3 Job Positions at World Vision International Rwanda: (Deadline 22 January 2025)

% of time

Activity

Project Management

30

• Lead the design, planning, and execution of CAN-LR project activities in alignment with organizational goals and investors/standards requirements.
• Lead and manage project team, by defining and providing clear goals and objectives of the project.
• Manage project budgets, ensuring cost efficiency and compliance with financial guidelines.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive project implementation plan with clear timelines, deliverables, and performance metrics.
• Ensure compliance with relevant carbon standards (e.g., Gold Standard) and regulatory requirements both in country and internationally.
• Manage adherence to environmental laws and policies related to carbon emissions and sustainability.
• Develop a profound understanding of carbon management principles, standards, and best practices, including carbon accounting methodologies, emissions reduction strategies, and sustainability frameworks

Stakeholder Engagement

20

• Foster partnerships with key stakeholders, including government institutions, private sector entities, investors, and community organizations.
• Represent the project in external forums, conferences, and stakeholder meetings.
• Ensure effective communication and coordination among project stakeholders to promote collaboration and buy-in.
• Develop a project awareness plan and adoption strategies and share to key relevant stakeholders
• Convene regular meetings and provide updates and share progress and outcomes of the projects to the relevant stakeholders.
• Lead the development and implementation of stakeholders’ engagement plan, ensuring participation and buy in of key stakeholders.

Technical Oversight

20

• Guide technical teams in conducting baseline assessments, and monitoring activities, including data collection, quality assurance and quality control.
• Provide support to the development and implementation of standard operating procedures to guide project implementation, safe guarding, monitoring and verification.
• Stay updated on global trends in carbon credits, carbon markets and climate finance to inform project strategies.

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting

20

• Establish robust monitoring and evaluation systems to track project performance and impacts.
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting to donors and other stakeholders.
• Document lessons learned and best practices to improve project implementation and inform future initiatives.
• Support the development of external communication and marketing material in compliance with organizational, carbon standards and investors visibility requirements.
• Provide regular and timely reporting on project progress in line with existing templates and requirements.

Capacity Building

10

• Provide training and technical support to the team members and community stakeholders involved in carbon project activities.
• Strengthen local capacity to sustain project outcomes beyond the project lifecycle.
• Have capacity building plan for the project teams and other project supporting staff

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in managing projects especially climate or carbon-related projects.
• A strong project management and stakeholder engagement skillset with a keen willingness to learn new skills related to carbon and climate actions.
• Familiarity with community-based approaches to carbon initiatives is an asset.
• Well versed with national carbon market policies and schemes, including evolving government policies and regulations, in the forest, environment, biodiversity and agriculture sector Strong project and people management skills, including planning, budgeting, and reporting.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and partnership-building abilities.
• Technical knowledge of the carbon project lifecycle, including carbon accounting, monitoring, and validation/verification is an advantage
• Proficiency in data analysis and GIS tools is an advantage.
• Effective communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong understanding of carbonization and its associated effects would be an added advantage
• Strong understanding of decarbonization processes, methodologies and approaches. Would be an added advantage

Required Education, training, license,

registration, and

certification

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Climate Change, Natural Resource Management,
• Master’s degree  is preferred for the above related field.
• Carbon project certification or training in standards like VCS, Gold Standard, or CDM is an advantage.

% Time

Major Activities

35

Leadership, management and stewardship

• Provide effective leadership and management to the grants finance team for efficient delivery of services.
• Effectively contribute to the NO strategy development and realization especially in relation to grants finance management.
• Ensure donor standards and procedures are understood by WV Rwanda staff and Local Partners.
• Provide leadership and guidance to grants implementing partners and ensure they comply with Word Vision and donor financial standards for the benefit of the most vulnerable children.
• Ensure adequate cost efficiency and effectiveness measures for all grants are in place and provide guidance on effective resource utilization at all levels
• Develop and update the National Office grants financial procedures, guidelines and systems that are relevant to the context to ensure the office is in compliance with World Vision Partnership policies and major donor’s regulations.

20

Financial Planning, Budgeting and resources mobilization.

