2 Job Positions at Rwanda Women’s Network (RWN): (Deadline 2 March 2022)
Gender Officer at Rwanda Women’s Network (RWN): (Deadline 2 March 2022)
RECRUITMENT OF A GENDER OFFICER FOR RWANDA WOMEN’S NETWORK
TITLE: Gender Officer
STARTING DATE: Immediately
LOCATION: Kigali
SUPERVISOR: Director
BACKGROUND
Rwanda Women’s Network (RWN) is a national humanitarian non-governmental organisation (NGO) dedicated to promoting and strengthening strategies that empower women in Rwanda since being established in 1997, and has extensive experience in fostering women’s participation and grassroots responses to community challenges.
RWN’s mission is to work towards the improvement of the socio-economic welfare of women in Rwanda through enhancing their efforts to meet their basic needs and this is done through five core programs i.e. Health Care and Support, Education and Knowledge sharing; Socio-economic Empowerment; GBV Prevention and Response and Governance and Leadership. Overall, RWN supports and works with over 52 grassroots associations, cooperatives and spaces that cater to over 4000 people within each community across 9 districts in Rwanda. The vision of RWN is to promote a healthy, empowered and peaceful Rwandese society.
We are currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of: Gender Officer.
Description:
The Gender Advisor leads the integration of gender sensitive programming elements in accordance with global best practice, donor requirements. The Gender Advisor participates in strategy, program implementation, program monitoring, evaluation in relation to gender integration in the project that is focused on interventions at the community and household level. This include capacity building and technical assistance to government, civil society and community stakeholders. This position will be based in Rwanda Women’s Network
Job Summary / Responsibilities:
- Provide technical leadership to RWN and Rwanda CSO SDG5 Forum to ensure integration of gender in program interventions.
- Design and deliver realistic and pragmatic gender strategies and programming interventions that will lead to positive gender equality outcomes.
- Track and report against gender indicators and disaggregate data by gender to analyze results within each domain.
- Conduct gender assessments, reviews and audits to assess ways to continually target involvement of women in program activities.
- Review and provide technical feedback on results and project reports to donors in order to ensure quality and full compliance with gender policy and progress towards achieving integration of gender in program.
- Advise and support the programs and partners to integrate gender into activities.
- Develop tools, frameworks and resources to enable better gender integration in the Project.
- Identify successful practices in the project that can be showcased in publications, communication materials and conferences.
- Prepare communications materials that highlight project’s gender equality programming, successes and lessons learnt.
- Contribute to resource mobilization of projected budgets towards Rwanda Women’s Network program goals.
EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Required
- Hold a university degree in a relevant field (Gender studies, Social sciences, Sociology).
- Experience in successful leadership and coordination in NGOs, especially those working in the area of Women empowerment and Gender Equality environments (minimum 3 years), including delivering and closing projects and communicating with donors and partners.
- Ability to analyse policies, conduct situational research, and develop strategies to effect change.
- Strong analytical skills, with experience in managing monitoring and evaluating programs and financial as well as personnel management.
- Demonstrated report writing skills and strong representation and negotiation skills in English (French will be an asset).
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Ability to integrate and mainstream gender equity and social inclusion into program activities as a cross-cutting area,
Ability to manage and nurture collaborative relationships at all levels and work across multiple project teams; contribute effectively at senior management level both internally and externally
- Ability to take initiative to organize time effectively within a range of often conflicting deadlines and competing priorities.
- Enthusiasm, creativity and flexibility with excellent interpersonal skills and team spirit to respond to occasional heavy, peak workloads.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Women and Rwandan Nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.
Application procedure:
Please submit a motivation letter describing how you meet the desired qualifications and professional qualities, copy of your notified degree, comprehensive curriculum vitae with 3 names of referees by March 02nd, 2021 to Rwanda Women’s Network by email rwawnet@rwanda1.rw. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Done at Kigali on February 23rd, 2021.
Policy Analyst and Advocacy Officer at Rwanda Women’s Network (RWN): (Deadline 2 March 2022)
RECRUITMENT OF A POLICY ANALYST AND ADVOCACY OFFICER FOR RWANDA WOMEN’S NETWORK
TITLE: Policy Analyst and Advocacy Officer
STARTING DATE: Immediately
LOCATION: Kigali
SUPERVISOR: Director
BACKGROUND
Rwanda Women’s Network (RWN) is a national humanitarian non-governmental organisation (NGO) dedicated to promoting and strengthening strategies that empower women in Rwanda since being established in 1997, and has extensive experience in fostering women’s participation and grassroots responses to community challenges.
RWN’s mission is to work towards the improvement of the socio-economic welfare of women in Rwanda through enhancing their efforts to meet their basic needs and this is done through five core programs i.e. Health Care and Support, Education and Knowledge sharing; Socio-economic Empowerment; GBV Prevention and Response and Governance and Leadership. Overall, RWN supports and works with over 52 grassroots associations, cooperatives and spaces that cater to over 4000 people within each community across 9 districts in Rwanda. The vision of RWN is to promote a healthy, empowered and peaceful Rwandese society.
We are currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of: Policy analyst and Advocacy Officer.
Description:
The Policy Analyst and Advocacy Officer will contribute to policy development and advocacy activities, including stakeholder engagement, and advocacy across Rwanda Women’s Network priority areas.
Job Summary / Responsibilities:
- Lead the evaluation and review of policy effectiveness, relevance, impact and sustainability using a range of available techniques and tools;
- Promote gender equality, women’s leadership, and empowerment through the planning, management, and implementation of all activity interventions when appropriate including through policy engagement and influencing;
- Closely engage with stakeholders from relevant ministries and government agencies, Civil Society, Development partners and Private Sectors and be responsive to relevant government priorities and inquiries;
- Produce a range of documentation including updates, reports, and correspondence (Policy briefs, position papers, talking notes, media statements, discussion briefs, occasional papers, practice notes …) based on research on current development advocacy processes, policies, and practices;
- Provide technical leadership to the Rwanda CSO SDG5 Forum advocacy initiatives;
- Keep up to date with global, regional, and national policies, frameworks, and guidelines that impact Rwanda Women’s Network work.
EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Required
- Hold a university degree in a relevant field (Law, Social, Political and Administrative Sciences).
- Conversant with the Rwandan legal and policy framework on gender, women access to justice, and human rights.
- Strong oral and written communication skills, evidenced by experience with public speaking (e.g. presentations, trainings, or workshops), as well as drafting documents (e.g. reports or summaries) for a wide range of audiences (technical, programmatic, policy makers, etc.)
- Strong analytical skills, with experience in managing monitoring and evaluating programs and financial as well as personnel management.
- Fluency in spoken and written English for purposes of drafting analytical reports and public speaking (French will be an asset).
- Ability to manage and nurture collaborative relationships at all levels and work across multiple project teams; contribute effectively at senior management level both internally and externally
- Enthusiasm, creativity and flexibility with excellent interpersonal skills and team spirit to respond to occasional heavy, peak workloads.
- Contribute to resource mobilization of projected budgets towards Rwanda Women’s Network program goals.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Women and Rwandan Nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.
Application procedure:
Please submit a motivation letter, copy of your notified degree, comprehensive curriculum vitae with 3 names of referees by March 02nd, 2021 to Rwanda Women’s Network by email rwawnet@rwanda1.rw. Only short-listed candidates will be notified for interview.
Done at Kigali on February 23rd, 2021.
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