Deadline of this Job: 12 December 2022
JOB DETAILS:
Nurturing Care technical Specialist - East Africa Region - RWANDA
Handicap International/Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is an independent and impartial international solidarity organization, which intervenes in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflicts and disasters. Working alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, it acts and speaks out to meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights. More info: www.hi.org
HI is committed to an employment policy in favour of persons with disabilities.
Job Context:
The Nurturing Care (NC) / Early Childhood Development (ECD) Specialist will provide technical guidance, supervision, monitoring and support to EAR Region (Rwanda, Uganda and possibly Kenya) and DRC in the development, implementation and improvement of NC/ECD related programmes focusing on DGD funded 5-years projects in DRC, Rwanda and Uganda. She/He will coordinate and ensure synergies between these projects implemented in different contexts in coordination with all relevant departments including operations, support and other technical sectors departments both in field and in Headquarters.
Although the three country projects supported within the NC/ECD framework have different implementation strategies and are implemented in very different contexts, from Humanitarian to Development, all of them follow a common technical framework. The Specialist will therefore have to provide specific project support to ensure each project quality while identifying and strengthening synergies and common objectives. A strong component of the role of the specialist will be around monitoring, evaluation and learning sharing and developing strong sharing between project teams.
The Technical Specialist will be based in Kigali, Rwanda with frequent traveling to DRC and Uganda (40% time).
your mission:
Under the management of the Regional Technical Unit Manager your main objectives will be:
Expertise
• Contributes to the regional strategies in line with the global strategies;
• Ensures technical support to projects in line with the global technical frameworks and standards in his/her sectorial scope.
• Ensures technical coordination and synergies between the different Nurturing Care projects in DRC, Rwanda and Uganda[NP1] [YF2]
• Ensures technical learning from projects
• Coordinates with MEAL departments in each country the data collection, analysis and learnings sharing of NC related projects[NP3] [YF4]
• Ensures the control & monitoring of the technical quality and the relevance of HI’s activities in the Programmes under his/her scope;
• Ensures compliance of the technical proposition with nexus stakes
• Contributes to the development of research and innovation projects in the region when relevant, in his/her sectorial scope;
• Contributes to the Technical Divisions professional channel animation.
Coordination of DGD funded Nurturing Care programme
• Ensures close coordination of the NC programme between the three country projects
• Leads regular coordination meetings with projects teams
• Ensures regular monitoring of projects implementation
• Develops and roll out projects related tools
• Strengthens synergies between projects
• Coordinates projects common communication with relevant departments[NP5] [YF6]
JOB DETAILS:
Advisor, Right-Fit Evidence
As an RFE Advisor, you will work on multiple advisory engagements. The main project that we expect you to focus on will be a learning and evaluation partnership with a leading nonprofit organization that supports smallholder farmers to achieve stronger and more resilient livelihoods.
Other engagements will follow in East Africa, and will likely span across multiple sectors such as education. Beyond working on specific engagements, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of new partnerships and to the core approaches and methodologies of the RFE Unit.
You will report to a Manager or Senior Manager in the Right-Fit Evidence Unit and, if not in the same country as them, will also receive oversight and support from a management team member in the country where you are based.
The position is open to any profile that would meet the criteria listed below. We particularly encourage those with the following profiles to apply, as these skills and interests are a particularly strong fit:
• Management consultants with some international development experience who would be excited by a career shift, leveraging their skillset towards an entrepreneurial and impact-focused environment
• M&E practitioners who are interested in broadening their scope and impact on the field by advising organizations on state-of-the-art MEL practices and making use-of-data and evidence a reality in the sector
• Research professionals in international development who enjoy working closely with practitioners and are interested in broadening their scope to all the types of data and evidence that can inform decisions
Irrespective of your background, RFE positions tend to be a great fit for anyone with a growth-oriented mindset.
Responsibilities
Under the guidance of a project manager specific to each project, you will lead the implementation of RFE advisory engagements, working closely with them and with other teams within IPA’s country office to develop tailor-made solutions for their data and evidence needs, and support their implementation. This includes the following responsibilities:
• Strategic and technical contribution: provision of advice and tools to advance partners’ learning goals in their programs, such as:
o Co-creating prototyping and iterative learning plans to improve early-stage program activities
o Designing learning-oriented process evaluations
o Assisting clients to identify M&E questions to test the assumptions in their theory of change, and to design cost-effective approaches to rigorously test these assumptions
o Providing technical advice, to partners on the development and implementation of M&E plans, the design of indicators, data collection methods, and data management
• Research design and analysis: Take part in the design, implementation, and analysis of data collection and other evaluative work that sometimes complement RFE’s advisory work (including in this first engagement mentionned above)
• Project management: Lead work planning and project management to ensure effective and timely implementation of our work
• Stakeholder communication: Maintain strong communication and partnership with key stakeholders, including direct stakeholder management with leadership staff from partner organizations
• Workshop design and facilitation: Design and facilitate various kinds of external MEL-related workshops
• Professional deliverables: Own the preparation and presentation of various types of advisory and analytical deliverables, maintaining the highest standards of communication efficiency
• Contribution to the development of new RFE engagements: Take part in scoping meetings, contributing to the design of methodologies, and writing concept notes or proposals
Contribution to the development and refinement of RFE service offerings: Continuously improve the work that we do with our partners
JOB DETAILS:
Nurturing Care technical Specialist - East Africa Region - RWANDA
Handicap International/Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is an independent and impartial international solidarity organization, which intervenes in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflicts and disasters. Working alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, it acts and speaks out to meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights. More info: www.hi.org
HI is committed to an employment policy in favour of persons with disabilities.
