Vacancy Announcement

Monitoring and Evaluation Junior Specialist for Skills Development and Economic Transformation (SD4T) Programme

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federally owned international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. The GIZ Office in Kigali covers GIZ’s portfolio in Rwanda and Burundi. GIZ Rwanda/Burundi implements projects on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the European Union and other commissioning authorities in the following priority areas: Sustainable Economic Development, Good Governance, Climate and Energy, Digitalization, Extractive Governance and Peace and Security in the Great Lakes Region.

Skills Development for Economic Transformation 

Rwanda’s economic growth has been remarkable, annual growth rates averaged at eight per cent over the past two decades. Yet, unemployment (21.1 %) and underemployment (58.9 %) remain high. The majority of the population works in the agriculture sector, where incomes are low. Moreover, the number of young people entering the labour market is increasing. A large proportion of local companies are unregistered micro-enterprises which are not very competitive and cannot harness the long-term potential for growth. Most of them are only creating a handful of jobs at present. Domestic value creation, specifically in the light industrial sector is low and meets international standards only to a limited extent. At the same time, the professional skills of many job seekers do not match the requirements of the labour market.

With strategies like the National Strategy for Transformation (NST 1) and Made in Rwanda Policy, the Government of Rwanda is promoting skills development, the creation of off-farm jobs and domestic value creation. To contribute to the Rwandan Government’s strategy, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) commissioned GIZ to implement the programme “Skills development for economic transformation (SD4T)” from 2023 to 2025, as part of the priority area “Sustainable Economic Development” of the Rwandan-German Development Cooperation. The programme’s main political partners are the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MINICOM) and the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC).

The programme aims to create jobs and strengthen the competitiveness of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and cooperatives in the light manufacturing industry (e.g. furniture production, metal processing etc.) according to the principles of inclusivity, productivity and environmental sustainability. This will be achieved by following an integrated approach to employment promotion, consisting of 1) the promotion of technical and vocational education and training to enhance the quality of labour supply, 2) private sector development to raise labour demand, and 3) economic policy advice to improve the matching of labour supply and demand. A specific focus is placed on the economic empowerment of women.

Rationale

GIZ believes in the strengths of and operates in a dynamic environment. This makes it open to opportunities that contribute to fulfilling its mandate at a larger extent.  The project “Skills Development for Economic Transformation” (SD4T) has established a results-based monitoring system that is agile and evolves as soon as the changes occur in the scope of implementation and the corresponding needs in terms of M&E. It is in that context that SD4T is looking for a junior M&E specialist to support the program in responding effectively to the implementation requirements of its results-based monitoring M&E system. This is a fixed-term position and the selected staff will be based in Kigali.

Location: Kigali

Fixed Term: until 31/12/2025

A. Main Tasks and Responsibilities 

In collaboration with SD4T M&E specialists and other technical team members, the position holder will carry out the following main responsibilities:

• Assist the smooth functioning of SD4T results-based monitoring system
• Assisting M&E data management and reporting

1. Assist the smooth functioning of SD4T results-based monitoring system

In close collaboration with other SD4T M&E specialists, the position holder will: 

• Assist in the planning and review of M&E activities
• Support in the organization of periodic monitoring sessions with the programme components
• Contribute to the timely data collection and presentation whenever required for steering, learning and reporting purposes
• Assist in organizing M&E workshops with key partners/stakeholders whenever required
• Assist in identifying information relevant for project success stories

2. Assisting M&E data management and reporting

In close collaboration with SD4T technical team, the position holder will:

• Assist in developing and updating the tools for data collection and data entry in a way that is inclusive and makes analysis much easier
• Assist in ensuring that the data protection regulation is taken into account in M&E related assignments
• Assist in the compilation and review of any project M&E relevant reports
• Assist in any tasks relevant to M&E of the SD4T Programme 

B. Required qualification, skills, and competences

The position holder should meet the following:

• A bachelor’s degree in applied statistics, monitoring and evaluation, computer science, data science
• First experience in a comparable position
• First experience in implementing a results-based monitoring related activity
• First experience in quantitative and qualitative research methods
• Excellent working knowledge of ICT technologies (related software, phone, email, the internet) and computer applications, excellent practice in all MS Office functions
• Ability to work with and live in a diverse team
• Ability to deal with uncertainty
• Ability to travel and carry out assignments within the remote areas
• Integrity, tolerance, and teamwork
• Excellent communication skills, high ability to connect with persons
• Excellent language skills particularly in English and Kinyarwanda
• Working experience with GIZ or another development organisations is an asset