POSITION:  DISTRICT FIELD OFFICER (DFO)

PROJECT: Public Policy Information, Monitoring and Advocacy (PPIMA)

STATION OF DUTY: Nyabihu District

Starting date: Immediately

Reports directly to: Director of Programs

Type of contract: Closed contract / Eight-months with possibility of extension

JOB SUMMARY

Action pour le Developpement du Peuple (ADEPE) is a non -Governmental organization legally recognized by The Rwanda Government Board (RGB) under the new Law n° 04/2012 of 17/2/2012. ADEPE works with women, youth, children, and deprived persons in general. In line with the national commitment of empowering women as enshrined in the national gender policy and in contribution to the country’s National Strategy for transformation, ADEPE empowers women as well as girls especially targeting capacity development, supporting women to engage in income-generating activities and provision of legal aid to women and the most vulnerable people. It reintegrates the beneficiaries into the community by engaging them in productive work, education, cooperatives/associations, and advocacy.

ADEPE’s mission is to empower vulnerable people especially children, youth (girls and boys), and women to improve their living conditions and facilitate them to be self-reliant through knowledge and skills development, promotion of social justice and human rights, and poverty eradication for transformational and sustainable development.

Under the financial support from NPA (Norwegian People’s Aid), ADEPE is looking for a suitable candidate for the position of District Field Officer (DFO) to implement the PPIMA (Public Policy Information, Monitoring, and Advocacy) project in Nyabihu District.

Job purpose: The District Field Officer with the supervision of the ADEPE-Director of programs will have the responsibility to coordinate and manage the implementation and monitoring activities of the Public Policy Information Monitoring and Advocacy (PPIMA) project in Nyabihu District. She/he will be in charge of the Governance Focal Points (GFPs) in the operational sectors and act as a link with District authorities.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS 

• Serve as the Project focal person in PPIMA operational sectors in the district
• Facilitate PPIMA project setup processes in the district including the project introduction, selection, and training of GFPs (project gender focal persons), and all the community scored approaches and processes
• Assist GFPs in developing work plans in relation to their priority areas or work
• Assist GFPs to organize feedback meetings with local government officials, public dialogues focus group discussions within the community.
• Assist GFPs to write good and comprehensive activity and project reports in relation to their findings.
• Interact and facilitate communication between GFPs and local authorities, local development actors, and other stakeholders at the district and sector level.
• Facilitate community participation in promoting local accountability and better service delivery at the sector and district level.
• Generate data and information to be used for advocacy at the local and national levels.
• Participate in different policy and budgeting events at the local and national level especially through the JADF and whenever necessary in national-level advocacy spaces concerning the project.
• Develop and submit weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual project action plans and reports to be submitted to the program’s Manager on time.
• Enhance/ maintain strong collaboration between ADEPE as an organization and district authorities and other relevant stakeholders
• To be the key person to organize any advocacy events that aims to advocate for the issues raised by the communities
• To be able to effectively participate and engage in an organization’s activities whenever it is needed

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Core skills and training

• Bachelor’s Degree in social sciences, development studies, or other related fields. Relevant post-graduate qualification is an added advantage
• 3 years experience working with non-governmental organizations in the Rwanda context
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
• Strong English language and Kinyarwanda proficiency both in composition and spoken
• Project proposal writing and general written communication skills present a high advantage
• Demonstrated experience in basic financial requirements for non-financial managers like tracking burn rates and forecasting and act proactively to ensure all expenditure is in line with donor contract and organizational policy.
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills, able to trouble-shoot and to meet short- and long-term deadlines
• Strong working knowledge of Excel spreadsheet and MS Word & MS PowerPoint
• Has self-drive and able to steer a team performance
• Must be able to work closely with supervisor, other departments, management, keeping them engaged on all strategic decisions and activities
• Female candidates are more encouraged to apply for this position
• A driving permit for a motorcycle is essential
• Familiarity with PSEA and an understanding of the global context in which this issue impacts ADEPE.

All interested candidates should submit only soft copies of  updated CV along with their academic certificates with at least 3 previous work referees and Motivational letter to; [email protected]

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Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

Date deadline for submission is on 19 May 2021.

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