Summary
Date Posted:Friday, April 07 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
CNFA is a not-for-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., dedicated to stimulating economic growth in the agricultural sector by nurturing entrepreneurship, private enterprise, and market linkages. CNFA specializes in fostering private sector investments in training, new technologies and marketing as a means to increase the overall competitiveness of agricultural value chains and rural development, to increase people’s incomes, to develop skills in the rural workforce, and to facilitate exports.
Program Description - USAID Feed the Future Hinga Wunguke Activity
The purpose of the USAID Feed the Future Rwanda Hinga Wunguke Activity (Hinga Wunguke) is to support increased agriculture productivity and income, access to finance and markets, and access and consumption of nutritious food products in Rwanda, while increasing the resilience of the agriculture and food systems to the changing climate. To achieve this goal, the Activity will sustainably increase agricultural productivity, increase access to finance for farmers and agribusinesses, improve producers’ nutrition and market outcomes, and strengthen the enabling environment to foster market-driven outcomes in agriculture.

Position Description
The Embedded Advisor will provide support to the Private Sector Federation (PSF) in coordinating activities implemented under Hinga Wunguke Components 1-4 and in achieving the targets proposed to USAID under the MEL Plan and Implementation Plan. The Embedded Advisor will be located at the PSF and implement the terms of an MOU that will be agreed to by both organizations. Following the MOU signature, Hinga Wunguke will appoint the Embedded Advisor to the PSF Agriculture and Livestock Cluster in order to support its Agriculture & Industry (Agro-Processing) activities. In this context, Hinga Wunguke will develop the TOR of the proposed Embedded Advisor and share with the PSF for review and approval.
In support of this effort, it is anticipated that the Embedded Advisor in PSF will:

Qualifications
• Strong preference for a Rwandan citizen with at least a Masters’ degree in business, agriculture, economics, agribusiness, economics, development and/or related fields.
• At least 10 years’ experience in agricultural policy and/or agriculture value chain development, as well as experience with donor-funded projects/programs focused on agriculture development.
• At least 3 years’ experience in the private sector, preferably in the agriculture sector.
• Demonstrated experience in preparing and implementing successful agriculture and industrial development projects.
• Clear knowledge and background of PSF or similar organizations and their operations
• Demonstrated experience in designing / implementing support for smallholder farmers.
• Extensive work experience with local governments (districts) and/or donors.
• Fluent Kinyarwanda with good report writing and presentation skills in English.

Reporting and Logistics
The Embedded Advisor in PSF will report operationally to the PSF Secretariat and administratively to the Hinga Wunguke COP. He/she will be hosted at PSF. The Embedded Advisor will be paid on a monthly basis against the delivery of a monthly report detailing activities accomplished in line with the above tasks.

 
Job Experience:No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
All interested and qualified candidates can send their application (motivation letter, updated CV, certificates and references) documents to: ModAg@cnfarwanda.org  not later than 15th April 2023 at 6:00 PM. Please quote the job title in the subject. Only candidates selected for interview will be contacted.


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