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JOB DETAILS:
Agribusiness Manager
Partners In Health is an international non-profit organization founded in 1987 that helps build and sustain public health systems in poor and underserved communities around the world. Inshuti Mu Buzima is PIH's sister organization which has been operating in Rwanda since 2005.
Job Description
Purpose of the position:
Reporting to the Director of the Program on Social and Economic Rights (POSER), The Agribusiness Manager will provide leadership and technical support to services delivered under the PIH/IMB Program on Social and Economic Rights to addresses the social inequalities that put patients at increased risk of disease.
The Agribusiness Manager will be responsible for providing coaching services on agribusiness ideas and development of business plans for program beneficiaries. S/He will play a major role in advising the annual planning and budgeting processes of agribusiness and off-farm job creation and ensure that program deliverables are met. S/He will be responsible for beneficiary capacity building, increased agricultural production and linking them to markets after harvesting. The Agribusiness Manager will work closely with POSER staff based in Districts and community members to build effective partnership in implementation of program interventions. S/He will also ensure cross-site collaboration and harmonization of interventions across PIH/ IMB’s catchment areas. This is a cross-site position based at Rwinkwavu with frequent travel to Burera, and Kirehe Districts.

The major responsibilities include:
• Advise the annual planning and budgeting processes for agribusiness and job creation related activities and ensure that program deliverables are met;
• Work with POSER Director to initiate and develop programs interventions that emphasize on Off-farm jobs creation;
• Support District based livelihood team in promotion of small and medium enterprises for household income generation;
• Provide timely monthly, quarterly and annual qualitative and quantitative reports on indicators in POSER and activity progress,
• Provide support to district based POSER staff on impact documentations and share best practices
• Monitor the use of resources allocated to POSER programs and play an analytical role in cost benefit analysis of inputs provided to program beneficiaries,
• Build the capacity of POSER beneficiaries groups and cooperatives in entrepreneurship and financial literacy for income generation
• Lead the development of business plans, link trained POSER cooperatives to SACCOs, MFIs, BDF and other financial service providers for accessing loan.
• Assess the availability of good markets for products of POSER beneficiaries and serve as a link to those markets;
• Provide coaching services on innovative agribusiness ideas and best practices to program beneficiaries;
• Collaborate with M&E team members to capture program data, success stories, lessons learned, and best practices of program interventions.
• Stimulate good business linkages of POSER beneficiary cooperatives to the potential business partners; service providers, financial services, and market (contract farming).
• Provide continuous mentorship to the existing VSLAs and facilitate them to graduate to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
• Provide support to POSER staff in assessment of training needs of program beneficiaries. Collaborate with district based team members to and conduct the requires to beneficiaries
• Asses and evaluate the readiness of program beneficiaries to graduate following the set graduation criteria

Required Qualifications
• Five years’ experience with a Master’s degree in Agribusiness, and Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Rural Development or closely related field;
• Previous experience working with producer organizations and smallholder farmers along the agricultural value chain for an international NGOs is preferred;
• Proven experience in designing, planning and budgeting processes and implementation agribusiness projects for income generation;
• Good understanding of rural development and health needs and experience in providing creative solutions to related challenges;
• Experience in coaching and training community beneficiaries on innovative agribusiness ideas and best practices to improve their livelihoods;
• Strong interpersonal skills including ability to communicate effectively with people individually and in groups, and the ability to communicate with technical and non-technical colleagues;
• Proven ability to mentor, advise and coach professional staff that are not direct reports;
• Advanced Professional English skills, written and oral. Conversational fluency in Kinyarwanda highly desired, and professional fluency in French is an added advantage.
• Appreciation and understanding of socio-cultural, health and development issues, trends and challenges in Rwanda.

Ability to live PIH/IMB values:
• Ubumuntu: Compassion, Ubupfura: Integrity, Agaciro: Dignity, Kugira Ishyaka: Determination, Ubwubahane: Mutual respect, Ubunyangamugayo: Honesty, Ubumwe: Solidarity.
• PIH is committed to safeguarding Staff, children and communities with whom we work and collaborate with to assure that they are treated with dignity and respect and protected from sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of PSEAH policy. They also commit that they will adhere to PIH policy and code of conduct for prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment

JOB DETAILS:
Director, Agriculture & Climate Action
About Mastercard Foundation
Mastercard Foundation seeks a world where everyone has the opportunity to learn and prosper. Through its Young Africa Works strategy and Canadian EleV program, the Foundation works with partners to ensure that millions of young people, especially young women, access quality education, financial services, and dignified work. Mastercard Foundation was established in 2006 through the generosity of Mastercard when it became a public company. The Foundation is independent with its own Board of Directors and CEO.

