2 Job Positions at WaterAid Rwanda:( Deadline 6 May, 2024)
Programme Manager, Public Health at WaterAid Rwanda:( Deadline 6 May, 2024)
Job Description for Programme Manager Public Health
INTRODUCTION
WaterAid’s Vision is of a world where everyone has access to safe water and sanitation. Our mission is to transform lives by improving access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation in the world’s poorest communities, WaterAid works with partners to maximize its impacts for policy change/influence.
WaterAid Rwanda (WARw) works through supporting local organizations and government to plan and implement inclusive and sustainable services of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). WARw also seeks to influence the policy change through government and other key WASH stakeholders to secure and protect the right of poor people to safe, affordable water and sanitation services. Occupying the position of Programme Manager, Public Health in WaterAid is an exciting opportunity to work with WaterAid and contribute to the achievement of the national and global goals towards realizing the WASH access for everyone everywhere.
WaterAid is fully committed to protecting those with whom it comes into contact. WaterAid is committed to ensuring that wherever we work in the world there is no tolerance for the abuse of power, privilege or trust. WaterAid reinforces a culture of zero tolerance towards any form of inappropriate behavior, abuse, harassment, or exploitation of any kind. The safeguarding of our beneficiaries, staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf, is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff and volunteers are required to share in this commitment through our Global Code of Conduct. We will conduct the most appropriate pre- employment references and checks to ensure high standards are maintained.
For more information about safeguarding at WaterAid, please visit our safeguarding webpage at: https://www.wateraid.org/uk/safeguarding-at-wateraid
About the role
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Job Title |
Programme Manager, Public Health |
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Place of work: |
Kigali, Rwanda |
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Grade: |
F |
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Contract type: |
Fixed term (3 years renewable) |
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Reports to: |
Head of Programmes |
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Direct Report (s) |
Project Managers |
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Work Relationships |
Internal: SMT Members, PMEAL Manager, Management Accountant, Research & Knowledge Management Specialist, Communication and Campaign Specialist, Grant Specialist, . External: Development Partners, MoH, MoI, RBC, Other Government officials and District Leaders, HCFs and municipalities, Health professional Councils and Associations, Women organisazions, donors, CSO networks and platforms, communities, private sector. |
Job Purpose
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Job Purpose |
The Programme Manager Public Health will provide thought leadership, strategic advice and support on WASH for Public Health improvement programming. S/he will work collaboratively with other specialists across the wider WaterAid Rwanda Country Program and beyond to embed knowledge and approaches on WASH and Public Health. S/He will develop a Public Health and WASH policy and programme concepts to inform the design of projects to deliver WARw’s Public Health Aim; identify and ensure delivery of relevant research, advocacy and campaign initiatives for Health and WASH; provide technical support for programme development and fund raising; and ensure PMER core procedures are followed in all relevant and related areas of public health and WASH work including periodic reflection, review and learning. |
Main Responsibilities and Duties Technical Programme Leadership
- Provide leadership in the development of the technical approach of WaterAid Rwanda in Public Health Programmes.
- Develop health and WASH policy and programme concepts to inform the design of such initiatives to deliver WARW strategic priorities.
- Provide technical support for programme development and
- Contribute to strategic planning processes for developing and reviewing programme strategies and the country strategy.
- Provide leadership in the implementation of the Public Health programme, setting the technical standards to be adhered to by all implementing staff and
- Review and approve all the technical reports prepared from the
- Prepare and produce technical programme reports for dissemination to various
- Cultivate and maintain functional relationships and network with relevant stakeholders including government, civil society and private sector to influence integration of WASH in the Health sector.
- Lead innovations and adapt to required context to ensure an effective and meaningful response.
- Develop practical tools for evaluation and monitoring the technical
- Ensure PMER core procedures are followed in all relevant and related areas of public health and WASH work including high quality PPRs for periodic reflection, review and learning.
- Develop operating business plan for the technical area in collaboration with the other technical leads and departments.
- Provide Public Health technical and strategic input into the development of the
Country Strategy. Responsible to provide technical input and support to relevant teams to ensure effective integration and monitoring of WASH in Health activities working closely with the planning and monitoring team.
- Provide and coordinate targeted technical support to regional offices on WASH and health programming.
- Support specific WASH and health
- Facilitate organisational learning in WASH and health
Programme Development and Grants acquisition
- Develop and execute in collaboration with grants team, a strategy to increase funding portfolio for technical programme.
- Actively support the roll out of WARw’s Resource Mobilization and Grants Acquisition plan.
- Provide advice on donor management (government/private donors and institutions) ensuring proper resolutions.
- Productively manage donor concerns (government/private donors and institutions) ensuring proper resolutions for both parties have been reached
- Participate in proposal development processes for Pre-proposal, Proposal development, Post-submission.
