Gender Monitoring Office (GMO)-Various Jobs Rwanda

Gender Monitoring Office (GMO) is a Public Institution with the mandate to monitor progress towards gender equality and equity with the aim of ensuring that the fundamental principles of Gender Equality are respected in all organs at governmental, private, non governmental and religious levels.

The Government of Rwanda, One UN Rwanda and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) jointly signed an agreement for Advancing and Sustaining

Gender Equality gains in Rwanda, The joint programme aims to systematically mainstream gender dimensions in all policies, programmes and budgets for the elimination of gender disparities in order to accelerate and sustain gender equality gains in Rwanda.

It is within the above context, the Gender Monitoring Office would like to invite qualified senior technical personnel to apply for the following vacant posts under the joint programme.

Work duration	Job Title	Duties	Job Requirements	Qualification and Experience of job holder	Staff required
One year renewable	Program Manager	Oversee the implementation and coordination of all GMO component within the result framework of the joint programme; Preparing and updating work plans and budgets and ensuring their timely execution; Manage the execution of all contracts, Memoranda of Understanding and Agreements related to all Consultants, Specialists, programme staff and subcontractors engaged to the programme; Oversee the timely preparation and submission of financial reports in accordance with government administrative, financial and procurement systems and procedures; Represent GMO at joint programme meetings; Monitoring the delivery of the project deliverables as identified by the project log	Masters/A0 in Project management, Economics, Management, and Gender studies.	At least 7 years Experience for (Ao) and 5 years for (Masters) of relevant professional experience at the national or international level in providing management advisory services,	1
One year renewable	Information and Communication Expert	Design and coordinate GMO internal and external communication strategy Support and guide the preparation of annual communications plans and budgets; Collect , exploit and disseminate gender related news and information from different resources including GMO field reports, researches ;media reports for advocacy purposes Proof reading and fine-tuning of27th January materials to make them understandable and interesting to the targeted audiences; Coordination and communication with the media for GMO promotion and visibility; Maintains regular contact with international and national media and proactively ensures strategic and timely outreach to media; Organize GMO press conferences and forums; Collect and disseminate gender best practices for information sharing and replication; Any other duties assigned by the Executive secretary.	Masters/A0 in journalism, communication sciences and public communication	At least 7 years experience for (Ao) and 5 years for (Masters) of proven and related experience In the field of information sharing and communication with a wide range of stakeholders	1
One year renewable	Expert in Gender Based Violence	•Being a resource person for High Monitoring Council and GBV department in the area of strategic thinking and planning for increased accountability in service delivery on GBV; Contribute to raising resources and awareness to fight GBV Assist GMO in developing innovative ways of reporting and communicating issues related to GBV Proactively support monitoring of gender-based violence prevention and response interventions ; Provide assistance to the Unit of fight against GBV and other staff when required on issues relevant to GMO mandate Participate in strategic planning and coordination of GMO activities to ensure that objectives are reached; extrapolate best practices and lessons learned from GMO activities and ensure horizontal and vertical exchange of knowledge; Contribute to implementation of planned activities in the framework of the Joint project in line with approved document and work-plans; Contribute to capacity building of GMO staff in the area of GBV. Provide continuous assessment and analysis on the achievement of objectives and results, monitors, and analyze the implementation of on-going activities and write periodic progress reports on the GBV component of the Joint project; Perform other duties as required by the director of GBV department.	•Masters/AO in gender and development, social sciences and law.	•At least 7 years experience for (Ao) and 5 years for (masters) in the field of gender equality with an emphasis on gender based violence prevention and response	1
One year renewable	Strategic partneships and Institutional building advisor	Guide and Contribute to resource mobilization through advising and supporting development of substantive resource mobilization material; Guide GMO to formulate Partner Engagement Strategies for key national and international partners and Annual Partnership Action Plan for GMO; Coordinate and monitor implementation of partnership building activities with a coherent strategic approach, providing advice to the senior management and other units on the strategic directions on partner engagement and networking; Follow up on existing MOUs or advise on new ones and ensure participation of partners in GMO activities; Provide strategic advice and policy recommendations with a view to positioning GMO strongly to existing and potential partners; Provide strategic guidance to the GMO senior management and the relevant units/projects on identification and establishment of innovative partnership modalities, exploring new partners (e.g., emerging donors, CSOs, academic institutions, private partnerships and fund mechanisms; Collaborate closely with Communication Team to ensure linkages and synergies between donor/partner outreach and communication needs; Provide guidance and follow-up for GMO 2011-2016 strategic plan review with a detailed implementation plan Provide advice and recommendations as regards existing manuals of operations for the different functions of the institute Closely work with all management team of the GMO in developing their capacity in all areas related to the functions of the institute management and implementation; Prepare a long-term development plan for upgrading the leadership and management capacity of the institute's senior administrators; Perform other duties as required by the Executive Secretary.	Masters/A0 in management, international development, Public administration Political or social sciences and development related fields	•At least 10 years Experience for (Ao) and 7 years for (Masters) in partnerships building, resource mobilization, institutional development and advocacy	1

Interested candidates are invited to submit their proposals and updated  CVs including three ( 3) referees, one copy of academic paper and a  copy of national ID no later than5th February 2014, 4:00 pm at Gender Monitoring Office (Gishushu)  in Global House Building.               

Details of Experience and competencies visit GMO website www.gmo.gov.rw or GMO office. For further clarifications, please call 0788520268/0788307528.Online applications are not accepted.

Done at Kigali, 27th January, 2014

Aquiline NIWEMFURA

Executive Secretary