JOB ADVERTISEMENT

The Department of Human Resources would like to inform its estimated staff and the Public of opportunities for the following position:

Packaging team leader

Any person qualified according to the criteria defined below can apply. SBL employees with the ambition to apply are equally welcome.

Job Requirements

• Knowledge of FMCGs (Fast Moving Consumer Goods)
• Have at least 2 years’ experience in Production plant operations in middle manager role
• Have at least A1 level certificate in mechanical, electrical, or electromechanical
• Good attention to detail and organizational skills
• Good people management & leadership skills
• Having good knowledge of Microsoft excel
• Adherence to health and safety regulations
• Fluent in French or English
• Be able to operate with impeccable honesty and integrity
• Able to work under pressure.

How to apply

The applications including cover letter, curriculum vitae (CV) copies of degrees/ diplomas/professional certificates and a copy the National ID should be submitted via link: https: https://www.skolbrewery-careers.rw/ or dropped in HR Department no later than Thursday 2nd  August 2022 at 5:00 pm.

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Done at Kigali, on 20 th July 2022

Human Resources Department

JOB ADVERTISEMENT

The Department of Human Resources would like to inform its estimated staff and the Public of opportunities for the following position:

Warehouse Storekeeper assistants

Any person qualified according to the criteria defined below can apply. SBL employees with the ambition to apply are equally welcome.

Job Requirements

• Knowledge of proper bookkeeping and inventory management;
• Analytical mind with ability to make accurate mathematical computation;
• Keen attention to detail and ability to effective time management;
• Familiarity with inventory software, and able to upload data into the company system;
• Computer literacy: Microsoft office.
• High integrity personality;
• Able to work night, weekends, and holidays;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Be in a good physical and health condition;
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment;
• Diploma or bachelor’s degree in economics, accounting, management or related field;

How to apply

The applications including cover letter, curriculum vitae (CV) copies of degrees/ diplomas/professional certificates and a copy the National ID should be submitted via link: https: https://www.skolbrewery-careers.rw/ or dropped in HR Department no later than Thursday 2nd  August 2022 at 5:00 pm.

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Done at Kigali, on 20 th July 2022

Human Resources Department

JOB ADVERTISEMENT

The Department of Human Resources would like to inform its estimated staff and the Public of opportunities for the following position:

Filtration operators

Any person qualified according to the criteria defined below can apply. SBL employees with the ambition to apply are equally welcome.

Job Requirements

• Lead the process of filtration of different types of beverages/beers as desired and conceived by the company;
• Proven experience as filter operator or relevant position
• Ability to report all filtration activities & interpret the results
• Having at least 2 years of professional experience in agro-food industry;
• Able to work night, weekends, and holidays;
• Physical stamina
• Dynamism, creativity, flexibility
• Hold a degree in chemistry or biology
• Fluent in English and / or French

How to apply

The applications including cover letter, curriculum vitae (CV) copies of degrees/ diplomas/professional certificates and a copy the National ID should be submitted via link: https: https://www.skolbrewery-careers.rw/ or dropped in HR Department no later than Thursday 2nd  August 2022 at 5:00 pm.

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Done at Kigali, on 20 th July 2022

Human Resources Department

Job Description

• Coordinate development of policies, strategies and programs
related to the Sports infrastructure promotion and management;
•Assess, inform and advise the Ministry on the Sports infrastructures and facilities needs
related to high performance and community usage and engage key concerned institutions in related planning and implementation;
•Represent the ministry in the master plan development by relevant institutions and ensure sports infrastructure are considered accordingly;
•Oversee and ensure construction of quality sports infrastructures by
providing related professional advice and right technical knowhow,
and monitor the installation and maintenance process across the country;
•In collaboration with Sports Event Management and Marketing Specialist and National Sports Federations and Associations Specialist, assess and advise the Ministry on key potential investors in sports infrastructures and facilities;
•Monitor and evaluate Sports Infrastructure development and management programs;
•Assess status of existing sports infrastructures across the country and propose appropriate rehabilitation and development measures;
•Supervise and coordinate activities of the unit;
•Ensure all unit staff have performance contracts and periodically review their performance;
•Lead the development of the unit plan of action and monitor its implementation;
•Ensure and maintain good relationship of work with sport sector development partners;
•Conduct an effective staff’ skills gap analysis to inform capacity building needs in collaboration with HRM Specialist.
•Perform any other duty assigned by the supervisor which aligned with the mission.

