Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, October 20, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
CDAT –Procurement Officer
The Development Bank of Rwanda Plc “BRD”, a Public Company Limited by Shares, with a share capital of RWF 150,000,000,000, incorporated on August 5, 1967, company code N° 100003547, it's head office at Kigali, Postal Office Box 1341 Kigali.

Vacancy Announcement
The Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) is implementing a Five-Years World Bank financed project titled Commercialization and De-Risking for Agricultural Transformation (CDAT) Project.
The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to rehabilitate and improve existing pressurized irrigation sites and develop new, while also increasing the productivity of these areas and preventing soil erosion, increase value addition and marketability by addressing critical constraints that directly affect their commercialization and increase access to agriculture finance by providing long term loans to agri-MSMEs.
The implementation will be done by Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Board (RAB) together with Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD). The project has a technical assistance component to strengthen the implementing entities and build capacity of the participating stakeholders.
The mandate of BRD is to Increase in number of borrowers obtaining agricultural loans through Direct Lending and through participating financial institutions, and a percentage of female farmers and/or women-led agri-MSMEs obtaining loans through BRD and other FIs.
Given the specificity of this project, BRD is setting up a Project Implementing Unit (PIU) that will oversee overall project implementation over the next five years. It is from this background that BRD seeks to hire competent and qualified personnel to fill the below positions.
BRD is committed to respecting gender equality and disability norms. We promote gender responsive practices. Qualified candidates particularly females and persons living with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Cdat – Procurement Officer (1)
Background Information
Job Title: Cdat – Procurement Officer
Current Grade: JG6
Department: HUMAN CAPITAL & CORPORATE SERVICES
Dual Reports: Administratively to CDAT Project Coordinator and Manager and Functionally Corporate Services
Direct Reports: N/A Indirect Reports: N/A
Contract Terms: 5years renewable fixed term

Main Responsibilities of the Job
• Reviewing and ensuring that all procurement requests submitted for financing through the projects are eligible and in accordance with World Bank procurement regulations
• Determining the most appropriate method of procurement to be used.
• Assist to identify, specify, estimate the cost of, and consolidate in packages (as appropriate) the procurement of goods, works and services as may be required by World Bank and BRD Procurement procedures.
• Prepare appropriate bidding documents, including specific procurement notices, for goods and services, etc.
• Coordinate the bid opening proceedings and closing sessions and prepare bid opening reports for use in preliminary evaluation.
• Organize tender committee meetings to evaluate bids and proposals involving summarizing the bid documents, inviting, and sharing bid documents to all tender committee members, taking minutes of the meetings, preparing the evaluation reports, get the report approved by the Tender Committee.
• Notify the successful and unsuccessful bidders once the management has approved bid evaluations and invite the successful ones for contract negotiation.
• Facilitate the contract negotiation with the successful bidder
• Receive and inspect goods and services to ensure adherence to technical specifications and terms of reference.
• Maintain and update records of standard unit costs, technical specifications for goods, and local and international vendors and service providers.
• Maintain a well-organized filling system of procurement records.
• Avail procurement documents for use during the internal and external audits and prepare implementation matrix for audit findings to ensure compliance to audit recommendations.
• Conduct supplier appraisals and develop a report on a quarterly basis to avoid poorly rated suppliers from future bids
• Review and update the supplier database on a regular basis to minimize the cost of advertisement.
• Perform any other duties as per instructions for his/her superiors.

Performance indicators
• Compliance with the procurement policies and procedures
• Update of supplier database
• Value for money on all procurement activities
• Fast track turnaround of procurement processes
• Safe custody of procurement records

Working relationships
• Head of Human and Corporate services and Head of SPIU
• Manager Corporate Services & CDAT Coordinator
• Heads of cost centers
• Staff within the Human and Corporate services and SPIU
• Suppliers/Service Providers
• World Bank and other stakeholders of BRD Professional, academic qualifications and experience
• Master’s degree or bachelor’s degree in, Procurement, logistics, supply chain, Project Management, Management, Law or any other related field. To have CIPS will be an added advantage.
• Three (3) years of practical experience for master’s and five (5) years of practical experience for bachelor’s degree directly relevant to the area of procurement,
• Familiarity with World Bank procurement regulations and any other procurement regulation will be an added advantage.
• Proven competence in the use of computer software applications including spreadsheets (Excel) and word-processing packages,

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Interested candidate should apply online (https://www.brd.rw/careers/ ) and upload application documents including Curriculum Vitae, copies of degree certificates and professional certificates, motivation letter, names of three previous supervisors (as one document) as well as their emails and telephone.

Only online applications shall be considered.
Email only for inquiries (not application): recruitment@brd.rw 
Address all applications to the Head, Human Capital and Corporate Services of the Development Bank of Rwanda.
Deadline for application: 31st October 2022
The employment package is highly competitive/attractive.
Only Candidates with the right qualifications and relevant experience shall be shortlisted and contacted for interviews.
Done in Kigali, 17th October 2022

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