World Vision International (Rwanda) People and Culture Director Job Vacancy in Kigali

World Vision International (Rwanda) is a child focused Christian humanitarian organization implementing development programs in over 15 Districts of Rwanda.
World Vision seeks to hire a qualified, dedicated and experienced national for the position of People and Culture Director. This is a senior leadership position based in the Head Office- Kigali and reporting to the National Director.
 The major responsibilities include:Developing and leading the implementation of People and Culture strategy consistent with the World Vision regional strategyDesigning People and Culture policies, systems and procedures in compliance with local labour environment and World Vision standards and guidelines.Designing and executing appropriate compensation systemStrengthening organizational Christian identity and sustaining a high performance culture that is capable of successfully meeting the strategic goals of the organization.Leading recruitment and selectionHandling disciplinary policies and processesFacilitation of organizational learning and developmentDesigning and executing integrated Succession and Talent management systemDesigning and facilitating organizational culture change that promotes excellence in execution.Required qualifications and experience:Committed Christian with evidence of mature faith.Aware and willing to support the organization in the pursuit of World Vision’s mission statementPost Graduate degree qualification and/or professional qualification in Organizational Development, Psychology, and Development studies, Leadership, Human Resource Development or a MBA.In depth understanding of all areas of HR management and staff developmentAt least 8 – 10 years experience in Organizational Development and HR development or related fields.Significant senior level leadership experience in an international environment, preferably in East Africa.Ability to apply a broad based understanding of key business fundamentals with knowledge of World Vision strategic relationships and the business/ political environment.Ability to work in diverse cultural context and provide mature leadership.Interested candidates are requested to submit their curriculum vitae with copies of academic transcripts to wvrwanda-recruitment@wvi.org within 15 days from the date of advertisement.
World Vision is an equal opportunity employer.

Position will be based in Rwanda.

It is open to local national candidates only

Rwanda Development Board Legal Expert Job

The RDB is looking to recruit one International Legal Expert to join its Strategic Investments Unit (SIU). The SIU was created to lead the negotiation of strategic investments on behalf of the Government of Rwanda and across its stakeholders. Strategic investments are private investments that are either large (in terms of investment value), high impact (creation of many jobs), strategic (e.g., catalytic investment into a strategic sector) or complex (e.g., requires Government of Rwanda approval because it involves large tracts of public land).
The successful candidate will be required to perform the following functions:Conduct legal analysis and develop recommendations with respect to legal aspects of investment proposals involving the Government of Rwanda for the RDB.Conduct or lead negotiations of investments on behalf of the Government of Rwanda and coordination of negotiations with other government and private sector stakeholders.Provide negotiation support e.g., preparations of negotiation positions and strategies to the CEO of RDB (or whomever may be the chief negotiator of the transaction at RDB).Formal training and on the job coaching of the SIU’s Rwandan staff (of different skill levels).Development of a strategy for required external training and skills development for the SIU staff.Support the Head of the SIU in the development of a framework for managing the overall negotiation process and intra-departmental organizational structure and recruitment needs.Support the Head of SIU in the development of methodologies to select/prioritize investment projects and of systems to plan and allocate efficiently the overall workflow of the SIU.Support the Head of SIU in the development of a system to procure, commission and review external Experts to perform (1) company due diligence and (2) sector-specific analysis related to particular investments/projects.Support the Head of SIU in the development of an efficient system to report on progress and highlight challenges to RDB and key external stakeholders.Minimum Qualifications & Experience
RDB is looking for candidates with the following profile:A Masters or JD in law.At least four years of relevant professional experience related to investment transactions in a reputable international law firm. Specialization in project finance or PPPs highly desirable.Excellent analytical and contract drafting skills with respect to large, complex private or public-private investments.Proven track record in successfully negotiating and implementing large, complex private or public-private investments. Experience working with governments to negotiate public-private investment in developing country context highly desirable.Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to confidently work with senior public officials and private sector leaders.Excellent business writing and presentation skills and verbal communication skills (in English).Delivery focused, pragmatic, able to multi-task and get things done in a fast paced environment.Proven ability to inspire, coach, capacity build individuals, including people from different backgrounds and cultures and including senior managers.Professional, detail orientated with high standards.Excellent team leadership and coaching skills.Closing Date for Applications: By 5pm, Friday 5th July, 2013. and should be e-mailed to scbi-jobs@rdb.rw

Accountant Job in Nation Holdings Rwanda Ltd Rwanda

Nation Holdings Rwanda Ltd (NHRL) is a subsidiary of The Nation Media Group, the largest independent media house in East and Central Africa with operations in print, broadcast and digital media. 

