Job Description

– Coordinate the identification of the District’s education needs and priorities to facilitate an integrated planning, budgeting, resource mobilization, implementation, monitoring and evaluation reporting related to Education at the Unit, Sector and education facility levels and instill the practice of knowledge management;
– Coordinate a multi-stakeholders’ elaboration of actionable strategies or plans meant to localize national policies and the District Council’s decisions pertaining to education and oversee their implementation;
– Coordinate the implementation of campaigns meant to raise local population awareness on the benefits of universal education, promote children’s rights related to access to quality education, and fight against school dropouts;
– Coordinate, in close collaboration with the school construction engineer, the identification of school construction and rehabilitation needs and coordinate the elaboration and regular update of the District’s school map;
– Maintain an updated consolidated database on education and work hand in hand with the Human Resource Unit in the identification of staffing needs and elaboration of capacity building initiatives meant to address capacity gaps in the education sector across the District;
– Serve as a member of the District Technical Coordination Committee and advise the institution on matters pertaining to education.
– Elaborate a local strategy and actionable plan on secondary and TVET education, monitor its implementation across Sectors and produce consolidated reports thereof;
– Carry out, together with other relevant stakeholders, regular inspection of secondary and TVET schools in respect with quality education and administrative standards, elaborate secondary and TVET schools maps and maintain an updated database thereof;
– Identify and consolidate secondary and TVET school construction needs, carry out training needs of teachers therein, and work hand in hand with the Human Resources Unit to deliver tailor-made capacity building support across the District;
– Develop project proposals for the mobilization of additional funds to improve the functioning of Secondary and TVET education, initiate and coordinate the implementation of advocacy campaigns meant to meet the secondary and TVET education needs of vulnerable people across the District;
– Organize, in collaboration with other relevant stakeholders, and supervise the implementation of regular campaigns meant to raise local population’s awareness on the benefits of adhering to secondary and TVET education programs.

Job Description

– Identify and maintain an updated databank of all development partners operating within the District;
– Facilitate a regular and optimal functioning of JADF, including at Sector level, and consolidate all reports thereof;
– Assist in the management of partnerships and coordination of development partner’s interventions operating within the District;
– Analyze development partners’ annual plans and assist in the assessment of their interventions outcomes on the delivery of District’s development, objectives & targets;
– Advise the District on potential sources of funding by various District Development Partners.

Job Description

– Elaborate a local strategy on animal resources, monitor its implementation at Sector level and produce consolidated reports thereof;
– Organize, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, trainings and public awareness campaigns meant to disseminate new livestock technologies among beneficiaries;
– Supervise the identification and mapping of animal diseases prevailing at the Sector level and advise on the preventive and reactive measures across the District;
– Supervise the distribution of veterinary inputs (including carrying out artificial insemination) and improvement of animal breeds;
– Maintain an updated database of associations, cooperatives and individuals involved in animal rearing, fishing activities registered in the District;
– Supervise the implementation of programs meant for improving commercialization outlets for animal products including their certification.

Job Description

– Maintain the incoming and outgoing correspondences of the Sector;
– Manage the agenda of the Executive Secretary;
– Receive clients’ queries and direct them to the right personnel;
– Keep the Sector’s store and manage flux on a daily basis;
– Prepare logistics for meetings held at the Sector level

Job Description

– Implement the District’s strategy on community health and sanitation in line with national policies and programs;
– Organize and conduct public awareness campaigns at the Sector level on health and sanitation issues, including diseases and malnutrition prevention and control;
– Supervise the quality of services rendered by health facilities at the Sector level and consolidate data on the situation of subscription to medical insurance schemes (including Mutuelle de Santé);
– Monitor the allocation and use of funds intended to support community health and sanitation for vulnerable people.

