Deadline of this Job: 29 july 2022
Policy Analysts and Advocacy
Reports to Deputy Executive Director in charge of programs and Quality Assurance
Internal relationships Senior Management Team (SMT), Programme Team Leaders
Job location The job is based in Kigali; however, the post holder should expect to spend up to 10% of the time occasionally in different provinces of Rwanda.
Contract Duration Renewable Annually
Job Purpose
The overall purpose of the assignment is to conduct a policy influencing preparedness/ readiness analysis and empower CSO partners in that regard and draw an evidence-based policy advocacy/influencing strategy and plan. In addition, the expert will lead and oversee NAR advocacy and policy influencing efforts, produce a detailed report of advocacy efforts and its impact, design and update Advocacy tracking tool.
Will coordinate the policy analysis process and support CSOs and media to engage in public policy process. The candidate will support strategies of advocacy and ensure documentation of advocacy processes. Specific Responsibilities
• Conduct a quick desk review of programmatic documentation and related reports to garner an understanding of CSO design and particularly its new direction towards national policy influencing;
• Review organizational documents (corporate policies, strategies, action plans and activity reports) of CSOs to make sense of their policy influencing mainstreaming practices or approaches and take stock of pending advocacy issues that arose from the CSC process;
• Conduct and facilitate a methodology workshop with NAR & other CSO’s partners.
• Collect primary data from key resource persons through individual and group interviews (FGDs) with the core staff and management of NAR and other exiting beneficiaries as well as relevant programme boundary partners.
• Take stock of unaddressed key issues of concern to citizens which arose from CSC process in previous years;
• Organize and facilitate cross-learning workshops for partner CSOs to share, prioritize & discuss most pressing yet pending citizens’ issues that arose from the CSC process in past years and explore collaboration and coalition opportunities to advocate citizens’ interests with one voice;
• Design and develop a joint advocacy strategy to guide partners’ engagement efforts;
• Assess partners’ organizational capacities in (evidence-based) policy advocacy and process documentation;
• Develop a detailed action plan for the implementation of the joint advocacy strategy;
• Present both the draft joint advocacy strategy and action plan during pre-validation and validation workshops with partners.
Qualifications
• Ability to write up powerful change influencing materials (policy notes, issue-based policy briefs, background papers, discussion documents, human interest stories, etc.) and to engage high-ranking government policy-makers;
• PhD or Master’s degree in Governance studies, political sciences, development studies, law or other relevant field in social sciences;
• Extensive working experience with civil society or international cooperation in a policy influencing or advisory role;
• Proven record of delivering high quality professional outputs
• Excellent speaking and writing skills in English
• An ability to work within tight deadlines
The desired skills and experience of the expert include the following:
• At least 8-10 progressive working experience in a policy making or policy analysis and or policy advisory role;
• A strong understanding of the Government machinery including national policy-making process and key moments of planning;
• A strong knowledge and understanding of post-genocide Rwanda’s political culture, rules of government system engagement and governance principles;
• Strong understanding of the Rwandan governance context and policy landscape;
• Previous experience with Civil Society Organizations and development partners
• Strong knowledge and understanding the drivers of future growth in Rwanda as well as national vision policies (e.g. Vision 2020, NST1, blueprint Vision 2050) and their relationships;
• Expert skills in policy analysis and issue-based stakeholders’ relationships analysis;
• Sensitivity to details and inclusion issues;
Legal Officer
The Legal Officer will provide overall legal expertise and support on legal issues relating to the functions, structures and activities of the organization and support management on issues pertaining to legal and regulatory framework and monitor compliance with legal and regulatory corporate governance requirements.
Reporting to: Administration Manager
Employment Type: Full time Key areas of responsibilities
• Advising the company on all legal matters that may arise in its operations.
• Prepare timely and accurately all the legally required corporate meetings and their documentation (board of directors, shareholder’s meetings, etc).
• To review internal and external agreements/contracts and documentation to ensure compliance with the laws within the concerned jurisdictions.
• To advice management on negotiating terms of engagement with investors, suppliers, service providers and customers.
• To prepare contracts and agreements between company and suppliers, service providers and customers.
• To work with various departments in the company and assist the implementation and documentation of local and intercompany transactions.
• To prepare draft correspondence and assist with administration of the company ethics and compliance programs.
• To coordinate the external lawyers that the company outsource regarding various company transactions and activities.
• Carry out any other duties relating to laws of the country or the company generally as may be directed by the supervisor from time to time.
