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Job Title: District Coordinator and Community Mobiliser (DCCM : national)

Organization: Luxembourg Development Agency

Duty Station: Rubavu, Rwanda

Application Deadline: 4^th December 2024

Start Date: 5^th January 2025

Contract type: Limited, full-time

Contract length: 2 years (can be extended based on performance)

Submit: LuxDev Human It System

Background

LuxDev, the Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency, is responsible for formulating and implementing bilateral development cooperation programs and projects for the government of Luxembourg. The agency’s staff consists of approximately 140 employees at headquarters, in our country offices, and 400 employees involved in the 50 projects and programs spread across 12 countries of intervention within the Luxembourg Cooperation.

The “Sustainable forestry and efficient renewable energy for improved livelihood” (SFERE) project aims to strengthen the resilience of forest landscapes and dependent communities to climate change in selected districts of Northwestern. Specifically, in Rutsiro and Rubavu districts, and in Eastern Rwanda. The project is in line with the policies and strategies of Rwanda: National Strategy for Transformation (NST) and the Green Growth and Climate Change Resilient, the National Forest Policy (2018), the Forestry Sector Strategic Plan (2018-2024), the BEST (2018-2030), among others.

The specific objective is to improve livelihoods by increasing sustainable biomass production for cooking, utilising improved cookstoves, and strengthening value chains.

The project is structured along three key result areas: 

• restoration and sustainable management of forest plantations for biomass production through community engaged PFMUs;
• increased urban and peri-urban use of improved cookstoves and sustainable biomass;
• increased and diversified income, better value chain connections for smallholder PFMU farmers.

The project is implemented by LuxDev and financed by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade of Luxemburg (MFA). The implementation mechanism involves LuxDev and national execution using direct management and operational partnership agreement (OPA). The strategy focuses on capacity building, establishing PFMUs, restoring plantations, strengthening biomass and cookstove private actors, promoting agroforestry and CSA, and facilitating financial access.

The monitoring, evaluation and reporting align with national mechanisms, emphasising progressive alignment. The exit and sustainability strategy ensures institutional, social, environmental, technical and financial sustainability for intervention durability and funds.

Key actors are the Ministry of Environment (MoE), the Ministry of Infrastructure (MININFRA) and their operational agencies, in particular the Rwanda Forestry Authority (RFA), as well as district authorities and others. The project will also set partnerships with civil society and private sector organisations.

The District Coordinator and Community Mobiliser comprises an important aspect and LuxDev commitment in all aspects of development, who will coordinate with concerned stakeholders in the district, including the government agencies, NGOs, farmer’s associations and other stakeholders as well as mobilise and engage the local community in the project design, implementation and monitoring.

In this regard, LuxDev/Rwanda is seeking to recruit a District Coordinator and Community Mobiliser for SFERE project.

Place of Work

The District Coordinator and Community Mobiliser will be working for the Luxembourg Development Agency (LuxDev). The position is based either at Rutsiro or Rubavu.

Role

• Under the guidance of CTA, lead activities related to SFERE project at district level.
• Coordinate District Officers and stakeholders to ensure the proper implementation of the workplan and timely achievement of the planned activities.
• Engage the local authorities in the district in the planning, implementation and monitoring all project activities.
• Participate in the implementation planning meetings with the project team, and ensure the agreed plan is executed accordingly
• Liaison with government officials for effective community engagement activities in the project areas.
• Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with key stakeholders, including provincial and district officials, private sectors, civil societies, NGOs and other partners in the assigned district, ensuring they are fully engaged in supporting the achievement of the SFERE project objectives, and local community owning the project and plans for sustaining project activities.
• Coordinate with District Officers to track the timely achievement of project performance indicators.
• Coordinate with project office at Kigali in developing, documenting and dissemination of success stories and learnings.
• Work with other project staff and district officers to ensure effective collection of project data, use and documentation.
• Liaise with government stakeholders to help align project activities with national and district priorities and identify opportunities for coordination in the areas of sustainable forestry, clean cooking and agri value chain activities
• Complete other tasks as assigned by the CTA.

Education and/or experience – mandatory or desirable 

• Mandatory – master’s degree in forestry, agriculture, rural development, development studies, business management or related field.
• Mandatory – Knowledge and understanding of issues related to project monitoring and evaluation, environmental science, agriculture, rural development, value chain development or in a related field relevant to the project is desirable.
• Mandatory – Minimum 5 years’ relevant professional experience in similar work
• Mandatory – Fluency in English and Kiniyarwanda
• Rwandan national

How to apply:

Please apply via our website: https://careers.luxdev.lu/job-invite/1708/

Deadline: 4^th December 2024 at 05:00 pm