The Work At The Foundation
We have entered a very exciting time at the Foundation as we scale up our operations across Africa to realize our Young Africa Works strategy. Our role at the Mastercard Foundation is to be a catalyst. Our Young Africa Works strategy focuses on working with others to spur systemic change so young people have the opportunity to find work that is dignified and fulfilling.
The Foundation has opened offices in Rwanda, Kenya, Ghana, Senegal, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Uganda, building a broader leadership presence in Africa to develop specific strategies that support youth employment. Within a country, we work with governments, the private sector, educators, young people, and other funders to improve the quality of education and vocational training, prepare young people for the work force, expand access to financial services for entrepreneurs and small businesses, and connect job seekers to dignified and fulfilling work.
We are ambitious and driven. Our values transcend and rise above everything else as our guide. We encourage you to bring your bold ideas, curiosity, and expertise to your work. We laugh at ourselves and with each other. We are a team. Our journey together makes our impact even more meaningful.

Understanding Canada Programs At The Foundation
The Foundation has begun working within Canada in partnership with Indigenous communities and post-secondary institutions to listen, learn, and best understand how we can act in meaningful ways. The EleV strategy was co-created with Indigenous communities, young people, and partners to enable 30,000 Indigenous youth to complete their education and transition to dignified work aligned with their values and aspirations.

As reflected in Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action, education is a key driver of improved socio-economic well-being. Through building partnerships with Indigenous communities, we look to expand our initiative ultimately helping to support a generation of transformative Indigenous young leaders who will be change agents within their communities. We believe that by setting a bold target, we will encourage engagement across sectors and create momentum that will elevate the strengths and opportunities of Indigenous youth. In keeping with our approach, Indigenous communities and young people will be the drivers of this transformation. The program will promote innovations to address longer-term systemic change to achieve economic prosperity and social well-being within Indigenous communities.

The EleV team oversees current and emerging partnerships related to Indigenous education. Consistent with our overall vision and Youth Africa Works strategy, we will share learnings and opportunities to connect across the work of the Foundation. While operating in distinct contexts, the centrality of youth voice and vision, affirmation of culture and identity, and priority to enhance community capacity for self-determination are common threads upon which our work is strengthened and reinforced.
If you are an experienced Director, Agriculture & Climate Action looking to increase your impact, read on!

The Opportunity
Reporting to the Executive Director, Pan African Programs, the role will be responsible for building the Agriculture and Climate Action unit within Pan-African Programs, by designing the strategic direction, recruiting a team and overseeing a portfolio of multi-country programs that will accelerate the Foundation’s commitment to enable dignified and fulfilling work for young women and men.

The successful candidate will be based in any of our listed offices in Africa (Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria).

Ways You Can Contribute
• Contribute to the consolidated Pan African Programs Strategy.
• Design the Agriculture and Climate Action strategy and roadmap.
• Identify the opportunities for the Foundation to establish strategic partnerships and deliver impact at scale at pan-African level to support the transformation of agriculture in Africa.
• Work with the Foundation’s leaders and resources to articulate and draft the agricultural and climate action roadmap.
• Lead the scoping, incubation, design, and delivery of all programs within Agriculture and Climate Action thematic area.
• Provide oversight of the programme’s activity portfolio, including work plans, budgets, implementation, and ensuring that reporting requirements and impact targets are met.
• Oversee agriculture and climate action programs delivery across the continent.
• Ensure strategic cohesion, coordination of programming efforts, and knowledge sharing within the agriculture and climate action thematic area while also collaborating with the Foundation’s Advisors.
• Manage risks related to agriculture and climate action thematic area and propose respective mitigation plan to the Executive Director for resolution.
• Engage and maintain relationships with the relevant stakeholders including institutions of interest, peer funders and others that have relevance to the Foundation’s work in the field of Agriculture and Climate Action.
• Convene thematic expertise and advance thought leadership externally and across the Foundation.
• Cultivating relationships and facilitating engagements (e.g., roundtables, forums) with external thought leaders, experts and innovators to advance the Foundation’s agriculture and climate action thought leadership.
• Serve as focal point for the Foundation in continental and global agriculture and climate platforms that can scale and accelerate the Foundation’s programs.
• Promote a culture of innovation and agility that facilitates the ideation of new programs.
• Promote collaboration and information sharing within Agriculture and Climate Action thematic area both inside and outside of the organization.
• Identify and help support cutting-edge research on agriculture and climate action across the full value chain and across the continent in conjunction with the research team.
• Interface with Foundation business partners across other functional areas to test/refine and deploy the most efficient operating model.
• Build and Lead a team in embedding operational excellence in day-to-day prioritization of work within Agriculture and Climate Action thematic area.
• Oversee team resourcing and delegation to align to business partner processes, performance management input for business partners.
• Interface with Country Directors in the design and delivery of Programs that have overlapping themes.
• Integrate the various programming across the Foundation linked to the Pan-African agriculture and climate action agenda.
• Provide linkages in programming at the country-level.
• Model and reinforce the Foundation’s values in behaviors and interactions across the teams.
• Coach direct reports across the team to support their productivity in the consistent excellent delivery of program KPIs.

