CCOAIB Project Coordinator Job Vacancy in Rwanda

TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR
RECRUITMENT OF A PPIMA II PROJECT COORDINATOR AT CCOAIB LEVEL

1. Background and context:
The”Conseil de Concertation des Organisations d’Appui aux Initiatives de
base” CCOAIB in acronym is an Umbrella Organization of Rwandan Local NGOs
engaged in development. It serves as a framework for exchange, consultation,
advocacy, dialogue, negotiation and solidarity for its members. CCOAIB’s core
business is reinforcing member organizations capacities in promoting
sustainable development in Rwanda. Its key objectives include the provision of
information and skills, the creation of platforms to enable its members to
engage actively in national policy development and implementation processes. In
this context, CCOAIB has partnered with the Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) to
implement a number of activities under the PPIMA II Project and hereby request
all interested candidates to apply for the post of Project Coordinator.

The PPIMA II Project is a civil society support project aiming at promoting an
active interest among Rwandan Civil Society Organizations and citizens in
public policy issues and supporting them to organize themselves and acquire the
skills they need to engage effectively in national and local level processes of
policy formulation, implementation and management.

CCOAIB is looking for a suitable candidate to fill a new position of Project Coordinator who will be
specifically responsible for coordinating PPIMA activities within CCOAIB.

Job Purpose
The Project Coordinator will have the responsibility of leading all the public
policy efforts within CCOAIB, specifically linked to EDPRS and related
researches and advocacy work.

Specific Tasks

Under the supervision of the Executive secretary of CCOAIB, the project
coordinator has the following duties:
• Focal point within CCOAIB on EDPRS related work, research and advocacy and
the focal person to the PPIMA project.
• To ensure the project activities are implemented effectively, efficiently,
and are result-oriented.
• Elaborate a clear strategy and work plan for supporting CCOAIB’s work on
polity advocacy
• Represent CCOAIB in PPIMA project events and committees and in relevant
national, regional and international public policy seminars and workshops as
may be required.
• To organize progressive monitoring of project activities.
• To ensure the dissemination of validated findings among PPIMA partners and
other CSOs.
• To develop advocacy plans with other PPIMA partners on policy related issues.
• Perform other tasks as shall be advised by the Executive Secretary.

The project coordinator
should have the following requirements:

Education and experience:
• Minimum of a bachelor degree in a relevant development field such as
development studies, social sciences, project management, public policy, law,
and economics;
• Working Experience of not less than 5 years in policy related work. Working
experience with Civil Society and/or non-governmental organisations (NGOs) is
an added value.
• Extensive knowledge of the government of Rwanda’s Poverty Reduction and
Economic Development strategies.
• Knowledge of social accountability tools and good governance principles
• Proficiency in spoken and written Kinyarwanda and English. Knowledge of
French is an added value.

Skills:
The candidate should demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, team worker,
having analytical and problem solving skills, and able to work under demanding
environment.

Application
Interested applicants who fulfill the requirements set here-in should present
an expression of interest letter and detailed CV addressed to: The Legal
Representative, CCOAIB, P. 0. Box 1993, Kigali, Rwanda; with a clear indication
on the envelop: application for PPIMA project coordinator-CCOAIK The
application should be delivered at CCOAIB’s offices on Umuganda Avenue not
later than 10/07/2013
at 10:00 AM.

Only successful applicants shall subsequently be invited for test.

Jean Claude NGENDANDUMWE
Executive Secretary, CCOAIB