Required Experience, Skills, Qualifications and Competencies
• Bachelor’s degree in law
• A minimum of five (5) years relevant work experience in Public service or Private sector
• Diploma in legal practices
• Strong communication skills
• Attention to detail
• A strategic and analytical mind
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills with a proven ability to create and maintain positive working relationships with others.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software
Policy Analysts and Advocacy
Reports to Deputy Executive Director in charge of programs and Quality Assurance
Internal relationships Senior Management Team (SMT), Programme Team Leaders
Job location The job is based in Kigali; however, the post holder should expect to spend up to 10% of the time occasionally in different provinces of Rwanda.
Contract Duration Renewable Annually
Job Purpose
The overall purpose of the assignment is to conduct a policy influencing preparedness/ readiness analysis and empower CSO partners in that regard and draw an evidence-based policy advocacy/influencing strategy and plan. In addition, the expert will lead and oversee NAR advocacy and policy influencing efforts, produce a detailed report of advocacy efforts and its impact, design and update Advocacy tracking tool.
Will coordinate the policy analysis process and support CSOs and media to engage in public policy process. The candidate will support strategies of advocacy and ensure documentation of advocacy processes. Specific Responsibilities
• Conduct a quick desk review of programmatic documentation and related reports to garner an understanding of CSO design and particularly its new direction towards national policy influencing;
• Review organizational documents (corporate policies, strategies, action plans and activity reports) of CSOs to make sense of their policy influencing mainstreaming practices or approaches and take stock of pending advocacy issues that arose from the CSC process;
• Conduct and facilitate a methodology workshop with NAR & other CSO’s partners.
• Collect primary data from key resource persons through individual and group interviews (FGDs) with the core staff and management of NAR and other exiting beneficiaries as well as relevant programme boundary partners.
• Take stock of unaddressed key issues of concern to citizens which arose from CSC process in previous years;
• Organize and facilitate cross-learning workshops for partner CSOs to share, prioritize & discuss most pressing yet pending citizens’ issues that arose from the CSC process in past years and explore collaboration and coalition opportunities to advocate citizens’ interests with one voice;
• Design and develop a joint advocacy strategy to guide partners’ engagement efforts;
• Assess partners’ organizational capacities in (evidence-based) policy advocacy and process documentation;
• Develop a detailed action plan for the implementation of the joint advocacy strategy;
• Present both the draft joint advocacy strategy and action plan during pre-validation and validation workshops with partners.
Qualifications
• Ability to write up powerful change influencing materials (policy notes, issue-based policy briefs, background papers, discussion documents, human interest stories, etc.) and to engage high-ranking government policy-makers;
• PhD or Master’s degree in Governance studies, political sciences, development studies, law or other relevant field in social sciences;
• Extensive working experience with civil society or international cooperation in a policy influencing or advisory role;
• Proven record of delivering high quality professional outputs
• Excellent speaking and writing skills in English
• An ability to work within tight deadlines
The desired skills and experience of the expert include the following:
• At least 8-10 progressive working experience in a policy making or policy analysis and or policy advisory role;
• A strong understanding of the Government machinery including national policy-making process and key moments of planning;
• A strong knowledge and understanding of post-genocide Rwanda’s political culture, rules of government system engagement and governance principles;
• Strong understanding of the Rwandan governance context and policy landscape;
• Previous experience with Civil Society Organizations and development partners
• Strong knowledge and understanding the drivers of future growth in Rwanda as well as national vision policies (e.g. Vision 2020, NST1, blueprint Vision 2050) and their relationships;
• Expert skills in policy analysis and issue-based stakeholders’ relationships analysis;
• Sensitivity to details and inclusion issues;
Legal Officer
The Legal Officer will provide overall legal expertise and support on legal issues relating to the functions, structures and activities of the organization and support management on issues pertaining to legal and regulatory framework and monitor compliance with legal and regulatory corporate governance requirements.
Reporting to: Administration Manager
Employment Type: Full time Key areas of responsibilities
• Advising the company on all legal matters that may arise in its operations.
• Prepare timely and accurately all the legally required corporate meetings and their documentation (board of directors, shareholder’s meetings, etc).
• To review internal and external agreements/contracts and documentation to ensure compliance with the laws within the concerned jurisdictions.
• To advice management on negotiating terms of engagement with investors, suppliers, service providers and customers.
• To prepare contracts and agreements between company and suppliers, service providers and customers.
• To work with various departments in the company and assist the implementation and documentation of local and intercompany transactions.
• To prepare draft correspondence and assist with administration of the company ethics and compliance programs.
• To coordinate the external lawyers that the company outsource regarding various company transactions and activities.
• Carry out any other duties relating to laws of the country or the company generally as may be directed by the supervisor from time to time.
Required Experience, Skills, Qualifications and Competencies
• Bachelor’s degree in law
• A minimum of five (5) years relevant work experience in Public service or Private sector
• Diploma in legal practices
• Strong communication skills
• Attention to detail
• A strategic and analytical mind
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills with a proven ability to create and maintain positive working relationships with others.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software