Job Vacancies at Ministry Of Local Government ( MINALOC)

1. Job Title: Population/ Social & Civil Registration Specialist (2 Positions)

Job responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of policies, strategies, programs and regulations in relation to population, social and civil registration;
• Monitor implementation of policies, strategies, programs and regulations regarding population, social and civil registration; - Identify gaps observed in population, social and civil registration and propose solutions; - Monitor and provide periodic updates on population, social and civil registration for planning purposes and inform decision marking; - Handle requests regarding change of name, provide legal advice to service seekers and provide timely feedback;
• Conduct capacity development of local government in relation to population, social and civil registration;
• Carry out research relevant to his/her attributions to ensure standardized and effective performance;
• Perform any other ministry duties assigned by the supervisor.

Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration, Political Sciences, Law, Administrative Sciences, Sociology, Social Work, Social Studies, Development Studies, Management, Business Administration, Economics, Demography Studies, Anthropology Studies and Statistics with three (3) years of relevant working experience;

• Master's Degree in Public Administration, Political Sciences, Administrative Sciences, Sociology, Social Work, Social Studies, Development Studies, Management, Business Administration, Economics, Demography Studies, Anthropology Studies and Statistics with one (1) year of relevant working experience.

Required Competencies and Key Technical Skills

• Knowledge of scope, challenges and problems concerning local development and decentralization service delivery;
• Knowledge of approaches or models for building better governance;
• Knowledge of the legislative background of Local Government Entities;
• Knowledge of administrative issues;
• Skills of all good governance standard for Public Services;
• Understanding of rural development, with a focus on participatory processes, joint management;
• Knowledge of local issues, community priorities, organizational relationships, social and cultural constraints and realities, and environmental conditions;
• Resource management skills;
• Analytical skills;
• Problem solving skills;
• Decision making skills;
• Time management skills;
• Risk management skills;
• Results oriented;
• Digital literacy skills;
• Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and/ or French.
• Knowledge of all is an added advantage

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2. Job Title: LG finance & Fiscal Decentralization Specialist

Job responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of policies, strategies, programs and regulations in relation to fiscal decentralization and local finance management;
• Carry out financial assessments in local government entities to verify the actual practices with public finance rules and regulations;
• Assess the effectiveness of fiscal decentralization mechanisms and provide recommendations to solve the inefficiencies;
• Evaluate the local finance management in accordance with established indicators;
• Analyse district budgets and periodic financial reports and provide appropriate feedback;
• Develop and maintain good relations with stakeholders for the reinforcement of fiscal decentralization and local finance management;
• Prepare and conduct capacity development for local government on public finance management;
• Prepare comprehensive quarterly and annual reports related to districts and provincial fiscal and financial performance;
• Reinforce and monitor enforcement of internal control mechanisms to enhance the local finance management;
• Carry out research relevant to his/her attributions to ensure standardized and effective performance;
• Perform any other ministry duties assigned by the supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Management, Financial Management, Business Administration Option Finance, Accounting, Finance with three (3) years of relevant working experience;

• Masters in Economics, Management, Financial Management, Business Administration Option Finance, Accounting, Finance with one (1) year of relevant working experience.

Required Competencies and Key Technical Skills

• Knowledge of Rwanda's financial management standards and procedures;
• Knowledge of Financial Analysis and Accounting principles and practices;
• Knowledge of Rwanda Public Financial Law;
• Knowledge of scope, challenges and problems concerning local development and decentralization service delivery;
• Resource management skills;
• Analytical skills;
• Problem solving skills;
• Decision making skills;
• Time management skills;
• Risk management skills;
• Results oriented;
• Digital literacy skills;
• Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and/ or French.
• Knowledge of all is an added advantage

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3. Job Title: Director of Social protection Unit

Job responsibilities

• Lead technical elaboration of policies, strategies, programs and regulations related to Social protection;
• Develop the performance indicators to measure Social protection programs and projects;
• Evaluate the implementation of the policies, strategies, programs and regulations related to social protection;
• Develop and maintain mechanisms for resource mobilization and strategic engagement of stakeholders (Government institutions, civil society organizations and NGOs) to fast track implementation of policies, strategies, programs, regulations related to Social Protection;
• Put in place strategies for continuous capacity development of social protection actors in local government;
• Coordinate the activities of the pool of staff under the unit with guidance, orientation and continuous feedback to timely attain the objectives;
• Carry out research relevant to his/her attributions to ensure standardized and effective performance;
• Perform any other ministry significant duties assigned by the supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology, Social Work, Social Studies, Clinical Psychology, Psychology, Development Studies, Economics, Public Policy, Rural Development, Public Administration, Administrative Sciences with three (3) years of relevant working experience;
• Master’s in Sociology, Social Protection Financing, Social Work, Clinical Psychology, Psychology, Development Studies, Rural Development, Economics, Public Policy, Public Administration with one (1) year of relevant working experience.

Required Competencies and Key Technical Skills

• Knowledge in all aspects of Social issues;
• Knowledge of Community development programs and perspectives;
• Knowledge of the social protection programs;
• Knowledge of the legislative background of Rwandan Community and welfare;
• Knowledge in technical and policy issues related to social protection;
• Knowledge in social and economic development contexts;
• Understand and Knowledge of cross-sectoral policy areas, particularly with respect to intersection of social safety nets, social insurance, education, skills and labor policy;
• Skills in dealing with social protection multilateral institutions;
• Resource management skills;
• Analytical skills;
• Problem solving skills;
• Decision making skills;
• Time management skills;
• Risk management skills;
• Results oriented;
• Digital literacy skills;
• Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and/ or French. Knowledge of all is an added advantage.

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