JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
INTERVENTION OFFICER (f/m)
Enabel is the Belgian development agency. It implements Belgium’s governmental cooperation. The agency also works for other national and international donors. With its partners in Belgium and abroad, Enabel offers solutions to address pressing global challenges – Climate Change, Urbanisation, Human Mobility, Peace and Security, Economic and Social Inequality – and to promote Global Citizenship. With 2,100 staff, Enabel manages about 170 projects in twenty countries, in Belgium, Africa and the Middle East.
Its staff members in Brussels and overseas embody the commitment of the Belgian State and other development partners to international solidarity.
Enabel is preparing the implementation of the recently signed five-year bilateral cooperation program (2024 – 2029), with a total budget of 95 million euros, in three priority development sectors in Rwanda: health, agriculture, urbanization and support in public financial management.
One of the key sectors supported is Agriculture, due to its contribution to food and nutrition security, incomes and employment among the population. Enabel implements or supports implementation of projects or programs that are financed within a country portfolio i.e. direct cooperation between the Belgian Government and the Government of Rwanda or financed by third party partners like the EU , SIDA or GCF.
The Partnership for Resilient and Inclusive Small Livestock Markets (PRISM 1) (2019-2023) was part of the country portfolio 2019-2023. In this project, the supported value chains were pig, poultry and animal feed . In January 2024, a new 5-year country portfolio (2024-2029) was signed. Under this program, the specific objective for the agriculture intervention is: “access to and the consumption of quality food for the growing urban population is strengthened, through developing sustainable, resilient and inclusive agricultural value chains within an enabling environment for food system transformation.” A second phase , PRISM 2 will be part of this program within which GoR has prioritised pig, poultry, rabbits and bee keeping value chains.
As part of 3rd party financing, Enabel is implementing the 4 year Kwihaza- Transformation towards sustainable food systems intervention (2023-2026). This project is funded by the European Union and the Government of Luxembourg through the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade (MFEA), represented by LuxDev, the Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency. The target value chains for this project are the aquaculture, horticulture and -to some extent- fisheries value chains.
To support implementation of the agriculture programs, Enabel seeks to recruit an intervention officer (f/m).
Duty Location: Kigali, Rwanda, with frequent travels to the field
Duration of the contract: Open-ended employment contract – local contract according to the Rwandan labor law.
Expected starting date: July 2024
Salary package according to our salary grids (class 5 – Intervention Officer): From 1.940.720RWF monthly gross salary depending on the number of years of relevant experience.
Function:
Under the direct supervision of the Intervention Manager and in close collaboration with the MEL expert, the Intervention Officer will assist in day-to day planning and implementation of the above-mentioned projects, ensuring that the interventions have relevant information about results and use it for reporting, decision making, learning, and rendering accounts of results achieved. He/she will ensure that the performance of Enabel interventions is monitored, and best practices are communicated well to stakeholders and public at large. He/ she will support monitoring, evaluation and communication efforts in addition to any other administrative tasks on request by the Intervention Manager.
In terms of communication the Intervention Officer will work closely with the communication team at the Representation.
