RECRUITMENT NOTICE N^o 1/LAF/24 

The Legal Aid Forum (LAF) is a national civil society network of legal aid service providers, comprising of 38 Organisations. Our membership ranges from national and international NGOs, trade unions, faith-based associations and professional bodies to University legal aid clinics, all working towards improving access to justice, legal aid and Human rights promotion in Rwanda.

In order to effectively accomplish its mission and vision, the Legal Aid Forum is accepting applications from qualified and skilled individuals to fill the following vacant position within its Secretariat:

Position: Executive Personal Assistant

Description

The Executive Personal Assistant provides high-level and professional administrative support to the Executive Director (ED) of the Secretariat of the Legal Aid Forum. He/She works closely together and reports directly to the ED. The Executive Personal Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Assisting in managing the daily work of the Executive Director and make sure it is completed on time;
• Coordinating with the Executive Director all departments;
• Support the Executive Director in his/her daily administrative planning;
• Coordinating all appointments of the Executive Director;
• Acting as the first point of contact with people from both inside and outside of LAF Secretariat;
• Arranging travels, visas and accommodation and occasionally travelling with the Executive Director to take notes or dictation at meetings or to provide general assistance during presentations;
• Screening phone calls, enquiries and requests and handling them when appropriate;
• Organizing and maintaining diaries and making appointments;
• Dealing with incoming emails, faxes and often corresponding on behalf of the Executive Director;
• Taking notes and minutes;
• Organizing and attending meetings and ensuring the Executive Director is well prepared for meetings.
  
  
  

Requirements  

• University degree( At least a Bachelor’s) in  Public Administration, Secretariat Studies, International Relations, Law, ICT or any other relevant field;
• At least 3 years of demonstrated professional experience in the field;
• Proven strong knowledge of communication practices and techniques;
• Fluent in written and spoken English, French and Kinyarwanda;
• Proficiency  in  the  use  of computer  and  other IT tools;
• Strong planning and organisationnal skills;
• Demonstrating integrity and ethical standards;
• Experience  in working  with  NGOs.

Interested Candidates should send their CV, 2 references, a letter of motivation, a copy of degree(s) and relevant Certificate(s). Applications should be addressed to the Executive Director, P.O.Box 5225 at Kimihurura, KN 14 AV, KG 668 ST and submitted electronically to: recruitment@legalaidrwanda.org. Closing date for applications is 31 January 2024 at 5:00 pm (Kigali Time).

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Done at Kigali, on 10 January 2024 

Management

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Job responsibilities

1. Co-ordinate all activities and ensure the required standard of service is achieved and maintained 2. Develop and implement effective administration policies and procedures and review and update the procedures as required; 3. Oversee the annual budget preparation for the department and present for management approval; monitor and control the administration budget; 4. Supervise and review the performance of outsourced property managers and suppliers; 5. Develop and oversee the implementation of the asset management system and departmental policies and procedures; 6. Develop and maintain the annual asset management plans aligned with the departmental strategy and budget and in consultation with other departments where applicable; 7. Develop and maintain asset registers, including; acquisitions, maintenance management, transfers and valuations; 8. Prepare a business plan for the life cycle of assets, including; an analysis of pricing options utilizing life cycle cost, and recommendations on the most appropriate asset solution;

9. Participate in the development of logistics policies and procedures in line with the procurement policies and strategic objectives of the organization; 10. Administer transportation, logistics systems, imports or exports, or customer issues; 11. Monitor equipment import processes to ensure compliance with regulatory or legal requirements; 12. Oversees the transport and fleet management services and systems; 13. Evaluate the performance of outsourced garages and motor vehicle accessories providers; 14. Oversees the allocation and usage of fuel and ensure fuel accountability; 15. Oversee general administration services including outsourcing companies(Cleaning and porters, security, etc.), postal, telephone services, reception services and staff welfare; 16. Grow service delivery in order to meet client’s and expectations 17. To liaise with all staff to ensure effective and meaningful communication 18. Coordinate clinical archive and administrative documents/mails 19. Submit monthly, quarterly and annually report to the supervisor 20. Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum qualifications

• • Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 2

    Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 3

    Bachelor’s Degree in Administrative Sciences

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 4

    Master’s in Finance

    1 Years of relevant experience

• • 5

    Master’s in Economics

    1 Years of relevant experience

• • 6

    Bachelor’s Degree in Management

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 7

    Masters in Management

    1 Years of relevant experience

• • 8

    Masters in Business Administration

    1 Years of relevant experience

• • 9

    Master’s Degree in Public Administration

    1 Years of relevant experience

• • 10

    Master’s Degree in Administrative Sciences

    1 Years of relevant experience

• • 11

    Bachelor’s Degree in Procurement

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 12

    Bachelor’s Degree in Store Management

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 13

    Master’s Degree in Procurement

    1 Years of relevant experience

• • 14

    Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 15

    Master’s Degree in Supply Chain Management

    1 Years of relevant experience

• • 16

    Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 17

    Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 18

    Bachelor’s Degree in Logistics Management

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 19

    Master’s Degree in Logistics Management

    1 Years of relevant experience

• • 20

    Bachelor’s Degree in Assets Management

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 21

    master’s in Hospital Management

    1 Years of relevant experience

• 22

  Bachelor’s degree in Hospital Management

  3 Years of relevant experience

Required competencies and key technical skills

• • Resource management skills

• • 2
    Analytical skills

• • 3
    Problem solving skills

• • 4
    Decision making skills

• • 5
    Networking skills

• • 6
    Leadership skills

• • 7
    Mentoring and coaching skills

• • 8
    Time management skills

• • 9
    Risk management skills

• • 10
    Performance management skills

• • 11
    Results oriented

• • 12
    Digital literacy skills

• 13
  Fluency in English, Kinyarwanda or French. Knowledge of all is an added advantage

