Company Overview:

Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits. 

For the past 50 years, we have been making Positive Impact possible. With a team of more than 2,500 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of more than 35,000 technical experts, Palladium has improved – and is committed to continuing to improve – economies, societies and most importantly, people’s lives. 

Palladium is a child-safe organisation, and screens applicants for suitability to work with children. We also provide equal employment to all participants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or marital status. 

Project Overview

The Rwanda Integrated Health Systems Activity (RIHSA) is a newly awarded, three year project funded by the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID).  RIHSA works to reduce the financial barriers to healthcare in Rwanda through a mix of public and private interventions.  RIHSA works to improve the quality of essential health services at national, facility, and community levels utilizing a health systems approach.

Purpose of Position
Palladium seeks an Administrative Assistant for the RIHSA project based in Kigali, Rwanda.  The Administrative Assistant’s overall responsibility will be providing operational and administrative assistance to the Technical staff, performing a variety of administrative, coordination and logistical services in support of activities.  The position is expected to be needed through the life of the program, dependent on donor funding.  Applicants are expected to have existing legal authority to work in Kigali and Palladium will not pay for relocation to Kigali.  The position is expected to start in July 2020.

Role and Responsibilities

Administrative Support

• Administration of employee benefits and allowances
• Assist the Finance and Operations Manager in the administration of the unit’s human resource functions, such as, recruitment of project staff, processing Independent Consultants agreements, performance appraisal, administration of employee benefits and allowances
• Assists in the orientation of new staff, interns, and consultants by providing them with the necessary documents and materials for orientation
• Update inventory records in the Master inventory and issue and distribute property in accordance with policy and procedures
• Administration and management of petty cash, and perform micro purchases
• Assist the Finance and Operations Manager to draft solicitations and technical specifications to ensure completeness, accuracy and competitive qualities, and generates bid matrix and compiles procurement documentation
• Maintain an updated Contract Register with appropriate details for the program staff, consultants and sub-contractors including all the amendments
• Support the Finance and Operations Manager by providing the necessary audit documents to the external auditors during Palladium corporate and program audits

Program Support

• • Assists other team members in preparing and formatting documents, including activity and expense reports, Power Point presentations; develops and maintains an efficient electronic and hard copy filing system
  • Organizes regular team meetings and conference calls/video-conferences, including the preparation and distribution of documents and providing the necessary technical devices

• Works with Program Staff to coordinate work activities, meet deadlines, and provide support where needed

Travel Management

• Arrange and book accommodation for staff conducting field trips. Contacting hotels to obtain estimated rates and calculates per diems
• Maintain and regularly update travel plans and budget amounts to provide an accurate overview of the Program’s travel arrangements and budget, which includes liaising with Office staff for their input
• Requests the issuance of visas / work permit
• Coordinate with motor pool for all transport arrangements for the team
• Monitor the driver schedule, and review motor vehicle log sheet and monthly summary and advise any deviations being observed

Workshops and Events

• Liaises with members of partner organizations to coordinate logistical arrangements for workshops that take place in different locations
• Supports the technical team in preparing training kits or information packages for workshops and trainings in a timely manner

Other tasks as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Administration degree in Finance, Accounting or any other relevant field
• At least 1 year of experience providing admin support for local NGO partner for USAID or Other Donor funded programs
  Experience with day to day logistical and technical support
• Experience in procurement and demonstrated knowledge of USAID rules and regulations for recruitment and procurement a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities and strong inter-personal skills a plus
• Demonstrated sound judgment, negotiation skills, respectful, analytical mind, attention to detail and integrity are required
• High level knowledge of computer including Microsoft office – word, excel, outlook, power point and internet

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Job description

Duties, tasks and responsibilities of the Work Place Learning Coordinator: The main tasks of the Work Place Learning Coordinator will be as follows:

? Act as focal point of Workplace learning in Rwanda and represent MIFOTRA in relevant meetings related to workplace learning with public and private partners and other development partners

? Provide technical assistance to implementing agencies and other stakeholders, particularly in relation to coordination, monitoring, evaluation and reporting issues The specific tasks of the workplace learning coordinator are as follows: Coordination

? Plan and coordinate workplace learning policy implementation activities and interventions implemented by all stakeholders;

? Ensure smooth implementation of the workplace learning policy interventions and activities;

? Seek solutions to workplace learning specific problems, reacting quickly and productively by undertaking timely and appropriate measures;

? In collaboration with stakeholders prepare and organize joint planning meetings and knowledge sharing events of all work place learning implementing partners and ensure the effective implementations of partners’ recommendations and resolutions

