National Individual Consultant: Technical Oversight and Quality Assurance of TVET Care Center Renovations (ENGINEER)

The Position:

The objective of this consultancy is to provide independent technical oversight, quality assurance, and engineering support for the renovation of TVET Care Centers under the KURA NAWE Program. The consultant will support UNFPA Rwanda in assessing the quality and compliance of completed renovation works and provide technical monitoring and quality assurance for ongoing renovation activities to ensure that works are implemented in accordance with approved designs, technical specifications, contractual requirements, and relevant standards.

How you can make a difference:

UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan for 2026-2029 articulates the organization’s response to a complex global environment, providing a roadmap for resilience and renewal. It is designed to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This mandate is pursued through a focus on four interconnected outcomes: ending the unmet need for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; ending gender-based violence and harmful practices; and adapting to demographic change through evidence and rights-based policies.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff who embody these international norms and standards and will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact sustained results, ensuring effective external relations, communications, partnership-building and resource mobilization in a rapidly changing development and funding landscape. We need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them, and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results

Job Purpose:

In line with the UNFPA Policy and Procedures on Management of Construction Activities and UNFPA quality assurance requirements, UNFPA seeks to engage an Independent Consulting Engineer to provide technical oversight and quality assurance support for renovation works implemented under the KURA Nawe Program.

The consultant will provide an independent and objective assessment of completed renovation works and support quality assurance for planned renovations. The assignment will help ensure that renovation works are implemented in accordance with approved designs, technical specifications, bills of quantities, contractual requirements, and applicable standards. It will also support the identification and resolution of technical issues, quality concerns, and implementation risks, while strengthening accountability, compliance, and value for money.

The consultancy will complement ongoing monitoring efforts by SFH, RTB, and UNFPA and contribute to ensuring that renovated facilities adequately support the intended functions of TVET Care Centers.

You would be responsible for:

• Review relevant technical and project documentation, including renovation designs, bills of quantities (BoQs), technical specifications, contracts, progress reports, and other supporting documentation.
• Conduct technical assessments and site visits to TVET Care Centers supported under the KURA Nawe Program.
• Assess the suitability of identified facilities and proposed renovation approaches to ensure that renovation plans adequately support the intended functions of TVET Care Centers.
• Provide technical advice and recommendations to support the planning, implementation, monitoring, and quality assurance of renovation activities.
• Conduct technical reviews and site inspections of renovation works and assess compliance with approved designs, technical specifications, BoQs, contractual requirements, and applicable standards.
• Conduct quality assurance inspections to assess workmanship, functionality, safety, accessibility, and overall suitability of renovated facilities.
• Review completed renovation works and assess compliance with approved specifications, project requirements, and intended use.
• Identify and document defects, deficiencies, non-compliance issues, implementation risks, or quality concerns and recommend corrective actions where necessary.
• Review relevant site records, technical reports, quality assurance documentation, and other records related to renovation activities and provide technical feedback as required.
• Participate in technical meetings with UNFPA, SFH, RTB, and other relevant stakeholders, as required.
• Document findings through site inspection notes, photographs, and technical reports.
• Prepare technical monitoring, inspection, and assessment reports documenting observations, findings, progress, challenges, and recommendations.

Qualifications and Experience: 

Education:  

Advanced university degree (Masters) in Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, Structural Engineering, Architecture, Quantity Surveying, or a related field.

Knowledge and Experience: 

• Strong technical assessment and analytical skills.
• Excellent report-writing and communication skills.
• Ability to assess compliance between completed works and contractual requirements.
• Ability to work independently and deliver quality outputs within agreed timelines.
• High level of professionalism, integrity, and attention to detail.

Languages: 

• Good Spoken, written and slef Expression in English is required while English and French are deisireble. 

Required Competencies: 

Values:

• Exemplifying integrity, 
• Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system, 
• Embracing cultural diversity, 
• Embracing change

Core Competencies: 

• Achieving results,
• Being accountable,
• Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen,
• Thinking analytically and strategically,
• Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships,

UNFPA Work Environment:

UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click here to learn more.

Disclaimer:

Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements. 

UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts. 

Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.