JOB VACANCY  

POST TITLE: Project Officer

OFFICE LOCATION: Kigali

ANNOUNCEMENT DATE: 12^th July 2023

CLOSING DATE: 18^th July 2023

EXPECTED STARTING DATE: Immediately

Background  

CLADHO is an umbrella of Human Rights Organizations in Rwanda that is active in the fields of human rights promotion, economic governance, right to socio protection, right to education and citizen participation. It was founded in March 1993 with the mission to protect, defend and promote human rights. CLADHO got its legal status N^o 43/08/2011 of 31/03/2011 from the Ministry of Justice, and a recognition certificate from the Rwanda Governance Board N^o 04/2012 of 17/02/2012.

Position summary 

CLADHO through the PPIMA project supported by Norwegian People’s Aid is currently seeking an experienced staff to fill the position of Project Officer. S/he will be supporting the Project Coordinator under the supervision of the Executive Secretary to ensure that the project activities in the districts and at national level are implemented on time.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Participate in planning implementation of the project activities.
• Support in preparation of comprehensive clearly written and structured activities, monthly, quarterly and annual reports for submission to the project partners and donors.
• Support in monitoring implementation of the project activities, expenditures, and progress towards achieving the project outputs.
• Work with the project team to ensure the project reports meet established reporting deadlines.
• Work very closely with the project team to develop and monitor implementation of work plan/action plans.
• Represent CLADHO in JADF meetings and other important stakeholders meetings where necessary.
• Support the project team in ensuring that short-term contracts are managed in accordance with the ToR.
• Working closely with colleagues from other partner organizations and donors.
• Support the project team to establish and manage relationships and communication with local, national and international stakeholders.
• Monitoring and evaluation of the project activities to ensure their sustainability.
• Perform any other official duties assigned by his/her supervisor

Qualification and experience

• Have at least a bachelor of business administration degree in Finance, Development Studies, Project Management, Procurement, business management, Public Policy, and Economics or in Social Sciences or a post-graduate degree in one of the said fields.
• Have at least five (5) years of working experience with local CSOs and International NGOs.
• Understanding of gender mainstreaming and social inclusion is an asset.
• Must have presentation skills and experience in project management.
• Experience in working with different people at different levels
• Experience in using Microsoft office package; including MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint is essential.

Competencies and Technical skills

• Having a basic understanding of the project management cycle
• Ability to work with a variety of actors and stakeholders with excellent communication skills, both oral and written and strong working knowledge of Kinyarwanda is a must.
• Strong report writing skills
• Able to think creatively and innovate
• Able to share learnings, experience, and best practices
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a team player
• Strong presentation skills
• Coordination and networking skills
• Monitoring and Evaluation skills
• Advocacy skills

Interested applicants should submit an application letter briefly describing how they meet the required qualifications and experience as well as their detailed CVs to the CLADHO’s central secretariat latest 18^th July 2023 before 17 pm. CLADHO's offices are located in Ziniya Kicukiro district opposite former headquarters of contact FM near World Food Program head office. Late applications will not be considered. Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Submissions must be addressed to:

The Executive Secretary of CLADHO

PO. Box 3060, Kigali. 

Done at Kigali on 12^th July 2023

Dr. Emmanuel SAFARI

Executive Secretary of CLADHO

Tel: 0783597945