Long-term and short term experts in Rwanda

The overall program objective reads: the districts are strengthened to provide public services in a needs-oriented, efficient and transparent manner with the participation of the population.
The specific objectives are:
1)  Support to the development of a curriculum for local government officials and staff and facilitation of South-South exchange between local government associations and local government training facilities.
2)  Support to the development of a Local Government Capacity Building Pooled Fund.

For this project, Particip is searching for different long-term and short-term expert profiles:

International long-term expert:
·             University degree in administrative sciences, public policy, political science or a similar degree,
·             Practical experience in advising associations and civil servants,
·             Knowledge on current capacity building approaches and of of GIZ's Capacity WORKS management model,
·             Capacity of designing and managing programs,
·             Experience in curricula development for a higher education institution,
·             Experience in quality-assurance systems for higher education,
·             Team player, self-motivated with personal characteristics to quickly integrate and make an impact;
·             Capable of prioritising work on targets and customer needs,
·             Excellent oral and written communication skills in English are a must criterion;
·             Strong analytical skills;
·             Interdisciplinary thinking;
·             Experience in local government is an asset.

National long-term expert:
·             University degree in administrative sciences, public policy, political science or a similar degree;
·             Experience in curricula development for a higher education institution,
·             Experience in quality-assurance systems for higher education,
·             Team player, self-motivated with personal characteristics to quickly integrate and make an impact,
·             Capable of prioritising work on targets and customer needs,
·             Strong analytical skills;
·             Interdisciplinary thinking;
·             Excellent oral and written communication skills in English are a must criterion,
·             Experience in local government is an asset.

International short-term experts:
·             University degree in administrative sciences and/or selected areas for curriculum development;
·             Experience in curricula development for a higher education institution,
·             Experience in quality-assurance systems for higher education,
·             Expertise in the content of the assigned module for at least five years,
·             Excellent oral and written communication skills in English are a must criterion,
·             Knowledge of GIZ's Capacity WORKS management model.

National short-term experts profile 1:
·             Master’s degree in a relevant area;
·             Minimum 5 years’ experience in Development Cooperation
·             Experience in Government-donor  coordination in multi-stakeholder settings, and of pooled funds;
·             Knowledge of capacity building and crosscutting issues;
·             Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
·             Experience in decentralization/local governments and knowledge of Rwanda government operations an asset;
·             Excellent oral and written communication skills in English are a must criterion  (French is an asset);
·             Knowledge of GIZ's Capacity WORKS management model.

 National short term experts profile 2:
·             University degree in a relevant area;
·             Minimum 5 years’ experience in the public sector or in development projects in Rwanda, preferably at central and local government level;
·             Understanding of capacity building;
·             Experience of development partners operations in Rwanda;
·             Experience of Government-donor coordination in Rwanda and of pooled funds an asset;
·             Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
·             Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Kinyarwanda are a must criterion (French is an asset);

To apply

Applications and updated CV should be submitted to  ulrich.wilkeparticip.de