TERMS OF REFERENCE TO RECRUIT SHORT TERM PROJECT COORDINATOR UNDER PROJECT TITLED “SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY TOOLS TO EXPLORE COVID-19 RESPONSE EFFECTS ON BENEFICIARIES OF SOCIAL-PROTECTION PROGRAMS IN RWANDA.
Context
Transparency International Rwanda (TI-RW) is a Rwandan Civil Society Organization created in 2004 and registered as a non-governmental organization in accordance with the law no 04/2012 of 17/02/2012 governing the organization and functioning of the national non-governmental organizations. TI-RW’s mission is to contribute to the fight against corruption and promote good governance through enhancing integrity in the Rwandan society.
As a civil society organization and a key stakeholder in improving citizens-state relations through ensuring transparency and accountability in the implementation of Government programs benefiting citizens either in the health sector or social sector;
TI-RW has initiated a project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) titled “Social accountability tools to Explore COVID-19 response effects on beneficiaries of social-protection programs in Rwanda”. This resulted from the widespread of COVID-19 pandemic which has led to vast implications on citizens’ civic, political, and economic rights and the increased Government initiatives to ensure the management of the pandemic.
In order to contain the spreading of COVID-19 countrywide, the Government of Rwanda has resorted to extreme measures such as the derogation of certain fundamental rights including freedom of assembly or freedom of movement, enhanced surveillance on its citizens. This was enabled by the establishment of a total lockdown in the whole country from 21st March 2020 to 4th May 2020. The lockdown situation has created a state of emergency and this situation negatively impacted on the citizens economically vulnerable (those whose living conditions are based on little daily income or informal business workers).
The Government of Rwanda mobilized huge means internally and received external support to deal with COVID-Pandemic. The World Bank opened for Rwanda a flexible credit line of 100 million of USD to support energy sector as one of the economic drivers which was heavily affected by the COVID-19 crisis Similarly, the Government of Rwanda introduced a number of policies and initiatives to support vulnerable citizens especially those who can’t afford feeding themselves on a daily basis because they used only to live by what they have earned on a daily basis. Furthermore, the Government of Rwanda has also done much in equipping the health system to be in a position of facing and effectively managing the increase in the number of people tested positive of covid-19.
Nevertheless, during the implementation of the lockdown instructions, many efforts on awareness rising on COVID-19 were concentrated in Kigali city leaving behind with limited information for residents in rural areas. At the same time, TI-RW received citizens’ complaints on lack of transparency in the distribution of Government emergency support to affected citizens, corruption in service delivery in other health services (out of COVID-19 response), limited information on Government of Rwanda COVID-19 economic mitigation measures, to name the few.
In the framework of contributing to the fight against the spread of COVID-19 as well as ensuring transparency and accountability in the implementation of measures and initiatives designed to support vulnerable citizens in this period, TI-RW initiated a research-based project using social accountability tools, titled “Social accountability tools to Explore COVID-19 response effects on beneficiaries of social-protection programs in Rwanda”.
Project planned outputs:
In this context, TI-RW would like to recruit a project coordinator to be able to fulfill various duties and responsibilities as described above. The successful candidate should be immediately available and will work closely with TI-RW Executive Secretariat under the supervision of the Program Manager.
Task requirements
Duration
The duration of this project and assignment will be five (5) months, from August 2020 to December 2020.
Qualification and experience
Eligible consultant should have the following qualifications and experience:
How to apply
Interested applicants shall submit their motivation letters and CVs addressed to the Executive Director of Transparency International Rwanda. The application shall be submitted in a sealed envelope at TI-RW Head Office, located in Remera (near Grand Legacy Hotel) not later than Friday 24th, July 2020, at 5:00 PM.
Three shortlisted candidates will be invited to TI-RW office for an interview and later on contract negotiation will be made with the best candidate. For any further clarification, please contact us at amupiganyi@tirwanda.org or tel. +250788309563 during working hours.
Done at Kigali, on 15th July 2020
Apollinaire Mupiganyi
Executive Director TI-RW