JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
REGIONAL FACILITATION EXPERT-SOCIAL PROTECTION (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, 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)– Regional Facilitation Expert
Location: Kigali, Rwanda with regular field missions.
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 Regional Facilitator will work under the direct supervision of the Intervention Manager in Kigali and will on the regional component of the Thematic Portfolio. The regional component consists of strengthening decent work and social protection through evidence-based learning and regional networking and exchange. The scope of work will be based in Rwanda but will include all three countries of intervention (Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo) and other potential beneficiaries in the Great Lakes Region.
In general, (s)he will:
- Responsible for the implementation and running of the activities planned under the regional component of the Thematic Portfolio
- Serve as a focal point for information exchange and concertation for the actors involved in the regional component (internal and external)
- Create and lead partnerships and liaise with the key local partners
- Provide support and capacity building upon request of key local partners of the regional component for the implementation of the regional activities
- Ensure the overall consistency of the orientations and decisions taken for the regional component, ensuring that all three countries of intervention are considered
- Identify and mobilise local, national, and regional actors to participate in regional activities
- Stimulate synergies, complementarities, and the harmonisation between actors and interventions at regional level regarding decent work, social protection, and topics of mutual interest (approaches and tools)
- Stimulate initiatives for regional capitalisation, (action) research, and knowledge management
- Work closely with the other Thematic Portfolio teams in the three countries of intervention, and provide support for regional activities
- Organisation and secretariat of the Regional Technical Committee
Profile: qualification and experience
- Allowed to work in Rwanda;
- Master’s degree in international relations, social sciences, project management, law, human rights, international development, statistics, economics, or other areas closely relevant;
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in the area of social protection and/or Decent Work;
- An international experience is a strong asset.
technical skills
- Previous experience (work or consultancy) with trade unions, and international organizations active in decent work and/or social protection is an asset;
- Experience in collaborating with a variety of actors and stakeholders
- Work experience with the private sector development or informal sector;
- Relevant experience in public sector support and capacity building (governance, policy & strategy within the labour and social protection sector);
- Proven experience in Project Cycle Management Systems and Result Oriented Management;
- Good knowledge of the regional context, of the social protection situation, and of the decent work institutional set up in the great lakes region;
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent analytical and writing skills demonstrated by a track record of accessible publication and reports. Experience writing project proposals, reports, and policy documents is an asset;
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Fluency in spoken and written both in English and French.
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 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). Specify 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, on 21st January 2022
Resident Representative of Enabel in Rwanda
