SNV Rwanda,Project Manager for Voice for Change Partnerships Project (Food and Nutrition Security)

VACANCY
ANNOUNCEMENT
SNV
Rwanda (Duty station: Kigali), is looking for:
Project
Manager for Voice for Change Partnerships Project (Food and Nutrition Security)
SNV
is a not-for-profit international development organisation with long-term,
local presence in over 30 of the poorest countries in Asia, Africa and Latin
America. Our team of advisors works with local partners to equip com

munities
and businesses with the tools, knowledge and connections they need to increase
their incomes and gain access to basic services. SNV works across three
sectors: Agriculture, Energy and Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

THE
ROLE
As
the Project Manager you will steer a project (running from 2016 – 2020) on
Evidence Based Advocacy – funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This
is a multi-country program managed from SNV’s Head-Office and implemented in
Rwanda, Indonesia, Burkina Faso, Kenya and Honduras as well as at the global
level. The overall programme aims at strengthening capacities of Civil Society
Organisations to advocate for an enabling environment in WASH, Energy,
Food/Nutrition Security and Resilience. The Food/Nutrition Security and
Resilience components are implemented in cooperation with IFPRI (International
Food Policy Research Institute) under the leadership of SNV.
The
project focuses exclusively on Food and Nutrition Security.
KEY
RESPONSABILITIES
  • Execute
    overall project management at the country level in collaboration with the
    project manager at SNV Head-Office;
  • Lead
    project implementation in the food and nutrition with emphasis on capacity
    development of CSOs, evidence generation and dissemination and support to
    advocacy plans and activities;
  • Build,
    strengthen and manage partnerships with relevant government institutions,
    donors, and key partners.
  • Develop
    and apply the monitoring and evaluation framework and ensure proper
    reporting internally and to the donor.
  • Manage
    the in-country project team to ensure all milestones set in the annual
    work plan are met.
  • Manage
    the in-country project team to ensure all milestones set in the annual
    work plan are met,
  • Lead
    communication and branding.
  • Coordinate
    and foster collaboration with the other countries where the V4CP is
    implemented
  • Link
    country activities on food and nutrition security theme to advocacy
    activities and profiling in Rwanda and at global level;
  • Ensure
    reporting to SNV Rwanda Country Director
CANDIDATE
PROFILE
  • Master’s
    Degree in a relevant discipline;
  • Proven
    track record of managing projects including management of donor funding
  • At
    least ten (10) years’ work experience in an international (development)
    organization and sound experience in the solicited theme Food and
    Nutrition Security
  • High
    level experience with evidence based advocacy initiatives in the country;
  • Experience
    with Capacity Development of Civil Society Organizations;
  • Demonstrated
    ability to successfully manage and lead a multicultural team
  • Excellent
    inter-personal and communication skills with proven team-building ability,
  • Ability
    to create a creative, open-minded, constructive and innovative working
    environment;
  • Ability
    to incorporate or work with local organisations and actors in accordance
    to relevant Rwanda context;
  • Experience
    in high level interaction experience with different stakeholders
    (think-tanks, national governments, international fora);
  • Excellent
    English communication (written and oral), reporting and presentation
    skills and Level IV (fluent – speaking/reading/writing); Kinyarwanda
    language ability is desirable;
 Ability
to travel frequently to project locations.
If
you believe that your credentials meet the outlined profile, we invite you to
directly summit your motivation letter and CV (both in English) to the Country
Director of SNV Rwanda by email to snvrwanda.recruitment@gmail.com
by the 16th October, 2017. Only Shortlisted candidates will be
contacted.
NB:    
Only shortlisted will be contacted
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