Job Description

– Assess patient’s general health status
– Prepare a nursing care plan according to the needs and area of work with the help of other healthcare and professionals
– Document and communicate actions to maintain continuity among the nursing team
– Assume and maintain patient and his environment hygiene and infection control.
– Monitor record and report vital signs, symptoms and changes in patients’ conditions and signs within your full name.
– Acts as liaison between the patient and other hospital personnel
– Deliver detailed instructions and information to patients / family in collaboration with physician.
– Participate in regular ward rounds with physicians
– Educate patient and his family their roles of promoting successful therapy and rehabilitation.
– Administer and document medications as prescribed, within hesitation collaborate with prescriber physicians and sign.
– Take care of all materials and equipment at disposal to the service
– Engage in research activities related to nursing and mentor nurse students in the clinical practice
– Deliver detailed nursing instruction s to patients for discharge.
– Perform other work-related duties as assigned

Job Description

– Perform laboratory analysis of body fluids, including blood, urine, stool, sputum, CSF and other biological samples.
– Perform and document quality control of all tests performed in service.
– Enter data from analysis of medical tests and clinical results into computer for laboratory information system.
– Establish and monitor programs to ensure the accuracy of laboratory results.
– Set up, clean, and maintain laboratory equipment.
– Process and report specimens in a timely and efficient manor
– Monitor room and fridge temperature
– Make sure working environment is clean and free of clutters
– To respect safety rules and procedures and able to work in any assigned task performed in laboratory department
– Perform and sterilize all laboratory reusable material, culture media and others
– Clean, dry and sterilize laboratory material that need sterilization

Job Description

– Compile and analyze financial information to prepare financial statements including monthly and annual accounts and Ensure compliance with financial rules and regulations
– Ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with accepted policies and procedures
– Review entries and corrects errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents and reports.
– Determines proper handling of financial transactions and approves transactions with in designated limits.
– Ensure accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and annualy according to procedures
– Adhere to internal and external reporting deadlines.
– Be responsible for tax obligations
– Review of accounts payables and weekly check runs
– Monitor compliance with financial rules and regulations in forth and institutional procedures
– Daily and monthly report and reconciliations
– Reports, analyses and ensure integrity of all financial information.
– Contribute to the hospital environmental hygiene
– Participating in quality assurance and quality improvement of the hospital.
– Submit monthly, quarterly and annually report to the supervisor
– Perform any other duties as assigned by immediate line Manager.

Job Description

– Assess patient’s general health status
– Prepare a nursing care plan according to the needs and area of work with the help of other healthcare and professionals
– Document and communicate actions to maintain continuity among the nursing team
– Assume and maintain patient and his environment hygiene and infection control.
– Monitor record and report vital signs, symptoms and changes in patients’ conditions and signs within your full name.
– Acts as liaison between the patient and other hospital personnel
– Deliver detailed instructions and information to patients / family in collaboration with physician.
– Participate in regular ward rounds with physicians
– Educate patient and his family their roles of promoting successful therapy and rehabilitation.
– Administer and document medications as prescribed, within hesitation collaborate with prescriber physicians and sign.
– Take care of all materials and equipment at disposal to the service
– Engage in research activities related to nursing and mentor nurse students in the clinical practice
– Deliver detailed nursing instruction s to patients for discharge.
– Perform other work-related duties as assigned