Job description

– Provide land-related notary services to service seekers as per the competencies set forth by the law;
– Implement District’s strategies and programs on land and infrastructure in conformity with existing national policy, rules and regulations;
– Avail necessary data for the issuance of land titles and constitute a database of used and unused land in the Sector.
– Identify infrastructure facilities needs at the Sector level and report them to competent authorities;
– Follow up on activities related to infrastructure works in the sector;
– Implement the District habitat and community settlement plan in conformity with existing rules and regulations;
– Advise on settlement programmes, development and implementation in the Sector in conformity with the District’s strategy and national policies;
– Receive and examine application files for construction and deliver authorization for the rehabilitation of infrastructure;
– Prepare building rehabilitation permits to be issued by the Sector and closely inspect the implementation of the settlement plan;
– Supervise the implementation of strategies and mobilization mechanisms of local population for National Domestic Biogas and Improved Cook Stoves Programs at Sector level;
– Organize, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, rescue and social assistance of victims of disasters at sector level
– Provide data necessary for the functioning of National Early Warning and the Disaster Monitoring Information Systems;
– Work with specialized organizations to organize sessions of disaster simulation and rescue of people
– Organize and conduct campaigns meant to raise local population awareness on preparedness for disaster and its management

Job description

– Implement the District’s animal resources strategy and programs in line with national policies and strategies;
– Organise training sessions, public awareness campaigns and disseminate new livestock technologies among beneficiaries;
– Identify, map and monitor animal diseases prevailing in the Sector and advise on preventive and reactive measures to be taken;
– Distribute veterinary inputs (including carrying out artificial insemination) and improvement of animal breeds;
– Keep and update the register of associations, co-operatives and individuals involved in fishing activities registered in the Sector;
– Implement programmes for improvement of marketing outlets for animal products including their certification.

Job description

– Conduct financial and administrative inspection of public schools (elementary, primary, secondary and TVET schools) in line with the
directives of the District, Laws and regulations;
– Conduct administrative inspection of private schools (elementary, primary, secondary and TVET schools) and other informal
education providers in line with the directives of the District and Laws and regulations;
– Inspect the hygiene in schools in accordance with sanitation measures;
– Keep statistics related to school turn up, drop-out, graduation and adult literacy;
– Audit the quality of education provided by schools at Sector level.

Job description

– Coordinate the inclusive identification of vulnerable groups at the Sector level and their needs in accordance with the criteria established by higher authorities;
– Implement the District’s empowerment strategy for vulnerable groups towards their graduation;
– Monitor and evaluate the impact of inclusive social protection programs or initiatives within the Sector and produce consolidated reports thereof;
– Monitor the functioning of the Women promotion programs, Children promotion programs, Persons with Disabilities promotion programs at the Sector level and produce consolidated reports thereof;
– Organize, in collaboration with other stakeholders, campaigns (training, workshops, meetings, etc.) aimed at improving the inclusive development of vulnerable groups the Sector and Cells;
Develop and keep updated a database of vulnerable groups as well as graduates living in the Sector.

Job description

– Keep and update the books of accounts of the Sector;
– Impute budgetary expenditures and file all supporting documents related to these operations;
– Verify whether disbursements initiated take into account priorities of the Sector and respect financial procedures;
– Carry out periodic bank accounts reconciliation;
– Carry out the management and replenishment of petty cash of the Sector and file all supporting documents;

Job description

– Deputize the Executive Secretary of the Sector in his or her absence;
– Supervise the planning, budget execution processes and manage the personnel of the Sector;
– Prepare periodic cash flow plans, fund requests and coordinate payments for goods and services delivered by operators to the Sector;
– Verify the accuracy of books of accounts, filing and ensure their compliance with public financial management practices;
– Advise technically the Executive Secretary of the Sector on all matters pertaining to resource utilization.
– Keep registers of annual inventories of assets of the institution and calculate annual depreciation of fixed assets.

Job description

– Issue invoices related to construction permits, fines and any other charged service rendered by the One Stop Centre;
– Monitor closely land tax payment and timely send reminders to land owners to clear their tax arrears;
– Consolidate reports related to pending land tax payment in order to ease the evaluation of progress towards locally set revenue targets;
– Exploit land database and use the obtained information to advise the District on mechanisms to increase its local tax base.

Job description

– Make preliminary assessments of applications for land leases and accordingly advise service seekers;
– Manage, in close collaboration with the One Stop Centre Archivist, all land documents, both digital and analog;
– Report to relevant authorities and update or advise relevant stakeholders on progress in the area of land administration.

