JOB ADVERTISEMENT:
CARE International is seeking to recruit a “Project Manager”.
Introduction
CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. We seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and security. CARE International aims to be a global force and a partner of choice within a worldwide movement dedicated to ending poverty.
Join Our Team as a Project Manager for a 5-Year Project to create dignified work opportunities for the youth in Rwanda’s agricultural sector!
Are you passionate about driving change and ensuring the creation of dignified work opportunities for youth in Rwanda? Here’s a unique chance to lead a groundbreaking initiative founded by the Master Card Foundation, implemented in a consortium of four partners where CARE International in Rwanda is the Lead. We’re looking for an exceptional Project Manager to oversee a transformative 5-year project aimed at developing a resilient, sustainable, gender-equitable, and inclusive entrepreneurial environment that fosters dignified and fulfilling work opportunities for young people within agricultural value chains across Rwanda.
Key Responsibilities:
As the Project Manager, you will play a central role in the SERVE project , overseeing the human and financial resource management, reporting, and stakeholders management to harnesses the untapped potential of young women particular in the agricultural sector in Rwanda as a means of income, career, economic equality, and as a driving force for growth in the agriculture sector
Your responsibilities will include:
You will oversee and manage the project’s day-to-day operations in alignment with the outlined goals and objectives.
You will liaise with project consortium members, leadership, local organizations and various CO teams within CARE to strategically planning, implementing, and monitoring initiatives aimed at sustainable growth for youth-led agricultural Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) and create an inclusive and supportive policy and social environment, breaking barriers for young women’s active participation and contribution within the agricultural sector.
You will partner closely with the Program Quality and Learning (PQL) department to orchestrate impactful learning strategies, fostering a culture of continuous improvement within our projects. Your role will involve refining project outcomes, facilitating strategic enhancements, and providing essential support to scale up grantee projects, ensuring our initiatives evolve and create lasting positive change;
Oversee CARE’s resources : you will lead the implementation of robust accountability strategies that align seamlessly with established policies and guidelines.
Position requirements
- 10 years in project management role in the development sector, prior experience with youth and women and Agribusiness programming preferred.
- At least five years’ experience managing complex project: multi donor, funded, multi-partner and/or consortium projects with foundations and/or institutional donors.
- Prior experience in international development, food systems, agriculture and agricultural value chains/market systems, women’s and/or youth economic justice, entrepreneurship, financial inclusion or climate change adaptation in Rwanda
- Experience managing projects/programmes in areas such as gender transformative approaches, women’s rights, women’s and 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-dollar 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
Be part of an impactful initiative that drives positive change in Rwanda’s agricultural landscape! If you are passionate about fostering sustainable development and believe in the potential of young people to transform the agricultural sector, we invite you to apply. We offer a competitive salary, an extremely supportive work environment, and the chance to be part of a team committed to breaking barriers and fostering inclusivity.
Join SERVE and contribute to building a brighter and more equitable future for Rwanda’s youth in agriculture!
Notes
- CARE seeks to improve the lives of the most marginalized, particularly women and girls. Our diversity is our strength. We are an equal opportunity employer promoting gender, equity, diversity and Inclusion. CARE’s focus as an organization is to empower women and girls as we strongly believe that they are most affected by poverty. In line with our values, we highly encourage women to apply for this position.
- We are committed to preventing all unwanted behavior at work. This includes sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, and child abuse. We expect everyone who works for us to share this commitment by understanding and working within the CARE Safeguarding Policy and related framework.
- CARE International has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of any person or child by any of our staff, or partners. CARE International reserves the right to seek information from job applicants’ current and/or previous employers about incidents of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment the applicant may have been found guilty to have committed or about which an investigation was in the process of being carried out at the time of the termination of the applicant’s employment with that employer.
- We participate in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme and will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, child abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.
- By submitting the application, the job applicant confirms that they have no objection to CARE International requesting the information specified above.
Interested candidates should send their both combined cover letter and well detailed CV no later than January 3rd, 2023 via the apply button below.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further steps.
*Disclaimer: CARE International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment.
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