Recruitment Notice Finance and Operations officer

About Paper Crown Rwanda:

Paper Crown is a feminist non-profit organization that works with youth to transform gender norms, foster leadership and create lasting social change. Our in-depth, feminist-minded, transformative approach strengthens personal self-confidence, critical thinking and leadership skills among youth, and addresses the problem of gender inequality and harmful gender norms.

With different partners and donors, Paper Crown runs different projects and programs both at community level and national level, all aimed at breaking the intergenerational cycle of gender discrimination and violence. In this regard, we are looking for a finance and operations officer to support the organization with all tasks related to financial and operational management.

Job summary:

The finance and operations officer is responsible for managing and overseeing financial operations of the organization and supporting PCR management and project staff to ensure proper grant management. They will also ensure office operations are effectively managed, and support various weekly and daily operational tasks.

Paper Crown is a growing organization, as such, we work in a fast-paced collaborative environment. Each team member is expected to actively contribute to the organization’s overarching strategic goals. We are looking for someone who is a self-starter with a strong work ethic; and willing to continue challenging and improving their knowledge and skills.

Location: Kigali

Deadline for applying: 9/2/2024

Expected start date: March 1st, 2024

Type of contract: Full-time position

Reports to: Executive Director

Contract term: Annual renewable contract, inclusive of two months initial probationary period

Essential duties and responsibilities:

Financial processes (70%)

• Accounts payable and receivable, including grant payments and donations
• Preparation of annual organizational and project budgets and quarterly forecasts
• Provide monthly and/or quarterly budget consumption reports for all ongoing projects and recommendations to project leads and the management team
• Prepare monthly and annual organizational financial reports and statements,including liaising with internal and external auditors
• Review or develop existing financial management templates such as requisition forms and reporting templates, to better comply with donor requirements and our procurement and financial management policies
• Preparation and declaration of monthly taxes as well as Annual tax declaration (CIT)

Managing the organizational and projects operations (30%)

• Oversee the administrative day-to-day needs of the office (maintaining office and project supplies, staff benefits disbursement, record keeping, etc.)
• Preparing annual procurement plans and reports in close collaboration with the programs manager
• Acting as the point of contact for PCR for all banking processes
  
  
  

Required competencies and skills:

• A minimum of 2 years of prior work experience with an NGO in the Rwandan context is mandatory.
• High degree of proficiency with financial, accounting and administration procedures and softwares is required . Particularly Quickbooks, Mobile money for business , Online banking systems , etc.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of the Rwandan tax system, particularly for Rwandan NGOs
• Good interpersonal communication skills, and Fluency in English (both oral and written)
• Professionalism, high degree of accuracy and attention to detail, and organizational skills are of extreme importance for this role

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration (Required)
• An internationally recognized accounting accreditation such as ACCA or CPA is an added advantage

To apply: Please send the following documents to: info@paper-crown.org by February 9th, 2024

1. An updated CV with 2 professional references , maximum 2 pages (Including 2 professional references to be contacted if you are shortlisted)
2. A cover letter highlighting the areas of your prior experience, professional strengths and personal values most relevant to this role

Please note that due to the nature of our work , women are highly encouraged to apply.

To learn more about our work, please visit www.paper-crown.org

About One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across six core countries in Africa, we make farmers more prosperous by providing quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, the farmers we serve harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund.

To learn more about our work, take a look at our Why Work Here blog for more information.

About the Role

One Acre Fund is looking for a Strategic Partnerships Manager to join our Business Development team. You will lead in the learning and benchmarking the strategic, administrative, financial, and staffing capacities required to prime moderate to complex multi-year, multi-million-dollar funding opportunities from priority public donors. You will report to the Director of Global Government Partnerships to conduct the benchmarking, and secure funding opportunities that model best practices in managing prime partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Strategy 
  • Work with Head of Public Portfolio to design long-term mission fundraising strategy (country/regional offices)
  • As part of this strategy, conduct benchmarking and analysis on strategic, administrative, financial, and staffing capacities required to become a major prime, and overall strategic fit between One Acre Fund priorities and prime opportunities.
  • Consolidate the analysis and provide a recommended subbing/priming roadmap to leadership.
  • Implement the strategy to sub/prime.
    