It attracts and serves unparalleled audiences in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. 

We are seeking to enhance and consolidate our market leadership by recruiting dynamic, self-driven and results oriented Accountant to be based in Kigali, Rwanda and will be responsible for provision of relevant financial information, management accounting reports, data on business performance against budget and ensuring effective controls.

Accountant

Ref: HR-ACC-06-2012

Key responsibilities:

• Timely and accurate posting of transactions for preparation of management accounts and statutory accounts;
• Preparation of periodic revenue & costs highlights;
• Assist in preparation of budgets and monitoring of the same;
• Preparation of account reconciliations and follow up of outstanding matters;
• Preparation of audit schedules.

Knowledge and Skills

• University degree in Business Management/Accounting
• Fully qualified accountant;
• 4 years’ working experience in a busy commercial environment;
• Excellent analytical, customer service & interpersonal skills;
• Strong planning, coordination and supervisory skills;
• Strong computer skills.

The position offers excellent career growth opportunity and competitive remuneration and benefits package. 

If you meet the above criteria, apply online at http://careers.nationmedia.com by 6th July, 2012.

Only shortlisted applicants shall be contacted

 

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Managing Director Job in Rwanda Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Consulting Company

Advertisement for the Position of KIST Consulting Company Managing Director

Background

The KIST Consulting Company is a limited liability company owned by the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) as the sole shareholder. The company was registered with Registrar of Companies on 11th April 2011.

The company will have independent management, its own assets and own employees. To be managed by a professional and experienced Managing Director.

It is a multi-sector company dealing with:

1. Manufacturing and Production
2. Consultancy Services
3. Civil and Construction works

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Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority Vacancies

Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority is currently in the process of recruiting two well qualified staff for the positions of Chief Engineer and Chief Accountant.

1. Chief Engineer

The Chief Engineer is responsible for the management of the Engineering and Maintenance Dept and all its projects, maintenance programmes, properties and staff. His work will include the expansion of Kigali International Airport as well as the development of the New Bugesera International Airport.

Qualifications:

The Applicant should have a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree from a recognised university in either of the following fields of Civil and Structural Engineering, Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Quantity Surveying.

Applicant must have recognised professional accreditation with his professional association.

Applicant must have a minimum of 7 years of working experience in engineering or maintenance. A proven track record of management of Consultants and Contractors is advantageous.

It is preferred if the Applicant has at least 5 years of experience in aviation and airports.

The Applicant should have a minimum of 5 years experience in the Management of engineering and technical team either in construction projects, operations and maintenance of property complexes. Preference is given to those with experience in all the disciplines.

The Applicant must be a good communicator and fluent in both spoken and written English. Preference is given to those who are also proficient in French and Kinyarwanda.

Competitive remuneration package commensurate with the experience and qualification will be offered to successful
candidate.

2. Chief Accountant

The duties and responsibilities of the Chief Accountant shall be:

• To assist the Director of Finance in achieving financial and accounting objectives;
• To consolidate annual operating and capital budgets for approval by the Board of Directors;
• To develop and implement appropriate accounting and financial procedures;
• To develop and maintain policies and systems for control of cash receipts and disbursements;
• To prepare authority statements;
• To develop a cost recovery policy for aeronautical facilities and implement profit cost centre;
• To develop and maintain financial management reporting system
• To carry out other duties as assigned by the Director of Finance.

Qualifications:

• University degree in Accountancy with ACCA/CPA qualifications;
• Minimum of 4 years experience in management of finance and accounting or audit in large commercial organizations;
• Ability to lead, direct and coordinate functions of the group;
• Experience in the development and implementation of financial policies and procedures;
• Effective written and oral communication skills;
• Proven administrative, financial, commercial and managerial competences;
• Experience in Civil Aviation management environment;
• Adequate computer skills, with proficiency in Word processing, spreadsheets, presentation and accounting software packages;

Competitive remuneration package commensurate with the experience and qualification will be offered to successful
candidate.

Deadline for submission of application(s) is scheduled on 15/07/2010

Dr. Richard MASOZERA
Director General
Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority

P.O Box 1122, Kigali Rwanda
Email: caa@rwanda1.com

Rwanda Consultant to Review and Update the Operations Manual for the Public Sector Capacity Building Secretariat

Republic of Rwanda

Public Sector Capacity Building Secretariat – PSCBS

Request for Expression of Interest for an Individual Consultant to Review and Update the Operations Manual for the Public Sector Capacity Building Secretariat

1.0. Background

The Government of Rwanda (GoR) has received from the Belgian Government through the Belgian Development Agency (BTC) a grant for the Support to Capacity Development in Rwanda-project which is managed by Public
Sector Capacity Building Secretariat (PSCBS).