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Job Description

– Ensuring hospital credit control and internal control are adhered to
– Analysing debtor information and data with the aim of enhancing credit control measures
– Facilitating effectively revenue capture
– Maintaining and managing customer relationship
– Organise, supervise and control all billing and revenue collection activities
– Be responsible of internal recovery and produce a weekly report on payment of hospitalized patients in Collaborations with matrons and those responsible for social cases in the hospital
– Be responsible for external recovery to clients with third party contract with the institution and produce a monthly report regarding the payment status of each client.
– Follow up of transmission of credits from ward clerk to cashiers then to billing and invoicing officers
– Ensure fully management and execution of Ministry of Health tariff respecting categories elaborated on the tariff
– Establish paying arrangements with patients, monitor payments, following up with patients when payment lapses occur
– Communicate with patients and/or health insurance companies on regular basis to insure all invoices are paid on time.
– Contribute to the hospital environmental hygiene
– Participating in quality assurance and quality improvement of the hospital.
– Perform any other duties as assigned by immediate line Manager.
– Submit monthly, quarterly and annually report to the supervisor

Job Description

– Make recommendations for future upgrades of Network system.
– Administer servers, desktop computers, printers, routers, switches, firewalls, phones, personal digital assistants, smart phones, software deployment, security updates and patches.
– Assign routing protocols and routing table configuration.
– Assign configuration of authentication and authorization of directory services.
– To establish the ICT monthly, semester and annual reports and submit it to the head of department
– Working in holidays, weekends and evenings to cover emergency support
– To make and keep the inventory of network equipments and ensure its updates
– Submit monthly, quarterly and annually report to the supervisor
– Perform other related duties as required

Job Description

– Collect periodically the claims from customers in the suggestion boxes for analysis
– Participate actively in the analysis process
– Ensure that the complaints are entered into the complaints system tracker so as to take preventive actions.
– Ensure the proper follow up of the recovery plan
– Management of all problems related to customers
– Identify and report on performance constraints
– Ensure proactive systems to maintain operational performance in collaboration with other services
– Professional appearance and commitment of customer care
– To ensure the office, customer area and their personal appearance is at the highest level of clean line
– Submit monthly, quarterly and annually report to the supervisor
– Perform other related duties as required

Job Description

– Coordinate all Allied Health activities within the departments
– Manage and develop holistic services at the hospital and its coverage area to ensure quality care for patients
– Coordinate the activities of elaboration of the budget forecast linked to the medical activity interest the quality of care;
– Monitoring of execution of the action plan of medical services within the departments
– Assure the application of laws and regulations in medical services;
– Assure the improvement of the quality of medical services and hygiene in the hospital;
– Stay up the collaboration and in duties of confraternity between the doctors, and the rest of the personnel;
– Submit, quarterly and annually report to the supervisor
– Perform other related duties as required

Job Description

– Coordinate and approve formulations of nursing /midwifery guideline, goals and programs for nursing/midwifery services consistent with the mission
and goals of DH
– Develop, maintain, implement and review nursing policies and procedures that conform to current standards nursing practice, hospital operational
policies.
– Communicate with all nursing/midwifery providers timely manner.
– Participate in all hospital administrative decisions and meetings
– Organize and conduct meeting for nurses/midwives
– Participate in the recruitment and selection of nursing staff and assure sufficient staff is hired.
– Collaborate with academic institutions, hospitals, professional regulatory bodies and health stakeholders
– Oversee nursing schedule to assure they meet staff needs standards
– Make report for the supervisory authority.
– Provide supervision, training and guidance to all nursing/ midwifery staff.
– Contribute to the continuing transformation of clinical services within the organization
– Work with others to protect and promote the health and well being of patients, their families and the wider community.
– Participate as an active member in quality assurance committee meetings.
– Promote customer care service and hospitality and respond to and adequately resolve
complaints or concerns from staff, patient or families about nursing services.
– Support the researchers’ nurses and clinical researchers to promote excellence in Research nursing and midwifery.
– Perform other work-related duties as assigned
– Participate in environmental hygiene of the hospital
– Submit monthly, quarterly and annually report to the supervisor
– Perform other related duties as required

