Mineral Certification Officer Under Statute at RWANDA MINES,PETROLEUM AND GAS BOARD: (Deadline 18 February 2023)

Mineral Certification Officer Under Statute at RWANDA MINES,PETROLEUM AND GAS BOARD: (Deadline 18 February 2023)

Job description

– Coordinates the whole activities and supervise the all staff under the Rwan-da-ICGLR Mineral export certification.
– Countersign the ICGLR mineral export certificates
– Cooperate with ICGLR secretariat, and its member states on how to effective-ly export conflict free minerals from the Region through the Rwanda Mines Board (RMB) certification
– Work with international experts (BGR, GIZ, PAC) to streamline mineral certifi-cation in Rwanda;
– Maintain and sustain the link between ICGLR secretariat, National Coordina-tion Mechanism, mine site Inspections, ITRI/iTSCi, BSP or and other traceabil-ity/chain of Custody service providers, Independent Mineral Chain Auditor Report, Independent third party audit report once produced toward fair Im-plementation of Regional Certification Mechanism (RCM) in Rwanda in line with the Rwandan laws.
– Participate in the international meet-ings, workshops to raise awareness on mineral transparency and the RCM implementation in Rwanda.
– Advise the CU Steering Board and decision makers on any technical, op-erational and strategic decisions to be taken in line with mineral export certi-fication and transparency in Rwanda.
– Be responsible and accountable of what has been done correctly or failed in the implementation of the Regional Certification Mechanism,
– Report to the Traceability and Certifi-cation Division Manager.
– Maintain transparency in the ICGLR certificates issuance,
– Coordinates the activities of data sharing with the ICGLR secretariat after being verified by Traceability and Certi-fication Division Manager,
– Work closely with Traceability and Certification Division Manager, COO and CEO regarding the ICGLR steering committee meeting recommendations,
– Be aware of the international meeting (i.e OECD) and advice top Managers about the importance to participate in such meetings.
– Disseminate knowledge and skills through trainings and workshops to other staff.
– Help exporters to prepare for ICGLR or iTSCi 3rd party audits about tracea-bility and certification for minerals.
– Work closely with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs/ ICGLR National Coordi-nation Mechanism
– Receive and process application for certificates from exporters
– Go to the exporter site for shipment verification and seal the drums or big bags whenever necessary,
– Hand the ICGLR certificate to export-er
– Communicate to exporters whenever there are some mistakes or any up-dates regarding their applications for ICGLR certificates,
– Develop a concept note for certifica-tion self-financing mechanism,
– Design and printing ICGLR certificates with security features
– Provide weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports
– Any other task assigned by the super-visor