Animal resource insurance specialist at Rwanda agriculture and animal resources developement board (RAB) Under Contract :Deadline: Oct 18, 2024

Job responsibilities

The Animal Resources Insurance Specialist will Administratively and Technically report to the Agriculture Insurance Project Manager. He/ She is responsible for:  Conduct training programs on insurance scheme and assist insurance companies and delivery channels during the delivery of educational training to farmers and other beneficiaries;  Drive uptake of insurance by farmers. Design innovative strategies to ensure higher enrolment and participation of farmers into the scheme;  Identify key personnel and develop partnerships with local implementing agencies/ channel partners (cooperatives; MCCs; SACCOs, Banks, MFIs, NGOs; RAB; Districts& etc);  Agri-insurance -credit linkage;  Lay down procedures & principles /operational guidelines and modalities for the operation of the livestock insurance scheme;  Media campaign for livestock insurance;

 Enrolment reported in MIS;  Data cleaning in DMS & Livestock insurance digitalization  Compile and report livestock enrolment: Deliverables: The following will be undertaken and delivered:  Drive update of crop and livestock insurance in assigned zone  Enhance access to credits through agri-insurance in assigned zone  Follow up and facilitate subsidy invoice payments in assigned zone  Enforcement of signed service level agreement in line timely policy delivery, agents timely service payment;  Review and update livestock policy;  Lead the implementation of capacity building for all key stakeholders and contribute to livestock mobilization and awareness raising for farmers (includes consumer education and / or mass awareness programs);  Assist RAB and in overseeing project implementation and the functioning of the implementing partners (includes insurance companies, vet practitioners, channel partners) especially adherence to procedural guidelines and operational manual;  Gather feedback related to NAIS from the farmers and other implementing partners/ agencies for further improvisation both at product and process levels.  Examine ways the project could best serve the interest of the small-scale farmers (target clientele) and provide necessary recommendations to insurance companies and other implementation agencies  Conduct fortnightly stakeholder meetings to review progress, challenges and to agree with mid-course process or strategy corrections.  Carry out any other task assigned by the Supervisor; RAB SPIU Coordinator or any other competent authority that cab be designed by the permanent Secretary  Livestock Targets from districts are well coordinated  Livestock training materials developed  Insurance Companies assisted to sign SLAs (Service Level Agreements) with relevant channel partners and implementation agencies and monitoring of SLAs to ensure complete adherence of SLAs by all participating agencies.



 Livestock insurance data base coordinated by performing the following assignments:  Lead Microchip distribution and use,  DMS follow up (make sure that data entered in DMS are genuine),  Technical assistance and training to the vets both public and privet on use livestock DMS.  Lead Monitoring and Evaluation of project performance in line of livestock insurance SLA implementation (Policy certificate are delivered on due time, content of farmer policy certificate are in line of signed SLA).  Follow up and report all achievement in line of credits received through Livestock-insurance  Livestock data compiled and reported The Claim Insurance Specialist will Administratively and Technically report to the Agriculture Insurance Project Manager.



He/ She is responsible for:  Conduct training programs on claim, compensation and assist insurance companies and delivery channels during the delivery of educational training to farmers and other beneficiaries;  Drive uptake of claims and compensation activities. Design innovative strategies to ensure higher transparency and participation of farmers into claim compensation;  Identify key personnel and develop partnerships with local implementing agencies/ channel partners  (NGOs; RAB; Districts& etc) to sustain claim and compensation activities,  Lay down procedures & principles /operational guidelines and modalities for the operation of the agri-  insurance scheme claims and compensation;  Coordinate and lead claim compensation report;  Coordination & supervision of loss adjusters both crop and livestock;

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    Bachelors in Project Management

    5 Years of relevant experience

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    Master’s in Project Management

    3 Years of relevant experience

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    Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Production

    5 Years of relevant experience

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    Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture Economics

    5 Years of relevant experience

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    Bachelor’s Degree in Agribusiness

    5 Years of relevant experience

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    Master’s Degree in Agribusiness

    3 Years of relevant experience

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    Master’s Degree in Agriculture Economics

    3 Years of relevant experience

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    Masters’s Degree in Animal Production

    3 Years of relevant experience

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    Master’s Degree in Veterinary Sciences

    3 Years of relevant experience

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    Bachelor’s Degree in Micro-Finance

    5 Years of relevant experience

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  Bachelor’s in Veterinary Sciences

  5 Years of relevant experience
  
  
  

Required competencies and key technical skills

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    Integrity

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    Accountability

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    Communication

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  Teamwork

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