Vacancy title:
Disaster Prevention and Officer

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Admin & Office]

Jobs at:
City of Kigali (COK)

Deadline of this Job:
Wednesday, June 18 2025

Duty Station:
Kigali | Kigali | Rwanda

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, June 10 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Job responsibilities

• Implementation of the City of Kigali strategy on disaster management in the district and produce consolidated reports thereof;
•  Supervise the day-to-day operational management of disaster management activities across the district;
•  Monitor the functioning of the National Early Warning and the Disaster Monitoring Information Systems across the District and timely report any unusual issue detected;
• Map all disaster-prone and high-risk zones in the District and regularly keep the map updated;
• Organized campaigns meant to raise local population awareness on preparedness for disaster and its management;
• Serve as the Secretary to the District Disaster Management Committee (DDMC).
• Conduct regularly follow up on functioning Sector Disaster Management Committee(SDMC)
•  Performing any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Development Studies0 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Geomatics Engineering0 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Hydrology0 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Water Resources Engineering0 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Management0 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Engineering0 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Rural Engineering0 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Geography,0 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Geology0 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Natural Resources Management0 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Land Management0 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s in Physical planning0 Year of relevant experience
• bachelor's degree in Disaster Management0 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Land Administration and Management0 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree in Climatology0 Year of relevant experience

Required competencies and key technical skills

• Decision making skills
• Time management skills
• Risk management skills
• Results oriented
• Digital literacy skills
• Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and/or French. Knowledge of all is an added advantage.
• Knowledge of government policy-making processes
• Risk Resource management skills
• Organizational Skills
• Analytical, problem-solving and critical thinking skills
• Team working Skills
• Extensive knowledge and skills in Disaster Management

Psychometric Languages

• English

Psychometric Domains

• Decision making Competence / Skills
• Analytical skills Competence / Skills
• Time management Competence / Skills
• Clear and Effective Communication Communication skills

Work Hours: 8

Experience: No Requirements

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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