on time.
• Supervise and monitor field data collection with project M&E team.
• Manage the community mobilization and SBCC/IEC campaigns and data collection process.
• Ensure that all risk prevention and environmental compliance measures are fully implemented and work closely with the project environmental compliance staff and district officers to address relevant issues.
• Prepare weekly and other activity reports as directed by the project Vector Control Manager.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.
  
  
  

Preferred Skills / Prerequisites:

• Excellent interpersonal communications, organizational and communication skills including spoken and written English, French or of both, knowledge of Kinyarwanda is compulsory.
• Willingness and flexibility to work long hours.
• Demonstrated ability to work with a minimum of direction and supervision.
• Strong management and planning skills of project tasks and budgets.
• Demonstrates leadership and teamwork and produces high quality work in a timely, cost-effective manner and has excellent writing skills.
• Excellent computer skills, computer software programs, including MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of USAID or other donors’ funded IRS programs
• Candidates with documented IRS experience will have an added advantage.
• Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.

Minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree.

2. District Information, Education and Communication (IEC) Assistant – 10 positions

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Organize district level mobilization campaigns for IRS activities in collaboration with district health officials and promote the IRS project in the community.
• Coordinate district IEC and public relation activities in the district.
• Coordinate training sessions for community mobilizers.
• Prepare District Mobilization plans for IEC activities.
• Supervise and monitor mobilization and IRS implementations in the district.
• Mobilize communities through organizing workshops in collaboration with local leaders.
• Document all mobilization activities and share results with the IRS team.
• Produce daily updates and submit weekly reports to District Coordinator.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.
  
  
  

Preferred Skills / Prerequisites:

• Strong organizational and excellent communication skills.
• Strong writing skills.
• Attention to detail and great follow-up.
• Excellent communication skills and including spoken and written English, French or of both, Proficiency in Kinyarwanda is compulsory.
• Willingness and flexibility to work long hours.
• Computer skills (Excel and Microsoft Word).
• Candidates with documented IRS experience will have an added advantage.
• Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.

Minimum qualifications: High School Diploma, A2.

3. District Logistics Assistants – 10 positions

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Facilitate the purchase of required commodities in field stations.
• Ensure proper management of district warehouse in accordance with Abt Associates and USAID regulations.
• Submit inventory reports and other relevant deliverables before after the IRS spray campaign.
• Ensure vehicle logbooks are completed accurately by drivers.
• Oversees the district logistics operations in collaboration with the District Coordinator and Logistics Coordinator.
• Collect supply requests from project sites and liaise with the Logistics Coordinator and District Coordinator to monitor progress of dispatch of requested supplies to field warehouses and stores.
• Plan and organise daily and weekly projections of logistics’ needs and movement in the district.
• Assist in carrying out a quarterly inventory of all Abt Associates equipment and stocks and report to the Logistics Coordinator
• Ensure regular follow up of the hired project vehicles in the field and solicit other vehicles when required for project activities in liaison with the District Coordinator and Logistics Coordinator.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.
  
  
  

Preferred Skills / Prerequisites:

• Strong scheduling ability.
• Excellent communication skills and including spoken and written English, French or of both, Proficiency in Kinyarwanda is compulsory.
• Knowledge in logistics, warehousing, and stock management.
• Willingness and flexibility to work long hours.
• Computer skills (Excel and Microsoft Word).
• Candidates with documented IRS experience will have an added advantage.
• Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.

Minimum qualifications: High School Diploma A2.

4. District Storekeeper – 10 positions

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Keep and update stock cards of each item in the district warehouse.
• Submit weekly and monthly reports on the district warehouse.
• Take care of the cleanliness and the good maintenance of the district warehouse.
• Oversee daily store operations and maintain stocks according to prescribed inventory system.
• Ensure proper storage and identification of all IRS commodities.
• Keep track of receipts, records and withdrawals of all IRS commodities in the district warehouse.
• Conduct weekly field supervisions in the sector stores and ensure proper recording of IRS materials at sector stores.
• Ensure timely replenishment of needed supplies in consultation with the Logistics Assistant, District Coordinator and Logistics Coordinator.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.

Preferred Skills / Prerequisites:

• Strong scheduling ability.
• Attention to detail and great follow-up.
• Knowledge in logistics, warehousing, and stock management.
• Excellent communication skills and including spoken and written English, French or of both, Proficiency in Kinyarwanda is compulsory.
• Willingness and flexibility to work long hours.
• Computer skills (Excel and Microsoft Word).
• Candidates with documented IRS experience will have an added advantage.
• Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.

Minimum qualifications: High School Diploma A2

5. Finance Assistant – 4 positions.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Senior Finance & Administration Manager and the Accountant to establish and implement proper accounting procedures, systems and internal controls.
• Create and share financial data from field sites besides verifying the accuracy of information/support documentations and reasonableness of costs.
• Assist in monitoring debtors and creditors and reconcile the debtors and creditors records at the field station.
• Organize the financial document filing system for field office.
• Conduct payment processing for temporary field workers by verifying daily work logs against the recommended payment rates per day.
• Assist the Senior Finance and Administration Manager and the Accountant to ensure timely submission of expense reports, bank reconciliations and fund requests.
• Filling and records archiving in the field office.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.

