Social Scientist Specialist at Rwanda Transport Development Agency ( RTDA): (Deadline 6 May 2024)

Reporting: Social Scientist Specialist reports to the Corporate Services Division Manager. Duties and Responsibilities The Social Scientist Specialist is responsible for: 1. Ensuring social safeguard by coordinating, planning, organizing, analysing, and reporting the social-economic related effects from construction and maintenance projects of transport infrastructure as well as implementation of transport services initiatives; 2. Support the linkage of project preparation to transport development initiatives with economic development goals, and specifically human cantered development; 3. Determine affordability and access to transport for different populations, as well as providing information on appropriate technological solutions to deal with the social and physical realities of grass root communities; 4. Safeguard projects compliance with laws/regulations with regards to labour; 5. Develop measures to ensure Environmental Health and Safety (ESHS) on transport projects are implemented; 6. Identify the spatial and poverty dimensions of inadequate access to employment opportunities in project areas and propose project job creation framework in line with existing laws and regulations. Review of ESIA (Environmental and Social Impact Assessment) on transport projects and therefore coordinate the Measure the socio-economic impacts of the transport projects and other transport Projects throught surveys conducted before, during and after the project implementation; 7. Evaluate the mitigation measures to prevent or minimize the negative socio-economic impacts of the transport projects as proposed in the Environmental Impact Assessment studies and monitor their implementation; 8. Develop strategies and programs for resettlement for people to be affected by transport projects; 9. Monitor the public consultation meetings and citizen engagement with the beneficiaries of projects; 10. Lead the mainstreaming of all social aspects in projects formulation and after the implementation of projects; 11. Conduct social analysis to guide gender targeted interventions and to create community-based road maintenance groups and micro enterprises; 12. Handle social claims related to transport projects; 13. Perform any other duties as may be assigned by a competent authority.