Job title: Agribusiness Specialists
Employment type: Full time
Country: Rwanda
Job category: Agriculture / Forestry / Fishing
Minimum degree: Bachelors degree
Agribusiness Specialist
Skills and Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in international development, agriculture, economics, food science or related field required.
• Minimum 10 years of experience managing and/or implementing agribusiness programs in East Africa, with additional experience engaging with governments on the following issues: private sector and value chain development, enabling environment issues, institutional and policy reforms.
• Fluency in written and spoken English required; oral and written fluency in Kinyarwanda and knowledge of the operating environment is preferred.
Qualifications: Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist
• Bachelor’s degree in evaluation, public policy, and/or related field is required.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation of international development projects.
• Experience working with private sector, civil society and government sectors on monitoring and evaluation programs, as well as the capacity building of local organizations to be effective in knowledge management and learning.
• Experience working with grant organizations is desirable.
• In-depth understanding of the Rwandan and regional (East African) context for agribusiness development is highly desirable.
Skills and Qualifications: Agricultural Specialists (2) – Staples / Cash Crops
• Each position requires a Bachelor’s degree and minimum of 7 years' experience in agriculture, particularly with staples, horticulture, coffee, tea and other cash crops, with specific knowledge of the Rwandan agriculture sector.
• Experience providing technical leadership, particularly relating to private sector investment in supply chains, improved partnership models to improve production, productivity, aggregation, access to inputs and storage/PHH.
• Fluency in English (written, spoken and reading) is required.
Education Qualifications: Agricultural Finance Specialist
• Bachelor’s degree in agronomy, agriculture, finance, economics or related field is required. Advanced degree in relevant field is highly desirable.
• Minimum 10 years of technical experience related to financial lending and credit for the agricultural sector as well as capacity building of financial institutions and value chain recipients.
• In-depth understanding of the financial sector in Rwanda, particularly as it relates to successful models for agricultural lending across various value chains.
• In-depth understanding of the policy and enabling environment in Rwanda as it relates to the financial sector and improving agricultural lending to value chain actors.
All candidates should have an in-depth understanding of the Rwandan agricultural sector. Qualified Rwandan candidates will be given preference.
About Fintrac Inc.
Fintrac
is a leading US-based agribusiness consulting firm currently seeking
the following candidates for the upcoming USAID - funded Private Sector
Driven Agricultural Growth (PSD-AG) project in Rwanda. The overarching
project goal is to increase smallholder incomes through the facilitation
of increased private sector investment in agriculture. All openings are
contingent upon Fintrac being awarded this 5- year project.
Skills and Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in international development, agriculture, economics, food science or related field required.
• Minimum 10 years of experience managing and/or implementing agribusiness programs in East Africa, with additional experience engaging with governments on the following issues: private sector and value chain development, enabling environment issues, institutional and policy reforms.
• Fluency in written and spoken English required; oral and written fluency in Kinyarwanda and knowledge of the operating environment is preferred.
Qualifications: Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist
• Bachelor’s degree in evaluation, public policy, and/or related field is required.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation of international development projects.
• Experience working with private sector, civil society and government sectors on monitoring and evaluation programs, as well as the capacity building of local organizations to be effective in knowledge management and learning.
• Experience working with grant organizations is desirable.
• In-depth understanding of the Rwandan and regional (East African) context for agribusiness development is highly desirable.
Skills and Qualifications: Agricultural Specialists (2) – Staples / Cash Crops
• Each position requires a Bachelor’s degree and minimum of 7 years' experience in agriculture, particularly with staples, horticulture, coffee, tea and other cash crops, with specific knowledge of the Rwandan agriculture sector.
• Experience providing technical leadership, particularly relating to private sector investment in supply chains, improved partnership models to improve production, productivity, aggregation, access to inputs and storage/PHH.
• Fluency in English (written, spoken and reading) is required.
Education Qualifications: Agricultural Finance Specialist
• Bachelor’s degree in agronomy, agriculture, finance, economics or related field is required. Advanced degree in relevant field is highly desirable.
• Minimum 10 years of technical experience related to financial lending and credit for the agricultural sector as well as capacity building of financial institutions and value chain recipients.
• In-depth understanding of the financial sector in Rwanda, particularly as it relates to successful models for agricultural lending across various value chains.
• In-depth understanding of the policy and enabling environment in Rwanda as it relates to the financial sector and improving agricultural lending to value chain actors.
All candidates should have an in-depth understanding of the Rwandan agricultural sector. Qualified Rwandan candidates will be given preference.
How to apply for this job:
Please email CV with salary history to FintracRwanda@gmail.com. Candidates should indicate position for which they are applying in the subject line.
Application Closing date: March 31, 2014 - 5pm