JOB DETAILS:
Category: National
Location: Kigali, 465145
Reference: 20082
Background
Enabel is the Belgian development agency. It implements Belgium’s governmental cooperation. The agency also works for other national and international donors. With its partners in Belgium and abroad, Enabel offers solutions to address pressing global challenges - Climate Change, Urbanisation, Human Mobility, Peace and Security, Economic and Social Inequality - and to promote Global Citizenship. With 2,000 staff, Enabel manages about 170 projects in twenty countries, in Belgium, Africa and the Middle East.
The Junior Programme implemented by Enabel offers the opportunity for talented young people of various origin, gender and education backgrounds to contribute professionally to international solidarity projects. Through their experience they develop the competences to actively and sustainably engage in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Junior Programme aims to make them active and critical global citizens who are committed to the SDGs.
The Junior Experts work at least 1 and at most 2 years in a project of Enabel or of one of the Non-governmental Actors (NGA) that are affiliated with the Junior Programme.
The Programme Junior is open to youngsters with no or little professional experience and accepts only young people aged 30 at most at the last day of the publication of the job offers.
This function is open to persons with the Rwandan nationality. Women are warmheartedly encouraged to apply.
The government of Rwanda and its partners have invested significantly in developing national digital infrastructures such as the internet network and an e-government platform, however the digital transformation of various sectors has not yet been completed. This initiative will provide support to facilitate the improvement of education, health, urbanization, agriculture and social protection services through increased availability, access and affordability of digital services for all, also for people living in the most vulnerable situations and in the most need (i.e. rural areas and people living in poverty).
In the context of development cooperation, Enabel is currently looking for a (f/m) Junior Expert in Digital for Development (D4D).
Duty station: Kigali
Duration of the contract :1 year with possible extension depending on available funding
Expected starting date: February 2023
Job description
Under the direct supervision of the Project Coordinator and in close collaboration with various partners, the Junior Expert will co-develop several lifelong learning programmes to: (1) improve beneficiaries’ digital and professional skills; (2) positively impact economic prospects of the beneficiaries. (3) boost your own digital and communication skills as a key driver for your future employment.
In general, (s)he will:
• Identify gaps/issues and propose digital solutions to address them in 3 focal sectors (ICT, Social protection and Urbanization)
• Facilitate/coordinate the development of 2 digital solutions in 3 focal sectors
• Represent Enabel in sector digitalisation working group
• To share internally and externally knowledge and experience on digital solution implementation
• In consultation with the Junior Programme, take initiatives and/or respond to requests for global citizenship actions. and raise awareness of global citizenship among the Belgian population
• Organize the solution exploration activities together with other staff
• Provide innovative solutions to be implemented by the project
• Build capacity of Enabel staff through capacity building activities.
• Organize workshops or learning sessions (lunch) to share on digital for development and how to mainstream digitalisation in projects.
• Perform other duties as required by supervisor
Your profile
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE
• Rwanda Citizen
• A Bachelor’s degree holder
• Minimum 6 months and maximum 2 years of professional experience in development of digital solutions.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Proficient in Kinyarwanda and English. Working knowledge of French is an asset;
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to develop collaborative relationships,
• Analytical skills
• Ability to evaluate, explore and position digital opportunities as well as negotiate and arrange case for support
• Project management skills
• Highly organized, digital and tech savvy,
• Excellent communicator, with strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills
• Experience with digital product delivery
• Experience with action research
ATTITUDE
• Highly self-motivated
• High attention to detail;
• Service-oriented, but selfless and supportive attitude;
• Advanced sense of creativity and initiative
• Strong oral and written communication skills;
• Constructive and solution-oriented.
JOB DETAILS:
Protection Coordinator
The Organisation
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.
We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.
Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.
We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.
We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years, and are now active in more than 75 countries.
Role Profile
Title Protection Coordinator
Functional Area (job family/role type) Program, Humanitarian settings
Discipline/field Program
Specialism Child Protection & GBV
Reports to: Project Manager
Office location: Refugee Camps Travel required: 40%
Geographical scope of role Rwanda
Effective Date: 2023 Grade: D1
role PURPOSE
Plan International is a rights-based development and humanitarian organization working for a better life for all children. We are independent of government and have no political or religious affiliation. Our purpose is to strive for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.
Plan International Rwanda Strategy statement.
Our global strategy has a specific focus on girls, as they are often the most marginalized and most often left behind. We have committed ourselves to the ambitious target of reaching 100 million girls over 5 years, to ensure they can learn, lead, decide and thrive. This is our contribution to reaching the sustainable development goals and in particular the goals on gender equality.
The Protection Coordinator is responsible for the supervision of all child protection activities, including Gender-Based Violence in the refugee camp and will directly report to the Project Manager with overall supervision from the CPP Manager. S/he is the team Leader and provides in-depth support to the Child Protection Officer(s), GBV Response Officer(s), Community Engagement Officer(s) and other casual workers and consultants as necessary or required. The Protection Coordinator will be responsible for the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of all child protection & GBV camp-based activities. In that line, he/she will provide strategic guidance for child protection & GBV interventions and play a coordination role with other level camp-level implementing partner-level sector standards by providing training, coaching and mentoring to scale up a range of complimentary protection initiatives within households and communities. S/he will dedicate potential support to case management as the core pillar in protection to ensure the best interest of the child/survivor is put into action and adequate service is provided.
Management Scope, Reporting Lines, Key Relationships
Direct reports: Project Manager (Child Protection & GBV Projects)
Key relationships
Internal:
• DRM&R Program Manager
• Child Protection Program Manager
• Country Human Resources Manager
• Plan International Refugee response staff
• PUM within the refugee camp area
External:
• UNHCR field offices
• MINEMA field offices
• Protection of implementing partners at the field level
• District authorities