Legal Affairs Officer
Job Description
– Prepare draft laws and decrees;
- Supervise the drafting of Internal Rules and Regulations;
- Preparing contracts between the LODA and third parties;
- Responsible for the administration of contracts entered into by the LODA and third parties;
- Assist the management in negotiation / preparation of funding agreements between the LODA and partners;
- Provide legal advice to management and the Board of Directors, upon request or on his/her own initiative,
- Assist the Management in resolution of disputes between the LODA and third parties;
- Assist the Management in disputes related to procurement within LODA;
- Verify the legal conformity of Districts documents requesting the release of the first installment of funding;
- Assure that the required documents from Districts for releasing the first installment of fund are in conformity with applicable laws and regulations;
- Assist the District in any disputes or legal problems related to projects funded by LODA ;
- Liaise with the Office of the Attorney General and the Judiciary
Job Profile
A0 in Law or Master’s Degree in Law
Key Technical skills and Knowledge required :
- Deep knowledge of Rwanda Decentralisation system
- High analytical and problem solving skills;
- Legal research and analysis in complex areas of law;
- Knowledge of Substantive Law and Legal Procedures;
- Decision making skills;
- Experience in contract drafting and negotiation;
- Excellent communication skills ;
- Very effective organization skills;
- Team working skills;
- Computer skills;
- Fluent in Kinyarwanda, English and/or French.
Social Safeguards Specialist
Job Description
•Supervise and review the preparation of RAPs in direct consultation with the impacted communities and other stakeholders as per the disclosed RPF;
•Ensure a satisfactory implementation of the RAPs through frequent visits to the investment sites;
•Keep the community in general and the impacted households in particular informed of the project schedule through public meetings;
•Disseminate the Environment and Social Management Plans to ensure that the community is aware of the project impacts and mitigations during the construction phase;
•Establish the Grievance and Redress Mechanism and ensure that the complaints are adequately documented and addressed;
•Monitor the implementation of ESMP with support from the Mobile team;
•Engage citizens for the identification of the second phase investments;
•Support the preparation of Social Impact Assessments and Resettlement Action Plans for physical investment prepared by consultants for the second phase investments, and ensure that social issues are identified and addressed early in the process, which may include issues related to complex land acquisition and resettlement issues;
•Ensure that all social assessments are prepared with active public consultations and community participation.
•Review TORs related to the aforementioned areas, based on the thorough analysis of statutory, customary and regulatory frameworks, the nature of investments and their impacts, so as to ensure compliance with the World Bank’s safeguards policies and framework.
•Generally act as a community liaison person and be the social “eyes & ears” for the SPIU and the District;
•Maintain regular communication with SPIU and the project team at MINIFRA; and
•Prepare bi
- annual progress reports
Job Profile
A0 in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Community Development, Economics, Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Public Administration, Management with 3 years of experience or Master or Equivalent in the same fields
Key Technical Skills & Knowledge required:
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of decentralisation system;
- Knowledge in social Development strategies;
- Ability to assess and analyse impact;
- Technical understanding of system being analyzed and how it affects the various business units.
- Creative, proactive, customer focused, solutions led and outcome driven;
- Interpersonal Skills;
- Effective communication skills;
- Time Management Skills;
- Decision making Skills;
- Computer Skills;
- Judgment & Decision making skills;
- High analytical & Complex Problem solving Skills;
- fluent in Kinyarwanda, English and/ or French; knowledge of all is an
Advantage.