Housing Specialist at City Of Kigali: (Deadline 27 February 2024)

Overall responsibilities The staff will be responsible of promoting and establishing strategies of developing low cost and rental housing within the City of Kigali. He/she will ensure the coordination of all the stakeholders engaged in the provision of low cost and rental housing and he/she will lead all the housing projects and initiatives that will be implemented under the SPIU of the City of Kigali Detailed responsibilities • Contribute to the establishment of strategies aiming at promoting the development of low cost and rental housing in the City of Kigali • Assessing housing barriers of individuals and families experiencing homelessness to determine housing and service needs thus developing housing financing mechanism and strategies to remove those barriers, • Lead the implementation of low cost and rental Housing development projects and programme • Coordinate all the activities related to upgrade housing in informal settlements of the City of Kigali • The staff will lead the studies aiming at addressing issues hindering the provision of low cost and rental housing in the City of Kigali • Work closely with institutions in charge of Policy formulation to establish legal tools favorable to the implementation of the housing solutions recommended by different housing studies. In this regard the staff will contribute to the establishment, review and approval of policies feeding to the implementation of rental housing, affordable and low-cost housing projects • Establishing strategies meant to provide solutions for upgrading and increasing the provision of rental housing at a relevant scale, whilst limiting the price increase and the expulsion of low-income households due to market pressure • Monitor the implementation of Housing programs, and or projects which will be implemented through the SPIU of the City of Kigali • Overseeing quality control for housing projects or sub projects as they progress • Ensure that housing projects or activities are carried out in conformity with the social and environmental safeguard requirements as described in specific ESMF. • checking contractors/consultants’ invoices and check whether they conform with the executed works or the provided consultancy services thus process the payment of those invoices. • Planning the work and efficiently organizing the implementation of housing projects in order to meet agreed deadlines and providing advice to resolve any unexpected technical difficulties and other problems that may arise; • Work hand-in-hand with other professionals such as civil Engineers, architects landscape designer etc, to ensure the delivery of effective housing projects and solutions • Ensure that the designed and implemented housing projects are environmentally friendly • Prepare ToRs, supervise technical studies, work supervision, etc – for Housing projects • Liaise with consultants and other professional experts involved in the project to make sure that the proposed housing projects are in line with the building code local environmental laws and other urban planning regulations • Reporting to the supervisors in accordance with the established reporting hierarchy and schedule, • Any other related task as shall be designated by the SPIU superiors and/ or managing staff • Work with cadastral services and legal department on how to operate land pooling and joint ownership transfer from private ownership, for household and potential adaptations of this process for the purpose of improving or upgrading housing conditions • Developing a process to formalize household contribution to the village or neighborhood infrastructure through set-back and modification of their plot’s boundaries. • Reporting to the supervisors in accordance with the established reporting hierarchy and schedule