Job description

– Conduct regular land survey within the District using the appropriate technologies (e.g. GIS), demarcate and approve land cadastral plans;
– Consolidate and maintain an updated Geo-localizable list of used and unused land across the District, analyze and produce reports on the land use and its management within the District;
– Prepare land documents to be issued by the District in conformity with the procedures manual approved by competent authorities;
– Prepare specific land use plans and ensure their coordinated implementation;
– Work hand in hand with concerned stakeholders to organize and carry out
– map-making, land division, land titles elaboration and mining certification across the District;
– Prepare specific land use plans, ensure their coordinated implementation and produce consolidated reports on the land use and its management across the District.

Job description

– Supervise land valuation exercises and ensure expropriation is done in a strict compliance with applicable laws, policies and regulations;
– Monitor and approve activities pertaining to valuation of land;
– Provide technical advice to the institution regarding the process of land expropriation for public use;
– Maintain an updated database of any land property expropriated by the District.

Job description

-Conduct inspection of all buildings to check their compliance with master plan designs, construction permits, house occupation permits, zoning guidelines and any other applicable laws, policies and regulations regarding Building Construction;
-Conduct, in collaboration with Construction Permitting Officer, site visits prior to the issuance of land deeds, construction and house occupation permits and report to relevant officials and stakeholders any non-compliant structure and advise on necessary measures to take;
-Supervise the demolition of illegal and non-compliant structures.

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Job description

– Analyze any information (documents, files, reports, etc.) and issues brought to the attention of the Executive Committee for consideration and action, produce an executive summary thereof where appropriate and advise on alternative solutions;
– Analyze the impact of intended and or existing Memoranda of Understanding (MoU), bilateral or multilateral agreements entered into or to be entered into by the District and advise accordingly;
– Analyze the annual performance report of the District and provide advice on areas of improvement;
– Draft and or review speeches and any other message to be delivered by members of the Executive Committee and serve as minutes taker for meetings of the Executive Committee;
– Serve as a member of the District Technical Coordination Committee. Draft and or review speeches and any other message to be delivered by members of the Executive Committee and serve as minutes taker for meetings of the Executive Committee;
– Serve as a member of the District Technical Coordination Committee.

ITANGAZO RY’ AKAZI

Urwego rushinzwe Iterambere mu Rwanda (RDB) rurifuza guha Abanyarwanda babyifuza kandi babifitiye ubushobozi akazi ko kurinda Pariki y’Akagera, Nyungwe, Gishwati-Mukura ndetse n’apariki y’ibirunga.

INYITO Y’AKAZI: Abarinzi ba Pariki

UBAKURIYE MU KAZI: Umuyobozi ushinzwe Umutekano wa Pariki

IKIGAMIJWE MU KAZI:

Umukozi ushinzwe kurinda Pariki, akuriwe n’Umuyobozi ushinzwe Umutekano wa Pariki, azaba ashinzwe cyane cyane gukora ibijyanye no kurinda umutekano n’ ubusugire bwa Pariki, kimwe n’indi mirimo ashobora gusabwa gukora irimo gukurikirana imibereho y’ibinyabuzima bya Pariki no kugenzura inkongi y’umuriro.

INSHINGANO Z’ UMUKOZI :

• Gucunga umutekano wa Pariki hakurikijwe gahunda n’amabwiriza byatanzwe
• Kugenzura no kurwanya ibikorwa bibujijwe muri Pariki
• Gukurikirana ibimenyetso bigaragaza ibikorwa bibangamira Pariki n’urusobe rw’ibinyabuzima hifashishijwe ibikoresho nka GPS ndetse nibindi bitandukanye.
• Gukora imirimo ijyanye no gukumira no kurwanya inkongi z’umuriro
• Gufatanya kenshi n’itsinda rishinzwe kugenzura uruzitiro rwa Pariki (mu Kagera).
• Gukora imirimo ijyanye no guhangana n’ibibazo biterwa n’inyamanswa mu baturiye Pariki.

UBUMENYI N’UBUSHOBOZI BIKENEWE:

Abifuza akazi bagomba kuba barize nibura imyaka itandatu y’amashuri yisumbuye cyangwa imyuga (TVET), kandi bafite imyaka iri hagati ya 18 na 25. Abari n’Abategarugori bujuje ibisabwa barashishikarizwa gusaba.

