3 Job Positions at United Nations Development Programme: (Deadline 14 October 2022)

The UN SDG Action Campaign is working closely with cities and local governments to showcase how they are actively contributing to implement Agenda 2030, accelerating transformative action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals for all, and everywhere.

Within this context, the UN SDG Action Campaign is seeking to recruit a Planning and Capacity Development Analyst to maximize UNDP efforts to support local and regional governments innovating SDG local action.

Local and regional governments are already responsible of over 65% of the SDG targets, most of them linked to basic service provision from water, sanitation, mobility, climate action, health or education. Cities and territories are playing a big part on the implementation of SDGs, that are becoming a new tool for strategic planning and budgeting in the mid to long-term. The planning and capacity development analyst will support UNDP Country Office working with municipalities around the world to exchange experiences, generate knowledge about the latest local development trends and collect data about city innovation to upscale and replicate such innovations. The Analyst will also ensure that the experience generated by the Global Mayors Challenge is shared, upscaled and communicate worldwide.

• Analyse project data and link with SDG targets and Agenda 2030 narrative.
• Organize exchange of experiences amongst participating local governments and partners.
• Provide technical support to the Global Mayors Challenge in designing training activities.
• Design training and capacity development packages for local governments on planning and management of local SDG actions.
• Support project implementation and replication of experiences of local governments within the UNDP network of Country Office supporting municipalities globally.
• Responding to specific demands from UNDP Country Offices for information regarding SDG local implementation, including innovative basic service delivery though research, elaboration of policy documents and compilation of ready-to use information to support project implementation.
• Collect information about how local and regional governments are innovating in basic service delivery, strategic and urban planning, municipal management and finance, local infrastructure development and assets, etc. for informed decision making at local level.
• Guide beneficiary UNDP cities in capacity gap assessment, need identification and implementation of capacity development activities.
• Provide back-up to the project operations team, including additional support to procurement processes including preparation and management of RFQs, ITBs or RFPs, receipt of quotations, bids or proposals, their evaluation, negotiation of certain conditions of contracts in full compliance with UNDP rules and regulations.
• Support the Operations Specialist in their day-to-day implementation of the project: ensuring that all activities are prepared in a timely manner and implemented in accordance with stated outcomes and performance indicators;
• Assist the Operations Specialist to prepare and timely submission of technical and progress reports to the donor, partners, and UNDP;
• Assist the Operations Specialist supervision of the project team, including leave monitoring and regular reporting.

Institutional Arrangement:

The Planning and Capacity Development Analyst will report to the Operations and Quality Assurance Specialist, based in Bonn (Germany), working closely with UNDP Country Office in Rwanda.

Cross-Functional & Technical Competencies:

The following documents shall be required from the participants:

• Personal CV – indicating all part positions held and their main underlying functions, their durations, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the candidate and at least three (3) references.
• Cover letter – indicating why the candidate considers him/herself to be suitable for the position.

The UN SDG Action Campaign is working closely with cities and local governments to showcase how they are actively contributing to implement Agenda 2030, accelerating transformative action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals for all, and everywhere. The UN SDG Action Campaign, together with the office of UNDP in Rwanda are supporting the City of Kigali to implement the Rainwater Harvesting and Smart Waste Management project in Mpazi and Busanza settlements, one of the winners of the 2021 Global Mayors Challenge.

Within this context, the UN SDG Action Campaign is seeking to recruit a Project Engineer to support the implementation of the Global Mayors Challenge in Kigali.

The project is addressing the issue of affordable water and smart waste collection in the two recently upgraded neighborhoods, one located in the informal settlement of Mpazi ravine sub-catchment area, Gitega Sector Nyarugenge District, and another in a resettlement of Busanza, populated by people who formerly lived in Kangondo, Nyarutarama.

In order to afford the high cost of water provision, while improving sanitation services, the project focus on promoting the use of rain water collected and distributed into house units, to be used as an alternative affordable water source in addition to commercial (WASAC) water provision. The project also include a new system of waste collection, directly collected from households through segregated waste bins, improving the living conditions of residents.

The project comprises interventions in the two sites located in Mpazi and Busanza and are focused on constructing rain harvesting systems and smart waste collection systems. The works will include construction of underground rain water reservoirs with its water distribution mechanism into the already identified buildings, one for each site ( Mpazi & Busanza), and also installation of seven stations of smart waste collection bins in total.

The Project Engineer will support UNDP and City of Kigali in supervising on-site construction works for the project, and will liaise with contractors and report the construction work and quality.