    
    
• New lead development 
  • In line with mission strategy (see above), build on One Acre Fund’s current in-country fundraising success and identify prime or sub grant opportunities of $5M per annum or greater, and lead on applications:
  • To ensure greater success of winning awards, following best practices including:
  • Ensure strong strategic alignment between the funding opportunity and One Acre Fund’s work,
  • Advise on the right grant mechanisms and negotiate the terms and conditions for grant agreements,
  • Support the country teams to identify and develop strong relationships with potential sub-awardees,
  • Grant management including sub-awardees management, compliance and reporting, and
  • Capacity strengthening of One Acre Fund and partners to ensure delivery of the grant results and position favorably for prime opportunities.
• Cross-team collaboration
  • We would expect that within one year, this role would have scoped and hired for at least one direct report, dependent on fundraising momentum.
  • Collaborate with Business Development colleagues, senior decision makers, country teams in the benchmarking exercise and decision.
  • Lead on co-creation of new grant proposals with field leads.
    
    
    
• A spokesperson for the farmers
  • One Acre Fund contributes to global discussions around agricultural development. You will:
  • Represent us at relevant events in Africa,  US, Europe and other regions.
  • Identify and pursue additional opportunities to advance our reputation.

Career Growth and Development

We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

Qualifications

Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

• Have 10+ years  experience in international business and grants management.
• Have experience in securing and administration of complex USAID-funded grants of over $7M that involve sub-awardees.
• Have knowledge of rules and regulations of public donors, and ability to advise the most suitable grant mechanisms/instruments.
• Have a high level of English fluency. An additional European language (French, German) is ideal.
• Ability to travel for in-person donor meetings or networking opportunities, roughly 30% of the time.
  
  
  

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Nairobi, Kenya or Kigali, Rwanda or Washington, USA

Benefits

Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits

Eligibility

This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya, Rwanda or United States of America

Application Link

https://grnh.se/a6e13c621us

Application Deadline

21 April 2024.

One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process. Official One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @oneacrefund.org address. Please report any suspicious communication here (globalhotline@oneacrefund.org), but do not send applications or application materials to this email address.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Click here for more details & Apply

About One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across six core countries in Africa, we make farmers more prosperous by providing quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, the farmers we serve harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund.

To learn more about our work, take a look at our Why Work Here blog for more information.

About the Role

Your focus will be to develop programs and training content to maximize adoption of integrated pest management amongst smallholder farmers. You’ll report to the Global Director of R&D, and work within the Global Impact team. This team combines agronomy, data science, qualitative research and SBC & social marketing skillsets to develop adoptable recommendations, and support country programs to effectively communicate and train farmers on them for maximum uptake.

You will develop evidence-based IPM extension, promoting approaches that are proven to reduce pest pressure and increase yields, through training and extension approaches that are informed by instructional design principles, adult learning and SBC theories. You will develop and test training, extension and decision-support tools using HCD methodology, then scale these and validate impact through measured improvements in farmer knowledge, attitude and adoption.

Responsibilities

• Research
  • Oversight over surveys to characterize farmers’ pest challenges and adoption of IPM practices
  • Literature reviews, rapid evidence assessments, expert consultation etc. to identify impactful pest prevention and control technologies.
  • There may also be opportunities to work on innovation projects around pest diagnostics, threat forecasting and surveillance, and on-farm experimentation to evaluate novel pest management technologies
• Extension
  • Develop IPM recommendations. Translate research-based IPM approaches and into simplified recommendations and protocols that empower smallholder farmers with limited resources to meaningfully reduce pest pressure and increase yields.
  • Test and improve scalable IPM training and decision-support tools through design workshops and piloting with extension workers and farmers
    
    
    
• Strategy
  • Develop IPM extension / communications strategies that integrate print, audio, digital and in-person training and communication tools to maximize reach and cost-effectiveness.
  • Define indicators to monitor and evaluate the scale and quality of IPM strategy implementation (e.g. in terms of farmer uptake of IPM, pesticide usage), and generate recommendations for improvement.

Career Growth and Development

We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

Qualifications

Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

• 3-5+ years’ experience in agriculture training and extension service design and implementation, ideally working with farmers with low and mixed literacy and digital access.
• Strong technical knowledge agronomy and IPM, ideally for IPM for maize, potato, legumes in particular
• Research skills and experience with literature reviews, survey design and analysis. Experience managing on-farm trials a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with a range of audiences – from non-technical colleagues to external experts. Ability to understand complex technical concepts and translate into concise, accessible language
• Strong project management skills
• Experience driving projects towards results, working within a matrix management model.