Preferred Skills / Prerequisites:

• Attention to details.
• Knowledge of donor funded projects with strict adherence to financial management policies and procedures.
• Understanding of spoken and written English, French or of both, knowledge of Kinyarwanda is compulsory.
• Finance and accounting skills.
• Willingness and flexibility to work long hours.
• Computer skills (Excel and Microsoft Word).
• Candidates with documented IRS experience will have an added advantage.
• Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.
• M&E Assistant – 10 positions

Minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, and or any other related field.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Plan and organize daily field supervision including Data collection verification.
• Provide daily supervision updates.
• Lead data collection process and data quality assurance, prepare weekly and monthly projections for data management needs.
• Verifying data and ensuring entries are correct on daily basis.
• Review data and correct any inconsistencies in daily data forms.
• Make sure all data forms are entered according to defined variables.
• Managing all district data forms, ensuring that data is sorted and organized before data is passed for entry into the system.
• Working closely with project Database Manager to correct data coding problems.
• Working closely with Database Manager to ensure correct data is captured.
• Working in liaison with the district coordinator in ensuring that required data is timely transmitted to Database Manager, supervise backing up the database on daily basis.
• Conduct Data Collection Verification in the field and Error Elimination Checks at the data center.
• Perform other duties as assigned by M&E Manager and other supervisors.

Preferred Skills / Prerequisites:

• Knowledge in data entry using approved software such as DHIS2.
• Excellent communication skills and including spoken and written English, French or of both, Proficiency in Kinyarwanda is compulsory.
• Willingness and flexibility to work long hours.
• Practical experience in IRS data collection, typing, analysis, and quality control.
• Candidates with documented IRS experience will have an added advantage.
• Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.

Minimum qualifications: Diploma or Certificate in computer science or any other related field.

6. M&E Assistant – 10 positions

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Plan and organize daily field supervision including Data collection verification.
• Provide daily supervision updates.
• Lead data collection process and data quality assurance, prepare weekly and monthly projections for data management needs.
• Verifying data and ensuring entries are correct on daily basis.
• Review data and correct any inconsistencies in daily data forms.
• Make sure all data forms are entered according to defined variables.
• Managing all district data forms, ensuring that data is sorted and organized before data is passed for entry into the system.
• Working closely with project Database Manager to correct data coding problems.
• Working closely with Database Manager to ensure correct data is captured.
• Working in liaison with the district coordinator in ensuring that required data is timely transmitted to Database Manager, supervise backing up the database on daily basis.
• Conduct Data Collection Verification in the field and Error Elimination Checks at the data center.
• Perform other duties as assigned by M&E Manager and other supervisors.

Preferred Skills / Prerequisites:

• Knowledge in data entry using approved software such as DHIS2.
• Excellent communication skills and including spoken and written English, French or of both, Proficiency in Kinyarwanda is compulsory.
• Willingness and flexibility to work long hours.
• Practical experience in IRS data collection, typing, analysis, and quality control.
• Candidates with documented IRS experience will have an added advantage.
• Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.

Minimum qualifications: Diploma or Certificate in computer science or any other related field.

7. Data Cleaner – 23 positions

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Plan and organize daily, weekly and monthly projections for data management needs.
• Verifying data and ensuring entries are correct on daily basis.
• Review data and correct any inconsistencies in daily data forms.
• Make sure all data forms are cleaned according to defined variables.
• Managing all district data forms, ensuring that data is sorted and organized before data is passed for entry into the system.
• Working closely with project Database Manager to correct data coding problems.
• Working closely with Database Manager to ensure correct data is captured.
• Working in liaison with the district coordinator in ensuring that required data is timely transmitted to Database Manager.
• Backing up the database on daily basis.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Database Manager and other supervisors.

Preferred Skills / Prerequisites:

• Knowledge in in data entry and data cleaning using approved software such as DHIS2,
• Excellent communication skills and including spoken and written English, French or of both, Proficiency in Kinyarwanda is compulsory,
• Willingness and flexibility to work long hours,
• Experience in computer trouble shooting, IRS data collection, typing, analysis, and quality control.
• Candidates with documented IRS experience will have an added advantage.
• Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.
  
  
  

8. Data Entry Clerk -70

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Plan and organize daily, weekly, and monthly projections for data management needs.
• Evaluate data and ensure entries are correct on a daily basis.
• Review data and correct any inconsistencies in daily data forms.
• Make sure all data forms are entered according to defined variables.
• Managing all district data forms ensuring that data is sorted and organized before data is passed for entry into the system.
• Working closely with project Database Manager to correct data coding problems.
• Working closely with Database Manager to ensure correct data is captured.
• Working in liaison with the district coordinator in ensuring that required data is timely transmitted to Database Manager.
• Backing up the database on daily basis.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Database Manager and other supervisors.

Preferred Skills / Prerequisites:

• Knowledge of data entry using DHIS2 software.
• Excellent typing skills.
• Excellent communication skills and including spoken and written English, French or of both, Proficiency in Kinyarwanda is compulsory.
• Willingness and flexibility to work long hours.
• Candidates with documented IRS experience will have an added advantage.
• Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.

Minimum qualifications: Diploma or Certificate in Computer science or any other related Skills. High School Diploma A2.

9. Sector Coordinator – 85 positions.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Provide overall oversight, leadership, and management of IRS activities at sector level.
• Responsible for overseeing all daily administrative operations for the sector, including allocation of spray teams to sector supervisors and team leaders.
• Supervises and provides direction to staff at the sector.
• Responsible for managing sector level project deliverables including planning and coordination of all activities for IRS program in collaboration with District Coordinator.
• Lead efforts in facilitating activities at the sector level.
• Ensure timely implementation and smooth operation of program spraying activities.
• Provide oversight on property management and inventory control at the sector.
• Collaborate with District Coordinator in facilitating and conducting training programs for IRS spray operators, mobilizers, washers, and guards at district level.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.

Preferred Skills / Prerequisites:

• Must possess good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of spoken and written English, French or of both, Proficiency in Kinyarwanda is compulsory.
• Willingness and flexibility to work long hours.
• Computer skills (Excel and Microsoft Word) especially using CommCare software.
• Candidates with documented IRS experience will have an added advantage.
• Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.

Minimum qualifications: High School Diploma A2.

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