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Job responsibilities

 Monitor team members’ performance  Assign tasks and projects to the PR and Communication Specialist  Manage sensitive issues to maintain Hospital’s good reputation  Developing relationships with media organizations  Create and oversee the implementation of an overarching PR strategy  Define the tone of the Hospital’s message and overall, and determine the communication channels our staff will primarily use  Set clear operational goals for PR and Communication Specialist, provide guidance and support, and QA of all outgoing PR materials  Oversee the evolution of our hospital’s good image across multiple platforms, including various social media networks  Develop and maintain a positive relationship with the media and various influential organizations and individuals  In collaboration with PR and Communication Specialist; organize interviews, press conferences, and other public relations events  Compile reports on media coverage and document the results of our PR initiatives  Participate with other members of the institution to lead CHUK achieve and maintain accreditation  Collaborate with multidisciplinary Health Care Team Members  Provide guidance to the customer service staff to ensure all customer needs are meet  Work with the customer service team to deliver optimum service to our internal and external customers within the agreed timeframes  Assist in the development of strong working relationships across all departments and raise awareness of support the customer service team can provide to service delivery  Assist with building the capacity and attitude of the customer service staff to provide exceptional customer service  Assist with the development and implementation of the Customer Relations Model  Actively participate in developing and implementing customer service systems which will improve the service delivery and enhance the image of the hospital  Monitor and report on customer service protocols and identify  Process improvements relevant to customer service across the organization  Train staff in all aspects of their customer care service role and liaise with all departments to provide guidance on our customer service systems  Manage the roster system for all customer service staff  Deal competently with customer complaints and take all possible actions to resolve relevant problems and complaints to their fullest satisfaction with minimal intervention of team leaders of ethic committee leader  Advise management on system improvements in line with CHUK’s complaints Handling  Maintain a thorough knowledge of all departments, our hospital network, services deliveries so that customers are provided with accurate information on the provider and proceed general queries with confidence at all times  Contribute to the Hospital environmental Hygiene  Participating in the Quality Assurance and Quality improvement of the Hospital  Submit monthly, Quarterly and Annually report to the Supervisor  Perform other related duties as required

Minimum qualifications

• • Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 2. Master’s Degree in International Relations

    1 Years of relevant experience

• • 3. Bachelor’s Degree in Communication

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 4. Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 5. Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 6. Bachelor’s Degree in Media

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 7. Master’s Degree in Public Relations

    1 Years of relevant experience

• • 8. Master’s Degree in Journalism

    1 Years of relevant experience

• • 9. Master’s Degree in Communication

    1 Years of relevant experience

• • 10. Master’s Degree in Digital Media

    1 Years of relevant experience

• 11. Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

  3 Years of relevant experience

Required competencies and key technical skills

• • Resource management skills

• • 2. Analytical skills

• • 3. Problem solving skills

• • 4. Decision making skills

• • 5. Networking skills

• • 6. Leadership skills

• • 7. Mentoring and coaching skills

• • 8. Time management skills

• • 9. Risk management skills

• • 10. Performance management skills

• • 11. Results oriented

• • 12. Digital literacy skills

• 13. Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and/or French. Knowledge of all is an added advantage.

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Job responsibilities

1. Cover audiences and press conferences held by senior managers of the institution. 2. Maintain good relationships with various media both public and private for the benefit of the Hospital 3. Supervise translation and interpreting services subcontracted from specialized services 4. Write speeches, messages and press release of the authorities of the Hospital 5. Initiate and design communication programs to keep the public informed of the activities carried out by the institution. 6. Elaborate and monitor communication plan and submit it on concerned supervision's institutions 7. Make critical analysis of publications in national or international media concerning the institution and produce synthetic technical notes to authorities 8. Organize radio and TV broadcasts to inform the public on Institution’s activities; 9. Write articles for newspapers on progress of the institution mission achievement. 10. Make recommendations on institutional image improvement measures; 11. Design target messages for different public users and prepare budget related; 12. Elaborate and negotiate contracts with suitable radio and TV Medias for message's dissemination 13. Contribute to the hospital environmental hygiene 14. Participating in quality assurance and quality improvement of the hospital 15. Submit monthly, quarterly and annually report to the supervisor 16. Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum qualifications

• • Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 2. Master’s Degree in International Relations

    1 Years of relevant experience

• • 3. Bachelor’s Degree in Communication

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 4. Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 5. Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 6. Master’s Degree in Public Relations

    1 Years of relevant experience

• • 7. Master’s Degree in Journalism

    1 Years of relevant experience

• • 8. Master’s Degree in Communication

    1 Years of relevant experience

• 9. Masters Degree in Media

  1 Years of relevant experience

Required competencies and key technical skills

• • Resource management skills

• • 2.Analytical skills

• • 3. Problem solving skills

• • 4. Decision making skills

• • 5. Networking skills

• • 6. Leadership skills

• • 7. Mentoring and coaching skills

• • 8. Time management skills

• • 9. Risk management skills

• • 10. Performance management skills

• • 11. Results oriented

• • 12. Digital literacy skills

• 13. Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and/or French. Knowledge of all is an added advantage.

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Recruitment of EGSP-Imbuto Ltd (Managing Director and Field Agronomist)

Company Profile

The Early Generation Seed Potato Ltd (EGSP-Imbuto) is a limited company that has been created by seed potato producers working in Greenhouse since 2020 with the mission to become leading institution in Minitubers, Pre-Basic and Basic seed potato production in order to have stable and availability of Early Generation Seed Potato in their working place to support Potato Farmers in Rwanda and every one working in potato business. The EGSP-Imbuto Ltd company is now building the seed potato value chain – upwards by organizing all Greenhouse owners to be involved in production of minitubers as EGSP out growers, Pre Basic and Basic seed production in open field.

We are looking to employ a detail-oriented and experienced Managing Director and Field Agronomist to oversee and coordinate the daily operations of the Company in their departments.

Employment type: Full time Employment with Probation period of 6 months for both

Job Location: MUSANZE District,

Start date: As soon as Possible

Job Title: FIELD AGRONOMIST

Number: 1

Work Objective:

The Agronomist is responsible for helping EGSP IMBUTO to implement their activities related to agriculture and make the yield/harvest profitable.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Train beneficiaries to cultivate crops in accordance to specific seasons and climatic realities;
• Equipping beneficiaries with modern farming techniques;
• Helping EGSP Imbuto to increase Production of Seed Potato in order to be equipped economically;
• Availing Farmer Field schools(FFS/CEP) and conduct experiments to increase soil fertility and develop best methods for increasing crops productivity and quality;
• Conduct regular visits to beneficiaries’ fields in the way of advising them about the increase of the harvest from the start of the growing season to the harvesting one and harvest’s economic use;
• Preparation and distribution of materials needed for a better production in agriculture;
• Working closely with the sector and district levels agronomists in the implementation of the agricultural activities of the EGSP IMBUTO;
• Helping beneficiaries to develop and find the market for their harvests;
• Participate in action planning, budgeting and providing periodic reports on the activities carried out;
• Perform any other duties/ responsibilities assigned by the supervisor.
• Ability to work in an international, multi-stakeholder environment, maintain effective and cooperative relations with national authorities as well as donors,
• Can work independently. 
  
