Advisor for Urban Innovation Made in Africa at GIZ Rwanda: (Deadline 4 April 2023)

Advisor for Urban Innovation Made in Africa at GIZ Rwanda: (Deadline 4 April 2023)

Vacancy Announcement

Advisor for Urban Innovation made in Africa

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federally owned international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. GIZ has worked in Rwanda for over 30 years. The primary objectives between the Government of Rwanda and the Federal Republic of Germany are poverty reduction and promotion of sustainable development. To achieve these objectives, GIZ Rwanda is active in the sectors of Decentralization and Good Governance, Economic Development and Employment Promotion, Climate, Energy and Sustainable Urban Development and ICT (Information and Communications Technology).

The individual measure “Urban Innovation made in Africa – Sustainable Planning and Construction” is testing integrated approaches to climate-friendly and poverty-oriented urban planning and construction in an Urban Living Lab in Rwanda, supports global peer-to-peer learning on this topic and advises the departmental dialogue of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the German Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Construction (BMWSB) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) in terms of policy coherence for sustainable development.

The position will be responsible for the implementation of the Rwandan component of the global project, while closely cooperating with GIZ’s sector project advising BMZ on sustainable and climate-friendly urban development. Urban Innovation made in Africa is searching for one candidate for the position of Advisor.

Candidate Profile

Location: Kigali

Fixed Term: 31 August 2024 (with option to extend)

The Advisor performs the following responsibilities and tasks:

Responsibilities 

• processing technical aspects and providing technical advice and knowledge support on the area of participative and sustainable city planning, sustainable building materials and construction
• support of local implementation of the Urban Living Lab in Kigali and innovative approaches for cross-regional approach and capacity development on sustainable urban planning and construction
• liaising and maintaining a good relationship with the partner institutions in Rwanda
• identifying and establishing and maintaining contacts with key stakeholders in Sub-Sahara Africa and Asia, initiating and coordinating multi stakeholder processes
• further developing the area of responsibility in accordance with the specified quality standards
• developing and coordinating a communication strategy for the Rwanda component of the project, and ensuring a continuous knowledge management and dissemination of project results in Rwanda for informing the interministerial dialogue in Germany
• maintaining of a good flow of communication and information between all involved institutions and counterparts and GIZ including GIZ-internal stakeholders
• ensure the implementation of corporate design rules within the Country Office and all programmes
• implementing daily operational aspects of all issues related to the project and cooperate with a broad range of target groups 

Tasks 

The Advisor will perform the following tasks: 

1. Management and Coordination

• coordinates and assists in preparing and conducting project activities and carries out activities required for implementation
• is jointly responsible with the partner institution for preparing, implementing and documenting training events, workshops, forums, team meetings and other project activities
• assists national and international advisors in carrying out their work in the context of the project
• helps identify the needs of government institutions and further recipients
• participates in formulating project action plans and helps synchronize the planning and budgeting system and counterparts
• draws up reports and presentation documents, prepares appropriate input for various project/programme reports including annual reports, and contributes to the other reports required
• regularly consults with the AV on all project activities
• assists the project with all organizational and management issues
• coordinates the use of office and transport capacities in accordance with the agreement on the use of facilities at the relevant office location

2. Communication and Networking

• develops and maintains contact with all important stakeholders
• provides technical assistance to local and international experts
• ensures knowledge management: collects, processes and distributes relevant information, monitors communication and interaction between government institutions, research institutions, private sector and civil society through analyses of the media, direct dialogue, participation in meetings and seminars etc.
• communicates local interests and efforts, forwards these and encourages sharing ideas and information for the benefit of the project/programme

3. Other duties/tasks

• performs other duties and tasks at the request of management

Required Qualifications, Competences and Experience

1. Qualifications and professional experience

• Masters/MSc in an area that is related to the project/programme objectives, with a focus on a relevant field (e.g. urban/regional planning, architecture, sustainability/environmental studies, infrastructure, urban geography etc.)
• 5 years of professional experience, at least 3 years’ professional experience in urban planning, of which a significant part directly related to different aspects of urban planning such as settlements, infrastructure, community development, urban geography, cities and climate change, and urban informality.
• Proven experience in managing projects, research and documentation, trainings, and preparing planning materials.

2. Other knowledge and additional competences

• very good working knowledge of ICT technologies (related software, phone, email, the internet) and computer applications (e.g. MS Office, Teams, Outlook)
• fluent written and profound oral knowledge of English, French or German is an asset
• experience in working with graphical material using computer assisted design tools is an asset
• Willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed – corresponding measures are agreed with management

Interested  candidates  should  submit  their  application  (motivation  letter,  updated  CV,  certificates  and references); until 4^th  April 2023 at 4:00 PM, by e-mail to [email protected]. All attachments should be put together in one PDF file not larger than 2 MB. Please quote the job title in the subject.

GIZ is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified candidates. This includes the provision of reasonable accommodation, if needed, in order to participate in the job application and interview process and to perform essential job functions. Please let us know, if you have any particular requirements should you be invited for assessment/interview or that you wish us to consider, when considering your application.  

Women and persons with disabilities are particularly encouraged to apply. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for test and interview. 

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