Vacancy title:
Field Officer

Jobs at:
COPORWA

Deadline of this Job:
17th October 2018

Duty Station:
Kigali, Rwanda

Summary
Date Posted: 15th October 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Company

JOB DETAILS:

COPORWA NGO (Community of potters of Rwanda) is a non-governmental organization working for the promotion of Historically Marginalized People (HMP) of Rwanda. COPORWA’s purpose is to support the sustainable development of HMP communities promote equal rights as well as access to education and socio-economic integration for the potters. COPORWA with the support of the Norwegian People’s Aid, implemented the project “Public Policy Information Monitoring and Advocacy (PPIMA I, II & III) in Nyaruguru district; Kibeho, Rusenge and Mata sectors” from 2010 to 2019.

Background
The COPORWA NGO (Community of Potters of Rwanda) is a non-governmental organization devoted to promote the Historically Marginalized People’s (HMP) rights, including social-economic development and good governance for better living conditions.

COPORWA with support from Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) implements a project aimed at creating an environment where potters live in a society free of Gender-Based Violence and fully participate in and influence public policy processes that affect their lives. To better serve this community, COPORWA wants to commission a study to assess the underlying causes of the competitive disadvantages of historically marginalized people.

Functions and tasks:

• Coordinate activities of the project
  
• Facilitate the development, implementation, and monitoring of the project implementation
  

Develop tools for data collection and reporting

• Ensure well implementation of the project plan
  
• Coordinate and participate all meetings related to project activities ;
  
• Follow up the implementation of the project on a routine basis
  
• Provide technical support for the project implementation
  
• Ensure the proper reporting at the rights period
  
• A coordinate capacity building of the cooperatives
  
• Prepare and disseminate strategy and guidelines for the activities to be implemented
  
• Ensure the project requirements
  
• Ensure organizational representation in meetings, reporting on the events
  
• Ensure the good collaboration with local authorities
  

Key Technical Skills & Knowledge required:

• Bachelor’s degree in rural development, sociology, Development Studies, and related field.
  
• Negotiation & influencing skills
  
• Planning and organization skills
  
• Communication, reporting and writing skills
  
• Interpersonal and team working skills
  
• Spoken and written English
  
• Understanding vulnerable groups especially historically marginalized People