Part of the grant shall be used to procure the an experienced and qualified consultant to review and update the POM, ensuring that it aligns with the new mandate of PSCBS, and reflects the current national and donor requirements.

2.0.General/ Specific Objectives

2.1. The General Objective of the Assignment is to make a thorough review of the existing Project Operations Manual and update it according to the new changes in the institutional and legal framework of PSCBS and the revised National Public Financial and Procurement management regulations and to facilitate the implementation of its activities.

2.2. The specific objectives of the includes:

(i) Reviewing the existing POM and its Annexes to determine areas that have to be revised as well assignment as updated;

(ii) Identifying sections in the POM that require to be updated particularly those areas that are related to the implementation of Organic Law no 37/2006 ; the Ministerial order no 002/07; the Law on Public Procurement no 12/2007 of 27/03/2007 and the rules, laws and procedures that govern public servants in Rwanda and

(iii) Proposing a revised POM that would match with the mandate of the PSCBS and which conforms to national legal provisions.

3.0. Required Profile

The Consultant should demonstrate the following qualifications and experience:

• A relevant University degree in project and financial management, economics or public administration;
• A minimum of 10 years proven professional experience in Public Finance and/or Procurement and hands on experience in institutional capacity building, program design and operation; monitoring and evaluation processes;
• Experience in undertaking at least two similar assignments within the region. Experience in the Rwandan context shall be an added advantage;
• Proficiency in English is essential; with a working knowledge of either French! Knowledge Kinyarwanda is an advantage;
• Be highly analytical and with sound competence in the use of work processes and procedures;
• Be able to work in a team and collaborate with institutions of different nature;
• Be very client oriented, work out key issues and priorities and cater flexibly to needs as they emerge.

PSCBS now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (detailed CVs showing their academic background, experience in similar assignments, knowledge ofthe local conditions such as local language, administrative system, government organization, etc).

Expressions of interest must be addressed to the Executive Secretary of PSCBS and delivered by email attacment as a single Microsoft Word or PDF file on or before 11.00 hours local time on the 5th July 2010 to the following addresses:

procurement@pscbs.gov.rw;
info@:pscbs.gov.rw;
katrien.callewaert@btcctb.org
and kasumba1@yahoo.com.
P. O. Box 7367
Kigali – Rwanda
Email: infopscbs.gov.rw
Website : www.pscbs.gov.rw

Business Manager – East Africa Dairy Development, Rwanda

Reports To: Senior Business Manager

Position Location: Nyagatare, Gatsibo, Rwamangana

Our client in the NGO sector is looking for a suitable candidate to fill the Business Manager position.

Primary Purpose: To support the Senior Business Manager with planning, implementation and evaluation of an ongoing program that aims to build businesses and an industry.

The Business Managers role is to be a team leader in dairy business development, directing the implementation of dairy related interventions and anticipating client business needs of the farmer cooperatives. This position entails the provision of business advisory services and training to our clients’ businesses.

Additionally, insightful and entrepreneurial Business Planning and Implementation are core to the role. The Business Manager will necessarily also be a business developer able to develop and lead a team of Business Advisors to create new opportunities and new levels of capability for the EADD clients.

One aspect of this extended role is the Business Manager’s responsibility for overseeing the Business Advisors in all aspects of establishing business development service (BDS) hubs surrounding chilling plants for dairy farmers. This includes supporting the BDS providers to build their businesses, access finance and improve information for decision-making.

This position is over 50% field-based and entails the designing of business concepts and proposals specific to client and industry needs. NGO expects that this position will work closely with other EADD team members under the supervision of the Senior Business Manager to enhance client’s benefits and leverage related interventions. The position will also involve close collaboration with our development partners in the successfully implementation of joint activities.

Major Responsibilities

Program development

• Contribute to rigorous industry and client diagnostic to identify new industry and client opportunities
• Support development of annual program portfolio plans for industries of focus, detailing new business opportunities and priorities.
• Support new business development in coordination with Senior Business Manager, including concept papers and proposals for industries of focus.

Program planning

• Define the scope and projected impacts of program in collaboration with the Senior Business Manager
• Create a detailed work plan which identifies, prioritizes and sequences the activities required for successful delivery of the program.
• Determine and mobilize the resources (Eg.  Financial, people, data and information) required to deliver the work plan activities
• Review the program work plan and resource requirements with the Senior Business Manager and all other staff that will be affected by the program activities; revise the schedule as required
• Set own annual individual performance goals in coordination with Senior Business Manager, detailing project specific and personal development objectives and ensure all Business Advisors complete their individual performance goals in a timely and comprehensive manner.