Ubushobozi bukenewe:

• Kuba afite imbaraga kandi akomeye
• Kuba ashobora gukorera mu ishyamba no mu gasozi
• Kuba arangwa n’ikinyabupfura no kubaha
• Kuba ashobora gukora akazi gasaba imbaraga no kwihangana, haba ku manywa cyangwa nijoro
• Kugira imico myiza no kubanira neza abandi
• Kumenya gusesengura ibibazo no kubishakira umuti
• Kuba ashobora gutanga amakuru neza no gukora raporo
• Kuba agaragaza ubushobozi bwo gukora neza afatanyije n’abandi mu matsinda

• Kuba abasha gukorera kure cyangwa ahantu hitaruye cyane
• Kuba ashobora gukora akazi kenshi kihutirwa, ndetse na nyuma y’amasaha asanzwe y’akazi igihe bibaye ngombwa
• Kuba atarakatiwe burundu igihani cy’igifungo kingana cyangwa kirenze amezi atandatu (6).

Ibindi byatanga amahirwe (kubigira byaba ari akarusho):

• Kuba azi kandi amenyereye gukoresha igikoresho cya GPS
• Kuba yarahuguriwe gukorera mu ishyamba no kwirwanaho
• Kuba yarahuguriwe Ubutabazi bw’ibanze
• Kuba afite uruhushya rwo gutwara ipikipiki
• Kuba yarigeze akorana n’urwego rucunga umutekano

Ubumenyi mu ndimi:

Kuba ashobora gukoresha neza ururimi rw’Ikinyarwanda na rumwe mu zindi ndimi zemewe zikoreshwa mu Rwanda, nk’Icyongereza cyangwa Igifaransa.

UBURYO BWO GUSABA AKAZI:

Abakandida babyifuza kandi bujuje ibisabwa : Ibaruwa isaba akazi ; Fotokopi y’impamyabushobozi cyangwa seritifika y’amashuri yize biriho umukono wa Noteri ; Umwirondoro ; Fotokopi y’Irangamuntu cyangwa Pasiporo ; Icyemezo cy’Ubuzima bwiza gitangwa na muganga n’i cyemezo cyo kuba atarigeze akatirwa igifungo kirengeje amezi atandatu barasabwa kohereza dosiye zabo bakoresheje uburyo bwa mudasobwa, babyohereza kuri E-mail: recruitment.rangers@rdb.rw bahaye kopi amc.recruit@africanparks.org .

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Turabamenyesha kandi ko abakandida bujuje ibisabwa, bakanagira ubumenyi bukenewe ari bo bazahamagarirwa gukora ikizamini.

Italiki ntarengwa yo kwakira dosiye zisaba akazi ni kuwa kane tariki 24 Gashyantare 2022, Saa Kumi n’imwe z’umugoroba.

Bikorewe i Kigali, kuwa 10 Gashyantare 2022

Joseph Cedrick NSENGIYUMVA

Umuyobozi Mukuru ushinzwe Imari

Agric Program Officer Job Advert

Mission

To provide a ladder of opportunity to underserved communities in Rwanda, as we proclaim and live the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Method

We share the hope of Christ as we provide financial services and biblically based training that restore dignity and break the cycle of poverty.

Motivation

The love of Jesus Christ motivates us to identify with those living in poverty and be His hands and feet as we strive to glorify God.

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB SUMMARY

The Agriculture Program Officer (APO) will lead the development and monitoring of agricultural lending products at Urwego Bank. The APM will ensure the agricultural products are relevant to the target market and Urwego’s mission as well as financially sustainable with credit risk managed appropriately. The APM will work with the Head of Credit and agriculture lending staff to grow the existing portfolio and develop new agricultural business lines and partnerships. The APO will also be responsible for capacity-building Urwego’s team of Agriculture Finance Officers in agriculture lending and risk management.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Promote and fulfil Urwego Bank’s 3Ms as listed above while working within a Christ-cantered environment that is mission-driven, community-oriented, and results-driven.

Spiritual Integration and Christian Witness

1. Ensure a personal, healthy spiritual balance within family, work, and church life through the adoption of biblical personal and spiritual disciplines; and conduct daily work, make decisions, and help Urwego Bank make decisions in a way that witnesses to the presence, power, and love of Jesus and the reality of his Kingdom on earth.