? Coordinate research to track the success of workplace learning programs efforts;

? Assist in the development of the work plan of workplace learning policy activities and keep it updated in accordance with policy activities and timeframes as relevant;

? Create awareness about the Workplace learning policy amongst relevant stakeholders through media, social media and other channels felt efficient and effective, etc.; Implementation

? Provide technical expertise and technical guidance in the implementation of the project interventions;

? Work closely with the private sector and public actors on setting up an awareness of work place learning and prepare and coordinate campaigns to sensitize companies and TVET institutions on the added value of WPL; Reporting, evaluation and capitalizationSupport in setting up and implementing a monitoring framework to assess the quality of the Work Place learning implemented in the TVET schools and follow up all interventions implemented under the work place learning policy programmes;

? Develop comprehensive reports on ongoing activities, compiling data from different implementers, and submit summary reports to the Ministry each month;

? Capitalize lessons learned and advise MIFOTRA, and others relevant stakeholders on the way forward regarding the work place learning policy interventions;

? Follow up in particular the implementation of any recommendations made by the MIFOTRA regarding the implementation of Workplace Learning Policy;

? Provide advice on needs assessment and analysis, monitoring and evaluation methodologies in order to develop a consistent and continually improved approach for collecting and using data;

? Support with analysis of work place learning interventions and advise strategic improvements to the Ministry and the steering committee of workplace learning (WPL) in close collaboration with, WDA, RP, PSF and other development partners active in WPL, based on the WPL policy;

? Provide the necessary technical support to MIFOTRA in order to perform the design, coordination and implementation of the monitoring and evaluation, research, and learning framework of all actors implementing workplace learning policy initiatives;

? Develop the overall framework, for policy M&E, for example mid

– term policy review, impact assessment, final evaluation, develops policy performance monitoring plan with relevant data collection systems.

? Lead efforts to monitor and evaluate the impact of policy interventions, document results and provide feedback to stakeholders to guide decision
– making;

? Maintain and administer the M&E system; analyze and aggregate findings to inform evidence based decision making;

? Carry out innovatively the design and roll
– out of monitoring tools that can be used to track progress and capture data at process and impact of workplace learning policy;

? Review the quality of existing data in all implementation areas, the methods of collecting them, and the degree to which they will provide good statistics for impact evaluation;

? Perform other related duties as assigned;

Job profile

Rwandan Nationality P.O. BOX 403 KIGALI Website: www.mifotra.gov.rw E
– mail: info@mifotra.gov.rw Follow us on Twitter: @RwandaLabour

? Hold a master’s degree in Education, Development Studies, Economics, project management or

? Hold a Bachelor’s degree in Education, Development Studies, Economics, project management Experience:

? At least 5 years’ experience for master’s degree holder and 8 years’ experience for Bachelor’s degree holder;

? Demonstrated knowledge in Monitoring Education; ?

Experience with education sector preferably in TVET;

? Extensive Knowledge and experience of work place learning through dual training and Rwanda private sector development model

? Having deep Knowledge of the linkage between human capital development and national economic growth and development preferably in national context ? Experience in planning, monitoring and evaluation in public and private sectors

? Excellent communication skills, both spoken and written in English and Kinyarwanda;

? Excellent knowledge in dealing and handling donor funded projects

? Excellent ICT skills to be able to manage complex M&E systems;

? Can work independently with less supervision.

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Position title: Principal Social Economist, AHHD1

Grade: LP4

Position N°: 50069980

Reference: ADB/20/116

Publication date: 21-Aug-2020

Closing date: 20-Sep-2020

Duty station: Kigali, Rwanda

Objectives:

THE BANK:

Established in 1964, the African Development Bank is the premier pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent. There are 81 member states, including 54 in Africa (Regional Member Countries).  The Bank’s development agenda is delivering the financial and technical support for transformative projects that will significantly reduce poverty through inclusive and sustainable economic growth. In order to sharply focus the objectives of the Ten Year Strategy (2013 – 2022) and ensure greater developmental impact, five major areas, all of which will accelerate our delivery for Africa, have been identified for scaling up, namely; energy, agro-business, industrialization, integration and improving the quality of life for the people of Africa

THE COMPLEX:

The Vice Presidency for ‘Agriculture, Human, and Social Development’ is a Sector Complex focusing on the Bank’s Ten-Year Strategy High 5s priorities of “Feed Africa” and “Improve Quality of Life for the People of Africa”. The complex objectives are;

(i) to develop, policy and strategy;

(ii) provide deep sector expertise to the Regions by gathering pools of experienced individuals who can be consulted to provide sector expertise on complex transactions;

(iii) develop new financing instruments;

(iv) the Vice President will act as the spokesperson to represent the Bank with external stakeholders on aspects of “Feed Africa” and “Improve Quality of Life for the People of Africa”.

