External Engagement Professional Intern at World Vision Rwanda

World Vision is a child-focused Christian humanitarian organization implementing development programmes in 30 Districts of Rwanda. Our interventions in the strategic period of 2021-2025 seek to reach 2 million of the most vulnerable children. This is done through programming in Resilience and Livelihoods, WASH and Health, Child Protection and Education.

Purpose of the ExternaL Engagement Intern

The role of the intern is to coordinate all WVR external engagement initiatives, monitoring of Key Line Ministries MOUs implementation and quarterly reporting on those MOUs, participate in external meetings with Government officials, donors, other strategic partners and key stakeholders, compile meeting minutes and follow up on actions. Participate in all strategy refresh sessions and follow up on actions related to external engagement, work closely with TP Managers and other senior staff who participates in Sector working groups to truck them, document the key meeting themes, outcomes and actions for further follow up.

The intern will be guided on the internal processes and procedures in facilitating the above tasks.

The intern will report to the Government relations and Partnership Advisor.

Major Responsibilities

Coordination of WVR External engagement initiatives

1. Compile the plan for all WVR external engagement meetings and truck progress
2. Participate external engagement meetings, document learnings and actions for follow up
3. Prepare or review concept notes for various events both internal and external

Monitoring of Key Line Ministries MOUs implementation and quarterly reporting on those MOUs

1. Populate the monitoring tool for MOUs implementation for regular and quarterly updates
2. Organise meetings with technical points persons to share updates and progress on MOUs
3. Facilitate new MOUs development and coordinate the review of existing MOUs

Participate in external meetings with Government officials, and other key Strategic Partners

1. Organise and participate in meetings with Government officials and other key strategic partners
2. Compile meeting minutes and follow up on actions
3. Follow up on government correspondences and requests for appropriate responses and actions

Work closely with TP Managers and other senior staff who attends Sector working groups

1. Truck Technical team’s external engagements and meetings
2. In collaboration with technical teams, document key meeting themes, outcomes and actions for
3. Update the external engagement tool/dashboard with the most updated information as necessary

Participate in strategy refresh sessions and follow up on required actions

1. Organise meetings with relevant Governments partners who contributes to the strategy
2. Participate in strategy refresh working groups
3. Facilitate and provide information required for the strategy refresh

 Reporting and documentation

1. Facilitate RGB reports compilation and share with GR for submission
2. Document best practices for dissemination with external audience
3. Prepare power point presentations for various meeting audiences

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

Social Sciences, Political Science, Development Studies, Public relations and marketing

• Negotiation/Influencing
• Experience in coordinating skills
• Strong communication skills (public speaking, presentation
• Speak fluently Kinyarwanda, English and/or French
• Networking
• Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
• Economic and Political environment knowledge
• Public/Donor relations
• Well-developed interpersonal humility
• Good computer skills
• Good analytical skills with attention to details

Other Competencies/Attributes:

• Ability to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams
• Good communications and interpersonal skills
• Must be a committed Christian, able to stand above denominational diversities
• Capable

Preferred Skills, Knowledge, and Experience:

1. Well organized, with a high degree of accuracy and attention to details
2. Strong computer skills especially working in word, excel and power point
3. Forward-thinking and innovative, with an ability to engage, research and analyze data
4. Self-motivated and with the ability to work in a fast-paced dynamic team environment
5. Good skill in writing reports, power point presentations and meeting minutes taking

How to apply:

To apply for this role, all candidates are required to submit their application with a motivation letter, an updated CV, certificates, a copy of their National ID, and references.

Please send all attachments combined into a single PDF file, which should not exceed 2MB, to our email address: wvrwanda-recruitment@wvi.org with External Engagement Intern in the subject line.

The deadline for submitting applications is February 4, 2025. Late applications will not be accepted.

We strongly encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, including women and individuals with disabilities, to apply for this opportunity.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

As a child-focused organization, World Vision is committed to the protection of children and does not employ staff,interns whose background is not suitable for working with children. All employment is conditional upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks.