Women’s Empowerment Programme Coordinator

Job Specification

Job Title: Women’s Empowerment Programme Coordinator

Location: Kigali, Rwanda

Reporting to: Programmes Manager, Rwanda with technical support from Global technical teams

Contract Type: Fixed term contract

Grade and Scale: Programme Officer Scale

Location of Position Based:  in Kigali with frequent travel to the districts of operation and occasional regional and sometimes international travel.

Description of the unit / department:

Trócaire works in partnership with local and church organisations, supporting communities in over 17 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East to bring about lasting change. Trócaire envisages a just and peaceful world where; people’s dignity is ensured, and rights are respected; basic needs are met and resources are shared equitably; people have control over their own lives; and those in power act for the common good (Trocaire Global Strategic Plan 2021-2025).

As the official overseas development agency of the Irish Catholic Church, Trócaire has started to work in Rwanda since 1994.

For the period 2023-2027, Trócaire in Rwanda will work in 3 Districts with 11 national and local partners. In Trócaire Rwanda’s new strategic plan (2021-2025) the ambition has been set out to become a key player in capacity strengthening for local organizations in the country. This is in line with Trócaire’s global partnership and localization strategy (2021-2025).

In addition, Trócaire Rwanda’s work will focus on two core pillars of work; Climate and Environmental Justice (referred to as Trócaire’s Global Goal 2 work), which embeds Climate Change, Agriculture, Access to Markets and Livelihoods work. This pillar of work also includes resilience building of communities in order to better withstand and recover from natural and/or climate change related disasters (such as flooding, droughts, etc).

The second core pillar of work is Supporting women’s and girl’s protection, voice and leadership (referred to as Trócaire’s Global Goal 3 work), which embeds prevention of Sexual and Gender Based Violence, positive Social Gender Norm change, women’s economic empowerment and increasing women’s voice and influence (power within).

This role reports to the Programmes Manager and will work closely with the Localization and Partnership Unit. The Women’s Empowerment Programme Coordinator will take forward the commitments in the Rwanda Country Strategic Plan towards Supporting women’s and girl’s protection, voice and leadership and will lead on programme design, implementation, learning and expertise on this over the course of the coming 5 years.

Safeguarding Programme Participants Policy:

Trócaire is committed to Safeguarding Programme Participants from Exploitation and Abuse and has specific policies on this commitment (including a Global Code of Conduct) which outlines the expected behaviour and the responsibility of all staff, consultants and other organisational representatives. Any candidate offered a job with Trócaire will be expected to sign Trócaire’s Safeguarding Policies and Global Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.

Scope of the Role

The role will take forward the commitments made in Trócaire Rwanda’s new strategic plan (2021-2025) and will lead on strengthening quality assurance of the variety of women’s empowerment methodologies being applied by programme partners by seeking to harmonise them to ensure a clear path to social norms change. A continued focus will be placed on job creation, vocational training, implementation of Masidama social norms methodology, increasing voice and influence, leadership and business development for vulnerable women.

This role reports to the Programmes Manager and will work closely with the Localization and Partnership Unit. The Women’s Empowerment Programme Coordinator will be leading on Trócaire’s strategic goal in Supporting women’s and girl’s protection, voice and leadership; supporting Trócaire and partners in their activity implementation, in ways that prioritise and amplify local voices, especially the voices and leadership of women and WCOs. The role will furthermore be leading on fulfilling monitoring, administrative, budget and project management functions.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Supporting women’s and girl’s protection, voice and leadership (Trocaire Goal 3) Programme Coordination

• Responsible for the development of Trócaire Rwanda’s Goal 3 strategic intervention plan and take leadership on the roll out of the detailed technical plans and approaches used, including social norms change approaches such as MASIDAMA, support to Women- Centered Organizations (WCOs), approaches towards structural change such as Community Monitoring Advocacy (CMA), Gender responsive budget monitoring, etc.
• Responsible for the development and coordination of implementation of a consolidated workplan across all partners under the Supporting women’s and girl’s protection, voice and leadership goal area (Goal 3);
• Responsible for timely and high-quality reporting on activities under the various donor funded projects.
• Provision of timely and high-quality inputs to organizational reports (such as bi-annual reports to Districts, Line Ministries and Rwanda Governance Board; internal annual reports, etc.)
• Develop policy & advocacy positions for Trócaire, working in collaboration with partners and like-minded organizations and networks as appropriate.

Monitoring and Quality Assurance

• Monitoring and Evaluation of activities and commitments made, through regular field visits, reporting on field visit outcomes, setting improvement targets and tracking improvements.
• Develop and implement a clear Monitoring and Evaluation plan supported by the MILA and Thematic leads, based on strong baseline data and the principles of participation and demonstrating impact;
• Responsible for quality insurance of ‘Supporting women’s and girl’s protection, voice and leadership’ activities; Review and assess programme progress collectively with partner organizations regularly and ensure programme quality is in line with international, National and internal standards.
• Track progress against program goals and objectives, ensuring timely reporting on outcomes and indicators.

