Rwanda Housing Authority (RHA) wishes
to recruit qualified, hardworking, well motivated and experienced senior
permanent employees in the following positions:
to recruit qualified, hardworking, well motivated and experienced senior
permanent employees in the following positions:
1. Urban Design Specialist
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
Degree in Urban Design, Architecture, with 5 years of working experience
or Master’s degree in the same field with at least 3 years of working
experience.
- Place
making appraisal and development skit
Is,
Mast Planning Skills, - Innovative
Design Guidance Skills; - Good
knowledge of civil engineering; - Computer
Skills (Electronic and Physical Modeling); - Organizational
Skills; - Communication
Skills; - High
analytical Skills; - Time
management Skills; - Team
working Skills; - Fluent
in Kinyarwanda, English and/ or French; knowledge of all is an advantage
Responsibilities
- Developing
‘visions for places – using creativity and imagination to invent or
reinvent the environments we live and work in; - Designing
built spaces – from whole towns and neighborhoods to individual streets or
squares. Advising on the design of developments and regeneration projects; - Researching
and analyzing places and people – understanding the physical, political,
economic, spatial and psychological context of the places; - Accessibility
– design zones that are providing for ease, safety and choice when moving
to and through them; - Graphic
representation – from sketching and technical drawing to using the latest
technologies and packages in visualization and computer aided design; - Appearing
as an expert witness, preparing statements of evidence, and giving
evidence on urban design matters on appeals into planning applications and
development plan inquiries; - Drawing
up a set of planning and design principles for a specific area or site and
writing an urban design framework that will be integrated into all master
plans and local urban development plans; - Designing
a development layout for an area or site by designing transportation
network, pedestrian walkways, and cyclist ways to be integrated into
indicative layouts for specific sites of the master plan; - Collaborating
with Local service professionals on the management, design and maintenance
of the public realm; - Design
the streetscape, landscape and advise how the urban aesthetic of all
cities and town will be achieved.
2. Housing Inspection Specialist
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
Degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture with 5 years of working
experience or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Law or
Architecture with 3 year of working experience.
Key Technical Skills & Knowledge
required:
required:
- Good
knowledge of Housing regulations and standards; - Computer
Skills; - Organizational
Skills; Communication Skills; High analytical Skills; Time management
Skills; Team working Skills; - Fluent
in Kinyarwanda, English and/ or French; knowledge of all is an advantage.
Responsibilities
- Close
follow up of building inspection activities undertaken by all the
Districts One Stop Centers; - Close
follow up and coordinate with Districts all the building permitting
activities to ensure the uniformity and formality of permitting
procedures; - Supervise
and contribute to edition of regulations booklets for campaign awareness;
and set further strategies for their enforcement; - Ensure
the progressive improvement of public building compliance with policies,
laws, regulation and standards in force; - Develop
strategic plans to increase the level of compliance with construction
legal framework in rapidly growing cities as well as in remote areas; - Ensure
effective implementation of developed roadmaps related to urgent measures
adopted to prevent or to mitigate disasters and accidents (e.g. fire
outbreaks, land sliding, floods, heavy winds, etc…) in the housing
sector.
3. Neighborhood Design Senior Engineer
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
Degree in Architecture or Civil Engineering with 5 years of working
experience or Masters Degree in the same fields with at least 3 years of
work experience.
Key Technical Skills & Knowledge
required:
required:
- Good
knowledge in environment; - Computer
drafting Skills (CAD); - Organizational
Skills; Communication Skills; High analytical Skills; Time management
Skills; Team working Skills; - Fluent
in Kinyarwanda, English and/ or French; knowledge of all is an advantage.
Responsibilities
- Assist
the Division Manager and Senior Architect in creating local development
plans for economically sustainable communities (with more job creation); - Assist
the Division Manager to initiate various Affordable Housing projects; - Assist
the Division Manager to prepare the strategies, programs, projects and
business action plans for housing development projects; - Developing
better local developments designs including social economical amenities
where affordable Housing projects will be implemented; - Propose
better densification for better land use and social cohesion of residents; - Propose
well integrated neighborhood with affordable infrastructure and Social
economical amenities; - Propose
how the neighborhood with informal settlements can be Upgraded by using
Affordable Housing scheme; - Assist
the Division Manager in carrying out the feasibility studies for new
Affordable Housing Projects and provide appropriate conclusions to be
forwarded to the other hierarchy for final decisions; - Preparing
strategies, programs, projects and business action plans for housing
development projects; - Formulating
bankable or business project plans and municipal financing schemes in
Affordable Housing
projects; - Working
closely with Housing Finance expert in attracting and/or negotiating
financial mechanism with a variety of development partners in line with
Affordable Housing program; - Working
closely with Housing Finance expert in Formulating mechanisms to attract
private stakeholders to partner in undertaking Affordable Housing
development projects; - Working
closely with Housing Finance expert in Overseeing the elaboration,
establishment and operation of the Rwanda Housing Fund; - Overseeing
the elaboration, establishment and operation of the Informal settlement
upgrading and restructuring projects; - Identification
of demand in affordable and Social Housing; - Able
to skillfully formulate financial corporations with private stakeholders,
financial institutions, NGOs, international donors agencies and other
interest groups; - Able
to mobilize attractive local and foreign currency for short-, medium- and
long-term mortgage financing through partnerships with the development
financing arms; - Formulating
mechanisms to attract private stakeholders to partner in undertaking
Affordable Housing development projects; - Perform
other duties as assigned by the direct supervisor.