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Kigali, Rwanda or Nairobi, Kenya

Benefits

Health insurance, housing, and comprehensive benefits

Eligibility

One Acre Fund can support a work permit for this role. However, nationals of (or those with an extensive professional background and work history in) our countries of operation are preferred.

Application Link

https://grnh.se/6bd05eec1us

Application Deadline

28 April 2024

One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process. Official One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @oneacrefund.org address. Please report any suspicious communication here (globalhotline@oneacrefund.org), but do not send applications or application materials to this email address.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Click here for more details & Apply

About One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across six core countries in Africa, we make farmers more prosperous by providing quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, the farmers we serve harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund.

To learn more about our work, take a look at our Why Work Here blog for more information.

About the Role

The Lab and Inventory Supervisor helps maintain the accuracy and clarity of Innovation inventories, plant and soil laboratory. This include

• Manage Ag Innovation department different inventories; consumable’s, inputs…
• Oversee the cleanliness of the Innovation warehouse, plant, and soil lab.
• Ensure the availability and quality of necessary laboratory tools.
• Supervise and accurate execution of diverse laboratory tests based on specific requests.

This is role belong to agriculture innovations department and is based in Karongi, Rubengera; Innovations laboratory.

You will report directly to Phase 1 & Research Senior Specialist and manage one staff

Responsibilities

• Warehouse & Inventory Management:
  • Oversee INN warehouse inventory, ensuring accurate recording of delivered inputs’ quantity and quality.
  • Implement efficient storage practices, maintaining warehouse cleanliness, visibility, and security.
  • Coordinate input repackaging for phases 1 and 2 trials, ensuring allocation as directed by partners.
  • Procure bulk consumables for Ag Innovations teams: data, phase 1, and phase 2.
• Seed & Live Products Quality Management:
  • Conduct germination tests for received seed inputs and communicate results to partners.
  • Manage live products (inoculant, seed) requiring cold storage, monitoring conditions.
  • Ensure stock of OPV varieties seeds for at least one trial or recommend multiplication.
• Innovation Plant & Soil Laboratory:
  • Draft new protocols for manager approval, providing training to laboratory officers on new standard operating procedures.
  • Maintain precise samples’ inventory and oversee careful processing according to protocols.
  • Conduct or supervise different plant and soil laboratory tests (pH, dry matter, soil color…) and record data.
  • Perform specific tests, including soil textures and Soil Organic Carbon.
  • Ensure proper calibration or recommend replacement of all laboratory tools.
    
    
    

Career Growth and Development

We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

Qualifications

Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

• Background in agronomy or related sciences (soil science, biology, chemistry, or environment).
• Proficient in using google suite tools (sheets, docs, forms, and slides).
• Familiarity with laboratory, seed, and fertilizer warehouse management principles
• In-depth understanding of protocols for different tests conducted in the innovation laboratory.
• 1+ years of experience, collaborating and coordinating with other teams.
• Passion for capacity building and investing in others.
• Language: English (speak and written)
  
  
  

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Rubengera, Rwanda

Benefits

Health insurance, paid time off

Eligibility

This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Rwanda

Application Link

https://grnh.se/212c1a1c1us

Application Deadline

03 March 2024

One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process. Official One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @oneacrefund.org address. Please report any suspicious communication here (globalhotline@oneacrefund.org), but do not send applications or application materials to this email address.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Signature Program Technical Lead Rwanda 

Heifer International is an equal-opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with some form of disability.

The Organization

Since 1944, Heifer International has supported more than 36 million Small Holder Farmer (SHF) families globally lift themselves out of hunger and poverty while caring for the earth in partnership with the communities we serve including Youth & Women. Heifer International is now accelerating its strategic approaches to closing the Sustainable Living Income (SLI) gap for 10 million additional SHF households globally by 2030.

In Rwanda, our aim is moving 300,000 smallholder farmers to achieve sustainable living income by 2030 against Heifer Africa target of 6.745 million. Heifer does this through the sustainable locally led Development approach.

The Role

The Signature Program Technical Lead – Rwanda will provide strategic leadership for country office Signature Programs. S/he will be responsible for signature program design, data analysis, market systems development, access to finance, value chain development, and proposal writing, as well as co-designing with our strategic partners.

