4 Positions of PRO-FEMMES/TWESE HAMWE (PFTH): (Deadline 23 October 2020)

2 Positions of Legal Officers at PRO-FEMMES/TWESE HAMWE (PFTH): (Deadline 23 October 2020)

Job Announcement

Background

Pro-Femmes/ Twese Hamwe (PFTH) is an Umbrella of Rwandan Civil Society Organizations aiming at the advancement of women’s status, peace, and development. It was established in October 1992, and currently represents 53 member organizations within the country. The mission of Pro-Femmes/ Twese Hamwe is to eradicate all forms of discrimination towards women, to promote their socio-economic-political and legal status, and to enhance the institutional and organizational capacities of its member organizations through the promotion of a sustainable human development approach based on gender equality and a culture of peace, justice, and human rights.

To achieve her mission of promoting the social-economic status of women in partnership with Initiatives for Peace and Human Rights (iPeace) and The Network University (TNU) with the financial support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is implementing the project on “Empowering Women in Informal Cross-Border Trade in The Great Lakes Region (EWICBT)”.

The project activities will be implemented in Rubavu and Rusizi borders with the aim to contribute to the social-economic empowerment of women in cross-border trade between DRC and Rwanda. This will be achieved by improving their business environment and increasing their income and their social-economic welfare. To accomplish this, the project is built on improving the legal and policy framework for cross border trade, providing access to legal aid services to women in cross border trade, strengthening their entrepreneurial and financial capacity, and increasing women in cross border trade’s access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR).

In line with the above background, PFTH is recruiting two (2), female Legal Officers. These will be field staff based at each border where the project is implemented (in Rusizi: Kamanyola, Rusizi I and II, and Petite Barriere in Rubavu).

Job description

The legal officers will meet with Women in Cross Border Trade to gather information and take instructions. Advise them on the law and legal matters relating to their case. Draft letters, contracts, or documents based on the client’s needs. She will work closely with lawyers for cases that will go in courts.

Key duties and responsibility

Receive Women in Cross Border Trade and other legal aid service providers;
Manage Women in Cross Border Trade’s files in an ethical and professional manner;
Give relevant legal advice and opinion on the case of Women in Cross Border Trade received;
Perform due diligence on cases received and advice Management on any decisions to offer or not to offer legal aid;
Identify and prepare cases for legal representation and handle them to lawyers;
Accompany Women in Cross Border Trade to any administrative institutions for legal advocacy purposes;
Collaborate with other legal aid providers, at the border, district and others;
Carry out mediation and reconciliation on cases that so require and only if parties are willing;
Prepare reports on cases for management;
Organize legal aid mobile clinics in the community around borders

Qualification

Female candidates fulfill the following qualifications:

A Bachelors’ Degree in Law;
A minimum of 3 years as a practicing lawyer/advocate in nonprofit organizations (NGO);
Be in good standing with the regulatory body of the profession;
Be passionate about legal aid services for the poor and vulnerable persons and access to justice in general;
Knowledge of Rwandan legal framework on gender, GBV, Women rights, SRHR, and matrimonial and child protection;
Skills and knowledge on Cross Border Trade laws, policies, and strategies; MINICOM, EAC, COMESSA, etc.
Be familiar with civil society works in gender, women empowerments and GBV prevention n
Able to prepare legal opinions and briefs;
Self-motivated and able to work with minimum supervision;
Excellent written and oral communication skills in French, English, and Kinyarwanda.

Expression of interest and application

Interested female candidates should address their application enclosed with a cover letter, Curriculum vitae, academic documents, copy of the driving license, and other certificates to the Chairperson of PRO-FEMMES/TWESE HAMWE and delivered in a single PDF document to PRO-FEMMES/TWESE HAMWE’s e-mail “recruitment@profemmes.org” not later than 23^rd October 2020 at 4:00 pm.

N.B:

The subject of the e-mail should be mentioned “Application for the position of LEGAL OFFICERS”
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for a written test.

Kigali, 16^th October 2020.

Emma Marie BUGINGO

Executive Director

Pro-Femmes/ Twese Hamwe

SRHR and GBV Specialist at PRO-FEMMES/TWESE HAMWE (PFTH): (Deadline 23 October 2020)

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Pro-Femmes /Twese Hamwe (PFTH) is an Umbrella of Rwandan Civil Society Organizations aiming at the advancement of women status, peace, and development. It was established in October 1992, and currently represents 53 member organizations within the country. The mission of Pro-Femmes/Twese Hamwe is to eradicate all forms of discrimination towards women, to promote their socio-economic-political and legal status, and to enhance the institutional and organizational capacities of its member organizations through the promotion of a sustainable human development approach based on gender equality and a culture of peace, justice, and human rights.