THE HIRING DEPARTMENT/DIVISION:

The Human Capital, Youth and Skills Development Department, within the Agriculture, Human and Social Development Complex will spearhead the achievement of the High 5s on “Improving the Quality of Life of People in Africa” and contribute to the other High 5s. The Department also leads on implementation of the Bank wide jobs for youth strategy in Africa. The Department has two divisions (i) Education, Human Capital and Employment Division, which focuses on scaling-up of Bank’s support to Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Higher Education for Skills development; and (ii) Public Health and Social Security Division which focuses on strengthening health systems and social protection

The Education, Human Capital and Employment Division focuses on human capital development, skills training, employment creation and empowerment, poverty reduction for improved and sustainable wellbeing and livelihoods. The Division:

1. Leads the development and promotion of Bank’s policy and strategy work so that operations which are identified, developed and executed by the regional hubs, effectively implement the Bank’s relevant sector policies and strategies;
2. Provides technical guidance/advisory services and expertise to regional hubs by generating relevant knowledge and gathering a pool of experienced individuals who can be consulted to provide technical advice on complex transactions (Communities of Practice);
3. Fosters strategic partnerships with regional and global partners to leverage resources into the human and social development sectors. It also directly contributes to the work of the various initiatives and trust funds hosted under the Human Capital, Youth and Skills Development Department; and provides expertise to support Vice President’s role as the Bank’s spokesperson to external audiences, and;
4. Ensures coherence of the Bank’s action in human and social development across regions.

THE POSITION:

The Social Economist reports to the Manager – Education, Human Capital and Employment Division (AHHD1).  The Social Economist will support the Bank’s agenda on Social Sector Portfolio and policy dialogue, TVET, Higher Education and Skills Development for employability with the following main responsibilities:

1. Assume responsibility of mainstreaming human development aspects in sectoral projects emphasizing skills development, youth and women employment and social inclusion and gender mainstreaming aspects at all phases of the projects’ cycle (from identification to completion;
2. Provide technical strategic guidance/advice to the Country Office on integration of skills, jobs and human development in general across Bank Operations;
3. Act as the focal point for the Bank on operations and activities pertaining to Social Sector portfolio, social protection, education, employment and human development in general

Duties and responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Division Manager – Education, Human Capital and Employment the Social Economist will perform the following:

1. Task manage selected social economic /education/skills development projects and other related human development projects; monitoring implementation and performance of approved projects and ensure their execution in accordance with the terms of the financing agreement and Bank rules and procedures;
2. Initiate and participate in the formulation, preparation, appraisal, negotiations, follow-up, launching, supervision and post-evaluation missions
3. Ensure inclusion of all socio-economic aspects in projects, assessing their socio-economic impact and monitoring their implementation;æ
4. Lead social and/ or human development sector identification and development of the pipeline and lending program for the country in respect to social protection, skills, jobs and human capital in general
5. Review project and technical documents from the Department and other operational departments and provide technical guidance and advice regarding gender mainstreaming, inclusion of skills, jobs and human development in general.
6. Conduct technical, sectorial studies and analysis in preparation of Bank group lending for social protection, education and skills for human capital development in the productive sectors;
7. Contribute to the preparation of Country Strategy Papers and Portfolio Review reports,
   with emphasis on education and skills development for employability and gender equality;
8. Lead in the development of strategic partnerships (including public private partnerships with the productive sectors) in education around the core areas of TVET, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), STI and the leveraging of digital technology.
9. Build and maintain strong relationships with private sector institutions, multilateral/bilateral partners, and government institutions to develop strong pipeline of social/education and skills investment opportunities.
10. Providing technical leadership, support to knowledge and lesson sharing approaches and events with internal and external stakeholders.
11. Lead skills development, jobs and human development dialogue in aid coordination meetings and with the relevant government institutions.
12. Represent the Bank in meetings and participate in dialogue on the development of strategies relating to social sector portfolio, education, jobs and human capital.
13. Develop and manage partnerships with other multilateral; bilateral development and private sector institutions on education, skills, employment and human capital aspects and collaborating with experts from these institutions.
14. Recruit and supervise the work of consultants on various Bank related operation missions and assignments;
15. Periodically disseminating key information on gender, education and skills training to sensitize Bank staff.
16. Carry out any other technical tasks and coordination as required by the Manager or the Director of the Department.

