Programme Team Leader

The IUCN-International Union for Conservation of Nature, Rwanda Country Office in collaboration with The Governments of Rwanda and the Netherlands Embassy are in the process of implementing a 3-year programme (May 2019 to April 2022) – “Landscape Restoration and Integrated Water Resources Management in Sebeya and other Catchments” – The Project. IUCN’s role is to provide Technical Assistance (TA) for the Landscape management and Integrated Water Resource Management. The TA Project has the overall purpose of “Increased livelihood and conservation Benefits in Sebeya (& other) catchments from restoration & improved local land management”.

IUCN is therefore seeking to recruit the position of a Team Leader/ Project manager with excellent skills in both technical and managerial to oversee the overall delivery of the project. The Programme team leader will ensure close collaboration with all technical staff, government counterparts to ensure effective and suitable development, monitoring and evaluation of an integrated and coherent programme. The Programme Team Leader will take lead responsibility for the delivery of the programme in terms of overall planning, implementation and reporting. The expert will ensure that the project is gender responsive and integrates gender in all action areas. He/she will ensure that the necessary inputs for implementing actions are delivered in a timely manner.

This will be an international recruited position. The expert will be located in the IUCN-Rwanda offices and will work on a daily basis with the Rwanda Water and forestry Authority (RWFA) and Ministry of Environment and other partners including SNV and APEFA.

For full job descriptions, applicants are requested to apply online through the IUCN HR Management System, by opening the vacancy announcement links below and pressing the "Apply" button. Applicants will be asked to create an account and submit their profile information.

Vacancy link: https://hrms.iucn.org/vacancy/4074