Job description
Under Direct supervision and guidance of the Director General of National Planning, the planning officer will be responsible of the following:
1. Monitor progress on priority national development outcomes working with relevant institutions.
– Assist the relevant sector(s) in elaborating and keeping up to date sector policies and strategic
plans, as well annual action plans;
– Review the sector MTEF nomenclature to ensure a link between the sector strategy and the MTEF;
– Ensure that sector joint review is annually held and actively participate in the review and assist the sector in conducting a public
expenditure review, where required;
– Contribute to the elaboration of the National Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy and related Annual Progress Report in the
relevant sub-sectors;
– Assist the assigned districts in elaborating their District Development Plans, Annual Budget, and Annual Action Plans;
– Prepare policy briefs on key developments in the sector;
– Analyze the sector budget request (annual budget as well as the MTEF) and the strategic Issues paper;
– Prepare a briefing for the Director on the status of the main projects operating in the sector, highlighting their execution rates and
implementation bottlenecks;
– Prepare and maintain a database of all partners in the sectors (development partners, NGOs, private enterprises);
– Analyze budget execution; Participate actively in the Network of Planner’s meetings together with other thematic focal points;
– Analyze draft budget proposal (annual budget as well as the MTEF) prepare a summary for the district and provide with the
feedback to relevant MDAs.
– Initiate and support in conducting analytical works to foster evidence based policy making.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Economics0 Year of relevant experience
- Bachelors in Project Management0 Year of relevant experience
- Master’s in Project Management0 Year of relevant experience
- Master’s in Finance0 Year of relevant experience
- Master’s in Economics0 Year of relevant experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy0 Year of relevant experience
- Master’s Degree in Public Policy0 Year of relevant experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Management0 Year of relevant experience
- Masters in Management0 Year of relevant experience
- Masters in Business Administration0 Year of relevant experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies0 Year of relevant experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics0 Year of relevant experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Monitoring & Evaluation0 Year of relevant experience
- Master’s Degree in Development Studies0 Year of relevant experience
- Master’s Degree in Statistics0 Year of relevant experience
- Master’s Degree in Monitoring & Evaluation0 Year of relevant experience
- Master’s in Actuarial Studies0 Year of relevant experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Development Planning0 Year of relevant experience
- Master’s Degree in Development Planning0 Year of relevant experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance0 Year of relevant experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration0 Year of relevant experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Studies0 Year of relevant experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Project Planning0 Year of relevant experience
- Master’s Degree in Project Planning0 Year of relevant experience
Competency and Key Technical Skills
- Integrity
- Strong critical thinking skills and excellent problem solving skills.
- Inclusiveness
- Accountability
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Client/citizen focus
- Professionalism
- Commitment to continuous learning
- Capabilities in quality assurance of documents
- Creative, proactive, customer focused, solutions led and results-oriented
- Knowledge of results-based management and its application to development planning
- Resource management skills
- Problem solving skills
- Decision making skills
- Time management skills
- Risk management skills
- Results oriented
- Digital literacy skills
- Analytical skills;
- Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills;
- Fluent in Kinyarwanda, English and/ or French; knowledge of all is an advantage
- Knowledge in planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, research and data analysis, reporting, costing
- Knowledge of the country’s development planning framework
- Skills in analysis and interpretation of Data
- Interpersonal skills and teamwork ethics