Agribusiness Specialists vacancy at Fintrac in Kigali, Rwanda,Jobs in East Africa,

Job title: Agribusiness Specialists

Duty station: Kigali, Rwanda

Organisation:Fintrac

Application deadline: April 1, 2014 at 11 : 59 PM

Background Information:

Fintrac is a leading US-based agribusiness consulting firm currently seeking the following candidates for the upcoming USAID - funded Private Sector Driven Agricultural Growth (PSD-AG) project in Rwanda. The overarching project goal is to increase smallholder incomes through the facilitation of increased private sector investment in agriculture. All openings are contingent upon Fintrac being awarded this 5- year project.

Agribusiness Specialist

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in international development, agriculture, economics, food science or related field required.

• Minimum 10 years of experience managing and/or implementing agribusiness programs in East Africa, with additional experience engaging with governments on the following issues: private sector and value chain development, enabling environment issues, institutional and policy reforms.

• Fluency in written and spoken English required; oral and written fluency in Kinyarwanda and knowledge of the operating environment is preferred.

Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in evaluation, public policy, and/or related field is required.

• Minimum 10 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation of international development projects.

• Experience working with private sector, civil society and government sectors on monitoring and evaluation programs, as well as the capacity building of local organizations to be effective in knowledge management and learning.

• Experience working with grant organizations is desirable.

• In-depth understanding of the Rwandan and regional (East African) context for agribusiness development is highly desirable.

Agricultural Specialists (2) – Staples / Cash Crops

Qualifications:

• Each position requires a Bachelor’s degree and minimum of 7 years' experience in agriculture, particularly with staples, horticulture, coffee, tea and other cash crops, with specific knowledge of the Rwandan agriculture sector.

• Experience providing technical leadership, particularly relating to private sector investment in supply chains, improved partnership models to improve production, productivity, aggregation, access to inputs and storage/PHH.

• Fluency in English (written, spoken and reading) is required.

Agricultural Finance Specialist

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in agronomy, agriculture, finance, economics or related field is required. Advanced degree in relevant field is highly desirable.

• Minimum 10 years of technical experience related to financial lending and credit for the agricultural sector as well as capacity building of financial institutions and value chain recipients.

• In-depth understanding of the financial sector in Rwanda, particularly as it relates to successful models for agricultural lending across various value chains.

• In-depth understanding of the policy and enabling environment in Rwanda as it relates to the financial sector and improving agricultural lending to value chain actors.

All candidates should have an in-depth understanding of the Rwandan agricultural sector. Qualified Rwandan candidates will be given preference.

How to Apply:

If you are qualified and interested in discussing this engagement in more detail,

please submit your resume in confidence to the email below:

Please email CV with salary history to FintracRwanda@gmail.com. Candidates should indicate position for which they are applying in the subject line.