Job Description

– Compile and analyze financial information to prepare financial statements including monthly and annual accounts and Ensure compliance with
financial rules and regulations
– Ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with accepted policies and procedures
– Review entries and corrects errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents and reports.
– Determines proper handling of financial transactions and approves transactions with in designated limits.
– Ensure accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and annually according to procedures
– Adhere to internal and external reporting deadlines.
– Be responsible for tax obligations
– Review of accounts payables and weekly check runs
– Monitor compliance with financial rules and regulations in forth and institutional procedures
– Daily and monthly report and reconciliations
– Reports, analyses and ensure integrity of all financial information.
– Contribute to the hospital environmental hygiene
– Participating in quality assurance and quality improvement of the hospital.
– Submit monthly, quarterly and annually report to the supervisor
– Perform any other duties as assigned by immediate line Manager.

Rwanda TVET Board iramenyesha abantu basabye akazi ku myanya itandukanye ko ibizami biteganyijwe mu buryo bukurikira.

Recruitment of ActionAid Rwanda (AAR) Finance & Grants Management Coordinator

Position: Finance & Grants Management Coordinator

Reporting To: Finance and People Management Lead 

Grade: B

AAR Background:

ActionAid Rwanda (AAR) is a local non-Governmental organization and an Affiliate Member of ActionAid Global Federation, an Anti-Poverty Agency working with the poor. AAR has had its operations in Rwanda since 1982, due to effects of the 1994 Genocide Against Tutsi, AAR resumed its operations in 1997 as a full Country Program and has contributed towards eradication of Poverty and Injustice with a focus on tackling their root causes. AAR has a very strong commitment to supporting and empowering women and children as well as Promoting their Rights through Campaigns, Sensitizations and Advocacy.

AAR’s vision is a Country without poverty and injustice in which every person enjoys their right to life of dignity and mission is work with people living in poverty with focus on women and girls to eradicate poverty and injustice.

Purpose Of the Job

The role is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Office finance activities as well as supporting the Country Office Finance Team to provide effective financial management to the Affiliate Programme.  The position holder also provides accounting support to the AAR Country Programmes Finance function.

The Job Holder is also responsible for effective Grant Management including generating Grant reports to the AAR Country Team.

The Major Responsibilities Include:  

How to apply

Interested and qualified candidates should submit in filled application form through this Link: APPLICATON FORM FOR  FINANCE AND GRANTS COORDINATOR

and  send to Rwanda.jobs@actionaid.org not later than Friday 29th July 2022 at 5:00 pm.  Indicate in the subject line: Finance & Grants Management Coordinator.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

ActionAid is an equal opportunity employer and candidates will be expected to embody ActionAid’s values and adhere to organization policies including the Safeguarding Policy and the Child Protection Policy, among other ActionAid policies.

Job Description

• Deliver teaching and learning and undertake related activities;
• Assist the development of new curricular and to encourage in research and/or consultancy and /or knowledge transfer;
• Undertake teaching and related duties as may be allocated by the Head of Discipline;
• Assist in the development of new curricula;
• Conducting research;
• Participating in continuous professional development;
• Carry out such related duties that may be allocated by the Head of Department/Dean of School/College Principal/DVC/VC;
• To undertake at least one of the following:
o Research that advances the discipline and/or pedagogical research and/or applied research;
o Scholarly activities including the development of teaching and learning materials and publication of text-books;
o Knowledge transfer to business and community

Essential experience/Specific criteria to be added

• Teaching in higher education;
• Curriculum development in higher education;
• Knowledge relevant to academic discipline;
• Evidence of potential to engage in income generation activities;
• Evidence of management of a research grant;
• Experience in one or more of the following: research, pedagogic innovation, advances of the development and implementation of practice in their field

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 per cent more food after working with One Acre Fund.

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

ABOUT THE ROLE

Our passionate development team manages a range of web and mobile solutions to support our field operations, from registering millions of farmers and their orders, optimizing delivery truck loads and routes, tracking deliveries, collecting mobile payments and analyzing loan repayments.

