2 Job Positions at World Relief Rwanda (WRR): (Deadline 30 November 2022)

Position title:

M&E Coordinator

Position location:

Kigali

Department/Division:

Grants Management and Acquisition

Job title of supervisor:

Project Manager

Starting date:

Immediately

Length of opportunity:

8 months with potential of extension

Hours per week:

Full time – 40 Hrs.

Number of Positions Open:

1

General functions/Responsibilities:

The M&E Coordinator will lead and co-ordinate the M&E component of DHCR project ensuring that M&E is embedded within the programme activities; tailored to national contexts and contributes to on-going learning. The M&E Coordinator will have strong analytical and research skills; experience in development of study designs, experience in designing monitoring and evaluation tools for behavior change programmes, and proven capacity to support others in a range of evaluation and data collection methodologies. The role involves supporting the project team, community leadership and volunteers in the documentation of key human interest stories, impact stories, best practices and other learnings throughout the life of the project. S/he also contributes significantly in the planning and overall implementation process of the programme ensuring consistent compliance to the design programme design.

Specific job duties:

1.Lead on monitoring and evaluation for the DHCR Project.

2.Work with the project Manager and other programme staff to embed monitoring and evaluation into the project. This includes designing the overall approach for M&E within the programme.

3.Design new or improve existing monitoring tools that will be used to track progress and capture data at process and impact level across the programme geo-coverage areas. These include both qualitative interviews and quantitative surveys.

4.Be responsible for monitoring and evaluating the important component of seed funding which is essentially a cash transfer exercise and will therefore be responsible for monitoring effective and efficient cash distribution and evaluating the sustainability of the exercise.

5.Manage the documentation process of the programme ensuring quality and timely capturing and documentation of impact stories about the programme.

6.Ensure programmatic data are regularly collected, processed, analyzed and shared timely with relevant programme partners and stakeholders.

7.Create succinct reports that will inform Project Manager, staff, and partners of the progress of the programme.

8.Provide advice on needs assessment and analysis, monitoring and evaluation methodologies in order to develop a consistent and continually improving approach to collecting and using data.

9. Assist others to put in place and carry out appropriate outcome-focused evaluation processes for the project. For example, helping to develop logic models and evaluation frameworks.

10. Promote the use of learning from evidence and evaluation and share and promote the use of performance and impact reports across the districts to drive learning, business improvements, planning and strategy.

Knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Minimum Bachelor Degree in Public Health, Social Sciences, Statistics or equivalent degree in a related field.
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office application, statistical packages such SPSS, Stata, CSPro or SAS.
• Excellent questionnaire design and programming using any electronic data collection applications (such ODK, Kobo, SurveyCTO, ONA, CommCare etc.)
• Strong interpersonal skills are vital.
• Strong capacity building and facilitation skills.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision, and to deal with problems/issues promptly and efficiently.
• Ability to maintain performance expectations in conditions with limited resources.
• Excellent written and spoken in English and Kinyarwanda, French is an added value.
• Any other responsibilities assigned by the supervisor.

Experience required:

• 3 years’ experience in the field of monitoring and evaluation, experience in outbreak related surveys would be a plus.
• Demonstrated experience in needs or capacity gap analysis, data collection, data cleaning, analysis and reporting.

Physical demands:

• Willingness to travel and supervise program activities outside of Kigali. In three Districts of intervention Burera, Rubavu and Rutsiro.

Position title:

Communications Coordinator

Position location:

Kigali

Department/Division:

Grants Management and Acquisition

Job title of supervisor:

Project Manager

Starting date:

Immediately

Length of opportunity:

8 months

Hours per week:

Full time – 40 Hrs.

Number of Positions Open:

1

General functions/Responsibilities:

Under the direct supervision of the Health and Project Manager, the Communication Coordinator will have the responsibility to provide full strategic support to the Communication and Documentation of the DHCR project on all matters related to communication, logistics, trip reports and preparation of successful trips for all project related visitors. He or She must be committed to the mission of the organization and have experience in overseeing and managing complex and busy offices.

Specific job duties:

1.Daily, promote projects visibility through digital communications channels, by developing relevant and interesting content in liaison with WRR Communications and Documentation Unit Coordinator to ensure organizational brand accuracy;

2.Produce articles on projects updates;

3.Coordinate, where needed, the delivery of projects periodic newsletters;

4.Manage communications for projects events;

5.Translate technical and scientific project content into lay language;

6.Document and file brief trip reports for each team DHCR  that visits country programs;

7.Translate and interpret for the visitors, and providing appropriate translators where needed with the approval of the supervisor;

8.Document all visits with photos;

9.Manage the usage of all organizational pictures/images and videos;

10.Create a filing system that will help in the easy retrieval and storage of the images and videos of the organization;

11.Oversee and take videos and pictures for all special events;

12.Manage and update regularly our social media (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram) platforms for all activities related to the project;

13.At least twice a month post on our notice board updates from all our partners but also internal organizational updates in images;

14.Assist in the organization and planning of special events;

15.Any other duties related to the above responsibilities at the request of the supervisor.

Knowledge, skills and abilities:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Communications or a field related to the assignment described above.
• Extensive cross cultural experience and ability to help people of different cultures understand Rwandan culture.
• Highly organized and administratively minded.
• Experience working with guests especially foreigners.
• Demonstrate high level written and verbal communication skills in English, French and Kinyarwanda.
• Ability to translate documents quickly between English and Kinyarwanda.
• Experience in formatting and writing reports in English.
• High sense of responsibility and the ability to take initiative with minimal supervision
• Cross cultural experience and the acumen.
• Excellent skills in Microsoft Office – especially Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent skills in designs with the knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, illustrator and others
• Understanding and ability to translate technical/scientific concepts into lay person’s terms creativity and attention to quality.
• Ability to design projects communications strategies and activities for projects and new project proposals.
• Proven ability with using web content management products to manage the content of one or more web sites.
• Strong computer skills, including word processing, spreadsheets, presentation packages, internet, and excellent ability to navigate the social media environment.
• Excellent verbal and written skills in English, plus working knowledge of at least Kinyarwanda language is required.
• Ability to coordinate and /or produce projects’ periodic newsletters and communication tools (PPTs, videos, factsheets etc.) targeting identified relevant audience.
• Ability to coordinate, proofread and edit reports.
• Photography and videography skills.

Personal characteristics:

• Behave Ethically: Understand ethical behavior and practices, and ensure that own behavior and the behavior of others is consistent with these standards and aligns with the values of the organization.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Build Relationships: Establish and maintain positive working relationships with others, both internally and externally, to achieve the goals of the organization.
• Communicate Effectively: Speak, listen and write in a clear, thorough and timely manner using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques.
• Creativity/Innovation: Develop new and unique ways to improve operations within the organization.
• Foster Teamwork: Work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problems, and make decisions that enhance organizational effectiveness.
• Lead: Positively influence others to achieve results that are in the best interest of the organization.
• Organize: Set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals, and track details, data, information and activities.
• Solve Problems: Assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, generate possible solutions, and make recommendations to the supervisor.
• Ensuring value for money i.e. Expenses related to trips and other project expenses.
• Ability to work under hardship environment and with minimum supervision.

Experience required:

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in the field of communication and implementation of community-based programs.
• Experience working with community leaders at all levels.

Physical demands:

• Willingness to travel occasionally in any of these Districts Rutsiro, Rubavu and Burera.