- Research new proposals in close coordination with other teams in order to ensure high quality proposals that meet the requirements of the donors.
- Actively participate in the “Go / No-go” decision making process and ensure that all risks are addressed consistently.
- Research and draft resources in preparation for grant bidding activities, such as capability statements, project summaries, partner profiles, etc.
Accountability, learning and innovation
- To ensure quality programming, innovative designs, evaluation, reflection, learning and dissemination and reporting of all projects in the Public Health
- Ensure that findings and recommendations from various accountability mechanisms such as Reviews, Operational and Finance Audits, Programme evaluations, external and internal evaluations, are acted upon in a timely and effective manner.
- In close collaboration with Head of People & OD participate in recruitment and selection processes to ensure skilled programme staff are recruited, retained, and provided with, mentoring and coaching for development.
- Support the recruitment of implementing partners
Policy and Advocacy
- Provide technical advice on WaterAid Rwanda policy influencing and advocacy strategies that aim to strengthen the capacity and effectiveness of the sector to deliver sustainable WASH services for all.
- Identify and ensure delivery of relevant research, advocacy and campaign initiatives for Health and WASH.
- Ensure adequate documentation of WASH in Health policy and advocacy initiatives and learning from programme/ project interventions.
- Identify and lead key policy initiatives on WASH in health in close collaboration with WARW policy team.
- Generate evidence and advocate for the conditions necessary for strengthened institutions, policies and sector performance at national and sub-national levels.
- Provide sector leadership and acting as a recognised authority in sector debates on WASH sector governance.
- Provide leadership and guidance in shaping national WASH in Public Health sector planning processes, and bottlenecks preventing the development of an effective and functioning WASH sector in collaboration with the International Programs Department.
Networking and Coordination
- Manage, coordinate and enable strategic partnerships and engagements for effective relation with Government institutions, international, local, and collaborative organisations.
- Maintain effective communications and pro-active relationships with donors and government partners, including visits by donors.
- In coordination with Director of Programs and others develop and maintain pro- active relationships with bilateral and multilateral representatives in country.
- In coordination with the Director of Programmes, develop and maintain good relationships with national government ministries, other NGOs and the development sector in general.
- In coordination other members of the Technical Services team work closely with field staff on capacity building of national office staff and knowledge sharing within the region.
Safeguarding & Safety & Security
- Ensures that Safeguarding, Child Protection, and Gender Equality policies are fully embedded in project design, during implementation and as principles applied in day-to-day work of Program team.
- Ensures that comprehensive health, safety and security measures (e.g. risk management plans, local security protocols) have been put in place when designing programs / project and are consistently upheld during their
- Ensures that any partner agencies that WARw works with are adopting the same health, safety and security standards (as defined in any applicable WARw health, safety and security policies), and arrange for capacity building support where gaps or weaknesses are identified.
- Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding, Child Protection and Gender policies and Code of Conduct (CoC).
- Adheres to any local security protocols that have been put in place when working in the office, travelling to the field or undertaking project / program
Key Competences, Skills, Experience, and Knowledge
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Interested candidates should fill the application form attached here below and send it to the following email [email protected] no later than 6th May 2024.
Research and Knowledge Management Specialist at WaterAid Rwanda:( Deadline 6 May, 2024)
Job Description for Research & Knowledge Management Specialist
INTRODUCTION
WaterAid’s Vision is of a world where everyone has access to safe water and sanitation. Our mission is to transform lives by improving access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation in the world’s poorest communities, WaterAid works with partners to maximize its impacts for policy change/influence.
WaterAid Rwanda (WARw) works through supporting local organizations and government to plan and implement inclusive and sustainable services of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). WARw also seeks to influence the policy change through government and other key WASH stakeholders to secure and protect the right of poor people to safe, affordable water and sanitation services. Occupying the position of Research & Knowledge Management Specialist in WaterAid is an exciting opportunity to work with WaterAid and contribute to the achievement of the national and global goals towards realizing the WASH access for everyone everywhere.
WaterAid is fully committed to protecting those with whom it comes into contact. WaterAid is committed to ensuring that wherever we work in the world there is no tolerance for the abuse of power, privilege or trust. WaterAid reinforces a culture of zero tolerance towards any form of inappropriate behavior, abuse, harassment, or exploitation of any kind. The safeguarding of our beneficiaries, staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf, is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff and volunteers are required to share in this commitment through our Global Code of Conduct. We will conduct the most appropriate pre- employment references and checks to ensure high standards are maintained.
