Project Manager at World Relief Rwanda (WRR): (Deadline 11 April 2022)

Project Manager at World Relief Rwanda (WRR): (Deadline 11 April 2022)

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

World Relief Rwanda wishes to recruit a qualified and well experienced candidate to fill the position of Project Manager (PM), SCOPE COVID-19. The job description and other requirements for this position are as follows:

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Project Manager (PM)

Reports to: Country Director, World Relief Rwanda

Location: Rwanda

Duration: 12 Months

About World Relief & Project: World Relief is an international Christian NGO working in health, economic development, disaster response and refugee resettlement. World Relief’s mission is to empower local churches to serve the most vulnerable. We are implementing a USAID funded SCOPE COVID-19 project which will deliver COVID-19 prevention and preparedness activities at community level. The project will inform, engage and empower the public through timely and consistent provision of key messages on COVID-19 as well as disseminating SBCC messages around COVID vaccines at the community and faith institution level. The project is funded for 12 months.

Position Summary: The SCOPE COVID Project Manager is responsible for the implementation of all project activities. In that role she or he will be responsible for the successful oversight and management of all in country operations, execution and reporting of SCOPE COVID. The Project Manager will supervise the M&E activities of the project. The Project Manager will have significant collaboration with World Relief Baltimore Office central SCOPE Staff, specifically Technical Officer/Chief of Party. She or he will participate in nurturing collaborative relationships with USAID Rwanda Mission, Rwanda Biomedical Center, the Ministry of Health, Rwanda Interreligious Council, local NGO partners and other project stakeholders.

Essential Functions: 

Operations management 

• Ensure that all country specific targets of projects are met accurately and in a timely manner.
• Liaise with country M&E team of field supervisors to ensure they are meeting the requirements of their roles. Provide consistent performance management and coaching of reports. Support hiring process of new staff as needed.
• Prioritize a diverse and healthy working environment, exemplify Christian values among your team.
• With a dotted line of responsibility to Project Accountant, ensure that all project operations take place within the allotted annual project budget
• Lead reporting activities through the project cycle – start-up, implementation and close-out.

Project Work-planning 

• With collaboration with SCOPE project management team, outline in country project implementation plan and timeline and Yearly Work Plan.
• Timely provide inputs and expertise to US based staff of local conditions, needs and obstacles.

Implementation support 

• Provide consistent field support to project implementation sites. Ensure that teams have the resources they need to work efficiently. Troubleshoot and provide solutions for problems that may arise throughout the project timeline.
• Coordinate team trainings.
• Elevate staff needs or resourcing needs expeditiously to avoid project bottlenecks.
• Provide overall project quality oversight.

Relationships with local stakeholders: 

• Serve as secondary level project contact to local partners, with direction from Technical Program Officer, CoP and Country Director.
• In all interactions, strengthen local partnerships with Rwanda Biomedical Center, Ministry of Health, District leadership in targeted communities, other agencies, and local level staff.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor or Master’s Degree in Public health, International Development, Communications, International Relations or relevant sector required. Additional experience may substitute for some education.
• Minimum of 2 -3 years of relevant field-based experience in coordinating or managing light to moderately complex projects required, preferably with an NGO.
• Experience in implementing risk communication and community engagement interventions.
• Relevant grant management experience, especially for USAID is a plus.
• Partnership capacity strengthening and partnership relation management experience preferred.
• Experience working with stakeholders at various levels and strengthening community partnerships.
• Experience with human subject protection.
• Experience implementing gender-sensitive programming.
• Staff supervision experience.
• Ability to contribute to the development of technical proposals, a plus.
• Experience analyzing data and contributing to evaluation reports.
• Excellent written and oral English skills.
• Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Personal Skills:

• Commitment to World Relief’s values.
• Critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills with ability to make sound judgment.
• Strong relationship management skills and the ability to work effectively with local stakeholders. Representation abilities.
• Ability to contribute to written reports.
• Proactive, results-oriented, and service-oriented.
• Attention to details, accuracy and timeliness in executing assigned responsibilities.

Physical demands

• Willingness to travel and supervise program activities outside of Kigali.

How to Apply:

Please submit a motivation letter, copy of your notified degree, comprehensive curriculum vitae with 2 names of referees, copy of your national identity card and a valid church recommendation from your Pastor or Priest by April 1st, 2022 to World Relief Rwanda Office, KG 5 Ave107 A street Kacyiru, Kigali. Due to the number of applications received, only short-listed candidates will be notified for test or interview. If you don’t hear from WRR by April 11th, 2022, consider your application unsuccessful. Note that submitted applications are not returned to applicants.

Done at Kigali on March 21st, 2022.

Jacqueline Mukashema.

Director of Administration and Finance