Job Opportunities at Rwanda Education Board (REB)
Rwanda Education Board (REB) |
Type: Job
Published: 2024-03-28 | Deadline: 2024-04-05
1. Job Title: Hardware Support (5 Positions)
Job responsibilities
- Accountable to CTO
- Repair and Maintenance of Tablets, Smartphones equipment in schools;
- Monitor the security mechanisms of ICT school equipment in schools and provide guidance/advise on how to get them back or replaced in case they are stolen;
- Supervise the equipment deployment;
- Follow up on damaged devices for repair and tracking of stolen devices
- Regular support for headteacher smartphone, and teacher’s tablets,
- Be stand by to support teachers during class time
- Any other duty assigned.
Minimum qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information and Communication Technology, Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Business Information Technology, Computer Science with Education, Software Engineering, with Year of relevant experience
2. Job Title: Procurement Specialist (2 Positions)
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities:
- To prepare annual procurement plans (AWPs) in accordance with approved work plans and budgeted interventions to ensure timely procurement of required goods and services;
- To determine suitable sources of supply through extended local and non- local searches and request bids and quotations through right channels accessible to a wide range of potential suppliers;
- To prepare appropriate bidding documents, including specific procurement notices, standard contracts for goods and services, invitations for bids, etc.
- To liaise with projects teams to ensure that all requirements are considered and made clear during bid documents preparation;
- To work with Public tender committee for the review and analysis of bids and quotations and recommend the best qualified bidder/vendor, considering offered prices and bidder/vendor capabilities, reputation, and past performance;
- To prepare contracts to successful candidates according to the standard bidding documents
- To participate in contract negotiations, prepare and review for high quality and accuracy each contract packages (selection memos, restricted screening and other donor requirements, contracts, agreements/grants or purchase orders, modifications, etc.) prior to submission to contracts or agreements signatory.
- To monitor contract execution in collaboration with concerned departments;
- To provide information and documents to Rwanda Public Procurement Authority whenever considered necessary.
- To carry out any other duty provided for by regulations on public procurement.
- Execute other activities assigned by direct supervisor
Minimum qualifications
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Master’s Degree in Law, Procurement, Supply Chain Management with 3 Years of relevant experience
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Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Procurement, Supply Chain Management with 5 Years of relevant experience
3. Job Title: English Proficiency Specialist
Job responsibilities
- Be accountable to the Quality Basic Education Project Manager on all activities related to the sub-component of improving English Proficiency under the Rwanda Quality Basic Education for Human Capital Development Project.
- Organize and coordinate review of REB’s existing English language proficiency training modules.
- Organize and coordinate the development of modules on methodology for teaching English as a subject and English as a medium of instruction.
- Organize and coordinate the development of English Language Proficiency assessments.
- Coordinate and monitor the implementation and rollout of the English Language Proficiency modules.
- Organize and coordinate academic certification for the English Language Proficiency training beneficiaries/teachers.
- Organize and coordinate the development of online courses and assessment tools for enhancement of English language proficiency and digital literacy skill development of teachers.
- Organize and coordinate development of Digital Skills for Teachers;
- Organize and coordinate the empowerment of school’s teachers through access to ICT;
- Coordinate the development of REB’s e- learning platform to support teacher development;
- Coordinate the capacity building for REB staff to manage the e- learning Platform.
- Administer training and teacher development programs for English proficiency.
- Coordinate the design of teacher training programs and materials for English language subject and training of teachers at a national scale.
- Develop national level teacher training strategies and work plans.
- Ensure that the activities for in- service training of English language proficiency undertaken by different providers in Rwanda are complementary and mutually supportive.
- Design and supervise monitoring and evaluation exercises for English language teacher training activities.
- Maintain regular communication with district education officers, school heads, language inspectors, language curricular developer and teacher training colleges for the purpose of planning, monitoring and evaluation.
- Write and present proposals to mobilize funds for English language training.
Minimum qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree in Education, English with education, English and literature with education PGDE, English and Literature in English with Education
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Master’s Degree in English language Education, English language and Literature Education with 5 Years of relevant experience
4. Job Title: Financial Management Specialist
Job responsibilities
- Establish and maintain a sound financial and internal control systems and procedures for the project and ensure that they are adhered with in line with the GoR Regulations and Donor Procedures;
- Prepare and support in the preparation of the project annual budgets as part of the annual work plan and budget preparation and revisions;
- Ensure that payments are timely made and recorded in accordance with the approved budgeted/planned amounts as approved and complies with Financial Management Manuals, the financing agreements and other laid down accounting procedures and operational guidelines;
- Ensure that all payment vouchers are adequately supported with appropriate source documentations, duly authorized for payment and properly filed to facilitate easy retrieval and referencing;
- Ensure that approved bank accounts are maintained at adequate levels to enable scheduled payments to be made without delay, undertaking timely cash flow projections and observing good treasury and cash management practices;
- Follow up to ensure that actual expenditures are in line with the budgets, analyze and provide explanation to users on any variances thereof;
- Ensure funds are properly managed and flow smoothly, adequately, regularly and practicably in order to meet the projects objectives;
- Design and provide the SPIU Coordinator with smoothly analytical reports on the financial performance of the projects;
- Prepare monthly reconciliation statements for all bank accounts;
- Prepare monthly, adequately and annual financial statements as appropriate as well as any other financial status reports required by stakeholders, program legal agreements and the financial reporting framework of the GoR;
- Submit the interim financial reports quarterly or biannually to projects funders in line with reporting requirements of the funders;