To achieve her mission promoting the social-economic status of women in partnership with Initiatives for Peace and Human Rights (iPeace) and The Network University (TNU) with the financial support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is implementing the project on “Empowering Women in Informal Cross-Border Trade in The Great Lakes Region (EWICBT)”.

The project activities will be implemented in Rubavu and Rusizi in Rwanda then Goma and Bukavu in DRC borders with the aim to contribute to the social-economic empowerment of women in cross border trade between DRC and Rwanda. This will be achieved through improving their business environment and increasing their income and their social-economic welfare. To accomplish this, the project is built on improving the legal and policy framework for WICBT, providing access to legal aid services to WICBT, strengthening their entrepreneurial and financial capacity, and increasing WICBT’s access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR).

It is in this regard that PRO-FEMMES/ TWESE HAMWE is looking for 1 suitable female candidate to fill the position of SRHR and GBV specialist of EWICBT Project. The position will be based in Kigali at Headquarters of PRO-FEMMES/ TWESE AMWE.

Duties and responsibilities

The main responsibility will be to respond to gender needs and sexual reproductive health and rights in Empowering Women in the Informal Cross Border Trade (EWICBT) project from Rwanda and DRC. She will be in charge of building staff capacities on SRHR and GBV at the same time she will be responsible for ensuring the SRHR and GBV components are mainstreamed in project interventions. The SRHR and GBV specialist shall be responsible for working on gender equality, gender-based violence prevention, and response, and supports the partners including field teams/offices in ensuring Gender Equality and SRHR mainstreaming cross-thematic mainstreaming of gender, coordinating and provide technical guidance in implementing activities. She will closely work with the gender officer in based in DRC and SRHR technical advisor who will be based at PFTH. She will be a gender focal person for Pro-Femmes / Twese Hamwe. The staff will have travels to the field in Rwanda and DRC.

Key tasks

Gender and social inclusion mainstreaming

Provide assistance in advancing gender equality and female empowerment by ensuring full integration of gender issues in performance monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
Support the development of tools, systems, processes, and approaches that improve women’s economic empowerment.
Support partners to understand the role of gender equality and women’s economic empowerment;
Lead the design and implementation of the program’s gender and social inclusion strategy across the program’s objectives, including in research and data collection in line with the national gender and social inclusion strategy, PFTH gender policy, and donor requirements.
Represent work being done in gender-transformation and women’s economic empowerment under EWICBT in relevant national and regional forums
Develop the capacity of staff of partners, and stakeholders to understand the benefits of gender and social inclusion and implement actions that would ensure the inclusion of gender norms across EWICBT Project.
Update curriculum, training, and dissemination of materials to thread stronger gender-sensitive messaging throughout
Document and champion learning in gender and social inclusion across the project
Work closely with other program staff to develop quality weekly, monthly and quarterly reports as per donors’ requirements.
S/he will contribute to gender policy research and advocacy through networking and collaboration with relevant civil society organizations and other strategic partners
Promote the use of gender – disaggregated data, and develop gender sensitive indicators in private.

Sexual reproductive health and rights

To ensure mainstreaming of SRHR in the project implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting

To contribute to the design, planning, and implementation of strategic actions from SRHR perspective
Strengthen the capacity of SRHR officer, 10 proximity advisors, 5 legal officers, and other related project staff and assist them to set goals and performance objectives against achievements of the EWICBT project
To increase WICBT’s access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Through raising awareness, equip WICBT with skills to take an informed decision on control of their body, engage their husband and link their families with SRHR service providers;
Contribute to the identification of critical factors, gaps, and actions necessary for effective integration of SRHR in project activities
Setting up the goals, activities, outcome/outputs, and indicators on SRHR;
Identify issues related to SRHR to be advocated for and propose possible solutions and advocacy strategies;
Ensure coordination with other actors in the field of SRHR in the region and identify possible synergies;
Link the interventions of the EWICBT project to the national and regional guidelines on SRHR;

Qualifications and experience

Only female candidates fulfill the following requirements:

Bachelors’ degree Public health, Social Work, Gender Studies, Psychology, Social sciences, or related field required.
Proven experience of a minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience working on gender, SRHR, Women empowerment, gender projects.
Strong critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills with the ability to make a sound judgment.
Strong relationship management skills and the ability to work effectively with culturally diverse groups.
Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, French, and Kinyarwanda with the ability to write reports
Experience in mentoring, training, and facilitating workshops
Knowledge of gender and social inclusion issues in Rwanda including social, political, and cultural gender norms and challenges. Knowledge of the status of vulnerable and marginalized populations within Rwanda and their engagement in social, political, and cultural norms.
Ability to work well in a team environment, as well as work effectively with civil society organizations, donors, project staff, and other beneficiaries.

Expression of interest and application

Interested female candidates should address their application enclosed with a cover letter, Curriculum vitae, academic documents, and other certificates to the Chairperson of PRO-FEMMES/ TWESE HAMWE and delivered in a single PDF document to PRO-FEMMES/ TWESE HAMWE’s e-mail “recruitment@profemmes.org” not later than 23^rd October 2020 at 4:00 pm.

N.B:

The subject of the e-mail should be mentioned “Application for the position of SRHR and GBV Specialist”
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for written test.

Kigali, 16^th October 2020.

Emma Marie BUGINGO

Executive Director

Pro-Femmes/ Twese Hamwe

Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWEP III) at PRO-FEMMES/TWESE HAMWE (PFTH): (Deadline 27 October 2020)

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Introduction

Pro-Femmes/ Twese Hamwe (PFTH) is an Umbrella of Rwandan Civil Society Organizations aiming at the advancement of women status, peace, and development. It was established in October 1992, and currently represents 53 member organizations within the country. The mission of Pro-Femmes/Twese Hamwe is to eradicate all forms of discrimination towards women, to promote their socio-economic-political and legal status, and to enhance the institutional and organizational capacities of its member organizations through the promotion of a sustainable human development approach based on gender equality and a culture of peace, justice, and human rights.

To achieve her mission of promoting the social-economic status of women and girls, in partnership with CARE International in Rwanda, PFTH is implementing the 5 years’ project (2020-2024) titled “Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWEP III)”. The overall goal of the project is: ’By 2025, 170,400 poor and vulnerable women and girls in 8 districts in the Southern Province of Rwanda are economically, politically and socially empowered and exercise their rights’.

PFTH will focus on the following outcome and outputs contributing to achieving the project goal:

Outcome 1: Strengthened civil society working on women and girl’s empowerment and gender equality, including a strong women’s voice

Output 1.1: Improved capacity (in leadership, strategic management, financial management, governance, service delivery, advocacy, sustainability, legitimacy, transparency, and accountability) of the national civil society platform umbrella and CSO members working on gender equality and women and girls’ empowerment

Output 1.2: Increased evidence-based advocacy conducted by CSOs working on gender equality and women and girls’ empowerment

Output 1.3: CSOs lobby to improve their enabling environment

Output 1.4: Improved women and girls’ voice and participation in decision-making processes by (local) government

It is in this regard that PRO-FEMMES/TWESE HAMWE is looking for 2 suitable female candidates to fill the positions of FIELD OFFICERS

Duty station: Southern Province (district to be determined)

Type of the contract: One-year, Renewable

Job purpose statement:

Under the supervision of the project officer, Field officers will be responsible for particular tasks related to the selection of project participants, implementation of field activities, monitoring, production of project’s reports/data, communication with stakeholders involved in the project in accordance with the existing project objectives. The major role of the Field Officers will be to establish strong coordination and linkages amongst all the major stakeholders in the field to ensure that program activities are implemented successfully.

Key responsibilities

Contribute to program strategy development & implementation

To contribute towards the development of program strategies and tactical interventions and project plans, ensuring the commitment of all stakeholders and steady accomplishment of PFTH’s objectives:

Subtasks:

Ensure a coordinated and collaborative approach is undertaken among project partners at field-level /in implementing project interventions and achieving desired outcomes.
Assist the field supervisor in organizing various workshops, training, and planning.
Assist the field supervisor in ensuring field-based project staff receives relevant skills training and knowledge development required for effective and efficient project implementation.

