Director of Business Development and Employment at Rubavu District Under Statute :Deadline: Apr 12, 2024

Job responsibilities

Coordinate, the planning, budgeting, resource mobilization, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting related to Business development and employment; – Develop and oversee the implementation of actionable strategies or plans meant to localize national policies and the District Council’s decisions pertaining to the promotion of business development and job creation; – Raise local population awareness on the importance of savings and connect them with business people, entrepreneurs and financial institutions in order to exploit the existing business opportunities;- Facilitate the creation of business linkages (supply contracts) between local SMEs/cooperatives and large firms by putting in place a win-win mechanism of complementarities;

– Coordinate the identification, updating and exploitation of business and local economic development opportunities/ potentialities available within the District; – Coordinate employment mainstreaming in District Development Plan and action plans – Ensure a well-functioning of access to finance forum and identify bottlenecks that hinder access to credit and reimbursement – Collaborate with companies to identify those in need of support in skills upgrading and link them with skills development institutions – Coordinate the mobilization of companies and SMEs to host internees for knowledge transfer, – Serve as a member to the District Technical Coordination Committee and advise the institution on matters pertaining to business development & employment. – Facilitate the collection of information on job creation within the district that needs to be fed in Labour Market Information System (LMIS) – Coordinate the employment promotion initiatives at District Level

Minimum qualifications

• • Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 2
    Master’s in Rural Development

    1 Years of relevant experience

• • 3
    Master’s in Economics

    1 Years of relevant experience

• • 4
    Bachelor’s Degree in Management

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 5
    Master’s Degree in Management

    1 Years of relevant experience

• • 6
    Masters in Business Administration

    1 Years of relevant experience

• • 7
    Master’s Degree in Entrepreneurship

    1 Years of relevant experience

• • 8
    Bachelor’s Degree in Rural Development

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 9
    Bachelor’s Degree in Agribusiness

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 10
    Master’s Degree in Agribusiness

    1 Years of relevant experience

• • 11
    Master’s Degree in Labour Economics

    1 Years of relevant experience

• • 12
    Bachelor’s in Business Administration

    3 Years of relevant experience

• 13
  Bachelor’s Degree in Entrepreneurship

  3 Years of relevant experience

Required competencies and key technical skills

• • 1
    Accountability

• • 2
    Leadership skills

• • 3
    Multi-tasking skills and the ability to balance multiple priorities and keep up with project scope changes

• • 4
    Good at handling and meeting deadlines

• • 5
    Quick learner who is easily able to learn new products, systems, applications and technologies

• • 6
    Strong attention to detail organizational skills

• • 7
    Able to work well with both internal and external clients

• • 8
    Self-starter with leadership skills in order to take charge in facilitating the office needs

• • 9
    Analytical, problem-solving and critical thinking skills

• • 10
    Technical understanding of doing business variables being analyzed and how it affects the various business units.

• 11
  Good presentation skills, and ability to communicate with various audiences, including end users, managers, and members of the IT team

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