The Government of Rwanda has received credit from the International Development Association (IDA) towards the cost of the Land Husbandry Water Harvesting and Hillside Irrigation (LWH) Project. The Land Husbandry Water Harvesting and Hillside Irrigation (LWH Project) is one of the development initiatives designed under the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Resources (MINAGRI), and party funded by the World Bank in order to tackle the issue related to food insecurity and rural communities’ livelihoods income.
For this purpose, the Government of Rwanda has received a credit from the International Development Association (IDA)], to finance the LWH Project and now seeks to recruit competent persons to fill the following positions :
2. Social Safe Guard Specialist (SSGS)
Overall function of the position
Social Safeguard Specialist will be part of the Community Development Unit. Under the supervision of Head of Community Development Unit, she / he will be responsible for Identifying and Overseeing Social Safeguard issues and implementing appropriate rehabilitation and resettlement implementation activities in the project area. She will work closely with District staff, especially Rural Engineers, Land Husbandry and Community Development Officer.
Specific Duties of the Position
- To support and guide the activities of Social Safeguard at the central level ;
- To Prepare, supervise and implement the resettlement action plans ;
- To Ensure effective integration of social safeguard considerations into all aspects of identification, consultation, planning and implementation of project activities ;
- To Coordinate and liaise with the World Bank to ensure effective mainstreaming of social safeguard issues into the implementation of project activities ;
- To ensure that Project activities are consistent in their approaches to social safeguard issues, thereby supporting full blending at the operational level ;
- To work closely with officials of District and sector in all process of social safeguard ;
- To prepare all documents related to the process of social safeguard activities (MoU, grant agreements, etc…)
- To ensure that social safeguard related modules are incorporated in the training and capacity building programs at all the levels ;
- To participate in identifying suitable consultants/institutions to be used on technical support activities and training & capacity building related to social safeguard aspects ;
- Defining, and subsequently monitoring, suitable social safeguard indicators for Projects ;
- Providing social safeguard inputs to monitoring, evaluation, and reporting activities ;
- Ensuring regular interaction with the External Consultants / World Bank Mission / stakeholders on Social safeguard aspects ;
- Any other responsibility assigned by the Head of Community Development Unit.
Qualification and other requirements
- Degree in Development studies, Environmental Science/Engineering, Natural Resources Management, or a related field with suitable experience in social and environmental management and monitoring with special emphasis on community development ;
- Minimum of 2 years experience in the field of resettlement and should be conversant with World Bank Social Safe guard policies.
- Ability to work under pressure and to coordinate and link with multi-disciplinary experts ;
- Ability to communicate in Kinyarwanda and English or French is required, proficiency in all three languages would be an advantage ;
- Computer Literacy – familiarity and ease in using computer and various software programs would be an advantage.
The following are the general Terms and Conditions of Service for the posts :
Remuneration : the project will provide a competitive package. Successful candidates will sign a 2 years renewable contract on satisfactory performance.
Interested candidates should deliver Written Applications letter and a latest copy of CV should be addressed to the Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Box 621, Kigali, and delivered to the Single Project Implementation Unit (Land Husbandry Water Harvesting and Hillside Irrigation (LWH) and Rural Sector Support Project (RSSP) head offices at Kacyiru not later than Thursday 19th,April 2012, at 4.30pm (16h30).
Ms. Jolly DUSABEProject Coordinator
LWH/RSSP Projects
B.P. 6961 Kigali ;
Email : lwh@minagri.gov.rw
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