Specific challenges that our mobile solutions have to overcome include:

• High usability requirements – targeting users with low technical proficiency
• Offline-first, to provide a good experience with no or limited network connectivity
• Ability to run on cheap hardware

Our mobile technology is Android using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Couchbase Lite, JUnit, and Sentry, and our tooling landscape is based on GitHub / JIRA / Slack / Azure DevOps / MS App Center.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Report to our Field Services Team lead
• Work as part of a small, collaborative, and agile team of mobile developers
• Design, document, test, and support our mobile solutions according to our standards
• Ensure smooth progress of your projects
• Participate in your Agile team’s lifecycle
• Contribute to your department’s improvement by sharing knowledge, sharpening your skills, suggesting different ways of working and developing
• Provide technical mentoring to junior team members

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:

• 6+ years of experience in Software Development
• Expert level in one or more mobile frameworks, ideally Android using Kotlin, with 3+ years of experience
• Be conversant with Android App Architecture, including View Models and Dependency Injection with HILT
• Nice to have: Experience in Jetpack Compose, Jetpack Room, Jetpack Data Store and other Jetpack /Android X Libraries
• A mindset of testing and automation
• Experience working in Agile
• A passion for solving problems and a customer mindset

PREFERRED START DATE

As soon as possible

JOB LOCATION

Kigali, Rwanda

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 DEADLINE

16 October 2022

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, colour, 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.

JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST ENERGY POVERTY! 

Who we are:

Bboxx is a UK-based Next Generation Utility company providing affordable, reliable and clean energy solutions to meet off-grid customers’ energy needs. We are fully vertically integrated, controlling every part of our customer experience.  having already impacted over 2 million customers’ lives with our solar home systems (SHS) so far and diversification into clean cooking and other utilities underway, we have 1000+ staff working across five offices in Europe, Asia and Africa – who are waking up every morning to transform the lives of our customers and to unlock their potential.

ROLE PROFILE

Title: Junior IT Support Technician

Reports to: I.T Support Manager
Location: Africa HQ – Kigali, Rwanda 

Role Brief:
As a Junior IT Support Technician at Bboxx you will be based in our Kigali office, where you will work alongside the Support Officer in the Kigali office supporting our internal users within the London, Kigali and Guangzhou office. Your key responsibility would be to support our hardware and software for our B2B offices on a wide range of general IT related issues via the helpdesk. You will also provide in-house training, update and create documentation. Your role will be customer-facing for our internal Bboxx staff. You will also be responsible for maintaining the office infrastructure and network. While performing everyday support responsibilities, this role needs a high degree of professionalism.

What you can expect to be doing:

• User desktop support on-site and remote IT assistance to end users
• Manage and maintain Bboxx IT office equipment – Laptops, printer, video conferencing and telephone system
• Troubleshoot desktop applications – Email, share storage and communications
• Support the network infrastructure
• Liaise with third party support
• Daily checks on systems and infrastructure
• Creation and maintenance of documentation for all processes and procedures
• Provide in-house training

What we are looking for:

• • Ability to work independently and be able to use own initiative in troubleshooting software and hardware issues
  • An attentive listener with strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Understanding of Windows operating systems and Linux
  • Understanding of Microsoft Office 365 package – Word, Excel, SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint
  • Enjoy troubleshooting technical problems
  • Excellent team player
  • A passion for technology and expand knowledge by gaining hands on experience
  • Tactful, trustworthy, diplomatic and able to maintain confidentially

Core competencies: 

• IT Bachelors
• Understand or some experience with networking
• Understand Cloud technology
• Experience with service desk
• Experience with VoIP, Router and Switches

If you would like to find out more about what we are doing to transform lives through providing access to energy and services, please have a look at www.bboxx.com

Application Process 

Please upload your CV and answer few questions via our online application platform: https://bboxx.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/4/home/requisition/1281?c=bboxx

Qualified candidates will be contacted with information regarding the next steps.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply ASAP.