Program implementation

• Develop deep working relationships with the client’s leadership team, smallholder farmer leaders, and other key industry stakeholders
• Assess and understand the client’s economic, organizational and political factors related to the program and the NGO’s role
• Lead value chain analysis that identifies value chain improvement opportunities (Eg. Production inefficiency, distribution, sales & marketing etc)
• Manage rigorous, financial, business case, statistical and other quantitative analysis to substantiate the value chain findings
• Lead team in developing and assessing initiatives to improve value chain efficiency and profitability
• Lead training and development of clients, smallholder farmers and other stakeholders involved in the program
• Plan, create and deliver well-structure communications and coach team members to create written and oral communications for the highest impact

Program management

• Document program performance against plan and provide regular status reports; highlighting success, as well as specific strategies needed to mitigate/remediate issues of concerns
• Review the work plan and make adjustments as necessary to ensure the successful delivery of the program
• Establish a communication schedule to update stakeholders including appropriate staff in the NGO on the progress of the program
• Review the quality of the work completed by the program team on a regular basis to ensure that it meets the organization’s standards
• Monitor program expenditure in accordance with budget and the organization’s policies

Program monitoring & evaluation

• Define the objectives and measures upon which the program will be evaluated against in collaboration with the Senior Business Manager (Eg. ROTI, Revenue, Sales etc.)
• Lead development of processes / system to track program data necessary for monitoring, evaluation, and reporting
• Manage the capture and validation of the program baseline data necessary for evaluation
• Manage the tracking of data necessary to assess program performance against set objectives and measures
• Lead program performance evaluation and identification of obstacles that are restricting the program’s ability to achieve the set objectives
• Ensure program data and reports are transmitted to the M&E person on a timely basis
• Ensure that program deliverables are on time, within budget and at the required level of quality
• Proactively raise issues of concern with the Senior Business Manager

Professional Profile

Strive to grow the industry value for the client, smallholder farmers  and other industry stakeholders

• Displays strong courage of conviction about his or her point of view
• Applies both rigor and creativity in developing insights and crafting points of view specific to an industry
• Balances creativity with pragmatism
• Proactively grows his or her own capabilities to add value to the program
• Thinks/works ahead of what the client needs

Inspire clients, smallholder farmers and other industry stakeholders to take action toward bold and large-scale transformation that benefits the rural poor

• Approaches clients with respect, humility and high regard
• Acts and thinks like a client; genuinely cares about the success of the client’s business
• Acts as a trusted advisor on strategic and business issues
• Expects and drives high level of client service
• Communicates ideas clearly and decisively
• Proactively builds the organization’s client and industry network

Develop a deep knowledge in several areas of organization’s work rather than only one narrow field. Potential areas of expertise are grouped by industries, developing businesses, developing industries and improving the enabling environment

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree, with an advanced Business degree preferred.
• Demonstrated skills in financial management will be an added advantage in providing disciplined business counsel to clients.
• Knowledge of animal production issues and agricultural value chain operations is a real advantage. While dairy-specific training is not mandatory, qualifications in dairy technology, agricultural economics or any other relevant field with at least five years proven business development management experience would be an ideal profile
• Self-starter who displays ownership of results with demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in small teams, ability to prioritize tasks and to work under pressure with minimal supervision.
• You preferably have at least 2 years of marketing or technical experience in partnership development that achieved results relevant to the establishment and support of the planned BDS hubs.
• You are a team developer, able to assess the needs of your talented but diverse team, to prioritize development needs at both individual and at process levels, to enable individuals to align around shared goals, and to proactively develop and implement a program that lifts individual and team effectiveness.
• Proven track record of developing simple business plans and ability to develop complex business plans
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal/people management skills and excellent oral and written communication skills a must
• You should have a good understanding of challenges involving micro-enterprise development in developing economies and will be expected to work in a multicultural environment.
• Entrepreneurial and self motivated
• Demonstrates strong passion for assisting clients in building profitable and sustainable businesses that benefit the rural poor
• Ability to plan and manage program activities and budgets
• Must possess a valid driving license with a minimum of three years driving experience.
• You are able to commit to being based in Nyagatare or other rural centres in Rwanda, with up to 20% of your time in Kigali and at least 50% of your time spent in the field.

If you qualify, please send your CV and cover letter quoting your current and expected salary to theleadrecruiter@gmail.com.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.