Vacancy Announcement

One Mainstreaming Coordinator for GIZ Rwanda

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federally owned international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. GIZ has worked in Rwanda for over 30 years. The primary objectives between the Government of Rwanda and the Federal Republic of Germany are poverty reduction and promotion of sustainable development. To achieve these objectives, GIZ Rwanda is active in the sectors of Decentralization and Good Governance, Economic Development and Employment Promotion, Energy and Information and Communications Technology.

Through its One Mainstreaming approach, GIZ aims to ensure that all its projects contribute to gender equality and inclusion of persons with disabilities and consider the risks and impact of HIV/AIDS. The overarching cross-cutting topic “Leave No One Behind” addresses the needs and rights of vulnerable groups. This means that One Mainstreaming supports the projects to make sure their design, implementation, and M&E consider the following:

how men, women, and persons with disabilities (PWD) are affected differently by the core issues the project addresses, and how they can benefit equally from the opportunities provided by the project interventions
whether HIV/AIDS poses a risk to the attainment of the project goals and objectives, and if so, how this can be mitigated
whether the project interventions do not unconsciously worsen gender inequality, exclusion of PWDs and HIV/AIDS, and if so, how this can be mitigated (Do No Harm concept)
GIZ is looking for a candidate for the position of One Mainstreaming Coordinator for its country portfolio.

Location: Kigali.

Fixed Term: 1 year (renewable upon review)

Position: one (1)

Start date: 1 March 2022

A.Responsibilities

The One Mainstreaming Coordinator is responsible for:

Provide technical advice to GIZ Rwanda projects in all phases of the project cycle for the inclusion of people with disabilities as well as addressing HIV/AIDS
Develop the capacity of project and partner staff to identify, implement and monitor relevant and innovative measures for the inclusion of persons with disabilities
Contribute to knowledge management and learning on the One Mainstreaming approach
Maintain contact and exchange with important stakeholders
Coordinate the One Mainstreaming Team of GIZ Rwanda (without supervisory function)
Promote the principle of “Leave No One Behind” in all GIZ Rwanda projects
B.Tasks

The One Mainstreaming Coordinator performs the following tasks:

1.Coordination

Coordinate the One Mainstreaming Team (without supervisory function), including:

the distribution of tasks within the One Mainstreaming Team
regular technical exchange between team members
annual action plans in coordination with all projects of GIZ Rwanda annual report on mainstreaming activities implemented by the projects
Report regularly to the Head of the Rights-based Program
Represent the One Mainstreaming team during GIZ meetings and external meetings
Support the project managers as well as project staff with implementing the One Mainstreaming approach, by:

analyzing the relevance of inclusion of PWD, and other mainstreaming topics, for the project goals and objectives
providing advice for the design, implementation and/or monitoring of activities
developing/ adapting tools for mainstreaming inclusion of PWD
facilitating trainings and workshops for partner organizations
providing input for project appraisals, design, and evaluations
Stay in regular contact with One Mainstreaming Focal Persons in all GIZ Rwanda projects on relevant activities, processes, and capacity development needs, and feed this back to the One Mainstreaming team
Draw on the expertise of the Development Advisors in the Rights-based Program and coordinate their contributions to (collaborative) activities on relevant mainstreaming topics
Communication and networking

Develop and maintain excellent work relationships with disability organizations and other relevant stakeholders in Rwanda
Identify and strengthen synergies in work relationships with the GIZ Sector Initiative on inclusion of people with disabilities and other relevant GIZ programmes / initiatives
Knowledge management

Prepare and provide input for reports, articles, and other documentation on the One Mainstreaming approach/ inclusion of PWD in projects implemented by GIZ Rwanda
Work with colleagues to distil and capture good practices and lessons learnt about One Mainstreaming/ inclusion of PWD
Inform of and share information on relevant policies, strategies, and media reports on the One Mainstreaming topics and interventions
Another duties/additional task

Perform other duties and tasks at the request of management
C.Required qualifications, competencies, and experience

Qualifications and Professional experience

Master’s degree in social work, social policy, psychology, gender studies, human rights, or similar area
At least 5 years’ work experience in this area, at least two of which in international organisations
High levels of training and facilitation skills
Excellent project management skills
Fluent written and oral knowledge of Kinyarwanda
Excellent command of the English language
Other knowledge, additional competences

Working knowledge of ICT technologies (related software, phone, email, the internet) and computer applications (e.g. Microsoft Office, Common Portal and others).
Excellent communication skills
Good management and organisational skills
Excellent team player