  
  

Desired skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or A1 in Crop Production, Agronomy or other related field;
• Three years of experience in the field of Agriculture sector,
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, French and Kinyarwanda;
• Proficient in MS office (Ms word, Ms Excel, Ms Power point,);
• Management skills and Team working qualities
• Category A of driving license is advantage

Interested Applicants Fulfilling the above-mentioned criteria are invited to submit their application documents including Curriculum Vitae with three references, Motivation Letter max one page, copy of Degree, proof of experience and copy of National ID on the following email address; egspotato@gmail.com, not later than Wednesday  17^th January 2024 at 5:00 PM. The only shortlisted number of candidates will be contacted.

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Recruitment of EGSP-Imbuto Ltd (Managing Director and Field Agronomist)

Company Profile

The Early Generation Seed Potato Ltd (EGSP-Imbuto) is a limited company that has been created by seed potato producers working in Greenhouse since 2020 with the mission to become leading institution in Minitubers, Pre-Basic and Basic seed potato production in order to have stable and availability of Early Generation Seed Potato in their working place to support Potato Farmers in Rwanda and every one working in potato business. The EGSP-Imbuto Ltd company is now building the seed potato value chain – upwards by organizing all Greenhouse owners to be involved in production of minitubers as EGSP out growers, Pre Basic and Basic seed production in open field.

We are looking to employ a detail-oriented and experienced Managing Director and Field Agronomist to oversee and coordinate the daily operations of the Company in their departments.

Employment type: Full time Employment with Probation period of 6 months for both

Job Location: MUSANZE District,

Start date: As soon as Possible

Job Title:

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Number: 1

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Management, Business Administration, Rural development economic with 3 years in management role in the development sector.
• At least two years of experience managing complex project: multi donor, funded, multi-partner and/or consortium projects with foundations and/or institutional donors.
• Prior experience in food systems, agriculture and agricultural value chains/market systems, entrepreneurship, financial inclusion or climate change adaptation in Rwanda.
• Experience managing projects/programs in areas such as youth economic empowerment, financial inclusion, climate change adaptation, food security, food systems.
• Demonstrated experience working as part of a consortium and in integrated teams;
• Experience in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with implementing partners, donors and government counterparts.
• Experience in managing a multi-million budget; demonstrated skills in risk management and ensuring value for money:
• Managing a complex budget
• Effective follow-up on internal and external audit recommendations
• Ensuring donor compliance and reporting
• Strong human resource management skills including capacity building, coaching and conflict management; ability to provide feedback and motivate/lead a diverse team to achieve results;
• Experience building capacity and working collaboratively with local implementing partners;
• Very high-quality written work and language skills in English; ability to speak in French & Kinyarwanda
• Having a driving license is advantage.
  
  
  

Interested Applicants Fulfilling the above-mentioned criteria are invited to submit their application documents including Curriculum Vitae with three references, Motivation Letter max one page, copy of Degree, proof of experience and copy of National ID on the following email address; egspotato@gmail.com, not later than Wednesday  17^th January 2024 at 5:00 PM. The only shortlisted number of candidates will be contacted.

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Vacancy Announcement: Communications Strategy Lead

Full Time Position, Minimum Work Week 40 Hours

Basic Salary Range:23,082,059 RWF – 39,239,512 per annum

negotiable based on salary history/experience.

Applications closing date: 24 January 2024 

BACKGROUND 

The Peace Corps is an independent U.S. Government agency that sends American volunteers around the world to aid countries to fulfill their development needs.  The Peace Corps has programs in 65 countries with approximately 7,000 American volunteers of all ages and backgrounds.

The three goals of the Peace Corps are:

• To help the people of interested countries in meeting their needs for trained men and women;
• To help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of peoples served;
• To help promote a better understanding of other people on the part of Americans.

Peace Corps originally opened its program in Rwanda in 1974, working for 20 years before closing its offices in 1994. It reopened its program in 2008 and Peace Corps Volunteers currently work in Health and TEFL Education, responding directly to the Government of Rwanda’s priorities. We are seeking an enthusiastic individual who is a team player and self-starter with moral integrity and a spirit of continuous improvement to fill this vacancy.

BASIC FUNCTION 

The Communications Strategy Lead reports directly to the Country Director and is responsible for creating a Communications Strategy for PC Rwanda stakeholders that raises awareness about Volunteers’ success working in collaboration with their communities to address needs identified by the Government of Rwanda and host communities in the areas of Education and Health.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic

• Create a comprehensive communication strategy and plan for PC/Rwanda.
• Effectively communicate and work productively with Volunteers, staff, and other stakeholders of all ages and capacities and people of diverse cultures.
• Maintain current knowledge of communications and public relations in the context of Rwanda.
• Work with other Peace Corps Africa Posts to incorporate best practices
• Publish and distribute the first PC Rwanda Annual Report since Re-Entry, targeting Rwandan partners
• Provide annual cost estimates for the communications strategy
• Create a working relationship and ongoing best practices with the US Mission Public Affairs Office to amplify PC/Rwanda’s work via Embassy social media
  
  
  

Stakeholder Communications

• Develop first wave content across multiple platforms (on-line, print, radio, etc.) to effectively reach all diverse stakeholder groups, to tell the PC Rwanda story, and to satisfy Peace Corps’ Second and Third Goals:
  • Communities in which we serve
  • Government of Rwanda
  • Local Non-Governmental Organizations/Embassies
  • Rwandan citizens
  • Staff
  • Current and Former Volunteers
  • Constituencies in the US including potential volunteers, the general public, policy-makers, influencers, PC headquarters
• Collaborate with and train PC Rwanda’s IT Assistant in online content management such as creating content, managing online sites, and reviewing content to ensure compliance with policy
• Collaborate with and provide training for PC Rwanda’s Volunteer Social Media Delegation
  
  
  

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

• Bachelor’s or equivalent degree in a relevant field;
• Three or more years’ experience in communications and marketing with tangible examples of high impact multi-media content development – including social media platforms
• Demonstrated Instagram Portfolio geared toward US audiences.
• Skills in a variety of social media platforms
• Understanding of Rwandan social and cultural norms
• Experience working in an inter-cultural environment to meet complex goals and objectives in a timely manner.
• Excellent English language skills – writing, reading, and speaking.
  