Project Implementation, M&E, learning, and reporting

Ensure effective, quality, and timely implementation of project activities in their area of responsibility in alignment with the project work plan and budget
Execute Fieldwork plans and schedules;
Organize field supporting & monitoring visits to ensure quality service delivered to project participants

Prepare annual, quarterly, and monthly work plans and other plans as required, with assistance/inputs of other project staff and ensure timely submission to the field supervisor

Ensure that the implementation of work plan is consistent with the envisaged outputs and objectives of the project document.
Prepare and submit weekly, monthly and quarterly progress reports to the field supervisor in a timely fashion. Take assertive corrective action in case of problems or serious shortfalls in timelines, standards, or compliance; escalating to the supervisor in case of difficulty
Maintain project assets used in good condition and against safety standards
Representing PFTH and participate in networks (relationship development)

To represent PFTH to stakeholders & relevant networks; at all times behaving according to high standards of professionalism and enhancing PFTH’s visibility at the local level.

Subtasks:

Attend JADFs meetings and other important meetings in respective districts
Promote Relationship development (representing PFTH and participate in relevant networks/forums)
Facilitate the process of advocacy issues identification with social movement networks at the district level.
Ensure that PFTH adequately engages with the local leadership structure, and that project information and all advocacy issues are communicated as necessary.
Maintain close coordination/linkages with targeted local authorities, community structures, relevant stakeholders within the project area and keep them fully informed of the project activities.

Additional general responsibilities

Be proactive in ensuring that PFTH’s core values, code of conduct, and principles of gender equity and diversity are upheld throughout the area of responsibility and provide leadership to others
Take responsibility for ensuring personal safety and security; giving due care and consideration to the impact of personal decisions on the safety and security of others
Take responsibility for personal performance, be accountable for own actions and decisions and be answerable for resulting consequences
Frequently brief and consult with the field supervisor to mitigate any risks associated with the project implementation
Carry out other duties as requested by the supervisor
Provide additional support to the Project Management team as required.

Important relationships

Internal

Collaboration with other project staff is required
Liaise with other colleagues with similar position/responsibilities in other PFTH’s projects in order to stay aware of the latest developments in her/his area of work
Maintain strong links with other colleagues in general services/operations departments, in the project area, and elsewhere

External:

Maintaining strong links with project partners
Coordinate with other stakeholders at local levels, in particular, members of JADF
Representation in local or provincial forums as appropriate: TWGs and JADFs

Requirements for the role

Educational qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or advanced diploma in Development Studies, Gender Studies, Community Development, Social Sciences, or other related fields.

Experience required

At least 2 years of progressive experience in project management specifically in women empowerment programs
Demonstrated experience working with civil society organizations, multi-donor agencies, and or developmental partners
Good knowledge of civil society in Rwanda
Experience in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with different stakeholders in gender equality and women’s empowerment, social movements/networks, donors and government counterparts.

Technical skills:

Having a basic understanding of the project management cycle
Fluent communication (verbal & written) skills in English/French, as well as Kinyarwanda, required
Having a successful record of working with local authorities and community groups in a multi-stakeholder environment
Strong report writing skills
Able to think creatively and to innovate
Able to share learnings, experience, and best practices
Computer literacy in Microsoft Excel and Word is absolutely essential
Good planning, organizing, and problem-solving skills
Demonstrated self-awareness, leadership, and interpersonal skills
Having driving license category A

Competencies:

Ability to inspire and develop Others
Demonstrated capacity to facilitate change and focus on the impact
Demonstrate integrity by modeling the PFTH values and ethical standards;
Ability to perform specialized tasks related to Results-Based Management
Excellent knowledge of gender equality and women empowerment
Ability to contribute to team building and learning environment.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested candidates should address their application enclosed with a cover letter, Curriculum vitae, academic documents, copy of driving license, and other certificates to the Chairperson of PRO-FEMMES/TWESE HAMWE and delivered in a single PDF document to PRO-FEMMES/TWESE HAMWE’s e-mail “recruitment@profemmes.org” not later than 27^th October 2020 at 4:00 pm. PFTH is an equal opportunity employer, but for this position only female candidates are eligible to apply.

PRO-FEMMES/TWESE HAMWE head office is located next to Gahanga Sector Offices, Kicukiro district, City of Kigali.

N.B:

The subject of the e-mail should be mentioned “Application for the position of FIELD OFFICERS”
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for a written test.

Done on 16^th October 2020

Emma Marie Bugingo

Executive Director

Pro-Femmes/TweseHamwe

For More information

Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWEP III) at PRO-FEMMES/TWESE HAMWE (PFTH): (Deadline 27 October 2020)

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Introduction