Selection Criteria

1. Hold at least a Master’s degree or its equivalent in Education, Development Economics, Sociology, Labor Economics, Social Sciences or related fields
2. Have a minimum of six (6) years of relevant professional experience in the areas, education, development economics, development finance and implementation of human capital development sector policies;
3. Strong research/analytical skills in one of the following areas: social development policy
   formulation, project management, or donors’ coordination, with ability to strategically and rapidly
   analyse and integrate diverse information from varied sources into conclusions and recommendation
4. Solid experience in project cycle management (identification, preparation, appraisal, supervision and completion);
5. Ability to understand complex problems in education, gender and human development, social development, to identify key issues and recommend pragmatic solutions;
6. Good knowledge of the social development, education and skills development system, and human development issues in the country;
7. Strong understanding of multi-sector approaches and gaps in technical vocational education and training; higher education and skills development,
8. Demonstrable knowledge of analysis and formulation of policies in sectors.
9. Knowledge of the practices of major bilateral and multilateral agencies, development partners in the country will be an asset.
10. Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and/or French, with a good working knowledge of the other language
11. Ability to work independently and demonstrate a spirit of creativity and initiative
12. Integrity and ability to work in a team and a proven capacity to lead a team;
13. Ability to deliver high quality work within very tight deadlines;
14. Competence in the use of Bank standard software applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint).

THIS POSITION IS CLASSIFIED LOCAL POSITION STATUS AND DOES NOT ATTRACT INTERNATIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

ONLY APPLICANTS WHO ARE NATIONALS OF RWANDA OR ARE NATIONALS OF MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE BANK WHO ALREADY HAVE A PRE-EXISTING LEGAL RIGHT TO LIVE AND WORK IN RWANDA WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION.  THE BANK DOES NOT SPONSOR OR SUPPORT APPLICATIONS FOR WORK PERMITS AND RELOCATION IN RELATION TO THIS POST.

Should you encounter technical difficulties in submitting your application, please send an email with a precise description of the issue and/or a screenshot showing the problem to: HR Direct HRDirect@AFDB.ORG

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To apply for this position, you need to be national of one of AfDB member countries.

Applicants who fully meet the Bank’s requirements and are considered for interview will be contacted. Only online applications submitted with a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV) and copies of the required degrees will be considered. The President, AfDB, reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level. The African Development Bank is an equal opportunities employer. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) does not ask for payments of any kind from applicants throughout the recruitment process (job application, CV review, interview meeting, and final processing of applications). In addition, the Bank does not request information on applicants’ bank accounts. The African Development Bank Group declines all responsibility for the fraudulent publications of job offers in its name or, in general, for the fraudulent use of its name in any way whatsoever.

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RÔLE

Sous la supervision de la Direction de l’Afrique et du changement organisationnel et en étroite collaboration avec les directions des pays d’Afrique et les équipes au Canada, le/la chargé-e de programme régional-e Afrique assure le rôle de développement, de suivi, évaluation et apprentissage des programmes dans la région Afrique. Il/elle assure et entretient des liens qualitatifs avec les principaux intervenants et partenaires dans la région.

RESPONSABILITÉS SPÉCIFIQUES

1. Innovation et développement de la programmation dans la région

• Appuie la mise en oeuvre de la stratégie de développement de la programmation dans la région.
• Sur base des apprentissages et des solutions innovantes des programmes du CECI et d’autres partenaires techniques et financiers (PTF), identifie les opportunités et appuie pro activement le processus d’idéation et de développement de nouvelles initiatives, y compris multi-pays et régionales.
• Veille sur/ et analyse les tendances, les stratégies et les innovations des PTF dans la région pour alimenter la qualité et le développement de la programmation.
• Facilite la mise en place d’espaces d’échange de savoir et favorise la collaboration et les synergies programmatiques entre les pays d’intervention du CECI dans la région.
• Participe à l’identification des partenariats stratégiques et à la négociation des ententes avec les organisations partenaires.
• Contribue au renforcement des capacités des équipes pays en Gestion Accès sur les Résultats (GAR) et en développement de programmes.
• Appuie l’actualisation et la mise oeuvre des plans d’affaires des bureaux pays du CECI dans la région.
• Participe à la communauté de pratique en développement de la programmation.
• Contribue au développement et à la mise en place de stratégies de communication et de représentation au niveau régional.

