JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Junior Expert in Adolescent’s Sexual and Reproductive Health(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 2,000 staff, Enabel manages about 170 projects in twenty countries, in Belgium, Africa and the Middle East.
The Junior Programme implemented by Enabel offers the opportunity for talented young people of various origin, gender and education backgrounds to contribute professionally to international solidarity projects. Through their experience they develop the competences to actively and sustainably engage in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Junior Programme aims to make them active and critical global citizens who are committed to the SDGs.
The Junior Experts work at least 1 and at most 2 years in a project of Enabel or of one of the Non-governmental Actors (NGA) that are affiliated with the Junior Programme.
The Programme Junior is open to youngsters with no or little professional experience and accepts only young people aged 30 at most at the last day of the publication of the job offers.
This function is open to persons with the Rwandan nationality. Women are warmheartedly encouraged to apply.
Barame project is one of the health sector interventions financed by Enabel (Belgian Development Agency) through bilateral cooperation agreement between the Federal Government of Belgium and the Government of Rwanda.
The objectives for the health domain proposed by the Belgian Government focuses on ‘Sexual and Reproductive Health and Household access to health care’. These objectives are complementary and will particularly pay attention to the needs of adolescents, neonates, children under five, (pregnant) women and men. The specific objective for Barame project on Sexual and Reproductive Health is to ensure accessible, evidence-based, improved, and innovative health services (with a special attention to sexual and reproductive health services) with increased citizens’ participation and engagement in development.
Barame project works in seven districts in Rwanda, namely Gakenke, Gisagara, Karongi, Nyamasheke, Nyarugenge, Rulindo, and Rusizi.
Duty station: Kigali with frequent field missions to the intervention zone
Duration of the contract 1 year with possible extension depending on available funding
Expected starting date: February 2023
Function:
Under the direct supervision of the International Technical Advisor in Community support and in close collaboration with various partners particularly RBC/MCCH Division, the Junior Expert will support activities concerning social and behavioral change (with special focus to adolescents) to reduce unintended pregnancies, to raise awareness on adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) and will ensure factual documentation of innovative experiences.
In general, (s)he will:
- Support the demand side (the communities and the users of health services) especially for adolescents in terms of Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) so that adolescents can make informed decisions related to their health;
- Promote capacity building of local partners at different levels in collaboration with M&E local staff on ASRH data collection and utilization of data for decision-making and action research;
- Build bridges and collaboration with other partners active at the community level in order to promote synergies and avoid duplications;
- Ensure the capitalization and dissemination of ASRH interventions to coordinate action research on ASRH;
- In consultation with the Junior Programme, take initiatives and/or respond to requests for global citizenship actions. raise awareness of global citizenship among the population;
- Support RBC/MCCH Division on the theme of adolescents and their sexual and reproductive life;
- Contribute to the integration of the social and community component in the development of strategic and operational plans;
- Perform other duties as required by supervisor.
Profile:
Qualification and experience
- Rwanda Citizen
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree holder in Public Health or in Nursing
- Minimum 6 months and maximum 2 years professional experience in the domain of sexual and reproductive health at strategic level
- Minimum 6 months and maximum 2 years professional experience in working with adolescents at community level is a strong asset
Technical skills
- Proficient in Kinyarwanda and English. Working knowledge of French is an asset
- Specialization in public health / community health
- Knowledge of sexual and reproductive health and rights
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to develop collaborative relationships
- Strong writing skills in English are required and will be assessed
- Experience in adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health or community health
- Experience working with adolescents
Attitude
- Highly self-motivated
- Constructive and solution-oriented
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- High attention to detail
- Advanced sense of creativity and initiative
Interested?
Interested applicants fulfilling the above-mentioned criteria are invited to submit their application documents through Enabel job portal https://jobs.enabel.be/go/All-vacancies/4648801/ by clicking on the job title then “Apply Now” button. Please include detailed Curriculum Vitae (max 2 pages), a motivation letter, copy of required degree(s) and Service certificates (unproven experience will not be considered during the shortlisting). Submit the full file not later than 20th December 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.
Enabel never requests money to be part of any of the recruitment process.
Only successful applicants will be contacted.
Done at Kigali, 05th December 2022
Resident Representative, Enabel Rwanda
