The role

The Infrastructure Expert will be embedded within MINISPORTS/SPIU in Kigali and report to the Isonga 2 Technical Assistance project Team Leader. As a technical advisor, he or she will strengthen the quality and consistency of sport-infrastructure packages by supporting standards, procurement documents, bid evaluation, early-works backstopping, site-supervision protocols and maintenance planning while transferring know-how to SPIU and partners.

He/she will work on a daily basis with the Infrastructure Infrastructure Technician specialist of the SPIU notably.

Key Responsibilities

• Revise and refine technical ToRs, BoQs and specifications for works tenders, including framework agreements for sport field construction/rehabilitation.
• Co-develop and operationalize sport-specific infrastructure standards with federations and local stakeholders (safety, accessibility, inclusion).
• Contribute to bid evaluation: review technical proposals against specs/standards and document quality, compliance and sustainability findings.
• Advise on supplier/contractor selection, ensuring transparency, eligibility and delivery capacity; prepare evaluation notes/recommendations.
• Provide technical backstopping to SPIU during the first wave of works: QA/QC arrangements, schedule and variation control, and budget integrity.
• Design and roll out a site supervision toolkit (protocols, checklists, progress-monitoring templates, reporting tools) and brief/train SPIU/district focal points.
• Contribute to the infrastructure maintenance plan, incl. KPIs and the use of framework repair contracts and basic asset handover documentation.

Profile 

Qualifications 

Master’s in Civil Engineering/Architecture/Construction Management (or equivalent); professional licensure an asset.

Professional experience 

• 7+ years delivering public infrastructure covering design review, tendering, early works supervision, handover and maintenance.
• Proven drafting of technical ToRs/Specifications/BoQs and standardizing unit quantities for multi-lot
  procurements.
• Bid evaluation & supplier selection within public procurement frameworks; auditable evaluation reports.
• Site supervision backstopping: Quality Assurance /Quality Controll, progress controls, risk/variation management, schedule and budget oversight.
• Maintenance planning and basic asset/lifecycle management; use of framework agreements for repairs.
• Coordination with implementation unit (SPIU/ministries) and local actors; 
• Experience in education/sport facilities is a plus.

Skills

• Design compliance and constructability reviews; value-for-money analysis;
• Quality control, HSE/safeguarding, and inclusion/accessibility standards embedded in designs;
• Clear, buildable technical writing; concise technical notes and recommendations.
• Tools: plan reading/AutoCAD, MS Office (Excel/Word/PowerPoint), collaboration platforms; contractor
  performance KPIs/monitoring.
• Perfect command of Kinyarwanda and English; fluency in French is an asset.

• Revise and refine technical ToRs, BoQs and specifications for works tenders, including framework agreements for sport field construction/rehabilitation.
• Co-develop and operationalize sport-specific infrastructure standards with federations and local stakeholders (safety, accessibility, inclusion).
• Contribute to bid evaluation: review technical proposals against specs/standards and document quality, compliance and sustainability findings.
• Advise on supplier/contractor selection, ensuring transparency, eligibility and delivery capacity; prepare evaluation notes/recommendations.
• Provide technical backstopping to SPIU during the first wave of works: QA/QC arrangements, schedule and variation control, and budget integrity.
• Design and roll out a site supervision toolkit (protocols, checklists, progress-monitoring templates, reporting tools) and brief/train SPIU/district focal points.
• Contribute to the infrastructure maintenance plan, incl. KPIs and the use of framework repair contracts and basic asset handover documentation.

• Design compliance and constructability reviews; value-for-money analysis;
• Quality control, HSE/safeguarding, and inclusion/accessibility standards embedded in designs;
• Clear, buildable technical writing; concise technical notes and recommendations.
• Tools: plan reading/AutoCAD, MS Office (Excel/Word/PowerPoint), collaboration platforms; contractor performance KPIs/monitoring.
• Perfect command of Kinyarwanda and English; fluency in French is an asset.

• Master's in Civil Engineering/Architecture/Construction Management (or equivalent); professional licensure an asset.