The deadline for applications is August 5th, 2022.

Production Specialist

Production specialists are responsible for planning and managing the production activities of a company based on job orders. The Production Specialist will support the Production Coordinator to manage all activties at the farm.

• Support daily coordination with the Farm Managers
• Daily Updates to the Production Coordinator and Technical Manager
• Work with the Farm Managers to monitor and ensure that what is proposed by the Technical Manager is being implemented
• Procure chemicals in a timely manner for all the farms and ensure that all needed inputs are available
• Procure all equipment needed at all farms and keep the records to ensure that everything needed is accounted for at each and all of the farms
• Manage relationships with the contract farmers to ensure that all land lease payments are made accordingly and in a timely manner.
• Ensure that all implementation of the crop planting schedule is followed and all planting dates are respected
• Implement spraying programs and irrigation programs set by Production Manager
• Implement crop planting schedule
• Coordinate land mobilisation activties
• Work closely with the farm managers and production coordinator to manage the costs once:
  • Budget preparation (weekly, monthly)
  • Budget reconciliation (weekly, monthly)
• Work with the Production Coordinator to maintain the Crop cycle end report
• Coordinate with the packhouse and quality management team on the status of the produce and feedback to the farm team what needs to be done
• Conduct site visits to ensure that all activties are running smoothly at all the farms

Please click the following link to apply

Link: https://forms.gle/f8nFcwSvEWzt9PiSA

Deadline: 3rd August 2022

Vacancy Announcement for a Technical Advisor for Special Initiative on Training and Job Creation (SI Jobs) Programme

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federally owned international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. GIZ has worked in Rwanda for over 30 years. The primary objectives between the Government of Rwanda and the Federal Republic of Germany are poverty reduction and the promotion of sustainable development. To achieve these objectives, GIZ Rwanda is active in the sectors of Economic Development and Employment Promotion, Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Energy and Decentralization and Good Governance.

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is implementing the Special Initiative on Training and Jobs Creation on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Under the brand Invest for Jobs, the project collaborates with investors and private sector companies to create new employment and improve working conditions in eight African partner countries, including Rwanda. In addition, the project supports businesses in preserving jobs that were put at risk due to the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthens partnerships with African and international companies seeking to expand business and investment to the project’s partner countries. The project also promotes small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the training of new employees and staff members, increasing product quality or certification as well as advising on general business and financial acumen. Ultimately, these measures enhance the competitiveness of SMEs, extend their reach beyond the markets they currently serve, and create new jobs.

The Digital Economy constitutes one priority sector for the project, in line with the strategic objective of the Rwandan Government to position the country as a knowledge economy. One strategic objective of the Rwanda Development Board in this regard is to establish Rwanda as a prime investment destination for Global Business Services (GBS) in order to create new employment in Rwanda’s ICT sector. The project supports this initiative by collaborating closely with RDB to attract GBS services companies and foreign investments in the ICT sector to Rwanda, amongst others.

To achieve this, GIZ is seeking applications from interested candidates for a Technical Advisor position in support of the Digital Economy of Rwanda, with a key focus on the promotion of investments and job creation in global business services and business process outsourcing (BPO), digitization, and e-commerce, amongst others.

Location: Kigali

Fixed Term: 24 calendar months

Position: One (1)

The Technical Advisor performs the following responsibilities and tasks:

Responsibilities

The Technical Advisor will be responsible for:

In close cooperation with the project’s international Digital Advisor, other GIZ projects, as well as international and local partners, the Technical Advisor will contribute to the implementation of the digital project portfolio (ICT/ITO/BPO/E-commerce) of the GIZ Invest for Jobs project and support the development of new projects in the broader digital economy.