S/he will also be responsible for signature program implementation, donor reporting and field-level management while ensuring the highest standards in compliance with obligations and results according to signed agreements. S/he therefore enforces quality assurance with programs and is responsible for the quality and performance of work of all relevant Signature Program staff, sub-recipients, and sub-contract service providers. In addition, s/he will build capacity/capability for signature programming in the country office.

The major focus of the role is to carefully guide the implementation of country-led Signature Programs, in line with project strategy, to achieve the Country’s objectives. S/he will maintain focus on management, communication and strategy and drive towards sustainability that achieves scale, permanence, and impact through long-term partnerships.

The Signature Program Technical Lead – Rwanda will report to the Country Director but will work collaboratively with the Signature Program Technical team at the regional level. The role supervises Project Managers.

The Person

The position holder will have a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of ten (10) to fifteen (15) years of Signature Program Management experience. He/she will possess a minimum of five (5) years of experience in managing design and co-designing Market systems, value chain development, and large and complex programs. Experience working with governments, the private sector, local and international institutions is critical.

Are you excited to join the diverse and passionate team to make a multi-generational impact in the lives of 625,000 Smallholder Farmer families by increasing their Sustainable Living Income (SLI) by the year 2030? To apply Click Here to apply.

Deadline: 26th February 2024

ABOUT FXB RWANDA

FXB Rwanda is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) envisioning to create a world fitting for children. Through standardized interventions and implementation approaches, FXB Rwanda addresses the root causes of poverty as means of securing children’s rights to survive, grow and develop. FXB Rwanda intervenes in economic strengthening, early childhood development, nutrition, health, water, sanitation and hygiene, violence prevention, climate change and environment conservation. Follow this link, to learn more on our intervening areas. At FXB Rwanda, we cherish: integrity, teamwork, Honesty, Accountability, Creativity and Innovation values       


      

ABOUT THE POSITION

Funded by “The Light Foundation” through FXB International, FXB Rwanda is implementing the FXBVillage program in Nyaruguru and Gisagara ditricts aiming at alleviating poverty by providing comprehensive package to the targeted program participants. Under this program, FXB Rwanda seeks to recruit M&E Officer who will undertake monitoring and evaluation duties for successful delivery and attainment of the program’s objectives.

Job title: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Reports to: Program Coordinator

Number of Positions: One (1)

Employment category: Fixed-term 12 months, Subject to renewal

Start date: As soon as possible

Location: Nyaruguru District. 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with the program Coordinator to ensure the availability of adequate program’s internal control system, policies and procedures.
• Design desired tools for program implementation, monitoring and evaluation as well as home visit tools, data collection tools and reporting templates;
• Train program staffs/volunteers about monitoring and evaluation tools and mechanisms in place;
• Ensure the quality of service delivery to all program participants and stakeholders;
• Timely submission of high quality reports and proper documentation and filing;
• Ensure the consistency and accuracy of statistical and narrative reports from district managers to be submitted to coordination level;
• Conducting field monitoring visits assessing the strengths and weaknesses and proposing adjustments in the light of changing circumstances for beneficiaries’ interests;
• Perform any other duties/ responsibilities assigned by the supervisor.
  
  
  

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Monitoring and evaluation, Development Studies, Social Sciences or other related fields;
• Proficient in MS office (Ms word,Ms Excel,Ms Power point) and G-suite;
• Being familiar with Kobo collect and other data collection tools is required;
• At least 5 years’ experience in development program;
• Experience of at least 2 years in similar M&E positions is required;
• Experience in non-profit organizations is an added value;
• Experience in designing and development of the M&E tools and systems;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, French and Kinyarwanda;
• Rwandan by Nationality;
• A certificate in Monitoring tools (STATA, SPSS…) is an added advantage.

Interested candidates with required skills and competences are requested to submit their application documents at info@fxbrwanda.org.

• The application file needs to have: motivation letter addressed to FXB Rwanda Executive Director, CV, and well completed FXB application form found on this link: http://www.mediafire.com/download/68hw76cw49ch06q/Job_Application_Form_-__FXB.pdf.
• All the application files have to be merged into one pdf document not exceeding 5MBs.

The applications will be accepted not later than Tuesday, February 07, 2024 at 5:00PM. Women candidates who meet the position’s qualifications are encouraged to apply. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further steps.

Done at Ruyenzi on January 29, 2024

Emmanuel KAYITANA

Executive Director