USAID/Rwanda Modernizing Agriculture Activity
Human Resources & Administrative Specialist
CNFA
CNFA is a not-for-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., dedicated to stimulating economic growth in the agricultural sector by nurturing entrepreneurship, private enterprise, and market linkages. CNFA specializes in fostering private sector investments in training, new technologies and marketing as a means to increase the overall competitiveness of agricultural value chains and rural development, to increase people’s incomes, to develop skills in the rural workforce, and to facilitate exports.
Program Description USAID/Rwanda Modernizing Agriculture Activity
The purpose of the Modernizing Agriculture Activity is to support increased agriculture productivity and income, access to finance and markets, and access and consumption of nutritious food products in Rwanda, while increasing the resilience of the agriculture and food systems to the changing climate. To achieve this goal, the Activity will sustainably increase agricultural productivity, increase access to finance for farmers and agribusinesses, improve producers’ market outcomes, and strengthen the enabling environment to foster market-driven outcomes in agriculture.
Duties and Responsibilities
The main duties of the Human Resources & Administrative Specialist include, but are not limited to:
Hiring
- Provide support in hiring staff, including but not limited to the following steps:
- developing job descriptions and advertising openings
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- Conduct screening & short-listing of applicants.
- Prepare job specific interview guides in collaboration with Hiring managers.
- coordinating and conducting interviews
- conducting candidate due diligence, including but not limited to reference checks, police clearance reports
- Proper filing of all recruitment documents in accordance with CNFA and Rwandan HR policy
- Coordinate induction process for new staff
- Manage and update recruitment tracker on a timely basis
Staff Management and Support:
- Manage medical insurance and other staff allowances as per Rwandan and CNFA policy
- Respond pro-actively staff support needs, develop and maintain a ‘one team’ approach.
- Support in manage performance by setting annual performance targets and evaluating their successful achievements;
- Facilitate staff individual development plans in order to optimize team performance.
- Promote a culture of high performance, customer service, continuous improvement, positive communication and teamwork spirit.
- Managing personnel files
- Facilitating local visa, housing, and transport for expatriate staff and consultants
Other tasks
- Fleet (vehicle) support, as necessary and assigned
- Other tasks as assigned by the COP, Director of Finance and Operations, or Operations & Procurement Manager.
Skills, qualifications and experience required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources; Social Sciences or Operations or related field.
- At least 2 years relevant experience with evidence of personnel management.
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office applications
- Fluent in English and French
- Very good communication skills (written and speaking)
- Experience in working with international Non-Government organizations and with Government Officials.
- Clean driving license.
- Significant experience in an administrative role, managing and prioritizing a varied workload, achieving high quality results, meeting deadlines with minimum supervision.
- Flexibility: able to adapt to new and demanding situations
- Knowledge of Rwandan employment and immigration laws
- Understanding and commitment to data protection and equality and diversity issues.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
All interested and qualified Candidate can send their application (motivation letter, updated CV, certificates and references) documents to: ModAg@cnfarwanda.org not later than 17th February 2023 at 6:00 PM. Please quote the job title in the subject. Only candidates selected for interview will be notified.
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