Terms of references for recruiting project staff in the Nyungwe Agroforestry project

1. Background

Initiative pour la Promotion de la Famille et du Genre (IPFG) is a women led organization established in 2002 and legally registered by the ministerial Order N0 17/11 of 31 January 2006 which was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Rwanda O.G N0 10 bis of 15 May 2006. It is based in Gasaka Sector-Nyamagabe District- Southern Province. IPFG has a vision is to aspire a democratic society where both women and men are aware of their problems, complement one another and actively participate in the actions of the entire development. The mission of IPFG is to promote and reinforce complementarity between man and woman as well as their participation in the actions which aim to achieve social and economic development based on fairness. To achieve this mission, IPFG focuses its interventions across 3 main areas: i) agricultural production chains, climate change adaptation and mitigations; ii) youth and women empowerment (economic and leadership); and iii) citizen participation.

2. Context

From January 2024, IPFG in partnership with Livelihoods funds is starting to implement “The Nyungwe Agroforestry Project”, a 20 years’ project aiming to make a positive impact on 13,000 hectares of farmland, involving 23,000 smallholder farmers across the eastern border of the Nyungwe National Park in Nyamagabe and Nyaruguru Districts. The Nyungwe Agroforestry Project wants to improve the resilience of the farmers through rehabilitation of ecosystem services and increasing their adaptation capacities to climate change. Specifically, the project will help implementing communities: To grow agroforestry trees for various advantage, promote and improve good agricultural practices (GAP), reduce soil erosion, avail forest products such as timber and fuelwood at farm level, to improve soil fertility; and to increase income opportunities within implementing communities.

In this regard, IPFG is seeking applications from competent, dynamic and self-motivated individuals to fill the following positions:

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (1)

He/she will support the project manager in tracking project performance against Key performance indicators. They will be based in Nyamagabe with frequent verification exercises in the project areas.

Task and responsibilities

• Preparation of baseline study and coordination with field teams
• Tracking achievements in the Monitoring Information System (MIS)
• Training field teams on MIS usage
• Managing Mapping activity by monitoring area accumulated and farmers registration
• Communicating MIS results
• Data analysis and reporting to Management team
• Tracking and documenting project Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) form Monthly reporting
• Recommending improvements for the Monitoring information system
• Leading Monitoring for Carbon verification
• Carrying out field visits to verify effectiveness of trainings for implementation
• Monitoring farm improvements in the field
• Organizing Environmental Committee Biannual evaluation of project
• Tracking project efficiencies and inefficiencies
• Reporting to the steering committees and management team

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics, Information Management System or any other related field
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experiences in Monitoring and Evaluation in project management.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.);
• Demonstration of knowledge on digital data collection tools e.g Kobo,
• Good analytical and evaluation skills
• Strong verbal/written communication skills
• Strong problem-solving skills, creativity in decision making.
• It is a field-based position. He / she should be ready to travel to in the rural areas on motorbike.
• Having a driving license, category A

3. Submission of documents

The interested candidates who fulfill the above requirements should submit/send their application documents which must include the following information:

• Motivation letter of your interest in the above posts
• Updated CV/resume
• Copy of ID
• Copy of Driving license
• Certificates or any other documents that proves your experience



• Contact information for at least three professional references
• Copy of academic documents

Successful candidates will be expected to comply with country labor law and various organizational polices. IPFG is committed to gender equality and suitably qualified women candidates are encouraged to apply.

Interested and qualified candidates should submit above mentioned documents in English to the following email: [email protected] (the email attachment should have the maximum size of 2 MB and should be a PDF file. Please quote the Job title in the subject. Candidates should submit their documents not later than the 8^th December 2023, at 5.00 pm.

Note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for exams

Done at Nyamagabe on 20/11/2023

UWIZEYE Therese

Chairperson and Legal Representative /IPFG