  
  

APPLICANT INSTRUCTIONS

Interested candidates must submit via email ONLY

• CV/Resume
• Cover letter
• Within the cover letter state whether or not you have ever served Peace Corps as a Trainee or Volunteer (including Response), or as a staff member (USDH, PSC, or FSN), and if so, to identify the position location, position type, title, and starting and ending dates.

Interested candidates should send the above combined no later than 24 January 2024 via the apply button below.

The title of the position should be clearly marked in the subject line of the email message.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Position Statements:

• The anticipated contract will be for a base period, with up to four option periods, exercisable at the unilateral option of the Peace Corps based on satisfactory performance, continued need for the position, and availability of funds.
• A contract is contingent on availability of funds, reference checks, and background check
• One or more positions may be filled from the announcement.
• Peace Corps reserves the right to not evaluate or to withhold an offer of a personal services contract to an individual that has a history of poor past performance or conduct as a Peace Corps Trainee, Volunteer, or staff member (USDH, PSC, or FSN).
• Peace Corps reserves the right to withhold an offer of a personal services contract to an individual that is a relative or household member of a current Peace Corps staff member.
• Individuals who have current or prior connections with intelligence activities or agencies through employment, related work, or even family relations may be ineligible for a personal services contract.
• Individual will be required to follow any workplace health and/or safety rules indicated for their position – including complying with any medical and/or training requirements specified for their position in accordance with public health and/or occupational health or safety policies.
• Peace Corps will not discriminate against an applicant because of that person’s race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older, except when the applicant is beyond the mandatory retirement age in the country of assignment), disability, or genetic information.
• Individual may be asked to complete one or more temporary duty assignments at other Peace Corps posts, transfer to another Peace Corps post, or to complete a detail with another USG Agency, a Peace Corps Headquarters office, or with a post other than the post of assignment. As part of an approved detail, the individual may be requested to perform work that may be specifically in line with or may add to the duties stated in the contract.

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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT FOR AN EDUCATION OFFICER

The Centre Cyprien et Daphrose Rugamba (CECYDAR) is looking to recruit an Education Officer with the following duties and responsibilities:

Kigali, January 04, 2023

CECYDAR Management

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Country Director 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 using the Sustainable Locally Led Development (SLLD) approach.

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.

The Role

Reporting Directly to the Africa Senior Vice President, the position will be responsible for shaping and leading the execution of the country strategy, fostering meaningful long-term sustainable business development partnerships & growth, while embodying and leading with our Heifer Africa Values/Value-Based Holistic Community Development (VBHCD) approach. The role will also ensure Country Operational Excellence and Culture change to deliver Sustainable Locally Led Development (SLLD) in Rwanda’s Signature Programming.

The role will provide effective leadership and drive team spirit to build a high-performing country team that delivers sustainable, permanent, scalable impact and results through long-term partnerships in a diverse environment.

The Person

The position holder will be a visionary servant leader, a highly self-aware leader of leaders with a proven track record of leading people and organizations through evolutionary change. He/she will possess a master’s degree with 15 years of senior leadership experience, ten (10) of which will have demonstrable diverse and multicultural team development in the development sector, inspiring teams to action with sustainable locally led development (SLLD) and impact. The successful candidate will preferably have professional experience in agribusiness and/or community development in a matrix structure. To meet the diverse needs of this role, s/he will have solid experience in market systems development approach, strong business acumen/Entrepreneurial leadership, relationship building, and possess high standards of integrity and accountability. Experience leading and co-designing programs in partnerships with bilateral, multilateral & government organizations is critical.

RESPONSIBILITIES & DELIVERABLES

1. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT and STRATEGY (45 %) 

• Lead the strategic vision for Heifer International at the country level under the Africa Regional priorities and align it with government and donor priorities.
• In collaboration with the Regional Office, lead the Country Office’s annual business planning process.
• Ensure the cascade of the country business plans, monitoring and reviewing performance against business plans for successful delivery e.g Monitoring & delivering on Burn rates targets in a nimble & agile way.
• In collaboration with the New Business Development Teams, ensure the development and implementation of new business strategies with full landscape analysis.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and funder priorities in the region.
• Lead proposal development initiatives in collaboration with the Business Development Team to build winning proposals.
• In partnership with Signature Program leaders work to identify and deploy capital investments across the signature programs.
• Ensure handshake with the Signature Program Technical Lead in-country to facilitate onward co-designing of Signature Program in line with agreed partnerships proposals/agreements.
• Provide technical and strategic support to broaden access to agribusiness finance in Heifer International Rwanda Accelerator Programs and liaise with Heifer Impact Capital (HIC) and other critical stakeholders (development partners, equity investors, etc) to drive Access to Finance strategic framework for Heifer International Rwanda.
• Commission market-based demand-driven value chain studies to build the signature programs within the country.
  
  
  

2. OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE & CULTURE CHANGE (20 %)

• Champion a culture of operational excellence by fostering a collaborative environment that values innovation, continuous improvement, and the pursuit of best practices.
• Lead & embed the Heifer Africa Values/Value-Based Holistic Community Development (VBHCD) approach in the country office.
• Ensure Country Operational Excellence and Culture change to deliver Sustainable Locally Led Development (SLLD) in Rwanda’s Signature Programming.
• Foster a culture of continuous organizational learning by actively seeking out and embracing new ideas, technologies, and methodologies.
• Establish and maintain a robust risk management framework, including the identification, analysis, and mitigation of legal and compliance risks.
• Oversee the fiduciary responsibilities of the organization, ensuring sound financial management, transparency, and accountability in accordance with established policies and regulatory standards.
• Facilitate/Enable signature program leaders to deliver quality programs aligned with Heifer’s model; using the IPMS to monitor & ensure program quality.
  
  
  

3. TEAM LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT (20%)

• Ensure effective leadership and drive team spirit to build a high-performing country team that delivers sustainable, permanent, scalable impact and results.
• Provide inspirational and strategic leadership to the country team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence.
• Establish clear expectations, provide ongoing feedback, and conduct performance evaluations.
• Maintain effective and appropriate staff recruitment, induction, appraisal, and remuneration and development practices at all levels to ensure the optimum utilisation and development of Heifer people.

4. BRAND AMBASSADOR (10 %)

• Enhance Heifer’s public presence by building strategic partnerships with stakeholders such as public and private sector institutions, non-governmental organizations, donors and other development agencies
• Lead in enhancing Heifer’s value proposition for internal and external audiences.
• Position Heifer as a thought leader by leading creative and innovative initiatives on thematic issues such as livestock, agriculture, livelihoods, women, and youth).
  
