Senior Capacity building specialist job at Never Again Rwanda
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Vacancy title:
Senior Capacity building specialist

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Science & Engineering ]

Jobs at:

Never Again Rwanda

Deadline of this Job:
29 July 2022  

Duty Station:
Within Rwanda , Rwanda , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Senior Capacity building specialist
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
Supports the preparation and implementation of all capacity building activities. The candidate will liaise with community-based organizations, media and other Civil society organizations engaged by the program to plan the technical capacity building sessions, and advise the organization on the implementation of the planned capacity building strategies. He/she will also coordinate the technical accompaniment and on job technical support to partners by ensuring sustainability and efficient knowledge management. Specific Responsibilities
• Conduct desk review of existing organizational and project documents to gain more understanding on NAR and its programs.
• Lead the design of the capacity building strategy in line with NAR’s capacity building plan.
• Design and operationalize quality capacity assessment tools and processes.
• Conduct capacity needs assessments among CSO partners.
• Convene consultation meetings with CSO partners and other key stakeholders to identify, update and consolidate capacity building needs.
• Lead the design of quality capacity building materials and methodology based on identified gaps and needs.
• Propose and implement out of the box and innovative capacity building strategies, initiatives, and approaches to enhance CSO partners’ capacities.
• Train and provide accompaniment to CSO partners in documentation, policy analysis and advocacy in collaboration with NAR capacity building officer.
• Organize and facilitate learning sessions and experience sharing sessions to support CSO partners review, reflect and support advocacy initiatives to adopt collective policy recommendations for advocacy.
• Organize Capacity building sessions for CSO partners in scientific CSC Data collection and analysis for effective policy in collaboration with NAR Policy Analysis and Advocacy Advisor and Capacity Building Officer.
• Support NAR Policy Analysis and Advocacy Advisor to organize and facilitate thematic advocacy meetings with Community based SO partners through established coalitions.
• Provide technical assistance and advise to NAR capacity building officer to be able to delivery on day-to-day capacity building activities.
• Transfer capacity building skills and experience to NAR capacity building officer for ownership and sustainability of capacity building initiatives
• Conduct follow up assessments (post-capacity building assessments) to document the capacity building outcomes, good practices, and impact across community based CSO partners and suggest areas of improvement.

Qualifications
• At least 5 years progressive working experience in providing quality capacity building to organizations in areas of governance, advocacy, policy influencing, participatory approaches, research, documentation, data analysis, reporting and learning.
• Strong experience in development projects
• Prior experience in conducting capacity gaps and needs assessments.
• Experience in designing and providing technical accompaniment including on the job trainings, learning by doing, etc.
• Strong capacities and experiences in designing quality capacity building materials.
• Demonstrated experience in developing training curricula, including workshop agendas, presentations, and training exercises, games, and drills.
• Conversant with innovative approaches and strategies for capacity building of adult people
• Experiences in conducting out of the box thinking sessions and facilitate high level cross-learning, policy dialogues and experience sharing.
• Strong experience in producing and disseminating knowledge management products.
• Strong experience in the use of participatory approaches and expert knowledge in Participatory Action Research (PAR)
• Experience and skills in scientific data collection, analysis, and reporting
• Significant experience in NGO capacity building, training, and facilitation in Rwanda and region
• Technical expertise in and experience in facilitation of coalition building and thematic working groups for advocacy and policy influencing,
• Strong written and oral communication skills for high-level policy audiences
• Strong facilitation and training skills required.
• Prior experience working with civil society organizations, preferably in a management capacity.
• Familiarity with a wide range of capacity building techniques.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively and build consensus across diverse sets of stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of 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.


Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
• Interested candidates should submit their CVs and motivation letter to info@neveragainrwanda.org  no later than July 29th, 2022, at 5pm. “Grant Manager” MUST BE included in the subject line of the application email to be considered.
• Please note that due to high volume of applications, ONLY short-listed candidates will be contacted.
• NAR is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender. Individuals from vulnerable groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply.
• All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.
• NAR does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
• A work plan of yearly objectives will need to be produced between the line manager and employee at the start of the year in January, after the annual planning of yearly programme activities and events have been completed.
• The list of responsibilities is by no means exhaustive, and the post holder may be requested to undertake other relevant and appropriate duties as required. The job description may be subject to regular review and appropriate modification.



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Job Info
Job Category: Engineering jobs in Rwanda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 29 july 2022
Duty Station: Kigali
Posted: 27-07-2022
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 27-07-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 27-07-2056
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