The Ministry of Health (MOH) is seeking a Partnership and Cooperation Specialist to support its efforts in coordinating and managing relationships with multilateral and bilateral agencies, as well as NGOs. This role is crucial for ensuring effective cooperation and maximizing the impact of external partnerships on the health sector in Rwanda. The specialist will be responsible for a range of activities including negotiation support, MoU drafting and renewal, monitoring and evaluation of joint activities, reporting, and facilitating communication between the Ministry and its partners. Additionally, the role involves ensuring proper documentation, adherence to cooperation principles, updating cooperation mappings, and advising on geographic equity. The specialist will also play a key role in evaluating interventions, monitoring budget execution, following up on capacity building initiatives, and assisting in the organization of key working groups. A significant aspect of the role includes advising on and facilitating private investments in the Health Sector.

Job Responsibilities

• Coordination
  • Support the Ministry of Health to Coordinate all activities of negotiation with multilateral agencies which include the cooperation with UN agencies, Word bank, European Union, East African Community;
  • Support the Ministry of Health in drafting or renew MoUs with multilateral and bilateral agencies
• Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Support the Ministry of Health in planning, monitoring and evaluation of activities with multilateral and bilateral agencies and NGOs;
  • Follow up and produce on regular basis reports on multilateral and bilateral health cooperation;
  • Support the Ministry of Health in organizing meetings with multilateral and bilateral agencies on regular basis;
• Bilateral and Multilateral cooperation
  • Assure proper filing of all documents related to health cooperation;
  • Assure proper implementation of SWAp principles with multilateral and bilateral cooperation at central and decentralized levels;
  • Update on regular basis the mapping of multilateral and bilateral health cooperation, as well as NGOs interventions in the Health Sector;
  • Advise on a proper geographic equity of multilateral, bilateral cooperation and civil society interventions;
  • Collect and analyze all multilateral and bilateral cooperation action plans, reports and publications
  • Evaluate the multilateral, bilateral and NGOs interventions and report on it on regular basis
  • Monitor budget execution of projects under multilateral and bilateral health cooperation.
  • Make a follow up of the implementation of the capacity building by multilateral and bilateral health cooperation to the national health system;
  • Assist the Ministry of Health in organizing the HSWG and SWAp Technical Working Groups
  • Advise, investigate and facilitate private investments in the Health Sector

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in International Relations with 3 Years of relevant experience
• Master's Degree in International Relations with 1 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Public Health with 3 Years of relevant experience
• Master's Degree in Public Health with 1 Year of relevant experience
• Master's Degree in Business Administration with 1 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with 3 Years of relevant experience
• Master's Degree in Health Care Administration with 1 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Health Care Administration with 3 Years of relevant experience
• Master’s degree in Hospital Management with 1 Year of relevant experience
• Master's degree in Epidemiology with 1 Year of relevant experience
• Master's degree in Global Health with 1 Year of relevant experience
• Master’s Degree in Health Economics with 1 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree in Hospital Management with 3 Years of relevant experience
• Master’s Degree in International Health with 1 Year of relevant experience
• Master’s Degree in Health Diplomacy with 1 Year of relevant experience

• Support the Ministry of Health to Coordinate all activities of negotiation with multilateral agencies which include the cooperation with UN agencies, Word bank, European Union, East African Community;
• Support the Ministry of Health in drafting or renew MoUs with multilateral and bilateral agencies
• Support the Ministry of Health in planning, monitoring and evaluation of activities with multilateral and bilateral agencies and NGOs;
• Follow up and produce on regular basis reports on multilateral and bilateral health cooperation;
• Support the Ministry of Health in organizing meetings with multilateral and bilateral agencies on regular basis;
• Assure proper filing of all documents related to health cooperation;
• Assure proper implementation of SWAp principles with multilateral and bilateral cooperation at central and decentralized levels;
• Update on regular basis the mapping of multilateral and bilateral health cooperation, as well as NGOs interventions in the Health Sector;
• Advise on a proper geographic equity of multilateral, bilateral cooperation and civil society interventions;
• Collect and analyze all multilateral and bilateral cooperation action plans, reports and publications
• Evaluate the multilateral, bilateral and NGOs interventions and report on it on regular basis
• Monitor budget execution of projects under multilateral and bilateral health cooperation.
• Make a follow up of the implementation of the capacity building by multilateral and bilateral health cooperation to the national health system;
• Assist the Ministry of Health in organizing the HSWG and SWAp Technical Working Groups
• Advise, investigate and facilitate private investments in the Health Sector

• Bachelor's Degree in International Relations
• 3 Years of relevant experience
• Master's Degree in International Relations
• 1 Years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Public Health
• 3 Years of relevant experience
• Master's Degree in Public Health
• 1 Years of relevant experience
• Master's Degree in Business Administration
• 1 Years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration
• 3 Years of relevant experience
• Master's Degree in Health Care Administration
• 1 Years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Health Care Administration
• 3 Years of relevant experience
• master’s in Hospital Management
• 1 Years of relevant experience
• Master's degree in Epidemiology
• 1 Years of relevant experience
• Master's degree in Global Health
• 1 Years of relevant experience
• Master’s Degree in Health Economics
• 1 Years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree in Hospital Management
• 3 Years of relevant experience
• Master’s Degree in International Health
• 1 Years of relevant experience
• Master’s Degree in Health Diplomacy
• 1 Years of relevant experience