APEFE is a Belgian organization that mobilizes its resources and expertise to serve the countries of the South for strengthening their capacities to implement their Development policy in the sectors of education, agriculture and environment, health, governance, and the private sector.

JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Communication AND E-learning Expert(f/m)

APEFE is the Walloon Cooperation Agency that mobilizes its resources and expertise to serve the countries of the South for strengthening their capacities to implement their Development policy in the sectors of education, agriculture and environment, health, governance, and the private sector.

Bas du formulaire

APEFE Rwanda is implementing a five-year program (2022-2026) financed by the Belgian Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGD), with the objective of ” to increase the capacities of Rwandan young women and men to access or create decent jobs in selected TVET trades in 6 districts’’. The program is being implemented in a partnership with the Ministry of Public Service and Labour (MIFOTRA).

To fulfil its mandate, APEFE is seeking interested Rwandan candidates for the following position: One (1) Expert in communication & e-learning / Ref: COM&EL-01/2025:

• Full-time position;
• Place of assignment: Kigali (Rwanda) with 15 % of missions in provinces;
• Duration of the contract: Open-ended employment contract – local contract according to the Rwandan labor law;

• Salary package according to our salary grids (2.211.925RWF monthly gross salary for 3 years of experience, adjustable depending on the number of years of relevant experience);
• Deadline for submitting application: 7th February 2025, 5 pm.

Duties and responsibilities:

Under the hierarchical authority of the APEFE Intervention Manager, the communication & e-learning expert will provide support to ensure efficient overall communication and online training interventions as per core results under agreement of APEFE Rwanda office towards Government of Rwanda, the donor and partners expectations.

Communication:

• Develop a communication strategy for the Learning at Work and Decent Work Programme
• Ensure an effective knowledge management system for the program
• Work in close collaboration with MIFOTRA, MINEDUC, RTB, RDB, Districts, PSF, as well as technical assistants from APEFE to set up and ensure awareness campaigns
• Ensure the quality and consistency of forms and content of communication
• Facilitate the exchange and circulation of both internal and external information
• Produce, compile and effectively disseminate documents, products and activity reports of the APEFE program
• Produce press releases, web content, newsletters and publications for different audiences on the successes of the program, including through the social media of the APEFE Rwanda program
• Supervise the production of visual and multimedia material for the Programme
• Plan, develop and implement public relations strategies (including updating partner and stakeholder database and tracking information on partner and stakeholder websites and communication of information relevant to the team)
• Coordinate APEFE events and media relations
• Classify, gather and store information, usually using special computer applications, for easy access and retrieval
• Contribute to the drafting of the final report of the APEFE
• Perform other communication duties within the scope of program activities, as directed by management

E-learning:

• Identify and analyze the needs of institutions in line with their mission in close consultation with the technical teams
• Set up and monitor the processes and methodologies of any digital activity carried out by the program with a view to performance, efficiency, standardization and simplification
• Structure these processes and methodologies, formalize them, document them, and ensure their proper integration and application by the teams
• Evaluate the effectiveness and impact of digital training solutions developed and recommend ways to improve their effectiveness and impact
• Work in close cooperation with projects already active in the field
• Support and advise teams in the educational design of E-learning or “blended learning” training projects
• Support in training on digital and multimedia content development and on online platform development, as well as being the focal point in supervising the partners existing platforms
• Provide technical support to target groups in the use of E-learning design software, guide them in the formatting of E-learning training modules
• Support the conceptualization and use of e-learning and knowledge management platforms
• Share good practices and stimulate exchanges and cooperation between target groups in order to improve the quality of training. Interaction with the teaching teams of the various training organizations is essential
• Follow the evolution of tools in a changing environment and study new possibilities to support teachers/trainers in the acquisition of this new knowledge
• Implement the indicators necessary to monitor quality performance and continuous improvement
• Identify threats, risks and potential for improvement and take advantage of opportunities
• Animate federate teams around continuous improvement projects, support skills development on process aspects and monitor implementation.

Profile:

• Bachelor or Master degree with minimum 3 years of experience in information and communication technologies, journalism, multimedia educational engineering or equivalent;
• Knowledge and experience in the field of communication for behavior change will be an added value;
• Strong experience in communication, experience in an international organization is an added value;
• Proven experience in producing reports and communication products in various formats;
• Knowledge and experience of E-learning, blended learning, use and conception of e-learning softwares, development of guidelines, digital and multimedia content & E-learning modules;
• Fluency in English, Kinyarwanda and French;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Excellent computer skills, ability to film and edit web video material and take photos of events; experience in layout and design desirable;
• Good understanding of the challenges of the education sector in Rwanda;
• Able to work with minimal supervision;
• When required, ability to work under pressure;
• Good interpersonal skills are required.

A curriculum vitae, a motivation letter, past and current service certificates (unproven experience will not be considered during the shortlisting), copies of diploma and certificates and names 3 references contacts and emails (former direct supervisors) indicating the reference COM&EL-01/2025, must be sent, not later than February 7^th, 2025, 5 pm., to APEFE by e-mail: bureau.kigali@apefe.org.

Only short-listed candidates whose background and experience meet the criteria above will be contacted.

This recruitment will also be used as a recruitment pool for later possible other recruitment processes.

Done in Kigali, 24^th January 2025,

Eric HUBY

Program Administrator

APEFE Rwanda