Vacancy Announcement
Advisor for Business Scouts for Development for Business Scouts for Development Project
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federally owned international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. The GIZ Office in Kigali covers GIZ’s portfolio in Rwanda and Burundi. GIZ Rwanda/Burundi implements projects on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the European Union and other commissioning authorities in the following priority areas: Sustainable Economic Development, Good Governance, Climate and Energy, Digitalization, Extractive Governance and Peace and Security in the Great Lakes Region.
General Context
Business Scouts for Development work as development policy experts in around 30 countries across the globe. On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), they advise German, European, and local companies on development policy matters and promote responsible business engagement through cooperation projects. The Business Scouts for Development work closely with partners from business associations and institutions and from TVET organizations both in Germany and in each country.
It is with this background that GIZ would like to recruit a candidate for the position of Advisor for Business Scouts for Development Project.
Location: Kigali
Fixed Term:
Position: 1
The Advisor for Business Scouts for Development performs the following responsibilities and tasks:
Responsibilities
- Contribution to the development of cooperation and partnership models between German and Rwandan companies, systematic support of the establishment of partnerships, and networking of the actors.
- Supporting the scaling up of successful models in Rwanda and in other countries, especially in East Africa, some in cooperation with other global GIZ projects in Rwanda
Tasks
The Advisor for Business Scout for Development performs the following tasks:
- Identification of suitable companies and associations for cooperation with the Business Scouts for Development programme along the line of the programme’s focus topics, identification of innovative topics
- Consultation of partners, including identification and documentation of their needs for support and the possibilities for development
- Support networking between local companies and associations
- (Online) Moderation of networking events
- Preparation of ToR for (local) contracts, identification and briefing of local experts
- Coordination, preparation/implementation of on-site missions of international experts
- Close cooperation with the GIZ structure in the country and in Germany
- Support the regional coordinator in planning tasks and strategic work as well as in cross-project tasks.
Required Qualifications, Competences and Experience
Qualifications and professional experience
- Master’s or bachelor’s degree (A0) in business management/engineering/TVET
- Minimum of 4 years of relevant working experience in project management in international / German development cooperation
- Broad working experiences in the private sector (on the micro and meso level especially with companies and associations), or in cooperation with the private sector in Rwanda
- Specific knowledge/experience with the topics of female entrepreneurship and renewable energies is an advantage
- Good knowledge of the TVET system in Rwanda, and knowledge of the German dual system is an advantage
- Excellent advisory and facilitation skills
- Expected soft skills: analytical thinking, independent, systematic, and structured working, high communication skills for the dialogue with different target groups in Rwanda and other countries in East Africa and experts in Germany, intercultural competencies, ability to reflect and abstracting.
Other knowledge, additional competencies
- Good at teamworking and networking (i.e., in GIZ with national, regional, and international colleagues, representatives of the private sector community, and partners in international development cooperation)
- Good command of English, both oral and written; German is an advantage, but not expected
- Very good pc user skills in MS office, document management systems, etc.…
Interested candidates should submit their application (motivation letter, updated CV, certificates and references), until 7th March 2023 at 4:00 PM, by e-mail to recruitment-rw@giz.de. All attachments should be put together in one PDF file not larger than 2 MB. Please quote the job title in the subject.
GIZ is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified candidates. This includes the provision of reasonable accommodation, if needed, in order to participate in the job application and interview process and to perform essential job functions. Please let us know, if you have any particular requirements should you be invited for assessment/interview or that you wish us to consider, when considering your application.
Women and persons with disabilities are particularly encouraged to apply.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for test and interview.
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