Recruitment of Senior Mentors in Rwanda


Job Annoucement No.REB/TDM//2013

Recruitment of 
Senior Mentors on a two year mutually renewable contract 

Rwanda Education Board (REB) invites applications from qualified individuals, local and regional, for the post ofSenior Mentor (60 positions). 

Two Senior Mentors will be assigned to each of the 30 districts. 

Each Senior Mentor will support up to sixteen School-based Mentors in the district. 

Qualified applicants and School-based Mentors are encouraged to apply.

Essential functions for Senior Mentors include [but are not limited to]:
  • Identify School-based Mentor’s professional needs and priorities and put in place professional development activities to respond to those needs.
  • Provide School-based Mentors with continuous professional support: Coordinate bi-monthly School-based Mentor Continuous Professional Development (CPD) meetings at the local level for peer support and joint problem-solving.
  • Contribute to the development and implementation ofthe district education work plan in collaboration with the Regional Pedagogical Team.
  • Act as a link between REB/TDM and School-based Mentors.
Qualifications and requirements:
  • Minimum of a Bachelors Degree in English language with Education
  • At least 4 years’ teaching experience
  • Proficiency in English
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent organizational and analytical skills
  • Knowledge of communicative language teaching methods
  • Excellent teamwork skills
  • Willingness to work in rural areas
  • Readiness to work on a full time two-year mutually renewable contract
  • Experience in teacher mentoring is an added advantage
Remuneration package/ salary

A local Senior Mentor shall have a gross pay that includes basic salary, transport, housing, family health insurance (RAMA), National Social Security Fund (NSSF) equivalent to 395$ (Three hundred ninety-five US Dollars). 

A regional Senior Mentor shall have a gross pay that includes basic salary, transport, housing, family health insurance (RAMA), National Social Security Fund (NSSF) equivalent to 586$ (Five hundred eighty-six US Dollars).

All Senior Mentors will receive 80,000 (eighty thousand) Rwandan Francs per month to travel in-country to assigned schools.

An annual transport allowance of 60,000 (sixty thousand) Rwandan Francs is provided to regional school-based mentors after 12 months from the date of signing the contracts to enable them travel to their home countries during their leave.

Application procedure

Interested candidates who strictly meet the above criteria should submit their application complete with CVs, Academic Certificates and Transcripts to Rwanda Education Board office, not later than 26th April, 2013 at 17.00 p.m. 

Applications should be addressed to:

The Director General
Rwanda Education Board
P.O BOX 3817
Kigali- Rwanda
Attn: Head/TDM

Or emailed to:

rmukakimenyi@reb.rw
(+250)788742462/ + (250)788573619

Successful regional Senior Mentor applicants will be required to present:
  1. Certified copy of Degree/ Diploma: 2 copies (certified from Rwanda)
  2. Certified transcript — certified from Rwanda
  3. Photo copy of pass port (original booklet not any kind of temporally document)
  4. Photo copy of Police clearance! Certificate of good conduct
  5. Two (2) passport photographs with white background
Successful local Senior Mentor applicants will be required to present:
  1. Certified copy of Degree! Diploma
  2. Certified Photocopy of transcript
  3. Photo copy of ID
  4. One (1) passport photograph.
Successful candidates will immediately sign a two-year mutually renewable contract.

Done at Kigali on .../.../2013
Dr. John Rutayisire
Director General