Tasks:

The Technical Advisor will perform the following tasks:

General tasks

• Support the Head of Components 1 and 2 and the Digital Advisor of the Invest for Jobs project in all activities related to support for the digital economy in Rwanda.
• Preparation of documents for tenders, grant agreements, service/consulting contracts as per GIZ´s processes and regulations.
• Assist in the tracking of the project´s M&E data and results indicators
• Coordinate communication efforts for all activities in the digital economy sector, including development of communications materials, internal reports and presentation material, as required, for internal and external audiences, including success stories, web-content, and best practices.

Establishing Rwanda as a prime investment destination for GBS and BPO:

• Support the project in the implementation of existing investment promotion activities for GBS / BPO, including advising international and local investment partners in the preparation, implementation, and closure of activities, including quality assurance, monitoring and reporting;
• Actively participate in brainstorming sessions with local and international partners to identify and develop new project activities in support of GBS / BPO in order to increase the employability of digital talent with a strong focus on youth, women and persons with disabilities.
• In close collaboration with government and private sector partners, develop new technical and financial project proposals in support of GBS / BPO investment and employment in Rwanda, including quality assurance, monitoring and reporting throughout the entire development phase.

Assist in the implementation of the initiative: “Rwanda: Enabling the future of E-commerce”

• Support the Head of Component and the project’s Digital Advisor as liaison officer between the project and the independently implemented e-commerce initiative: “Rwanda: Enabling the Future of E-Commerce”;
• Maintain good and constant communications with the Hub Manager of the newly created E-Commerce Centre Rwanda, to ensure that various activities are properly coordinated with the project, deadlines are met, and risks are escalated timely to the project’s Digital Advisor;
• Where necessary, coordinate requests for the procurement of goods and services in accordance with GIZ rules and regulations, including inventory management.

Assist in developing new project opportunities outside of the Digital Economy:  

• Where feasible, support the preparation and facilitation of sector specific feasibility studies for project opportunities outside the Digital Economy, including, but not limited to, E-Mobility.

Collaboration in cross-cutting tasks and, as required, support in the processing of other technical topics:

• As required, support the project in the preparation and implementation of other tasks, such as monitoring & reporting, quality assurance, tender evaluations, and/or substitutions of other colleagues while on leave, amongst others.

Required qualifications, competences and experience

Qualifications and professional experience

• • Bachelor’s degree in the field of IT, Economics, Project management or related fields
  • Written and oral English skills at level C1, as per the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Your written English expression and oral presentation skills show the ability to present complex issues in a comprehensive way.
  • General professional experience: Five years of working experience in projects in the digital economy or (tech) start-ups (digital transformation, digital literacy, programming/coding, e-learning et.al.)
  • Specific professional experience: Two years professional experience in private-sector investment promotion in the Digital Economy; 2 years professional experience managing multiple stakeholders, diverse teams and multiple functions.
  • Leadership / Management experience: N/A
  • Regional experience: 5 years of experience in projects in Eastern Africa, of which 3 years in Rwanda; International experience considered a strong asset.
  • Development Cooperation (DC) experience: Evidence of Co-operation / Working experience with a development cooperation agency in 2 or more projects considered a strong asset.

Other knowledge, additional competences

• Highly organised and detail-orientated, able to carry out a large number of work packages and processes in parallel, taking into account the right prioritisation independently, and without the need for supportive supervision;
• Quickly familiarising with the new technical areas and having outstanding communication skills orally and in writing.

Interested candidates should submit their application (motivation letter, updated CV, certificates and references) until 3rd August 2022 at 4:00 PM, by e-mail to recruitment-rw@giz.de The email attachment (max. size 2 MB) should be a PDF file. Please quote the job title in the subject.

GIZ is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified candidates. This includes the provision of reasonable accommodation, if needed, in order to participate in the job application and interview process and to perform essential job functions. Please, let us know if you have any particular requirements should you be invited for assessment/interview or that you wish us to take into account when considering your application. 

Women and persons with disabilities are particularly encouraged to apply. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for test and interview.

GIZ Office Rwanda

KN 41 St. / Nr.17, Kiyovu

P.O. Box 59, Kigali,

Rwanda

GIZ Office Rwanda reserves all rights!!