  
  

5. MAY PERFORM OTHER JOB-RELATED DUTIES AS ASSIGNED (5%)

Qualifications and Skills

• Master’s Degree from a recognized university or equivalent in Social Sciences or Business Administration, plus 15 years of relevant experience with at least ten (10) years in a supervisory capacity. Fluent in English and local language/s, both spoken and written.
• Demonstrated knowledge of working with major funders such as USAID, DFID, IFAD, AFDB, FAO, etc.
• Proven professional experience and results in agribusiness or community development is highly desirable.
• Proven experience in representing the organization effectively at high level partner and stakeholder engagements.
• Demonstrated success in new business or project development, including a track record of achieving impact and results.
  
  
  

Essential Competencies

• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate vision into actionable plans to achieve organizational objectives.
• Strong understanding of the local business environment, regulatory landscape, and cultural dynamics.
• Exceptional leadership skills with a track record of motivating and managing high-performing teams.
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills to build and maintain key partnerships.
• Proven ability to identify and capitalize on new business or project opportunities.

APPLICANT INSTRUCTIONS

Interested candidates must send the CV/Resume, and a cover later and apply through the link https://jobs.jobvite.com/heifer/job/olwNqfwO no later than 24 January 2024 

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• Analyst – CVM Portfolio & partner value management at MTN Rwanda: Deadline: Ongoing
• Manager – Legal and Regulatory Affairs at MTN Rwanda: Deadline: Ongoing
• Manager, Corporate Events at MTN Rwanda: Ongoing

Job Requirements (Education, Experience and Competencies)

Job Requirements

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance or equivalent
• Possession of Professional qualifications such as CPA and ACCA would be an added advantage.
• Possession of relevant professional qualifications such as Chartered Financial Analyst or Certified Treasury Professional is a must.

Experience:

• 4 – 7 years relevant working experience
• 2 – 4 years experience within a Fintech/Banking environment especially in Treasury is a MUST.
• Extensive experience in dealing instruments (foreign exchange and interest rates)
• A good working knowledge of market data providers (e.g. Bloomberg, Reuters)
• Experience in continuous improvement through the implementation of best practices (Treasury)
• Experience in treasury leading practices and trends

Job description

Treasury Context:

Treasury Policy

• Assist with the development, improvement and design of the Mobile Money Rwanda framework, policies, procedures and templates for hedging, investments and loans.
• Identify and drive continuous improvement opportunities in Treasury Operations that improve the performance of the function.
• Operate within the broad levels provided in the approved Treasury policy.
• Ongoing monitoring of assessment with respect to compliance

Risk Management

• Formulation of hedging strategies to minimize the Company’s overall exposure to financial market risk (specifically interest rate and foreign exchange price risk).
• Assess and advise on financial risk (interest rate and foreign exchange price risk) related to the funding structures for Group companies.
• Identify, assess and quantify the uncovered FX positions and/or Interest rate risk of the Company.
• Obtaining and testing the validity of market prices
• The optimal execution of approved risk management trades and strategies, which includes booking maintenance of trades on the Treasury Management System
• Evaluate, negotiate, and implement structured products for risk management and yield enhancement.
• Preparation of economic and market analyses in support of the investment, liquidity management, financial market risk and borrowing activities of the Company.

Funding and Investments

• The optimal execution of funding and investments (money market and loans, capital markets) trades, including booking and maintenance of those trades or deals on the Treasury Management System.
• Review and guide in terms of investment options available and potentially being considered.
• Monitor the performance of investments made by the Company based on the performance of the investment and Investment arrangement Collaboration/Coordination
• Perform business requirement analysis for master data requirements/business intelligence reporting.
• Assist in transformational initiatives within Finance as applicable and drive the required change.

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Job Requirements (Education, Experience and Competencies)

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in economics, statistics, marketing, data science, computer sciences or related fields.
• Post Graduate degree in a similar or related field is an advantage.

Experience:

• A minimum of 2 to 3 years’ total experience in pricing Analytics/customer value management / Visualization is required. 
• Experience in Fintech, banking or Telecom is preferred. 
• Experience working in a global/multinational enterprise with a good understanding of emerging markets is preferred. 
• Experience in Pricing analytics and, business performance management within the Fintech industry
• Deep knowledge and experience in data analysis, reporting/visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.)
• Deep knowledge and experience in data analytics tools (SQL, Python, SAS, etc.)
• Experience working across global locations/ regions and have a grasp of political, social, infrastructure and integrity challenges.

Job Responsibilities:

• Commercial and Pricing Design
• Develop the pricing strategy and profitability for each product and segment.
• Provide pricing inputs to the segments and products team for developing the business case for new products or amendments to existing products.
• Pricing Analytics and Customer need analysis
• Monitor Mobile money revenue and cost for the product portfolio to maintain profitability as per organization strategy and business plan.
• Analyze Mobile money customer usage and spending patterns to identify improvements to pricing and commercial terms to increase profitability and revenue.
• Analyzing price change requests by evaluating margin impact, potential incremental volume, and competitor price levels
• Monitoring and reporting on pricing performance and competitiveness.
• Develop and maintain pricing databases and systems.
• Develop and maintain pricing guidelines and procedures.
• Participate in pricing negotiations with customers, vendors, and suppliers.
• Collaborate with other departments to ensure pricing accuracy and alignment with company goals.
• Prepare pricing reports and analyses for senior management.
• Provide input and extensively participate in product pricing, tariffs and channel policy decisions.
• Collaborating with product, sales, and finance teams on pricing decisions
• Staying updated with pricing best practices and market dynamics

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Job Requirements (Education, Experience and Competencies)

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Applied economics or any other related field

Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years total experience
• Experience in Fintech, banking or Telecom is preferred 

Job Description:

• Participate in strategic meetings, when required.
• Execute wide transformation initiatives, when required by the functional lead.
• Implement adequate risk mitigation and controls, with directions from the functional lead.
• Assist in the evaluation baseline of Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and KPIs, when required.
• Escalate issues resulting in severe time, scope, productivity, and cost or resource impact to functional lead.
• Execute projects initiated in the specific sub-function.
• Prepare documentation required for sign-off on tactical changes.
• Ensure execution in alignment with divisional strategy.
• Report daily to the functional lead relating to progress made within the work area and in accordance with the measurement metrics set by the organization.
• Report on an ad hoc basis on specific projects, as required.
• Execute policies, procedures and guidelines cascaded by the functional lead and ensure compliance.
• Comply with the set governance mechanisms, under supervision from the functional lead.
• Facilitate and Implement end to end function for partner life cycle management (bulk payment, MoMoPay merchants, MoMoBusiness, chain of store, etc.).
• Monitor, analyse and report partner recruitment and performance.
• Monitor, analyse and report sales trends, including but not limited to customer recruitment, agent transactions etc and report on trade activity plans.
• Collate, analyse and provide insights from Channel Sales data and develop weekly and monthly reports in preparation for business review meetings.
• Provide necessary support and materials towards the execution of partner engagement activities and collaborate with event agencies to ensure successful implementation of engagements.
• Maintain Fintech Channel members’ database (Agents, agent aggregators, merchants, customers, businesses etc).
• Work with segments (MFS) team to implement targeted financial services initiatives are available within partner network and regions.
• Engage the regions to follow up on implementation of Partner Acquisition Channel Initiatives.
• Facilitate documentation of Partner process, policy and procedures.
• Facilitate preparation and execution of various partner network agreements internally and externally.
• Resolve all partner related disputes timeously, escalate to team lead where required.
• Payout commissions to partners timeously and ensure correct computation has been undertaken.
• Other tasks and duties, as assigned Execute territory specific initiatives and manage profitable and sustainable partnerships to ensure achievement of the Fintech business objectives in the region.
• Execute initiatives aimed at integration of channel strategy.
• Liaise with management to identify and attend to specific distributor/channel needs, and resolve problems, when required.
• Act as secondary point of contact for partners and gather insights on product uses and needs.
• Identify and share opportunities for operational improvements.
• Performs any other duties that may be assigned from time to time by immediate supervisor.
• Timely provision of reports to external stakeholders.

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Job Requirements (Education, Experience and Competencies)

• Bachelor’s degree in business information technology, Statistics, Data science, Applied Mathematics, Marketing or a related field.
• Relevant postgraduate qualification is an advantage.
• A minimum of at least 2 years total experience in a similar position
• Experience in Fintech, banking, or Financial Services is preferred.
• Experience in developing and deploying CVM campaigns in the Telecom/Financial/Consumer industry.
• Experience working in a global/multinational enterprise with a good understanding of emerging markets is preferred.
• Data mining & customer behavior analysis
• Big data, social network analysis
• Data science: statistics, data mining, modelling and advanced analytics

Job Description

The Senior CVM analyst – Portfolio & partner value management is responsible of leveraging advanced data mining and segmentation techniques to lead and direct execution of all partners’ (all service providers, Bulk payment partners, merchants and agents) value management initiatives and campaigns that ensure each of them significantly contributes to the Mobile money business goals, such as revenue, market share, partner lifetime value/satisfaction, or innovation.

The role is required to make use of existing partner data and analytical tools to optimize the Mobile money PVM (Partner value management) strategy, allocate resources, and drive performance and loyalty among all our partners.

Job Responsibilities

• Leveraging partner profiling techniques to Deliver strategies to continue accelerating partner (all service providers, Bulk payment partners, merchants and agents) value and performance.
• Implement advanced models and instruments that drive business growth leveraging on our “High value partners (HVPs)”.
• Set up and execute comprehensive partner value management dashboards.
• Regularly Analyze partner (all service providers, Bulk payment partners, merchants and agents) revenue, investment and usage to determine performance improvement value propositions.
• Support in the development and execution of comprehensive loyalty and rewards campaigns/strategies across various partner segments focusing on driving their contribution to the overall Mobile Money growth.
• Support in implementing the medium to long-term strategy for Partner Value Management proposals and ensure alignment of the initiatives undertaken in line with the group strategy and mandate.
• Regularly analyze partner (all service providers, Bulk payment partners, merchants and agents) lifetime value trends and highlight areas of the business that need to be developed further to increase partner value.
• Own the development and implementation of the PVM (Partner value management) programs and projects, ensuring localized nuances specific to the region are adequately factored in.
• Provide daily, weekly and monthly reporting on the impact both financially and operationally of rolled out PVM Management campaigns and initiatives.
• Ensure open communication channels with staff and implement change management interventions when required, and under supervision from the head of Business analytics and customer value management.
• Monitor performance and alignment with divisional strategy.
• Work with the GSM Opco CVM/PVM teams where required regarding partner/customer data management and data structures for Fintech.
• In line with Group guidelines prepare the detailed Monthly BTL Plans to be followed by the Campaign Management team. Report progress, risks, and issues to be acted upon in other tasks and duties, as assigned.

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Job Requirements (Education, Experience and Competencies)

• Bachelor’s degree in law (LLB), master’s degree would be an advantage.
• A minimum of 3 to 5 years total experience in the Corporate Legal field
• A minimum of 1-3 years of experience at the supervisory/manager level
• Experience working in a global/multinational enterprise with a good understanding of the emerging market is preferred.

Job description

• Advise on legal matters including any civil, criminal, contractual, Fintech regulatory or labour laws that may affect the company’s activities or employees.

• Establish and maintain relationships with key internal and external stakeholders and liaise and negotiate with regulatory authorities.

• Contract Drafting and Review (drafting and review of high-level and/or critical contracts that Mobile Money Rwanda Limited is to enter into regular review and update of existing contract templates to ensure compliance with new policies, laws and/or regulations)

• Litigation Management (liaising with external advocates, tracking the status of cases, providing information/documentation required by external advocates)

• Regulatory issue management (tracking laws and regulations that Mobile Money Rwanda Limited is bound to comply with, analyses and summaries impact of new laws/regulations, populating Compliance Universe with all legal/regulatory obligations the company must comply with, communication to regulatory bodies, advising on regulatory matters, reporting on regulatory matters)

• Serve as a liaison between regulatory bodies and operating divisions of the company.

• Keep up to date with changes in regulatory legislation and guidelines.

• Ensure compliance with regulations.

• Coordinate regulatory documentation activities and reporting obligations, prepare, and submit applications and reports to applicable regulatory agencies.

• Identify and interpret relevant regulatory guidelines.

• Offer advice about company policies, practices, systems and regulations.

• Monitor regulatory affairs and the effect that changes will have on company operations.

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Job Title: Sales Engineer (Cement Industry)

Location: Rwanda

Reporting to: Head of Sales & Marketing

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Sales Engineer to join our team at a leading cement factory in Rwanda. As the Sales Engineer, you will be responsible for managing sales to key construction companies and government infrastructure projects. Your expertise in construction project management, troubleshooting customer issues, and ensuring customer satisfaction will be crucial in driving sales growth and maintaining profitable customer relationships.

