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Field Officer

Kumbuka Afrika

KUMBUKA AFRIKA is a nonprofit, development organization working in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. Our Vision is an Africa where resilient communities develop strategic partnerships for their prosperity. Founded in 2023 we envisaged and created Kumbuka Afrika through shared decades of experience in equitable access to, and responsible management of, natural resources. We are a wholly local, globally experienced, team committed to international best practices from the field to the board room, to the political arena.

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Field Officer Job description – Kumbuka Afrika

Job title:Field Officer

Location: ITSCI Operational Zone/Rwanda

Job type: Full time
 

About the role:

Responsibilities:

  • The Field Officer will be supervised by the Deputy Project Manager, ITSCI and will monitor compliance of ITSCI members to the OECD due diligence guidelines. The Field Officer staff will provide technical support on ground to ensure that mining operators comply with ITSCI scheme procedures in production and commercialization of 3Ts minerals (Tin, Tantalum, Tungsten).
  •  Planning, organizing, and monitoring of field activities
  •  Monitoring the trends in mineral production for each company in the zone and gathering progressive technical information on those trends
  • Maintain good relationships with relevant stakeholders, including state staff and the mining community in Rwanda
  • Report on any abnormalities in the 3Ts mineral supply chain through ITSCI incident reporting protocol
  • Conduct descriptive studies on mine sites through baseline studies on new mine sites
  • Conduct descriptive studies on baseline updates for all approved mines
  • Follow-up on incidents (new and already existing)
  • Provide information on Level-1 incident alerts within 24 hours of information collection
  • Identify the needs and challenges from field activities
  • Organize and attend meetings in the assigned ITSCI operational zone
  • Provide an overview of training/ capacity-building sessions conducted
  • Provide daily security situation analyses of the sites and any other information deemed necessary for the proper functioning of the ITSCI Project
  • Collaborate with and support the district mining task forces (DMTFs) in the follow up of issues raised in the mineral supply chain
  • Participate in tagging supervision with the RMB staff and apply analytical interpretation on the origin of minerals
  • Prepare a consistent monthly report of activities in English
  • Draft and submit stories from field
  • Conduct awareness campaigns on project activities
  • Any other assigned tasks

How to apply:

Please submit you application (CV including 3 references and motivation letter) with email subject: Application Field Officer through the following email rwanda.office@kumbuka-afrika.org no later than July 24th2025, 5:00 PM

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