4. Senior Architect (2)
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
Degree in Architecture with 5 years of working experience or Masters
Degree in the same fields with at least 3 years of work experience.
Key Technical Skills & Knowledge
required:
required:
- Good
knowledge in environment; - Computer
drafting Skills (CAD); - Organizational
Skills; Communication Skills; High analytical Skills; Time management
Skills; Team working Skills; - Fluent
in Kinyarwanda, English and/ or French; knowledge of all is an advantage.
Responsibilities
- Developing
architectural concepts of projects related to upgrading and refurbishment
of government buildings. - Organizing
and supervising upgrading and refurbishment works of government buildings. - Elaboration
of annual reports of refurbishment of government buildings. - Provide
technical support to government-owned projects; - Developing
cost efficient concepts/designs for Affordable Housing program; - Developing
better local developments designs including social economical amenities
where affordable Housing projects will be implemented; - Perform
other duties as assigned by the direct supervisor.
5. Research & Development
Specialist
Specialist
Qualifications
- An
advanced degree (or at least bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in mainly
Civil Engineering or any closely related fields; - At
least 3 years of practical working experience in construction and
supervision of housing and other civil/public works; urban infrastructure
design and development; or any other closely related field. - Good
experience in designing, monitoring, inspection and evaluation of civil
construction works, housing and urban planning and infrastructure
development programs and projects; Good experience in inspection buildings
and construction sites - Have
ability to work independently in a participatory and multidisciplinary
team; - Proven
computer skills in the application of professional software the
engineering design, housing, urban and development, construction sectors; - Possess
excellent communication and analytical skills; - Fluent
in English or French; knowledge of both in an added advantage.
Responsibilities
- Collects,
compiles and analyzes data to evaluate programs and prepare evaluation
reports; develops conclusions for the purpose of providing adequate
measures for a well organized housing sector; - Coordinates
research, planning and evaluation projects with other departments and
divisions for the purpose of sharing information, eliminating redundancy,
and maintaining a strict focus; - Develops,
in consultation with other key staff, comprehensive programs for research,
evaluation, and appropriate reporting strategies; - Facilitates
meetings, workshops, and seminars for the purpose of identifying issues,
developing recommendations, supporting other staff, and serving the
institution in line with its main mission; - Monitors
a wide variety of programs, including but not limited to involving high
learning institutions, their students, teachers and interns in such a way
to facilitate the Government to implement the housing policy; - Participates
in a variety of cross-functional meetings (e.g. workshops, inter and intra
district trainings, community and public agencies, seminars, conferences,
etc.) for the purpose of conveying and gathering information regarding a
wide variety of subjects required to carry out requisite responsibilities
and supporting the yearly action plans and other institution initiatives; - Prepares
needs assessment analysis and designs the evaluation components for the
institution to ensure that the strategic stakeholders implement all the
housing legal tools effectively; - Presents
a wide variety of topics related to administrative responsibilities (e.g.
statistical and financial information, overviews of programs/services,
policies and procedures, etc.) for the purpose of providing general
information, training others, implementing actions, etc; - Researches
topics required to manage assignments (e.g. relevant policies, economic
impacts, building materials, raw material resources, financial resources,
etc.) for the purpose of developing new programs/services, ensuring
compliance with regulatory requirements, securing general information
and/or responding to housing market needs; - Responds
to issues related to conflicts in policies and regulations, community
concerns, requests that may result in some negative impact and or
liability if not appropriately addressed for the purpose of identifying
the relevant issues and recommending or implementing a plan of action that
will efficiently resolve the issues.