Responsibilities:

1. Develop and Implement Sales Strategies:

• Identify and target potential clients within the cement industry to expand customer base.
• Promote and sell our cement products and solutions to existing and potential customers.
• Develop and maintain strong, long-term relationships with clients to foster loyalty and repeat business.
• Manage Sales Pipeline:
• Build and maintain a robust sales pipeline by proactively identifying and engaging potential customers.
• Follow up on leads, conduct product presentations, and negotiate contracts to secure new business.
• Prepare and deliver sales presentations and proposals tailored to client needs.
• Technical Expertise and Support:
• Possess in-depth technical knowledge of cement products, applications, and construction processes.
• Understand client needs and provide technical assistance and support as necessary.
• Collaborate with the technical team to address customer inquiries and provide appropriate solutions.
• Customer Relationship Management:
• Ensure customer satisfaction and address any concerns or complaints promptly and effectively.
• Establish long-term relationships with key decision-makers and influencers in the construction industry.
• Understand client needs and tailor solutions to meet their specific requirements.
• Pricing and Profitability:
• Analyze market trends, pricing strategies, and competitors’ pricing to ensure competitive and profitable pricing for the product segment.
• Monitor sales performance metrics and profitability of the assigned segment.
• Collaborate with the finance team to ensure proper billing, invoicing, and payment collection procedures.
• Reporting and Analysis:
• Generate and submit accurate and timely reports on sales activities, including customer interactions, sales progress, and market trends.
• Analyze sales data and market insights to identify opportunities for growth and improvement.
  
  
  

KPIs:

1. Sales Revenue: Achieve or exceed sales revenue targets on a quarterly and annual basis.
2. New Customer Acquisition: Generate a specified number of new customers within a given period.
3. Sales Conversion Rate: Maintain a high conversion rate from leads to closed deals.
4. Customer Retention: Maintain a high percentage of customer retention and repeat business.
5. Customer Satisfaction: Ensure a high level of customer satisfaction based on feedback and surveys.
6. Sales Pipeline Growth: Continuously expand and nurture the sales pipeline to ensure future business opportunities.
7. Market Share: Increase market share within the cement industry through effective sales strategies.
8. Sales Activity: Maintain a high level of sales activity, including customer visits, presentations, and proposals.
9. Sales Forecast Accuracy: Provide accurate sales forecasts to facilitate production planning and resource allocation.
10. Sales Reporting: Submit timely and accurate sales reports, including key metrics, market trends, and competitor analysis.
    
    
    

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Construction Management, or a related field. A master’s degree is a plus.
• Proven experience in sales and business development within the construction industry, preferably in cement or building materials.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Technical proficiency and ability to understand and address customer inquiries and concerns.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including construction companies and government organizations.
• Result-oriented mindset with a focus on achieving sales targets and driving revenue growth.
• Familiarity with market research and data analysis techniques.
• Proficiency in using CRM software and other sales tools.
• Fluency in English and Kinyarwanda is desirable.
  
  
  

HOW TO APPLY:

Candidates interested in the above vacancy are required to submit their application Documents together with copies of the degrees certificates, detailed curriculum vitae, and any other relevant certificates should be submitted at CIMERWA Plc head office at KIMIHURURA, GASABO District, and Western Province or its liaison office at BUGARAMA, Rusizi and/or at Email: cimerwa@cimerwa.rw not later than Monday 15^th January 2024.

Note: Only Shortlisted Candidates will be contacted.

If you meet the qualifications and are passionate about the construction industry, we encourage you to apply for this challenging and rewarding Sales Engineer position. Join our team and contribute to the growth and success of our cement factory in Rwanda.

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CIMERWA Plc

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Interested candidates should send their CVs, degrees, certificates, and any relevant documents via recruitment@sustainablegrowers.org  and Cc anitha@sustainablegrowers.org not later than January 20th, 2024 at 5pm.

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Purpose of the job

The Data Quality Analyst will be responsible for data quality monitoring and issue management, establishing data quality processes and standards, and ensuring the accuracy, completeness, consistency and integrity of data assets within the bank. With a strong data oriented and risk control mind-set. This role aims to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of bank operations by establishing a data quality remediation plan, design the data quality controls and provide regular data quality reporting to relevant stakeholders.

Key accountabilities not limited to:

• Develop and implement a data quality strategy aligned with the bank’s data management strategy, and overall business goals and objectives
• Set overall strategy for master data management and define and implement master data management metrics
• Work with business units and data stewards to gather and understand data requirements
• Collaborate with business units and stakeholders to define data quality, identify data quality issues, and prioritize them based on the severity and impact
• Define the data quality policies, standards, and procedures
• Define data quality metrics and KPIs, and perform continuous monitoring to track the data quality over time and ensure data quality thresholds are met
• Conducting data profiling and assessment to identify data quality issues and anomalies
• Monitor and report on data quality issues across the bank for designated critical data elements (CDEs)
• Develop and implement data validation and verification processes to ensure the accuracy and completeness of data for both regulatory and management reporting
• Set up data quality monitoring tools (e.g., reports, dashboards, workflow, etc.) within the data lifecycle stages as necessary for the data quality monitoring process
• Oversee data quality issue management process and maintain repository of issues for use in monitoring and tracking of data quality initiatives
• Conduct root cause analysis to determine underlying cause of data quality issues and recommend the remediation strategies
• Coordinate with various business units/stakeholders to design the remediation plans and implement the plans to rectify data quality issues in a timely and efficient manner
• Recommend enhancements to record systems, as well as data acquisition processes to improve the quality of data.
• Conduct user acceptance testing (UATs) as required and validate the data quality issues have been remediated effectively
• Maintain documentation of data quality issues and remediation plans, including issue logs, pain points, business requirements, action items and progress reports.
• Deliver data quality improvement initiatives as defined, agreed and prioritised
• Support in evaluation, selection, and implementation of the data governance tools and technologies that support data governance initiatives.
• Engage and utilise the data governance and stewardship committee to prioritise issues and raise the visibility of data quality

Experience:

• Experience in data analysis and data management, including working with data quality rules and data mapping
• At least 3 years’ experience of SQL query writing and optimization
• Knowledge of statistical methods and tests will be an added value
• Expertise working with data analytical tools such as python and R
• Experience in data management tools and databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL or MS SQL
• Experience using data visualization tools such as Power BI to create dashboards and visual reports

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering or related field preferred
• Certifications in industry data governance related programs such as Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) or Certified Information Management Professional (CIMP) or Certified ISO 8000 professional

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of data governance principles and practices, including data policies, standards, and procedures
• Knowledge of data modelling and database design
• Proficiency in relevant data quality tools and technologies
• Knowledge of industry leading data quality and effective data management practices
• Ability to analyse complex data sets, identify patterns and draw insights to support data quality improvements
• Ability to synthesize and analyse diverse data, and subsequently develop and recommend strategies
• Exposure to data quality frameworks and working in a regulated environment
• Analytical with good project management and team leadership skills
• Advocate for good data management practices

Expression of Interest

• Bank of Kigali Plc is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified candidates. Women are encouraged to apply.
• Submit your CV to recruitment@bk.rw by 15th January 2024.