Job Context:
The Nurturing Care (NC) / Early Childhood Development (ECD) Specialist will provide technical guidance, supervision, monitoring and support to EAR Region (Rwanda, Uganda and possibly Kenya) and DRC in the development, implementation and improvement of NC/ECD related programmes focusing on DGD funded 5-years projects in DRC, Rwanda and Uganda. She/He will coordinate and ensure synergies between these projects implemented in different contexts in coordination with all relevant departments including operations, support and other technical sectors departments both in field and in Headquarters.
Although the three country projects supported within the NC/ECD framework have different implementation strategies and are implemented in very different contexts, from Humanitarian to Development, all of them follow a common technical framework. The Specialist will therefore have to provide specific project support to ensure each project quality while identifying and strengthening synergies and common objectives. A strong component of the role of the specialist will be around monitoring, evaluation and learning sharing and developing strong sharing between project teams.
The Technical Specialist will be based in Kigali, Rwanda with frequent traveling to DRC and Uganda (40% time).
your mission:
Under the management of the Regional Technical Unit Manager your main objectives will be:
Expertise
• Contributes to the regional strategies in line with the global strategies;
• Ensures technical support to projects in line with the global technical frameworks and standards in his/her sectorial scope.
• Ensures technical coordination and synergies between the different Nurturing Care projects in DRC, Rwanda and Uganda[NP1] [YF2]
• Ensures technical learning from projects
• Coordinates with MEAL departments in each country the data collection, analysis and learnings sharing of NC related projects[NP3] [YF4]
• Ensures the control & monitoring of the technical quality and the relevance of HI’s activities in the Programmes under his/her scope;
• Ensures compliance of the technical proposition with nexus stakes
• Contributes to the development of research and innovation projects in the region when relevant, in his/her sectorial scope;
• Contributes to the Technical Divisions professional channel animation.
Coordination of DGD funded Nurturing Care programme
• Ensures close coordination of the NC programme between the three country projects
• Leads regular coordination meetings with projects teams
• Ensures regular monitoring of projects implementation
• Develops and roll out projects related tools
• Strengthens synergies between projects
• Coordinates projects common communication with relevant departments[NP5] [YF6]
Deadline of this Job: 22 November 2022
JOB DETAILS:
Advisor, Right-Fit Evidence
As an RFE Advisor, you will work on multiple advisory engagements. The main project that we expect you to focus on will be a learning and evaluation partnership with a leading nonprofit organization that supports smallholder farmers to achieve stronger and more resilient livelihoods.
Other engagements will follow in East Africa, and will likely span across multiple sectors such as education. Beyond working on specific engagements, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of new partnerships and to the core approaches and methodologies of the RFE Unit.
You will report to a Manager or Senior Manager in the Right-Fit Evidence Unit and, if not in the same country as them, will also receive oversight and support from a management team member in the country where you are based.
The position is open to any profile that would meet the criteria listed below. We particularly encourage those with the following profiles to apply, as these skills and interests are a particularly strong fit:
• Management consultants with some international development experience who would be excited by a career shift, leveraging their skillset towards an entrepreneurial and impact-focused environment
• M&E practitioners who are interested in broadening their scope and impact on the field by advising organizations on state-of-the-art MEL practices and making use-of-data and evidence a reality in the sector
• Research professionals in international development who enjoy working closely with practitioners and are interested in broadening their scope to all the types of data and evidence that can inform decisions
Irrespective of your background, RFE positions tend to be a great fit for anyone with a growth-oriented mindset.
Responsibilities
Under the guidance of a project manager specific to each project, you will lead the implementation of RFE advisory engagements, working closely with them and with other teams within IPA’s country office to develop tailor-made solutions for their data and evidence needs, and support their implementation. This includes the following responsibilities:
• Strategic and technical contribution: provision of advice and tools to advance partners’ learning goals in their programs, such as:
o Co-creating prototyping and iterative learning plans to improve early-stage program activities
o Designing learning-oriented process evaluations
o Assisting clients to identify M&E questions to test the assumptions in their theory of change, and to design cost-effective approaches to rigorously test these assumptions
o Providing technical advice, to partners on the development and implementation of M&E plans, the design of indicators, data collection methods, and data management
• Research design and analysis: Take part in the design, implementation, and analysis of data collection and other evaluative work that sometimes complement RFE’s advisory work (including in this first engagement mentionned above)
• Project management: Lead work planning and project management to ensure effective and timely implementation of our work
• Stakeholder communication: Maintain strong communication and partnership with key stakeholders, including direct stakeholder management with leadership staff from partner organizations
• Workshop design and facilitation: Design and facilitate various kinds of external MEL-related workshops
• Professional deliverables: Own the preparation and presentation of various types of advisory and analytical deliverables, maintaining the highest standards of communication efficiency
• Contribution to the development of new RFE engagements: Take part in scoping meetings, contributing to the design of methodologies, and writing concept notes or proposals
Contribution to the development and refinement of RFE service offerings: Continuously improve the work that we do with our partners