Summary
Date Posted: Friday, September 27 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The Urugo Women’s Opportunity Center (WOC) is a multi-purpose community center in the heart of Kayonza, which promotes the social and economic empowerment of women in Rwanda. The Center offers education and rights training, job-skills training and economic and employment opportunities for women and the community at-large. With the goal of achieving self-sustainability, the Center also operates revenue-generating activities to finance its educational and training work, such as lodging facilities, restaurant and bar, coffee shop, handicraft gift shop, market stalls, food production unit, and rental of space for meetings and events. The Urugo-WOC is managed and operated by a Limited Liability Company (LLC) fully owned by Women for Women International.

JOB TITLE: PROJECT COORDINATOR
PROGRAMME: WOMEN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT
LOCATION: Kayonza
GRADE: 4
CONTRACT LENGTH: 6 months
PURPOSE:
Under the supervision of the Executive Director, the Project Coordinator (PC), is responsible for overall project coordination of the 6 months Project and ensuring the project is implemented in accordance to set guidelines and grant requirements.

SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Executive Director

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Ensure proper project planning and project implementation on day-to-day basis
• Work closely with finance team and support in conducting project baseline, mid-line and endline
• Facilitate project participants recruitment and enrolment and ensure that it is carried out in a quality manner,
• Develop frameworks and toolkit, post-training follows up and other data collection activities as needed. accordance with WOC policies.
• Oversee the development and maintenance of the training schedules.
• Monitor and evaluate trainings to ensure the highest possible standards of quality training content, methodology, and delivery.
• Review the project`s training curriculum to ensure that it is in accordance with needs of project’s participants
• The Project Manager is responsible for developing the project implementation plan, procurement plan and detailed spending plan for this project, before s/he can ensure proper monitoring and control
• Review the Trainers post-training reports and document interesting stories /case studies in periodic reports to submit to WOC and the donor
• Ensure women cooperative members timely get all the materials and equipment as planned by the project
• Link women cooperative members with markets and ensure they initiate contracts with buyers and other market players
• Facilitate the engagement of the private sector, financial institutions and other key project players in creating the enabling the enrolment for women led cooperative members
• Ensure accurate records are maintained related to women led-cooperatives training and activities.
• Compile and submit reports and ensure timely submission to the ED WOC as per compliance with the grant requirements and timelines
• Monitor deliverables and expenditures on any women led cooperatives empowerment related activities according to approved plans and budgets.
• Contribute to the selection and provision of training spaces in the field and related procedures in coordination with Logistics.
• Coordinate with Logistics to ensure that any required transport or supplies for women led cooperative empowerment training are provided in a timely manner.
• Work closely with ED in strategizing for a successful project’s implementation and strengthening the network for the project success

ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND TASKS
Capacity building and training
• Capacity to assess and analyse training needs assessment of women cooperative members and the project team
• Assist in developing the training curriculum in relation to cooperative management, etc.
• Support internal and external communication (with other staff and (with other staff and partners conducting work related to the women empowerment).
Networking and Advocacy
• Searching for national existing and potential partners working in the area of Women Economic and social Empowerment.
• Work in collaboration with other women’s Socio-economic program to select and ensure good integration of the approach with WOC programs
• Document success stories on Economic and social women empowerment
Initiative and innovation
• Support the ED to seek ways to upscale Women-led Cooperatives to develop new program with large scope for the project
• Support the ED to initiate new grants proposals to Women-led Cooperatives, and Initiate organization research to map existing potential donors in the areas of the project
• Search for new approaches to support women led cooperatives and women’s economic empowerment and women’s rights
• Ready to perform other duties assigned by his/her supervisor related to the WOC.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
• At least a bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation,….
• At least three (3) years relevant work experience, preferably with a women led -NGO.
• Having the knowledge and/or experience with working with rural women- led cooperatives as being an added asset!
• Having knowledge in Project Monitoring and Evaluation
• Having a strong interpersonal and communication skills and a strong program management experience.
• Having some good understanding on women’s right programming and a mastery on the Rwanda context
• Demonstrated skills in creating and delivering training in carpets, Tailoring,..
• Strong experience in market linkages and market systems
• Ability to work with minimum supervision and work well with others, and under pressure and to meet deadlines.
• Ability and willingness to travel around the country and internationally as required.
• Good problem-solving skills and ability to monitor the work of others and address problems effectively.
• Proficiency in computer skills including MS Office and email applications.
• Expertise in women's rights programming and understanding of women's empowerment in Rwanda as well as understanding of advocacy
• Fluent in English and Kinyarwanda.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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