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Purpose of the job

The Data Architect will be responsible for the design of the bank’s logical data architecture, and physical data architecture while ensuring alignment with the data management strategy. They will apply their knowledge of leading architecture practice, architecture documentation and data technologies to comprehensively capture the bank’s current state data architecture and oversee target state design and implementation.

Key accountabilities not limited to:

• Establish the strategy and roadmap activities for data architecture ensuring alignment to the overall business strategies and data governance initiatives, while ensuring the strategy supports the current and future business needs
• Define data architecture standards, guidelines, best practices to ensure data integrity across the business
• Engage the business units to capture the data requirements and translate this into data architecture specifications
• Documenting the conceptual, logical and physical data architecture for the current state
• Design target state data architecture by defining and governing how data is acquired, integrated, stored, consumed, and managed throughout the bank, resulting in data models, data storage structures, data integration mechanisms, and data flows
• Manage holistic roadmap of architecture change initiatives across the bank, coordinating requirements across different initiatives
• Define and maintain the meta-data architecture that governs how meta-data is created, integrated, controlled and accessed and design enterprise taxonomies and namespaces to organize enterprise data
• Build and maintain appropriate enterprise architecture artefacts including entity relationship models, data dictionary, taxonomy to aid data traceability
• Design effective database solutions and models to store, process, utilize and retrieve bank data
• Examine and identify database structural necessities by evaluating Bank operations, systems and projects
• Prepare accurate database design and architecture reports to various stakeholders for data security, system optimization and planning
• Develop data migration and streaming strategies to evolve bank architecture and efficiently move data throughout the company
• Collaborate with IT and the Enterprise Data Management Office to ensure requirements for data governance, data quality, metadata management, data lineage and security are captured within the data architecture initiatives
• Monitor the architecture and system performance by undertaking regular tests, troubleshooting, and proposing new features to ensure optimum performance and accurate extraction of data
• Be a key stakeholder and advisor in all new strategic data initiatives and ensure alignment to the enterprise-wide data strategy
• Participate in IT quality assurance programs to check on compliance to the enterprise architecture and data governance standards
• Develop key performance measures for data integration
• Participate in the evaluation and selection of data management tools and technologies

Experience:

• Demonstrate experience with data management in data warehouse, ETL, and real-time streaming
• Demonstrate experience working with data models and designing entity relationship diagrams (ERD)
• Extensive experience in architecting and implementing enterprise data warehouse, master data management, data integration and data management platforms
• Experience with Oracle DB, PostgreSQL and MySQL is desirable
• Experience of mapping key enterprise data entities to business capabilities and applications
• Experience in Temenos (T24) core banking platform and Temenos Data Lake preferred will be an added advantage.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related field of study
• In-depth knowledge of programming & scripting languages such as Java, Python, C++, JavaScript and/or PHP
• TOGAF certification will be an added advantage
• Certifications in industry data governance related programs such as Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) or Certified Information Management Professional (CIMP)

Knowledge:

• Strong knowledge of industry best practices around data architecture in both cloud-based and on-prem solutions
• Comprehensive knowledge of data warehousing and data transformation (extract, transform and load) processes and the supporting technologies such as data lakes and other analytics products
• Knowledge of streaming and ETL technologies such as Apache Kafka, Cassandra, MongoDB, or Informatica
• Detailed understanding of Temenos architecture, customization, and parametrization techniques is added advantage

Expression of Interest

• Bank of Kigali Plc is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified candidates. Women are encouraged to apply.
• Submit your CV to recruitment@bk.rw by 15th January 2024.

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RwandAir Ltd is the flag carrier airline of Rwanda. It operates domestic and international services to East Africa, Central Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa, Europe and the Middle East from its main base at Kigali International Airport.  Our mission is to provide unsurpassed, safe, and reliable services in air transportation, including strategically linking Rwanda with the outside world, while ensuring a fair return on investment. As part of the expansion strategy, we are looking for interested, qualified, and competent candidates to fill the following vacancy:

• Job Title:        Sales Executive
• Reports to:     Sales Manager
• Location:        Accra, Ghana
  
  
  

Job Purpose

The Sales Executive is responsible for driving the Airline’s targets on sales, being accountable for the top line, and developing and maintaining an effective Airline commercial network.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Gather and prepare a clientele database for planning and identifying clients’ needs;
• Prepare visit work plan for clients for optimum utilisation of time and resources;
• Visit, service and build relations with the market to maintain loyalty and optimise revenues;
• Achieve sales targets in line with budget for the profitability of the airline;
• Prepare and close sales contracts/incentives and deals to key accounts to generate maximum revenue;
• Promote WB products and services to create awareness and generate sales and revenue;
• Gather market intelligence to identify threats and opportunities to maintain a competitive edge and generate sales;
• Prepare sales reports for management information and performance evaluation and monitoring.
  
  
  

Desired Profile: Required education, Experience, and Abilities:

• Degree in any relevant field;
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in RwandAir;
• More than two (2) years of experience in the position of sales & ticketing is an added advantage;
• Selling and negotiation skills;
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills;
• Computer literate;
• Analytical influencing skills;
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and highly-growing business;
• Customer-focused approach and ability to learn and adapt to needs and changes quickly;
• An excellent command of the English language (written and verbal) is essential;
• Knowledge of French will be an added advantage;
  
  
  

How to apply:

• An application letter addressed to the Chief HR & Administration Officer;
• Recent Curriculum Vitae;
• Copies of Notarized Degree/Diploma certificates
• Relevant certificates;
• Copies of academic papers;
• A photocopy of the Passport/National ID.
• Three referees

The deadline for submitting your applications is on January 20, 2024. Please send your application to recruitment@rwandair.com. The subject of your email should have the title of the job you applied for.

NB:  Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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