TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR RECRUITING A CAPACITY BUILDING OFFICER
Position: Capacity Building Officer
Number: 1
Duty Station: Kigali, Rwanda with frequent travel in different districts of operation
Type of Appointment: Fixed term contract (One Year)
Report to: NAR Director of Programs
- Background
Never Again Rwanda (NAR) is a peace building and social justice non-government organization that arose in response to the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis. Guided by a vision of a society that enjoys sustainable peace and social justice, NAR aims to o engage society to embrace sustainable peace and social justice. NAR has five core pillars: Peacebuilding, Governance & Human Rights, Youth Engagement, Research and Strategic Partnerships.
Under its governance and Human Rights pillar, Never Again Rwanda is implementing different programmes and activities aimed at promoting participatory governance. With the support from the Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) through its Public Policy – Information, Monitoring and Advocacy (PPIMA) program, NAR will collaborate with PPIMA partners to implement the advocacy component of the program at the national level. The role of Never Again Rwanda under the PPIMA program is to contribute to policy implementation through evidence-based advocacy engagements with policy makers, regarding citizen’s concerns from the Community Score Card (CSC) process and other public spaces and fora. NAR will work with all PPIMA partners to collectively consolidate and analyze the issues raised by citizens across the program Districts through the Community Score Card, translate its results into complementary advocacy tools and resources and deeply analyze the lingering challenges through a Participatory Action Research process, for evidence-based conclusions and recommendations to better elevate and advocate for citizen priorities that require attention of national policymakers.
It is against this background that Never Again Rwanda wishes to recruit a full time Capacity Building Officer to support PPIMA partners in different capacity building areas through tailored trainings and regular accompaniment for technical support. The capacity building areas include but not limited to; documentation, policy analysis and advocacy, scientific CSC Data collection and analysis for effective policy advocacy, and Participatory Action Research (PAR)
2. Summary of the Position
The main role of the Capacity Building Officer is to oversee the planning and delivery of capacity building activities as planned in the PPIMA project and the capacity building strategy. The Capacity Building Officer will support the Capacity Building Consultant to design the capacity building strategy in line with NPA’s capacity building plan as well as the identified capacity needs among PPIMA partners. The Capacity Building Officer will assist in planning and coordinating the daily implementation of capacity building activities in collaboration with the consultant and the entire project team. The Capacity Building Officer will assist the capacity building consultant to conduct regular capacity needs assessments among PPIMA partners to determine the capacity improvement among partners and suggest further areas of focus. The Capacity Building Officer will jointly work with the Consultant to plan and deliver technical accompaniment to PPIMA partners to improve and sustain the capacity outcomes among partners.
3. Scope of work, roles, and responsibilities
The Capacity Building Officer will do the following:
- Work with the Capacity Building Consultant to design and implement the capacity building strategy.
- Work with the Consultant to design and operationalize quality capacity assessment tools and processes.
- Provide technical assistance to develop/contribute to the development of knowledge products and ensure effective dissemination among PPIMA partners.
- Collect data from PPIMA partners and other key stakeholders to identify, update and consolidate capacity building needs and gaps.
- Assist the Consultant to design quality capacity building materials and methodology based on identified gaps and needs.
- Together with Consultant, propose innovative capacity building strategies, initiatives, and approaches to enhance PPIMA partners’ capacities.
- Support the trainings and technical accompaniment for PPIMA partners in documentation, policy analysis and advocacy in collaboration with the Consultant.
- Support the Consultant to organize and facilitate learning and experience sharing sessions to support PIMA partners, review, reflect and support advocacy initiatives to adopt collective policy recommendations for advocacy.
- In collaboration with the Consultant, organize capacity building sessions for PPIMA partners in scientific CSC Data collection and analysis for effective policy advocacy in collaboration with NAR Policy Analysis and Advocacy Advisor.
- Assist in design and delivery of Participatory Action Research (PAR)
- Prepare and deliver the trainings to National key policy and decision makers in participatory approaches.
- Co-facilitate the joint workshops together with PPIMA partners for consolidation and analysis of CSC issues to inform national level advocacy.
- Co-facilitate the establishment and operationalization of thematic coalitions among PPIMA partners for advocacy.
- With the support of the Consultant, plan and deliver the technical accompaniment, on the job trainings, in house technical assistance and learning by doing to PPIMA partners to strengthen organizational and program capacities to successfully implement PPIMA program.
- Design and provide in house capacity building for NAR staff in identified capacity building areas especially among staff involved in the implementation of the PPIMA program.
- Assist in development of tools and methodology, facilitate the data collection and analysis of follow up assessments (post-capacity building assessments) to document the capacity building outcomes, good practices, and impact across PPIMA partners and suggest areas of improvement.
- Arrange the logistics for capacity building activities such as following up with invitees, hotel booking, printing trainings materials, etc.
- Coordinate and facilitate knowledge and experience sharing within NAR and other PPIMA partners.
- Actively participate in relevant NAR activities especially those related to PPIMA program including planning periodic reflection meetings.
- Collect and analyze data related to capacity building and provide technical inputs in NAR reporting
- Prepare and submit activity reports, quarterly and annual reports related to capacity building activities
- Any other role as my be assigned by his/her supervisor
4.Supervision and Working relationships
The Capacity Building Officer will report directly to the Director of Programs and will work closely with the Capacity Building Consultant, Senior Researcher and the Policy Analysis and Advocacy Advisor.
5.Qualifications
The desired skills and experience for the Capacity Building Officer include:
- At least 3 progressive working experience in a similar position for institutions and organizations in areas of governance, advocacy, policy influencing, participatory approaches, research, documentation, data analysis, reporting and learning.
- Strong experience in development and implementation of capacity building strategies
- Prior experience in conducting capacity gaps and needs assessments
- Experience in designing and providing technical accompaniment including on the job trainings, learning by doing, etc.
- Strong experience in designing quality capacity building materials.
- Demonstrated experience developing training curricula, including workshop agendas, presentations, and training exercises; games and drills
- Conversant with innovative approaches for capacity building of adult people
- Experience in producing and disseminating knowledge management products.
- Knowledge in Participatory Action Research (PAR)
- Experience and skills in scientific data collection, analysis and reporting
- Strong written and oral communication skills for high-level policy audiences
- Prior experience working with civil society organizations, preferably in a management capacity.
- Familiarity with a wide range of capacity-building techniques.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively and build consensus across diverse sets of stakeholders.
- Previous experience with Civil society Organizations, and development partners
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Governance & Human Rights, political sciences, development studies, education, Curriculum development, law, or any other relevant field in social sciences.
- Experience in policy influencing or advisory role.
- Proven record of delivering high-quality professional outputs.
- Excellent speaking and writing skills in Kinyarwanda, English, and working knowledge of French is an added advantage.
- Ability to work within tight deadlines.
6. Application Procedures
The interested individuals are required to submit the following:
- Updated CV indicating the contact of 3 references including the current or former employer,
- Motivation letter
The documents must be sent electronically via email to:job@neveragainrwanda.org by April 9th, 2021, by 5:00 pm.