Technical Support & Innovation

• Staying abreast of the latest developments, good practices and discussions around thematic areas in line with Goal 3 work.Conduct needs assessments and identify opportunities for program development and expansion to support women’s rights, economic inclusion, and leadership
• Lead on the implementation of women’s empowerment integration approach in all of Trócaire Rwanda’s interventions, through provision of high quality and timely inputs in programme design, implementation and monitoring.
• Lead on training, roll out and quality assurance of Trócaire’s social norm change methodology (Masidama)
• Ensure strong learning and knowledge management of Trócaire existing and emerging practices on women’s empowerment is included in integrated programming;
• Identification of opportunities for new innovative practices and future strategies and approaches in consultation with local and international partners and networks in close collaboration with HQ and other field offices.
• Engage with communication team and other platforms to amplify women’s voices and stories of empowerment.

Programme Administration and Finance

• In conjunction with the Programme Accountant, produce an annual programme budget, regular cash flow forecasts, and monitor partner budgets, tracking of disbursements to partners, and financial reports to ensure efficient use of resources and effective programme implementation;
• Monitor monthly tracking of budget spent;
• Manage the approval processes for projects and the programme including grant agreement processes;
• Maintain updated programme documents on the organizational management information system (Salesforce);
• Implement administrative and procurement procedures in relation to the Goal 3 programme pillar to a high standard;
• Ensure that the monthly checklist for grants to partners and the programme ancillaries are updated; and
• Ensure all filing is up to date and relevant files are closed in a timely manner, in country files and on the internet-based Management Information System (Salesforce).
• Coordinating all logistics related to programme activities including field visits, meetings, workshops and process all payments within timeframes as per organization policy.

Partner Capacity Strengthening

• Coordination, liaising and collaboration with Localization and Partnership Unit for the successful delivery of partner capacity strengthening and localization ambitions.
• Accompanying partners under the Goal 3 work with technical support and guidance, capacity strengthening and identification of learning and development opportunities.
• Supporting partner capacity strengthening initiatives and actively partaking in partner capacity assessments and support (PCAS).

Business Development

• Identify funding opportunities and work with BDGM, colleagues across Trócaire Rwanda and Trócaire globally, local partners, and other stakeholders to develop, submit and win high quality institutional funded proposals.

Stakeholder Representation and Communication

• Build and maintain professional relations with relevant organisations including Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion (MIGEPROF), National Women’s Council (NWC), Gender Monitoring Office (GMO), development organisations and donors as appropriate;
• Participate in thematic relevant meetings and/or working groups (such as NINGO Thematic Working Groups and Sectoral Working Groups under government institutions and/or ministries where relevant)
• Representing Trócaire in local and national level functions, where requested by the Programmes Manager or Country Director.
• Actively provide content and input for external communication, such as twitter feeds, high quality pictures, case studies, input for blogs on the website, etc.
• Participate in coordination meetings in-country including JADF and other stakeholder meetings and provide timely feedback to Country Management Team on outputs and decisions reached in such meetings; and
• Accompany visitors to project sites and carry out promotional or media work including stories of change and stories of need as required.
• Any other reasonable duty as may be assigned by the line manager that is consistent with the nature of the job and its level of responsibility

Person Specification – Essential Requirements

Qualification

• A minimum of Bachelor degree in Women and Gender Studies, International Development, Human Rights or similar.

Experience

• At least 3 years of experience in women’s empowerment and/or gender related technical programmes (project management and monitoring)
• Demonstrated experience in formulating, monitoring and managing budgets.
• Demonstrated experience in advocacy on gender and women’s empowerment.
• Strong understanding of gender dynamics, women’s rights, and issues related to economic empowerment, leadership, and GBV.

Skills

• Affiliation, skills and proven track record of external communication means (e.g. social media, twitter, blog, case study development, etc)
• Strong facilitation/presentation and communication skills
• Fluent in English and Kinyarwanda
• Excellent writing skills in English (for report writing, document review, development of advocacy or policy documents, etc)

Strong digital literacy skills, ability to use digital systems, willingness to learn and adapt.

Qualities

• High amount of passion and affiliation required on issues related to women’s empowerment and improving the lives for the most vulnerable in the society.
• Team player with strong commitment to working with others to achieve mutual objectives;
• Commitment to meet deadlines and provision of high-quality work outcomes.
• Flexible to changing requirements that the role may require;
• Strong commitment to improving the livelihoods of vulnerable communities and to leaving no-one behind

Other

• Sympathetic to working with the Catholic Church and the Caritas confederation.

Note: Interested and qualified candidates are encouraged to apply following the link provided below and submitting an updated CV in PDF format.

 https://qsourcingservtec.applytojob.com/apply/cP6pGKY4WT/QSSRTROCAIREPCWOMEN-EMPOWEREMENTPROGRAMME-COORDINATOR

Deadline: 06^th November 2024