Agriculture Product Management

1. Work with his/her supervisor to develop strategic direction and vision for agriculture products.
2. Ensure agriculture products are relevant to Urwego’s mission;
3. Ensure agriculture products are relevant to the target market;
4. Ensure agriculture products are financially sustainable;
5. Review agriculture credit files to determined thresholds and make recommendations to improve, accept, or decline the credit application;
6. Identify key agriculture product risks and develop mitigants through well thought out loan product design, product cards, procedures, and controls;
7. Work with the risk department to ensure the effective and timely mitigation of the numerous risks associated with agriculture product design and methodology; and
8. Identify, monitor, manage, and control agriculture product risks within Urwego’s risk appetite.

Center of Excellence

1. Actively maintain and grow expertise in industry best practices for agriculture lending, product design and implementation.
2. Capacity-build the team of Agriculture Finance Officers in agriculture lending and credit risk management.
3. Share and grow agriculture expertise among Service Delivery staff, particularly sales officers and leaders, in our agriculture products.

Policy and Procedure Management

1. Periodically review and recommend updates to the policy and procedure manuals for the critical processes associated with all agriculture products.

 Product Design and Development

1. Play a leading role in responding to industry trends and client needs through the development of enhanced products that keep Urwego’s offerings relevant to the Rwandan market.  Incorporate best practices used throughout the HOPE International network of programs.
2. Lead data driven product pilots that test key assumptions of the product design and oversee the appropriate product scale-up while managing risk appropriately.

Portfolio Quality

1. Oversee the overall quality of the agriculture product portfolio, utilizing PAR as the primary measure of portfolio quality and keeping PAR 30 below 5% on average.
2. Work with business team at HO to address portfolio quality shortcomings, including credit administration and default management, through staff training and product design and procedures.
3. Work with Business team at HO to implement appropriate stop lending procedures that help catch and mitigate PAR at the lowest possible level of the organization.

Regulatory Alignment

1. Ensure adequate knowledge of regulatory guidance for microfinance and agriculture lending products, and ensure Urwego’s policies, procedures, systems, and controls are in accordance with the relevant directives.

Profitability and Growth

1. Collaborate with the Business team to establish appropriate agriculture product pricing and efficiency benchmarks for Agriculture Finance Officers to achieve appropriate profitability.
2. Work with Business and Marketing staff to design suitable agriculture product promotional strategies and techniques.
3. Maintain updated product features that remain relevant to the marketplace and enable Service Delivery staff to achieve specified growth targets.

Stakeholder and Partner Relationships

The APO will partner with the Business team to grow existing and develop new agricultural business lines.

1. Serve as a key representative of the bank to partners and non-partners in providing expertise and funding focused on agriculture products.
2. Grow relationships with strategic partners and potential partners supporting agriculture lending.
3. Oversee and ensure compliance with agreements with partners and vendors related to support of the agriculture products.
4. As agreed, upon with the G &Agric Product Manager, develop partnerships with input providers, end-market purchasers, government agencies, participating lenders, international grant providers, guarantee providers, and insurance providers in support of Urwego’s mission to agriculture clients.

QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES.

1. Personal confession of faith in Jesus Christ and commitment to the mission and vision of Urwego Bank Plc;
2. Bachelor’s degree in agronomy, agri-business, or related field;5 or more years of experience in agricultural lending, preferably in the following value-chains: Coffee, Irish Potato, Rice, Maize.
3. Experience in agricultural credit risk assessment and management.
4. Ability to source, negotiate and manage partnership agreements.
5. Proven training skills.
6. Strong organizational skills, including effective time management and prioritization of competing demands/multiple deadlines.
7. Competence in project management disciplines.
8. Demonstrated analytical thinking skills.
9. Strong written, verbal and computer-based communication and presentation skills.
10. Good cross-cultural listening, communication skills.
11. Fully fluent with Microsoft Office suite.
12. Good English language skills; fluency in Kinyarwanda.

How to apply

1. Interested and eligible applicants should submit the following documents to UrwegoHR@urwegobank.com in one folder or physically at Urwego Bank PLc Head Office Umuyenzi Plaza – Remera Kisementi 3^rd floor not later than 25^th February 2021 5pm.
2. Applications should be addressed to HR Department
3. Motivation letter explaining your suitability for the position,
4. Curriculum vitae with 2 referee names,
5. Degree Certificate, Copy of ID, and additional certificates if any.
6. Recommendation from your Church with a validity of not less than 6 Months
7. Statement of Faith.
8. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted

11/02/2022