Vacancy title:
Senior Program Associate
[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Management ]

Jobs at:
RTI International

Deadline of this Job:
30 June 2022

Duty Station:
Within Rwanda , Kigali , East Africa


Summary
Date Posted: Friday, June 03, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Export Competitiveness Fund, Call for Concept Notes
RTI International has worked in Rwanda for 35+ years, providing technical assistance, institutional strengthening, program support, and research. We design and implement programs across a wide range of sectors to help low- and middle- income countries and communities address complex problems and improve the lives of their citizens. Working with local partners and stakeholders, our solutions promote sustainability, self-reliance and success at scale.


Feed the Future Rwanda Kungahara Wagura Amasoko
Private Sector Partnership Opportunity: Export Competitiveness Fund, Call for Concept Notes
About Kungahara Wagura Amasoko
Kungahara Wagura Amasoko is a five-year USAID-funded initiative designed to inclusively and sustainably boost Rwanda’s economic growth by increasing the export of high-value agricultural products. To achieve this goal, the project is working with and through the Government of Rwanda (GOR), the private sector, and civil society to facilitate $300 million in new investments in the sector.
Kungahara Wagura Amasoko is looking to partner with selected private sector actors to co-create and develop performance-based partnerships that will lead to overall growth and development of the high value agri-export sector in Rwanda. Kungahara Wagura Amasoko is therefore looking for partners in the following four categories.
Partnership Categories

Eligibility Criteria
Sector: Agribusinesses working or with established plans to work in one or more of the following targeted high-value agricultural export products:
• Coffee
• Tea
• Horticulture, including spices
• Emerging value chains (e.g., essential oils, stevia, lemon grass, chia seeds)
• Animal Products (e.g., dairy products: cheese, ghee, hides and skins)
Support service companies (e.g., logistics, aggregation platforms, information technology, irrigation, cold storage, financial services, value addition) are also eligible to apply.
Geographic Location: Business must be operating in, sourcing from, or supporting market actors in at least one of the thirteen targeted Feed the Future districts: Bugesera, Burera, Gakenke, Gatsibo, Karongi, Kayonza, Ngoma, Ngororero, Nyamagabe, Nyamasheke, Nyabihu, Rubavu, and Rutsiro.
Inclusivity: Businesses led by or integrating youth, women, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Business type:

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Job application procedure

Eligible Applicants Applicants must meet all eligibility criteria outlined in this announcement to be eligible to apply.
Evaluation Criteria Concept notes will be evaluated based on objective, impact, leverage, sustainability, and inclusion as guided in application template.
How to Apply The concept note template aims to outline your existing business plan and export growth aspirations relative to the eligibility requirements and evaluation criteria. Please download and complete the ECF concept note application in English using the template provided on the RTI website (https://www.rti.org/current-opportunities) by 30 June 2022 at 5:00 pm CAT and submit by email to info@ftfkwa.org. No other forms of submission will be accepted. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
For more information about the partnership opportunity or for support in completing the application, please contact info@ftfkwa.org. or mobile number (+250)783125965.
Next Steps
See the graphic below for an overview of the full ECF application process.

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