Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, March 14 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The Junior Advisor performs the following responsibilities and tasks:
A. Responsibilities
The Junior Advisor is supporting the WCE project in developing, accumulating, adopting and disseminating knowledge, data and skills for economics in Waste Management and Circular Economy in RWA, e.g., on:
• economic data for solid waste management, e.g., costs of waste management infrastructures, operations, follow up costs, etc.
• studies on full cost accounting and recovery
• transition costs for updating structures,
• economical aspects of legislation for WM and CE
• environmental transaction costs
• monetary aspects of EPR systems, etc.
Further on the Junior Advisor is
• supporting in activities on private sector cooperation
• supporting activities with financial intermediaries on topics related to waste management, recycling and circularity
Whenever possible the junior advisor will be supported to carry out tasks independently and in own responsibility to enhance the professional skills.
B. Tasks
1. Coordination and monitoring
The Junior Advisor:
• assists with recording and documenting the results of activities, especially those on private sector cooperation and support
• assists with planning, coordinating and documenting meetings, workshops, seminars and other project activities with a focus on technical aspects
• assists and coordinates short-term experts assigned to projects/programmes in completing their tasks
2. Research
The Junior Advisor:
• prepares and carries out research projects aimed at providing economic data (developing survey instruments, field trials, training field staff, organisational preparation in the field, collecting and analysing data) as part of monitoring and reporting duties
• conducts desk research wherever needed on topics relating to waste management and circularity in Rwanda and the larger region
3. Knowledge management
The Junior Advisor:
• assists in drawing up reports for the project’s political partner
• organises and ensures up to date project documentation and manages the project’s data management system
4. Implementation of project activities
The Junior Advisor:
• co-leads the project’s activities on economic data
• supports the activities on private sector support and cooperation
• co-leads awareness activities promoting circular economy in Rwanda
• supports the coordination of the project’s short-term experts
• facilitates and moderates community meetings and workshops
5. General obligations
The Junior Advisor:
• is pro-active and willing to learn fast
• represents the interest of the GIZ-assisted measure and always acts on its behalf
• carries out important tasks for the project/programme, even if these are not explicitly cited in the job description
6. Other duties/additional tasks
The Junior Advisor:
• assists other experts, if necessary, as translator Kinyarwanda – English
• performs other duties and tasks at the request of management

C. Required Qualifications, Competences and Experience Qualifications
Qualifications
• Recent university degree in economics OR comparable study tracks
Professional experience
• Less than 2 years of experience (e.g. an internship or similar) in circular economy and/or waste management
• Understanding of business cases on circular economy and waste service provision
• Understanding of the stakeholder landscape of Rwanda’s waste sector

Other knowledge, additional competences
• Strong affinity to environmental and waste topics.
• Strong willingness to gain and adopt knowledge on circular economy and waste service provision to be able to develop economic models in these areas
• Working knowledge of MS Office
• Fluent in Kinyarwanda and English
• Experience of project management and research experience in an area related to the project’s/programme’s requirements is desirable
• Willingness to learn on the job and ability to deal with constructive feedback

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
• Interested candidates should submit their application (motivation letter, updated CV,certificates and references,), via our electronic job portal by using the button “apply”; until 26th March 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.
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• P.O. Box 59, Kigali,
• Rwanda
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