• Check plans, engineering drawings and quantities for accuracy of project calculations;
• Ensure that all materials used and work performed are as per project specifications;
• Manage, monitor and interpret the contract design documents supplied by the contractor and reports provided by the supervision firms;
• Supervise day-to-day construction works of the project and report on daily basis to the project manager;
• Plan the work and efficiently organize the project construction and site facilities in order to meet agreed deadlines and providing advice to resolve any unexpected technical difficulties and other problems that may arise;
• Oversee quality control of facilities and services under implementation;
• Assess and certify contractors payment claims as well as assisting the Social Safeguard specialist and agreed community activities on technical matters.
• Advise the implementing partners on general construction management and monitoring.
• Ensure project activities are carried out in adherence to sound social and environmental safeguards as described in the ESMF.

Institutional Arrangement:

The Project Engineer will report directly to the Project Supervisor, who is managing this project in collaboration with the technical team of UNDP Rwanda and the City of Kigali.

Cross-Functional & Technical Competencies:

The following documents shall be required from the participants:

• Personal CV – indicating all part positions held and their main underlying functions, their durations, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the candidate and at least three (3) references.
• Cover letter – indicating why the candidate considers him/herself to be suitable for the position.

The UN SDG Action Campaign is working closely with cities and local governments to showcase how they are actively contributing to implement Agenda 2030, accelerating transformative action to  achieve the Sustainable Development Goals for all, and everywhere. The UN SDG Action Campaign, together with the office of UNDP in Rwanda are supporting the City of Kigali to implement the Rainwater Harvesting and Smart Waste Management project in Mpazi and Busanza settlements, one of the winners of the 2021 Global Mayors Challenge.

Within this context, the UN SDG Action Campaign is seeking to recruit a Project Monitoring and Evaluation Officer to support the implementation of the Global Mayors Challenge in Kigali.

The project is addressing the issue of affordable water and smart waste collection in the two recently upgraded neighborhoods, one located in the informal settlement of Mpazi ravine sub-catchment area, Gitega Sector Nyarugenge District, and another in a resettlement of Busanza, populated by people who formerly lived in Kangondo, Nyarutarama.

In order to afford the high cost of water provision, while improving sanitation services, the project focus on promoting the use of rain water collected and distributed into house units, to be used as an alternative affordable water source in addition to commercial (WASAC) water provision. The project also include a new system of waste collection, directly collected from households through segregated waste bins, improving the living conditions of residents.

The project comprises interventions in the two sites located in Mpazi and Busanza and are focused on constructing rain harvesting systems and smart waste collection systems. The works will include construction of underground rain water reservoirs with its water distribution mechanism into the already identified buildings, one for each site ( Mpazi & Busanza), and also installation of seven stations of smart waste collection bins in total.

The Project M&E Officer will support the UNDP and City of Kigali to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the Kigali Global Mayors Challenge Project.

• Assist in developing project performance monitoring plans and ensure adherence to plans during the project implementation;
• Develop monitoring and evaluation tools and systems that effectively track project deliverables and progress;
• Facilitate evaluation frameworks, including specific methodologies to conduct project evaluations, as well as policies and tools for monitoring and evaluation of programs;
• Prepare quantitative and qualitative indicators, benchmarks, and data sources for project deliverables;
• Organize M&E site visits to ascertain status of project achievements and undertake interviews and discussions with project staff and stakeholders;
• Provide pertinent monitoring and evaluation data to the Project Supervisor to strategically facilitate an informed decisions on project implementation;
• Assist the Project Supervisor and the City of Kigali Chief of Urban Planning with preparation of high quality quarterly and annual reports that highlight project achievements and milestones to be shared with key stakeholders;
• Disseminate information to concerned communities; identifying areas where communities could assist in operation and maintenance;
• Keep the community in general and the impacted households in particular informed of the project schedule through public meetings, as well as establish a “Grievance and Redress Mechanism” and ensure that the complaints are adequately documented and addressed;
• Perform other project tasks, as required.

Instutional Arrangement:

The Monitoring & Evaluation Officer will directly report to the Project Supervisor based at the City of Kigali Headquarters and will work closely with the technical team, UNDP Rwanda Office.

Cross-Functional & Technical Competencies:

The following documents shall be required from the participants:

• Personal CV – indicating all part positions held and their main underlying functions, their durations, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the candidate and at least three (3) references.
• Cover letter – indicating why the candidate considers him/herself to be suitable for the position.