2 Positions at Organisation Dignité en Detention/ Rwanda (DIDE): (Deadline 12 November 2021)

2 Positions at Organisation Dignité en Detention/ Rwanda (DIDE): (Deadline 12 November 2021)

Accountant at Organisation Dignité en Detention/ Rwanda (DIDE): (Deadline 12 November 2021)

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Position Title: Accountant

Report to: Administration and Finance manager

Location: Kigali office and possible travel to districts

Organization profile

Dignity in Detention (DIDE) is a Rwandan non-profit organization with extensive experience in training justice officials and working within Rwanda’s prison system to provide rehabilitative psycho-social support to detainees. DIDE has been conducting projects in Rwanda for 20 years to ensure that women and adolescents in detention enjoy the protection, mental care, and education they deserve. Over the years, and especially among young people in detention in Rwanda, we have become aware of the need to integrate a comprehensive approach to rehabilitation. Developing knowledge and know-how through schooling or vocational training programs is certainly essential in a perspective of reintegration. But that is not enough! Psychosocial and mental health support, including group activities and individual follow-up for cases of psychological distress, is the cornerstone of any educational and integration program. This is done through encouraging literacy and formal or informal school education; supporting vocational training; developing the acquisition of individual and social skills through psychosocial activities; stimulating the bonds of sociability and solidarity through sports, cultural, artistic activities; identifying, evaluating, and treating/referring individual cases of acute distress (mental health).

In collaboration with the administration and Finance manager, a successful accountant will be responsible to:

• Prepare financial documents like income statements and balance sheets
• Work with administration and finance manager and auditors both within and outside of the organization to ensure legal compliance
• Make sure all bookkeeping is accurate and adheres to Rwandan law
• Create budgets or advise on the creation of budgets and propose the implementation
• Properly store and manage financial data
• Regularly review and update bookkeeping for accuracy
• Review and update accounting processes and procedures as needed
• Make financial recommendations
• Manage or work on an accounting team
• Maintain confidential and secure storage of important financial information
• Create financial forecasts
• Communicate with clients and in-house stakeholders and
• Other tasks which can be assigned by the Direction of DIDE
• Prepare and execute day-to-day financial and accounting operations (invoicing, payments, inventory, bank reconciliations, …)

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Accounting, Business administration, Finance, or related field from a recognized University

Required skills and experience

• Minimum of five years of relevant and progressively responsible experience in the professional field of finance and accounting in a not-for-profit organization.
• Experience of computerized accounting software, preferably QuickBooks, SAGE, and SunSystems. High level of IT proficiency in use of all MS Office applications.
• Understand Rwanda’s tax law and tax declaration
• Proven experience in budget management and internal controls
• Ability to work successfully as part of a diverse and multicultural team
• Ability to work in an international, multi-stakeholder environment, maintain effective and cooperative relations with national authorities as well as donors
• Proficient in Kinyarwanda, French, and English.
• Good communication skills;
• Can work independently

How to apply

Qualified and interested candidates are invited to submit their applications to [email protected] on or before 12^th November 2021, at 17h00 Kigali time. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted to their email addresses.

Sociologist at Organisation Dignité en Detention/ Rwanda (DIDE): (Deadline 12 November 2021)

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Position title: Sociologist

Organization profile

Reports to: DIDE Project Coordinator

Location: Kigali office and possible travel to districts

Organization profile

Dignity in Detention (DIDE) is a Rwandan non-profit organization with extensive experience in training justice officials and working within Rwanda’s prison system to provide rehabilitative psycho-social support to detainees. DIDE has been conducting projects in Rwanda for 20 years to ensure that women and adolescents in detention enjoy the protection, mental care, and education they deserve. Over the years, and especially among young people in detention in Rwanda, we have become aware of the need to integrate a comprehensive approach to rehabilitation. Developing knowledge and know-how through schooling or vocational training programs is certainly essential in a perspective of reintegration. But that is not enough! Psychosocial and mental health support, including group activities and individual follow-up for cases of psychological distress, is the cornerstone of any educational and integration program. This is done through encouraging literacy and formal or informal school education; supporting vocational training; developing the acquisition of individual and social skills through psychosocial activities; stimulating the bonds of sociability and solidarity through sports, cultural, artistic activities; identifying, evaluating, and treating/referring individual cases of acute distress (mental health).

Responsibilities:

• Assess ex-prisoners in respective communities, and their situations to understand their needs, as well as their strengths and weaknesses, challenges, and opportunities.
• Preparation and follow-up of livelihood initiatives support
• Follow up training of prisoners on TVT
• Training on reconciliation/Mediation, conflict management, conflict transformation, stabilization
• Advocate for social support in collaboration with district and other partners
• Working with Psychologist Nurse educators and other line managers, arrange follow up of beneficiaries
• Facilitate social supports process, with improved coordination with other services such as Social work and Community partners
• Evaluate services provided to ensure that they are effective, sufficient, and adaptive to various beneficiaries in different districts.
• Organize and facilitate meetings, Support Group or cooperatives
• Provide other supports, as requested and
• Other tasks assigned by the Direction of DIDE

Desired skills and experience

• Bachelor’s degree (A0 level) in social studies: sociology; social works and/or in other relevant field with experience of at least 4 years.
• Good understanding of social protection, social support programs, working with the community specifically most vulnerable, and experience in providing creative solutions to related challenges
• Computer skills in word, excel and power point
• Strong organizational skills and a demonstrated competence to assess priorities and manage a variety of activities in a time-sensitive environment and to meet deadlines with attention to detail and quality
• Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate effectively with people individually and in groups, ability to communicate with technical and non-technical colleagues
• Flexibility to work in community, in a rapidly changing ambiguous environment, willing to act in social justice domain, responsible, flexible and able to work in team of people from different backgrounds
• Appreciation and understanding of socio-cultural, Justice, and development issues trends and challenges in Rwanda
• Good written and speaking level of English, French, and Kinyarwanda is desirable

 How to apply

Qualified and interested candidates are invited to submit their applications to [email protected] on or before or before 12^th November 2021, at 17h00 Kigali time. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted to their email addresses.