TERIMBERE SATELLITE OFFICE COORDINATOR
About Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR)
AFR is a Rwandan not-for-profit company established in 2010 to promote financial inclusion and financial sector development in Rwanda. AFR is currently funded by Sweden, Mastercard Foundation, and Jersey Overseas Aid. It is part of the broader Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Network in Africa that seeks to create a transformative impact on ending poverty by supporting efforts to improve financial inclusion and financial sector development by helping policymakers, regulators, financial service providers and markets drive more inclusive and sustainable economic growth. AFR supports the removal of systemic barriers that hinder access to and use of financial services by low-income people, particularly the rural poor, women, youth and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), and supports the development and provision of financial services including savings, credit, insurance, investment, payments, and remittances. AFR is a gender-intentional organization, having mainstreamed gender across all programming. It is guided by the Market System Development (MSD) approach recognizing that efforts to increase financial inclusion and financial sector development must be market-led, profitable and sustainable.
About Terimbere SME Support Facility
The Terimbere MSME Support Facility is an all-inclusive one-stop shop, bringing together a set of qualified professional and specialized service providers from various disciplines under one platform to help businesses and entrepreneurs grow. Terimbere aims to offer various affordable and customized or tailor-made specialized business development support services to the targeted Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) through qualified specialized service providers. The primary objective of Terimbere MSME Support Facility is to strengthen the capacity of participating in MSMEs, facilitate their access to growth finance, and partner with them in their growth and sustainability. Terimbere offers various solution-oriented specialized business support services to MSMEs required for their inclusive growth through professional specialized service providers. To offer these specialized services, Terimbere brings on board various MSME-centric specialized service providers offering various business solutions such as tax, legal, audit, accounting, marketing, branding, and ICT, amongst others. At Terimbere, each MSME undergoes a detailed business diagnostic to identify their gaps and requirements and to connect them with the most appropriate specialized service providers. Onboarded MSMEs work with various service providers after finding an appropriate match, with Terimbere facilitating and supervising the process. Further, necessary financing arrangements would be made in the form of returnable and nonreturnable grants to SMEs requiring financing support to access customized, specialized services. These financings would be facilitated through a “Terimbere catalytic revolving fund’ on a co-pay basis. Terimbere would also facilitate MSMEs seeking additional capital to be investment-ready and connected with appropriate financial institutions or potential funders. The village closely works with various financial institutions and potential funders to facilitate funding for the participating
MSMEs.
The Terimbere Satellite Office Coordinator serves as AFR’s in-house representative for the Terimbere MSME Support Facility and the Grow to Scale program in the designated area. The role has two major components:
- Driving Terimbere MSME Support Facility uptake: This involves championing the work of the Terimbere MSME Support Facility within the designated area through engagement with various MSME ecosystem actors (MSMEs, local authorities, and other stakeholders), onboarding MSMEs into the Facility, and ensuring informed uptake and impact.
- Coordinating BDS provision through Terimbere MSME Satellite Office in the Designated Area: This involves working with business development service providers (BDSPs) and coordinating Terimbere MSMEs Agents to ensure impactful support to MSMEs
Number of positions: 5 Coordinators
Locations/Designated areas: (1) Kayonza (Eastern Province), (2) Huye (Southern Province), (3) Rubavu (Western Province), (4) Rusizi (Western Province), (5) Musanze (Northern Province)
Duration of the contract: 2 years renewable
Expected starting date: 1st of February 2025
Scope of Responsibilities
- Coordinate and ensure effective operations of the Terimbere MSME Support Facility satellite office, ensuring that the office is well equipped and maintained to reflect the AFR corporate image.
- Manage the resources associated with Terimbere Satellite Office, aiming to maximize the efficiency achieved with the available resources, and ensuring compliance with AFR and donor policies and guidelines.
- Support in developing the detailed implementation plan for the designated Terimbere MSME Satellite Office.
- Coordinate the roll-out of Terimbere MSME Support Facility interventions in the designated area ensuring that results are achieved, risks are managed ,quality services are delivered; and learnings are captured and fully utilised to maximise impact and innovation.
- Support the onboarding of MSMEs, Terimbere MSME Support Agents, Business Development Service Providers, local authorities’ partnerships, gender and social inclusion civil society organisations partnerships as well as other key stakeholders to ensure a comprehensive portfolio of partners.
- Support in the mapping and analysis of the entrepreneurship and BDS ecosystems that AFR is seeking to catalyse (including supply, demand and enabling environment).
- Support and coordinate the BDSPs in the designated area, so that they are equipped to contribute effectively towards MSMEs growth to be able to generate more employment opportunities for young women and men.
- Actively participate in the development, implementation, and results measurement of an innovative Communications & Influencing plan for the AFR Terimbere MSME Support Facility; collaborate with the Line Manager and Communications Team to achieve priority influencing and communications goals and raise awareness of the Facility across the designated areas.
- Act as AFR’s advisor in MSME Support space especially within the designated area
Education and Qualifications
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Entrepreneurship, Economics, Finance, Business Management, development studies, or similar disciplines.
- Additional professional qualifications and relevant accreditations are an advantage.
Job related experience, knowledge, and technical skills.
Essential:
- A minimum of three years of experience in MSME support programming in related MSME support environment (e.g., MSME finance,/or finance readiness projects within private entities such as commercial banks, microfinance institutions etc., as well as not-for-profit organizations, and funds), particularly in the designated area.
- Knowledge of financing and business development service issues affecting MSMEs.
- Familiarity with the MSME market in Rwanda, including challenges related to accessing financing and creating jobs.
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple tasks, and meet deadlines.
- Excellent writing and reporting, analytical and communication skills in written and spoken English and Kinyarwanda.
Desirable:
- Familiarity with players in MSME Finance space in Rwanda, preferably in the designated area
- Having worked in the chosen area for the satellite office.
Behavioral Competences
- Having a strong sense of engagement that leads to self-starting, taking the initiative and acting decisively
- Generates value-adding innovation through continuous improvement, idea generation and creativity
- Thinks clearly and intentionally; analysing information objectively, understanding issues, solving problems and forming expert opinions
- Is strongly motivated to achieve goals and act with accountability to deliver quality results
- Initiates and maintains positive relationships with others; discerning and appreciating the values, concerns, or feelings of others
- Deliberately adjusts behaviour in order to address the feelings, needs or concerns of others; communicates clearly, confidently, and appropriately to influence others
- Possesses the personal resourcefulness to deal with difficult situations, adapt to change, and facilitate the development of self and others
- Willingness to learn or ability to ride a vehicle or motorbike if needed for daily activities.
How to Apply
All qualified applicants should submit their applications by clicking on the Apply button by the latest 4th December 2024 at 5 pm.
The applicant should submit a Curriculum Vitae (CV) containing an e-mail address, daytime telephone contact, qualifications, key achievements, experience, and names & addresses of three referees together with a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) summarizing why you consider yourself well suited for the position. Applicants are requested to clearly indicate one of the following designated areas they are applying for Kayonza (Eastern Province), Huye (Southern Province), Rubavu (Western Province), Rusizi (Western Province), Musanze (Northern Province).
Please do not attach any other documents at this stage.
All applications will be selected on merit and only shortlisted candidates will be invited for interviews.
Note:
- This position is open to Rwandan national candidates only.
- Qualified Women candidates are encouraged to apply.
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