Technical Advisor at GIZ Rwanda: (Deadline 23 May 2024)

Technical Advisor at GIZ Rwanda: (Deadline 23 May 2024)

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Technical Advisor Waste Management and Circular Economy for Supporting a Sustainable Waste and Circular Economy in Rwanda (WCE) Project

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federally owned German international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. The GIZ Office in Kigali covers GIZ’s portfolio in Rwanda and Burundi. GIZ Rwanda/Burundi implements projects on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the European Union and other commissioning parties in the following priority areas: Sustainable Economic Development; Good Governance; Climate, Energy and Sustainable Urban Development; Digital Transformation and Digital Economy; and regional projects in the Great Lakes Region.

The Waste and Circular Economy (WCE) project aims to enable public and private actors to implement circular economy practices in Rwanda’s waste sector. It is part of the Rwandan-German Climate and Development Partnership that was signed by the Environmental Ministers of Rwanda and Germany in March 2022.

GIZ would like to recruit the candidates for the position of Technical Advisor for “Supporting a sustainable waste management and the circular economy” Programme.

Location: Kigali

Fixed Term: 01.07.2024- 31.08.2026

Position: 1

The Technical Advisor performs the following responsibilities and tasks:

Responsibilities

The Technical Advisor, under supervision of the AV of the “Supporting a Sustainable Waste and Circular Economy in Rwanda (WCE)” project, is responsible for

• managing an area of responsibility that forms part of the programme objectives, team agreements and/or agreements with the superior
• processing technical aspects and providing knowledge support on the areas of waste management and circular economy
• further developing the area of responsibility in accordance with the specified quality standards
• 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
• support the relevant Rwanda governmental institutions and public sector entities in developing strategies and policies for improved climate-smart waste management solutions and circular economy approaches
• Working with private sector and multipliers from private sector (associations, chambers, etc.). Supporting the development of business cases and business opportunities in the sector
• support of local implementation of innovative approaches and supporting local pilots for realizing up-to-date solutions that works on the ground

Tasks

The Technical Advisor performs the following tasks

• 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 WCE project
• helps identify the needs of government institutions and further recipients
• participates in formulating project action plans and helps synchronise 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 organisational and management issues
• develops and maintains contact with all important stakeholders
• ensures knowledge management: collects, processes and distributes relevant information, monitors communication and interaction between government institutions, NGOs, private sector and 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
• performs other duties and tasks at the request of management

Required qualifications, competences and experience

Qualifications

• masters/MSc in an area that is related to the project/programme objectives, with a focus on a relevant field

Professional experience

• 5 years of professional experience, at least 3 years’ professional experience in a comparable position

Other knowledge, additional competences

• very good working knowledge of ITC technologies (related software, phone, fax, email, the internet) and computer applications (e.g. MS Office)
• fluent written and profound oral knowledge of English
• 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) via our electronic job portal by using the button “apply”; until 23^rd May 2024 at 4:00 PM. All attachments should be put together in one PDF file not larger than 2 MB.

GIZ is a signatory of the Diversity Charter. Recognition, appreciation and inclusion of diversity in the company are important to us. All employees shall be valued – regardless of gender and gender identity, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, social background, age or sexual orientation. We support equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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.

GIZ Office Rwanda

KN 41 St. / Nr.17, Kiyovu

P.O. Box 59, Kigali,

Rwanda

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