BRAC Graduation Advisor Jobs in Rwanda

BRAC Graduation Advisor Jobs in Rwanda


About the Position

In partnership with the Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC), BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative (UPGI) is supporting the establishment of the graduation secretariat, the office that will be responsible for the coordination of the implementation of the National Strategy for Sustainable Graduation (NSSG). The graduation Analyst role will be embedded in MINALOC with reporting lines to the Graduation Advisor and to the BRAC UPGI Program Director.

The MINALOC and BRAC UPGI seek to hire a Graduation Advisor to spearhead the graduation secretariat that is meant to drive the implementation of the National Strategy for Sustainable Graduation. This position will be embedded in MINALOC with core responsibilities to coordinate, engage and ensure the smooth implementation of the strategy.

Reporting to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry and the UPGI Program Director, the Graduation Advisor will work closely with provinces and district leaderships to ensure that all relevant stakeholders are successfully involved in the graduation strategy.

This also includes engaging with the inter-ministerial steering committee by preparing the meeting agenda and other necessary documents that support the successful functioning of the steering committee. The Graduation Advisor is a one-year fixed term contract which will be remunerated in line with the UPGI salary scale.

About the National Strategy for Sustainable Graduation

Rwanda aims to achieve high quality standards of living for all as set out in the trajectory laid out in the Vision 2020. Significant progress has already been made in reducing poverty with levels of poverty falling from 58.9% in 2001 to 38.2% in 2016/17 and more than 1 million people successfully lifted out of poverty.

A clear conceptual framework for promoting graduation is articulated within several key Government documents, including the Vision 2050 which sets out the ambition of achieving high standards of living - without leaving anyone behind, the National Strategy for Transformation (NST1), and the National Social Protection Policy and its strategy.

The Government of Rwanda seeks to build on the strong progress made in reducing poverty levels and is now working towards reducing the number of people living in extreme poverty to below 1% by 2024 and eliminating poverty by 2030. The ultimate objective is to enhance the living standards of all Rwandans.

In order to achieve these ambitious targets, there is a need to ensure that policies and programs are put in place to effectively promote sustainable graduation out of poverty. The NST1 Priority Area 1, focuses on “Graduation from Poverty and Extreme Poverty and Promoting Resilience”.

In addition, outcome 6 and 7 of the ‘National Social Protection Strategy (2017-2024)’ set the target that extremely poor households have increased access to livelihood support services for economic empowerment (outcome 6) and strengthened values of self-reliance, respect for rights and community-based support for the vulnerable (outcome 7).

The aim is to support the operationalization of the strategic approach to graduation articulated within NST1 and the Social Protection Policy (June, 2020) as well as the National Social Protection Strategy (2017-24).

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