JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Aquaculture Expert (f/m)
Enabel is the Belgian development agency. It implements Belgium’s governmental cooperation. The agency also works for other national and international donors. With its partners in Belgium and abroad, Enabel offers solutions to address pressing global challenges – Climate Change, Urbanisation, Human Mobility, Peace and Security, Economic and Social Inequality – and to promote Global Citizenship. With 2,000 staff, Enabel manages about 170 projects in twenty countries, in Belgium, Africa and the Middle East.
Its staff members in Brussels and overseas embody the commitment of the Belgian State and other development partners to international solidarity.
The EU Action document “Transformational climate-smart and inclusive agriculture in Rwanda”, of which this intervention is a part, has as an Overall Objective ‘to consolidate the sustainable agricultural transformation in Rwanda’ and as specific Objectives: 1) to foster Rwanda’s agricultural transition to socially and environmentally inclusive food systems and 2) to ensure Rwanda’s environmental and climate sustainability.
The” KWIHAZA- Transformation towards sustainable food systems” intervention contributes directly to Specific Objective 1.
For this intervention, the following overall and specific objectives have been defined:
The overall objective: To contribute to the transition towards socially and environmentally inclusive food systems with the development of the value chains in the aquaculture, fishery and horticultural sectors.
The specific objective: To increase in a sustainable way the production, per capita consumption and income generated by fish, aquaculture and horticulture quality products, with a focus on women and youth
In view of the further development of its activities Enabel is currently looking for an (f/m) Aquaculture Expert for the intervention ”KWIHAZA- Transformation towards sustainable food systems”.
Location: Kigali, Rwanda.
Duration of the contract: Open-ended employment contract – local contract according to the Rwandan labour law
Expected starting date: January 2023
Salary package according to our salary grids (class 6: Sector Thematic Expert): From 3.351.622RWF gross salary depending on the number of years of relevant experience.
Function:
Under the direct supervision of the International Aquaculture Expert, the Aquaculture Expert will support in coordinating activities in the field of aquaculture and fish supply chains. As such, s/he will support the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of aquaculture-related activities. A particular focus of the Aquaculture Expert will be on establishing and maintaining effective collaboration with private and public actors, thereby ensuring the national embeddedness of the project.
He/she will work in close collaboration with and in support to the relevant partners (RAB, RICA, Rwanda Polytechnic (RP), University of Rwanda,..) and private sector actors in the targeted value chains.
The Expert will also support the Intervention Manager in coordinating and facilitating capacity building activities as well as the capitalization process of the project’s interventions, ensuring the documentation of best practices and the effective dissemination of that knowledge with relevant national and regional research institutes.
In line with the expected outputs, he/she will:
- Enhance the capacities of smallholder organisations, active in the targeted value chains, to efficiently improve quality and quantity of produce and access to markets, minimising post-harvest losses and improving profitability
- Organise and pilot a scan of production sites (ponds and lakes) for fish production, classifying according to potential and type of fish to produce;
- Support the organisational scan and the selection of cooperatives and producer groups in aquaculture and fisheries value chains, to be supported by the intervention, specifically in relation to their operational / technical capacities ;
- Develop and pilot in collaboration with RAB the technical capacity strengthening of cooperatives and producer groups in aquaculture and fisheries value chains concerning, production (fingerling management, feeding requirements), processing, aggregation of produce, fish pond and cage management, biosecurity measures through the FFS approach and the extension services;
- Contribute to the development and the implementation of practical training programmes and the production of training material for pond and cage-farming, adapted to the local context, in close collaboration with selected partners (IPRC, Rwasave research centre, private sector);
- Support the acquisitions of assets in line with the evolution of the capacities of the supported value chains.
The factual elaboration and the implementation of the capacity development plans and the setting up of FFS and extension services will be done through grants with organisations (NGO, private,..) with expertise in the areas if aquaculture and fisheries VC.
- Strengthen SMEs and aspiring young entrepreneurs active at the different levels of the targeted value chains to operate in an inclusive and sustainable way, create decent jobs and contribute to more sustainable food systems
- Facilitate the identification of fish-related businesses existing champions SMEs and start-ups – with a particular attention to SMEs led by women and youth – and contribute to training and coaching trajectories and the development of bankable business plans for selected SMEs in the targeted value chains;
- Support the organisation of exchange visits, trade missions for these SME’s;
- Contribute to development of service provision / business development services in the field of food quality and food processing.
- Strengthen a conducive environment for inclusive value chains development and sustainable Food Systems
- Support an effective collaboration process with relevant research actors;
- Advice on the use of digital solutions facilitating access to information, markets, finance, etc.
- Ensure capitalization process of the intervention’s activities, documentation of best practices and the effective dissemination of that knowledge with relevant national and regional research institutes;
- Advice on the type and necessity on public infrastructure to improving quality of handling of produce;
- Support the elaboration and piloting of lake management plans.
Profile:
qualification and experience
- Allowed to work in Rwanda
- Master’s degree in aquaculture and marine resource management / fisheries, biology or animal science with specialisation in aquaculture or related field
- Minimum 5 years of relevant working experience in aquaculture, fish production or farming
- Experience with multi-actor processes and the monitoring / management of multiple implementing partners and stakeholders is an asset
- Previous experience and knowledge of international cooperation projects in an asset;
- Experience with capacity building of agricultural federations, unions, or interprofessional organisations in the food sector is an asset
technical skills
- Previous experience and personal network with relevant ministries or technical institutes in Rwanda;
- Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills and the ability to develop collaborative relationships, especially in a multi-component project with multiple implementation partners.
- Excellent analytical and personal communication skills;
- Experience in capacity development and training.
- Knowledge of results-based management (logical framework, monitoring and evaluation);
- Proficient in Kinyarwanda and English. Working knowledge of French is an asset;
attitude
- Results and customer oriented
- Mature and team player
- Proactive, engaged, and self-starter.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to build collaborative relationships with others inside and outside the organization.
- Decisiveness
- Takes Initiative/Spotting Opportunity/Pushing Strategy
- Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities
Interested?
Applicants fulfilling the above-mentioned criteria are invited to submit their application documents through Job in Rwanda “Appy” button below by “filling out the application form carefully” Including a detailed Curriculum Vitae (max 5 pages), a motivation letter, and a copy of the University degree(s). Past and current service certificates also need to be attached to the application (unproven experience will not be considered during the shortlisting). Submit the full file no later than 12th December 2022.
Enabel never requests money to be part of any of the recruitment processes.
Enabel is committed to equal opportunities and diversity in its workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability status or any other factor other than competence.
Only successful applicants will be contacted.
Done at Kigali, November 29th, 2022
Resident Representative, Enabel Rwanda
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