In general, (s)he will support in:
Strategic planning support : (35% of time)
- Provide support in the implementation of comprehensive communication strategies aligned with organizational goal;
- Provide support in the implementation of the Communications business plan to improve Enabel brand awareness;
- Support in the planning and execution of awareness campaigns organized by implementing partners to enhance brand visibility and reputation;
- Organize stakeholder meetings, disseminate and follow-up on knowledge building;
- Support the organisation of the Steering Committees of the different interventions;
- Organize and supports learning activities in order to ensure that lessons are drawn, that the relevant experiences from execution are capitalized and disseminated;
- As a communication advisor and working with the rest of the team, and the communication team of Enabel, support logistics, project event planning and management;
- Support the grant and tender preparation process;
- Support in organization of networking events;
Content Creation: (35% of time) – in close collaboration with Enabel communication team at the Representation
- Create and produce impact stories of the intervention;
- Assure documentation of results of the interventions and act as communication focal point for Enabel Rwanda interventions in agriculture, assuring relevant and frequent communications is provided to the communication teams for dissemination on various media channels (Social media handles –Twitter and Facebook, articles, contributions to Belgian Embassy newsletter, Open enabel.be, etc.…);
- Write, edit and distribute various types of content including materials for events such as videos, photos, banners, graphics and presentations;
- Support the planning and execution of events, conferences, and other public engagements;
- Capture and share key moments through various communication channels;
- Contribute to and develop advocacy-oriented content, communications products and campaigns;
Support M&E activities: (30% of time)
- Support the Intervention Manager in putting in place a monitoring system of the outcomes and results of the interventions in order to have all necessary information to follow up performance, prepare regular performance reports, to support strategic decision making, to render accounts of results achieved and to generate the necessary data for evaluation, action research and knowledge building;
- Develop standard, user-friendly and result-focused templates/tools for monitoring and reporting progress towards achievement of results, in line with the broader M&E guidelines of Enabel and the existing tools of Enabel;
- Coordinate results monitoring and communication with implementation partners in order to provide each indicator with information and to be able to use the information obtained to follow up performance, to support strategic decision making, to render accounts of results achieved and to promote learning;
- Promote a results-oriented culture and ensure that management for results becomes a common responsibility;
- Network with M&E experts of Enabel and other partner organizations in order to continuously learn, share lessons learned, remain informed of recent M&E evolutions and adopt an innovative attitude;
- Ensure capacity development of partner entities in order to contribute to the improvement of their organization, processes and systems and of their staff’s competences;
- Support the interventions mid- and end-term review and evaluation processes.
- Support the preparation of the M&E plan, including to help interventions establish baselines and targets;
- Follow-up / support the documentation of activities of team members (meetings, field missions, etc.).
Qualification and experience
- Rwandan Citizen
- Master’s degree in Mass Communication, Public Relations, International Relations or related discipline.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in coordinating communication activities, events management, experience in utilizing visual storytelling to enhance communication strategies, documentation of impact stories, Monitoring & Evaluation of development interventions or research projects, knowledge management and sharing.
- Previous experience and knowledge of international cooperation projects is a strong asset.
- Advanced skills in utilizing audio visual tools are an asset.
- Experience working in agriculture sector is an added advantage.
technical skills
- Knowledge and experience in corporate communications
- Expertise in reporting and learning exercises (evaluation, action research, knowledge building);
- Knowledge and experience of Results- Based Management; project cycle management, Theory of Change and logical framework is an asset;
- Knowledge and experience with data management/statistics, knowledge management and results communication
- Skills in mobile data collection tools (e.g. Kobo Toolbox, ODK, etc…)
- Proficiency in English with excellent oral and written communication skills;
- Ability to write and translate a professional text in English and Kinyarwanda ;
- Ability to establish and manage public relations.
- Very good knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel and Powerpoint) and practical knowledge of the Internet and web design;
- Good analysis and information processing capabilities.
attitude
- Proactive, innovative, and creative (e.g. be able to reflect on the improvement of the internal and external communication to capitalize experiences and “lessons learnt”);
- Mature, good communicator and team player, able to motive implementing partners to professionalize M&E and documentation;
- Able to work under time pressure with no objection to undertake field missions;
- Capacity to work in a multicultural context;
- Ability to work independently to produce expected results;
- High level of rigor, integrity and willing to learn;
- Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities.
- Able to fit in a collaborative governance mindset (Self responsible, accountable, authentic communication …)
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 of successful applicants may be constituted which may be sourced in the next three years for similar job openings.
Interested?
Applicants fulfilling the above-mentioned criteria are invited to submit their application documents through the following link https://jobs.enabel.be/job/Kigali-Intervention-Officer/1061220901/ by clicking the “Apply now” button to include detailed Curriculum Vitae (max 5 pages), a motivation letter and a copy of University degree(s). Submit the full file not later than 28th April 2024
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 online applications are accepted. Only successful applicants will be contacted.
Done at Kigali, 16th April 2024
Resident Representative, Enabel Rwanda