- Work with consultants and suppliers on issues concerning payments, disputes and account settlements;
- Maintain accurate recording of all project’s assets in the asset register and subsequently carryout timely updates, reconciliation and verification of such assets acquired for the projects;
- Ensure that all the projects assets are correctly identified and physical verifications carried out on a regular basis to ascertain existences and conditions;
- Support internal audit of the projects by the ministry’s internal audit and ensure that findings relating to the projects are addressed on time;
Minimum qualifications
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Master’s Degree in Finance with ACCA Foundation Level (Completion of ACCA Applied Skills papers), Accounting with a CPA intermediate level /ACCA Fondation Level ( Competion of ACCA Aplied Skills Papers), Or CPFA/CPFM with 3 Years of relevant experience
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Bachelors’ Degree in Accounting with Professional Qualification recognized by IFAC (ACCA, CPA), Public Finance with professional certificates ACCA or CPA or Certified Intenal Auditor (CIA) with 5 Years of relevant experience
5. Job Title: Financial Management Specialist
Job responsibilities
- Establish and maintain a sound financial and internal control systems and procedures for the project and ensure that they are adhered with in line with the GoR Regulations and Donor Procedures;
- Prepare and support in the preparation of the project annual budgets as part of the annual work plan and budget preparation and revisions;
- Ensure that payments are timely made and recorded in accordance with the approved budgeted/planned amounts as approved and complies with Financial Management Manuals, the financing agreements and other laid down accounting procedures and operational guidelines;
- Ensure that all payment vouchers are adequately supported with appropriate source documentations, duly authorized for payment and properly filed to facilitate easy retrieval and referencing;
- Ensure that approved bank accounts are maintained at adequate levels to enable scheduled payments to be made without delay, undertaking timely cash flow projections and observing good treasury and cash management practices;
- Follow up to ensure that actual expenditures are in line with the budgets, analyze and provide explanation to users on any variances thereof;
- Ensure funds are properly managed and flow smoothly, adequately, regularly and practicably in order to meet the projects objectives; 8. Design and provide the SPIU Coordinator with smoothly analytical reports on the financial performance of the projects;
- Prepare monthly reconciliation statements for all bank accounts;
- Prepare monthly, adequately and annual financial statements as appropriate as well as any other financial status reports required by stakeholders, program legal agreements and the financial reporting framework of the GoR;
- Submit the interim financial reports quarterly or biannually to projects funders in line with reporting requirements of the funders;
- Work with consultants and suppliers on issues concerning payments, disputes and account settlements;
- Maintain accurate recording of all project’s assets in the asset register and subsequently carryout timely updates, reconciliation and verification of such assets acquired for the projects;
Minimum qualifications
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Master’s in Finance, Accounting with CPA/CPFA/CPFM intermediate level /ACCA Foundation Level (Completion of ACCA Applied Skills papers), Finance with ACCA Foundation Level (Completion of ACCA Applied Skills papers) with 3 Years of relevant experience
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Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting with Professional Qualification recognized by IFAC (ACCA, CPA), Public Finance with professional certificates ACCA or CPA or Certified Intenal Auditor (CIA) with 5 Years of relevant experience
6. Job Title: Career Guidance and Counseling Programmes Officer
Job responsibilities
- Accountable to the Director of Career Guidance & Counseling Unit;
- Ensure follow up of Guidance and Counseling activities in schools;
- Organize teacher trainings in the field of Guidance and Counseling;
- Coordinate with district, sector, and school leaders to ensure effective operations of career guidance and counseling programs;
- Encourage communities, private sector, and other stakeholders to collaborate in career guidance activities by hosting events, sharing opportunities, etc;
- To design, develop, produce, distribute and experiment guides for officers in charge of Counselling and Guidance in Districts and schools;
- To work in collaboration with National Examination Counsel on decision taking concerning students’ orientation in schools.
Minimum qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree in Educational Sciences, Applied Pedagogy, Education Psychology, Clinical Psychology with 0 Year of relevant experience
7. Job Title: Home Science Training Officer
Job responsibilities
- To Design, develop, produce teacher training materials in Home Science and Agriculture;
- To experiment on teacher training materials developed and produced in Home Science and Agriculture;
- To design facilitator guide and other training materials
- To ensure follow up and evaluation of school based in Home Science and Agriculture;
- To take active participation in researches aimed at improving the quality of Home Science and Agriculture teaching
- Any other assignment given by the hierarchy
- Accountable to the Director of Teacher Training Unit;
Minimum qualifications
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Bachelors Degree in Agricultural Education with 0 Year of relevant experience
8. Job Title: Text Book Illustration Officer
Job responsibilities
- Illustrate high quality educational teaching and learning materials using free-hand drawing and digital drawing devices such as pencils, watercolors, tablets and other desktop publication software;
- Spearheading in-house activities related with textbook illustrations;
- Work hand in hand with curriculum developers, textbook publishers and graphics designers to ensure quality illustrations including digital content versions;
- Produce quality pixel perfect images and to ensure deadlines are met;
Minimum qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design, Fine Arts, WEB DESIGN, Creative Arts Studies with 0 Year of relevant experience
9. Job Title: Director of Language Subjects Unit
Job responsibilities
- To supervise the designing, development, production, and experimentation of curricula in the department;
- To supervise the designing, development production and experimentation of teachers’ guides and learners’ text books;
- To coordinate follow up activities regarding the use of curricula, teaching methodologies and teaching materials, all activities relative to reforms, the revision and adaptation of curricula and teaching materials;
- To collaborate with the other departments of the REB in terms of follow up of and implementation of policy of Education related to curriculum;
- To produce regular activity reports to the HoD.
Minimum qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Arts and Language, English language and Literature Education, Linguistics or Kinyarwanda Education with 1 Years of relevant experience
- Bachelor’s degree in arts with Education, English with education, English and literature with education, Kinyarwanda with education with 3 Years of relevant experience
