Project Coordinator at Haguruka NGO: (Deadline 8 January 2024)

Project Coordinator at Haguruka NGO: (Deadline 8 January 2024)

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Background

Haguruka is a non-governmental organization registered under the Rwandan Law. We work towards empowering women and children to claim their rights by improving their access to quality justice across the country. Haguruka was founded in 1991 and has since been at the forefront of the fight for the rights of women and children. Haguruka has its head office in Kigali (the capital city of Rwanda) with regional offices in Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Western provinces of the country. We see our beneficiaries as right holders who are empowered to claim their fundamental rights from duty bearers following relevant international and national legal instruments applicable in Rwanda.  Haguruka has a zero-tolerance approach towards sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

Haguruka implements programs that address the immediate human right needs of vulnerable women and children while working towards combating Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and promoting gender equality. We apply a right-based approach and a holistic vision of victims’ needs.

Our strategic areas of intervention include:

• Organization Capacity Development
• Access to Justice and Psychosocial Support
• Research & Advocacy

In order to effectively implement its mandate, Haguruka is recruiting on the following position: 

Project Coordinator

Location: HAGURUKA Kigali-Head offices

Responsibilities:

The responsibilities of the Project coordinator will include the following:

• Acting as a contact person for any project and participating in/ providing inputs to regular exchanges with the donors and other partners.
• Maintaining data and knowledge-sharing relationships with relevant stakeholders.
• Ensuring to document community feedback in a database and sharing these on a regular basis with the staff, following up to ensure that the feedback loop is closed.
• Maintaining and monitoring project plans, project schedules, work hours, budgets, and expenditures.
• Documenting and following up on important actions and decisions from meetings.
• Communicating regularly with upper management regarding project status and completion dates.
• Ensuring project deadlines are met.
• Determining project changes.
• Using project management tools to track project progress, generate reports, and track project status.
• Constantly developing project strategies that reduce risk, increase efficiency, and assure quality assurance control.
• Ensuring stakeholder views are managed towards the best solution.
• Preparing annual, quarterly, and monthly reports of the project.
• Mainstreaming and making sure that cross-cutting issues are implemented and reflected in reporting such as gender, disability, right-based approach, and safeguarding policies/ procedures in the program activities.
• Performing additional administrative duties as required.
• Supporting the promotion of data and information sharing within the organization.
• Identifying and obtaining the needed data and information elements required to produce analysis and information products.
• Working with the M&E officer to ensure that key learnings are incorporated in upcoming proposal plans and interventions.

Qualifications and experience:

Qualifications and experience below are required from any candidate:

• Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, International Development, or a related field.
• 2-4+ years of experience as a project coordinator or similar role in a development context.
• Strong understanding of SGBV issues and experience working on related projects.
• Excellent organizational and multitasking abilities.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to maintain effective relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Familiarity with gender, disability, and rights-based approaches in program activities.
• Proactive problem-solving skills and ability to make informed decisions.
• Working experience with National Non-Governmental organization it is an added value

How to apply:

Interested Candidates should submit a one-page cover letter and curriculum vitae  with two names of referees, copy of degree, and other academic qualifications to info@haguruka.org.rw. as one single PDF attachment:

Note:

• The deadline is January 8, 2024 at 5:00 pm
• The subject of the email should be, [Position title] Application: [Your Name]
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted;
• Applications from female candidates are highly encouraged 

Commitment to Safeguarding and Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Sexual Harassment:

“Haguruka is committed to Safeguarding its Programme Participants from Exploitation and Abuse and has specific policies on this commitment (including the Code of Conduct) which outline the expected behavior and the responsibility of all staff, consultants, and other organizational representatives. Any candidate offered a job by Haguruka will be expected to sign Haguruka’s Safeguarding Policies. All suspicions and allegations of sexual exploitation harassment and abuse will be taken seriously and responded to swiftly”

Done at Kigali on December 29, 2023

Ninette Umurerwa

Executive Secretary