For more information about safeguarding at WaterAid, please visit our safeguarding webpage at: https://www.wateraid.org/uk/safeguarding-at-wateraid
A. About the role
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Job Title |
Research and Knowledge Management Specialist |
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Place of work: |
Kigali, Rwanda |
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Grade: |
F |
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Contract type: |
Fixed term (3 years renewable) |
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Reports to: |
Head of Policy, Advocacy and Cooperation |
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Direct Report (s) |
Nil |
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Work Relationships |
Internal: Head of Programmes, Program Managers, PMEAL, Communications & Campaigns Specialist, WaterAid East Africa Regional team, UK and other WaterAid offices, External: WARw partners, Media, Donors, Government Officials – Local and National, Line Ministries, UN Organisations, research institutions, academia private sector, Civil Society Organisations, CBOs and other I/NNGO’s |
B. Job Purpose
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Job Purpose |
The Research and Knowledge Management Specialist lead and contribute to the conceptualization, design and conducting research for programmes , generating policy oriented evidence; generate and synthesize knowledge; play key role in documentation, knowledge capture and sharing, and dissemination of WaterAid Rwanda best WASH practices, key learnings, research findings, documenting the impact of our work from various stakeholders, to enhance visibility, amongst the development sector and other stakeholders (both governmental and NGO’s, civil society organizations and the donor community at large). S/He will facilitate the development of a learning culture across the organisation. In addition, S/he will engage with colleagues in other WaterAid country programmes and the International Programmes Department in managing WaterAid’s internal programme and policy information library, organising learning events and developing knowledge outputs in various forms such as reports, case studies, posters, and infographics. |
C. Main Responsibilities and Duties Research and Knowledge Management
- Conduct, commission and supervise research that strengthens the case for WASH policy change.
- Conduct systematic reviews and synthesis of published and unpublished research and other evidence and interpret the results into policy-oriented advocacy material; and generate original ideas based on the findings
- Document and share learning on WASH policy issues and civil society
- Undertake research on the projects and programmes, primarily to produce policy briefs on behalf of and in conjunction with other project
- Gather, analyse, and ensure the exchange and circulation of information on WARW’s programmes and government activities related to
- Design and implement operational research and development activities, including documentation of best practices and lessons learnt
- Conduct research and document the impact of our work to the direct and indirect beneficiaries
- Initiate and coordinate studies and evaluations by external consultants related to project baseline/end line and evaluations by supporting the hiring process, overseeing quality and disseminating/sharing
- Conduct regular field visits to collect primary data for producing knowledge product and evidence that can guide WARW’s programme design and influencing
- Study and observe works of other organisations both and national and global levels, capture lessons from their good practices and share internally which will inform effective design of projects and influencing at WaterAid Rwanda.
- Conduct research assessment on the global high-level WASH commitments and the level of implementation at regional and national levels.
- Conduct research on how GESI, Climate change, and other WASH cross cutting issues such as sustainability, technologies and data are integrated in our WASH programming
- Ensure knowledge and information are stored in a safe and effective, and, where required confidential,
- In coordination with PMEAL colleagues, support the collection, validation, analysis and dissemination of information related to Knowledge Participate in the development of frameworks, methods and tools to support process improvement and knowledge management activities.
- Develop situation reports and other information and knowledge products to support programme and influencing work of WaterAid Rwanda
- In coordination with the PMEAL colleagues, support for data visualization including products to support advocacy, resource mobilization efforts, information, education, and communication (IEC) material,
- Support the development and dissemination of knowledge and experience through enhanced communication, strengthened knowledge products and
- Support programme and advocacy teams to develop policy briefs and other knowledge products from the results of MEAL coordinated/managed evaluations/studies as
- Engaging policy makers to promote application of research evidence in planning and decision-making process Building capacity in translation, dissemination and use of research evidence by policy makers and other stakeholders at national,
Publications and documentation
- Collect, collate, edit, publish and distribute relevant Country Programme documentation used for shared learning, branding, awareness and information!
- Build capacity of staff and partners to contribute to various WA
- Participate in the production of documentaries, photo and video shoots showcasing work in the project
- Prepare and edit articles for inclusion in sector newsletters, international publications and WA internal/external websites.
- Manage, maintain and regularly update the Country Programme site on the internal WaterAid website and provide input to update the Country Programme section on the external
- Report quarterly on the progress of project work and the issues arising from that work and contribute to the six monthly and annual reports.
- Provide support to the Country Programme team on document formatting and management of photographic and video footage
- Manage and maintain an indexed catalogue of soft and hard copies of Country Programme reports and documents in retrievable formatting.
- Ensure that advocacy information is updated on all relevant WaterAid platforms e.g. Project Centre.
Partnerships and Resource Mobilization
- Build and maintain collaborative partnerships with research institutions, implementing agencies, communities’ academic institutions etc
- Contribute to WaterAid’s fundraising initiatives through concept, documenting impact of our work, proposal development and reporting.
D. Key Competences, Skills, experience, and Knowledge
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Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience |
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Behavioral competencies |
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Interested candidates should fill the application form attached here below and send it to the following email [email protected] no later than 6th May 2024. |
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