6. Housing Financial Specialist
Qualifications
- A0
in Housing Finance, Finance, Management, Development Studies with 3 years
of working experience or Master in Housing Finance, Finance, Management,
Development Studies;
Key Technical Skills & Knowledge
required:
required:
- Good
knowledge in environment; - Computer
Skills; - Organizational
Skills; - Communication
Skills; - High
analytical Skills; - Time
management Skills; - Team
working Skills; - Fluent
in Kinyarwanda, English and/ or French; knowledge of all is an advantage
Responsibilities
- To
assisting the Division Manager and RHA in general to ensure that the
investors in affordable housing projects or real estate projects are given
clear indications and guidance on how their projects can be implemented
and how the invested money can be recovered through a PPP framework; - Assist
the Division Manager in carrying out the feasibility studies for new
Affordable Housing Projects and provide appropriate conclusions to be
forwarded to the other hierarchy for final decisions; - Overseeing
the elaboration, establishment and operation of the Rwanda Housing Fund; - To
propose strategies as well as programs needed so that the low and middle
income people get access to mortgage or any other scheme allowing them to
Own, Rent, Rent —to- own houses at affordable price with government
participation; - To
assess the nature and scope of the affordable housing problem in Rwanda,
formulation of the Government role and subsidies in Affordable Housing
development, assessment of the Housing finance sector in Rwanda and the
mortgage system and capital market, formulation of a Structure, Patterns,
trends, characteristic and Instruments of Affordable Housing Finance and
elaboration of Affordable Housing types and prices; - To
elaborate the affordable housing finance strategy, policies and other
related legal frameworks; - To
advises the Division Manager and RHA in general in the fields of the
Housing Finance with respect to Habitat; - To
promote the program for the provision of housing to individuals or assist
them in building their own homes; - To
collaborate with banking and other financial institutions to help Rwandans
to build their own affordable homes; - To
propose the institutional change needed in order for the middle and low
income segment can access to mortgage or any other kind of finance; - To
set up mechanisms on how the real estate projects in general can be
handled in terms of finance by exploring the guarantees available to
investors that the Government of Rwanda can use in a counterpart form; - To
elaborate the strategies on how the invested money can be used to generate
more economical profits; - To
assist the Division Manager and RHA in general to set up the Housing Development
Fund; - To
initiate and develop more Housing Cooperatives to be involved in
Affordable Housing in Rwanda; - To
organize trainings for capacity building to the senior staff in Rwanda
Housing Authority in the domain of housing finance and stakeholders; - To
Elaboration of the guidelines for a successful Public-Private Partnership
for Affordable Housing development projects, suitability and success
factors, Legal and regulatory structures, Financial and economic
Implications of PPPs, Integrating grant financing and PPP objectives,
Conception, planning and implementation of Affordable Housing through
PPPs; - To
assess the demand and supply of affordable Housing; - Perform
other duties as assigned by the direct supervisor.
7. Advisor
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
degree in Public Administration, Management with 3 years of working
experience, or Master in Public Administration, Management with 1 year of
working experience.
Key Technical Skills & Knowledge
required:
required:
- Review
Good knowledge of National Housing, Urbanization construction policies; - Leadership
skills; - High
analytical skills; - Report
writing and presentation skills; Organisation, Planning skills; - Proven
Computer skills; - Coordination
and organisational skills; - Interpersonal
skills; - Collaboration
and team working skills; - Effective
communication skills; - Time
management skills; - Fluent
in Kinyarwanda, English and/ or French; knowledge of all is an advantage.
Responsibilities
- Ensure
a systematic and sound analysis of all technical information (documents,
files, reports, etc.) received/or produced by the institution’s units; - Evaluate
their coherence in line with national policies, strategies and programs
essentially with vision of RHA; - Conduct
necessary investigations and/or research with resource persons or
institutions to complete information or to improve its quality in order to
enlighten the subjects and help to the decision of the Director General; - Propose
a useful review of policies, programs and projects of the institution; - Enrich
the documentation of the Director General in order to have updated data
on the various fields of activities in which the institution is
engaged; - Report
to the Director General of any new evolution or event that can impact on
the field of activities and/or the decisions of the institution; - Play
the role of the technical memory of the institution. He/she participates
in the handover between all out going and in coming senior RHA officials
in order to inform them of the historic and of the present situation of
the files, policies, programs and projects under way.
Competent and interested candidates are
requested to submit a complete application pack including application form
(available at www.psc.gov.rw), curriculum vitae, a copy of degree certificate
and a photocopy of identity card. Those documents in a sealed envelope with the
names of candidates, the position applied for and the contact should be
submitted at RHA headquarters located at RELAX PLAZA, next to UMUBANO Hotel
Kacyiru Sector, Gasabo District, KG 546 St, P. O. Box 2469 Kigali not later
than 05/03/2015 at 5:00pm.
requested to submit a complete application pack including application form
(available at www.psc.gov.rw), curriculum vitae, a copy of degree certificate
and a photocopy of identity card. Those documents in a sealed envelope with the
names of candidates, the position applied for and the contact should be
submitted at RHA headquarters located at RELAX PLAZA, next to UMUBANO Hotel
Kacyiru Sector, Gasabo District, KG 546 St, P. O. Box 2469 Kigali not later
than 05/03/2015 at 5:00pm.
Done at Kigali on 17/02/ 2015.
Esther B. MUTAMBA
Director General