• Coordinate the grants planning and budgeting process and provide technical support, to ensure WVI and donor guidelines are met.
• Manage all National Office grants budgets, cash flow and projects funding, and ensure that program/project spending is in line with approved budgets and timelines.
• Provide guidance and support in developing grants proposals and budgets to ensure that they are in line with donor requirements and meet World Vision Partnership key financial standards
• Manage relationships with donors and Support Offices (SO), ensuring all donor finance related requirements are addressed on a timely basis.
• Provide financial guidelines for the analysis of grants projects closures and advise on strategic action steps for smooth phase-out in accordance with World Vision and donor guidelines.

15

Financial Risk Management and Controls

• Manage appropriate financial systems and controls and ensure they are in place to avoid significant finance audit risk ratings for grants.
• Provide timely management responses on project audits ensuring engagement of all relevant / concerned departments of their respective findings.
• Coordinate adequate preparation for GC and external audits for the grants / projects running at National Office
• Develop tools and institute procedures to ensure that grants internal and external audit recommendations are timely implemented by all concerned parties at the national office level.
• Manage grants-related risks by ensuring compliance with Labor Distribution Reports (LDR) requirements, proper assets management, screening of suppliers/service providers and timely reimbursement from donors.

15

Financial Accounting, Compliance, Monitoring, and Reporting

• Develop Financial Procedures and internal control systems that are relevant to grants finance to ensure proper resources management.
• Review the reconciliation of MyPBAS to FFR monthly with action plan for addressing outstanding items.
• Consolidate and submit accurate WVR grants monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports in line with FFM and year-end instructions.
• Ensure that WVR projects balance sheet accounts are monthly and quarterly reviewed and analyzed to ensure their accuracy, follow up outstanding balances and that they are properly reconciled and managed.

15

People Management and Capacity Building

• Assess staff development needs and coach, counsel, and accelerate their capacities to achieve agreed goals or tasks
• Provide leadership to the whole grants finance team to ensure effective performance management
• Train and coach all grants finance and non-finance staff to interpret and apply WVR financial policies and procedures in line with the Field Financial Manual.

% of time

Activity

End Results

20%

Planning and Financial Management:

Facilitate community engagements to develop project plans (DIPs and budgets) aligned to Technical Programs & and National Office Strategy.

• Community engagements done and priority needs identified and form the basis of the plans.
• Plans have clear and realistic indicators, targets and budgets.

70%

Project Execution

Facilitate effective implementation of the KOICA UPG 2^nd Phase project and integration between Area Programs (APs) and the district.

• Project implemented according to plans (Activities, Targets and cash flow/budget) with variance not exceeding 10%.
• Capacity building of KOICA UPG project done in conjunction with the Project Coordinator.
• Project Models implemented as Planned.
• Project and programs’ interventions integrated to the extent possible.
• Internal and external reports done within agreed deadlines using WVR and donor formats with Project Coordinator.
• Baseline, evaluation and effective monitoring done for KOICA UPG 2^nd Phase project success and impact.

10%

Partnering & Reporting

Facilitate and maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders, including local government, community leaders, community-based organizations and other WVR sectors to enhance cooperation and coordination.

• Potential partners are identified in collaboration with WV leadership
• Working relationship with stakeholders is healthy
• District and other partners reports done on time through the Cluster.

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience

• Should have at least 2 years experiences working in agriculture, livestock and saving groups (S4T); Program start-up experience an advantage.

Required Education,

training, license,

registration, and

certification

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition, Public Health, livelihood sciences, management, rural development, Social sciences or related field; Livelihood background in Development Facilitation

Preferred Knowledge

and Qualifications

• Must demonstrate experience in capacity building, project design and budget management
• Strong understanding of KOICA project programmatic direction Experience in working with and coordinating with the community and other stakeholders
• Strong interpersonal, intercultural and communication skills
• Analytical and written skills, and proper computer skills
• Fluency in English
• Ability to multi-task, ability to handle pressure well, ability to improvise,     flexibility, adaptability to transitions
• Must be willing to spend long hours in the field
• Motorcycle riding skill is an asset.

Travel and/or

Work Environment

Requirement

Domestic Travel:  100% Regular internal travel to project areas is required

Physical

Requirements

N/A

Language

Requirements

Fluency in English and Kinyarwanda (spoken and written)