2. Appui technique régional du Programme de Coopération Volontaire (PCV)

• Veille au démarrage du PCV dans la région Afrique et spécifiquement dans de nouveaux pays de programmation.
• Appui les équipes pays et assure un suivi technique du processus de développement et d’implémentation du Plan de Mise en oeuvre (PMO) du PCV.
• Participe à l’identification des partenaires stratégiques et opérationnels du PCV.
• Supervise et accompagne les chargé-e-s de la gestion du PCV, notamment au niveau du suivi des personnes volontaires, dans les nouveaux pays de programmation.
• Veille à la qualité des plans de travail, budgets, et des rapports narratifs et financiers des pays, produits dans les délais.
• Appui les équipes pays à faire des choix qualitatifs et judicieux sur l’utilisation des fonds d’innovation thématiques et en assure le suivi.
• Assure la mise en place, la mise à jour régulière et l’application des procédures d’urgence et de sécurité dans les nouveaux pays de programmation.
• Appui la Direction de l’Afrique et du changement organisationnel dans l’ensemble de la livraison du PCV dans la région.

3. Suivi, évaluation et apprentissage des programmes
En lien avec l’unité de suivi-évaluation du CECI et les chargé-e-s de programmes pays dans la région, il/elle:

• Contribue à l’actualisation des systèmes et outils de suivi-évaluation afin de permettre la mesure des indicateurs fixés dans le cadre de mesure du rendement du PCV et organisationnel.
• Appuie les équipes pays de la région dans le suivi des indicateurs permettant de qualifier les retombées des programmes pour les groupes participants.
• Participe à la formation des équipes pays et des volontaires en matière de gestion axée sur les résultats, et assure un contrôle de la qualité à ce niveau.
• Contribue à l’identification et à l’intégration des leçons apprises, et identifie les aspects qui nécessitent des analyses/recherches supplémentaires.
• Appuie les équipes pays dans la génération des données, l’analyse et la rédaction des rapports narratifs annuels et autres rapports de programmes.
• Appuie l’identification des résultats les plus probants des projets et programmes, et contribue à la systématisation et leur diffusion interne et externe.
• Facilite, organise et met en place des mécanismes de partage de la connaissance et d’apprentissage entre les pays et avec les autres parties prenantes, incluant des rencontres ou des plateformes interactifs d’échange et d’apprentissage.
• Participe à la communauté de pratique en Suivi Évaluation et Apprentissage du CECI.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUISES

• Détenir un permis de travail en règles pour travailler au Bénin, au Burkina-Faso, au Rwanda ou au Sénégal.
• Formation universitaire, idéalement de deuxième cycle, dans un domaine pertinent.
• Expérience professionnelle de plus de 7 ans en développement et suivi- évaluation de projets/programmes.
• Expérience en matière de mesure de résultats des programmes et apprentissage.
• Excellente connaissance de la gestion axée sur les résultats (GAR).
• Une bonne connaissance des enjeux de développement et humanitaire en Afrique.
• Expertise éprouvée en matière de renforcement du pouvoir économique et droits des femmes, et/ ou en genre, changement climatique et résilience en Afrique.
• Bonne capacité d’analyse et de rédaction technique (rapports, études, propositions, etc.).
• Connaissance des programmes de coopération volontaire serait un atout.
• Une bonne capacité et aisance à travailler à distance.
• Grande capacité à maintenir des processus et des systèmes bien organisés.
• Aisance avec la suite Microsoft Office.
• Très bonne connaissance du français parlé et écrit.
• Anglais fonctionnel.
• Esprit entrepreneurial poussé et adhésion à l’approche d’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes et des valeurs associées à la coopération internationale.
• Disponibilité pour voyager occasionnellement à l’étranger.

Lieu de l’emploi : Dans l’un des pays suivants: Burkina Faso, Sénégal, Bénin, Rwanda
Durée du mandat : 2 ans (possibilité de renouvellement), période de probation de 6 mois

Pour postuler : Tou-te-s les candidat-e-s intéressé-e-s qui satisfont aux exigences doivent envoyer une lettre de présentation expliquant les motifs de leur candidature à ce poste et un curriculum vitae (CV) à jour à Servicerh@ceci.ca avant le 23 août 2020.

Le CECI est un employeur qui respecte l’équité. Les femmes et les membres des communautés marginalisées sont encouragés à présenter leur candidature.

Seul-e-s les candidat-e-s sélectionné-e-s pour une entrevue seront contacté-e-s.