Who You Are
• Master’s degree in social sciences, agronomy, agriculture, including gender/women’s/youth studies, education related field from a recognized university; or another relevant professional qualification is required.
• Minimum of 15 years’ relevant experience in a similar organisation setting with 5 at senior management level.
• Experience and knowledge of/with the landscape of local, national, regional, and pan-African organizations and networks as well as knowledge of the country-specific social, economic and political contexts.
• Experience in agriculture and/or climate action at Pan African level.
• Extensive experience of agriculture and/or climate action strategy and program design and implementation in Africa.
• Experience in leading organizational policy development and delivery and ensuring its effectively delivery across a global organization.
• Ability to be flexible within a fast paced, changing environment.
• Experience working with organizations that elevate Gender initiatives within the agriculture and climate action space.
• Mastery of Microsoft Office suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
• Strong coordination and project management skills.
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills; demonstrated attention to detail and ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Exposure to systems thinking with an ability to understand and engage with stakeholders in different ecosystems and design programming that addresses root causes and critical needs.
• Substantive knowledge of key issues and emerging trends and barriers in youth and work across Africa.
• Excellent English written and spoken communication skills, proofreading skills with a high attention to detail.
• Demonstrated strategic-acumen and thinking skills.
• Demonstrable influencing skills at a senior leadership level and with high profile stakeholders.
• Proven success in developing and leading a global team.
• Strong inter-personal and influencing skills, able to manage conflict and handle sensitive issues, particularly in cross-cultural and cross-departmental contexts.
• Creative and solution-focused attitude.
• Proven people management skills and team-building skills.
• Experience in program design.
• Excellent inter-personal skills and experience of working in a multi-cultural team.
• Possess professional maturity, sensitivity with different cultures, and impeccable integrity that exemplify the Foundation’s values.
• Demonstrate a commitment to Mastercard Foundation’s values and vision.

Deadline for Applications is October 25, 2022

JOB DETAILS:
Geologist
Call for application for the position of Geologist
Mountain Ceramics Company Ltd is Ceramic tiles manufacturing company that is currently setting up its manufacturing plant in Muhanga industrial park, in Southern Province, Muhanga District, Nyamabuye Sector with principal offices in Gacuriro, KL house, the fifth floor. The company seek to recruit an experienced geologist who has integrity and is results-oriented to join the company.

Job Description
Job Title: Geologist
Department: Raw materials Preparation department
Reports to: Production manager

Key responsibilities:
• Evaluate and explore the clay and its natural resources.
• Maintain the consistency during raw materials harvesting
• Make quarry process predictions based on previous harvesting done
• Interpret and report data collected from the field
• Prepare and Submit statutory reports on clay exploitation activities
• Ensure that the quarry operations are carried out in accordance with applicable health and safety standards, including standards necessary to protect the health and safety of the mining staffs
• Inform on timely basis taxes and duties in connection to prevailing licenses
• Conduct all required analysis (Geological survey, and necessary lab test for chemical,mechanical, technical and mineralogical analysis and mixing ration required) to ensure consistency in raw materials during harvesting, before using it and during processing
• Study the relationship between an organization’s projects, and its environmental impact and sustainability.
• Develop new methods for geological analysis and data collection with the least harmful environmental impact.
• Analyze geological, geochemical and geophysical data collected by tests and surveys.
• Manage sampling and reports from apprentice geologists and provide purposeful feedback and recommendations.
• Design topographical and geological maps.
• Learn innovative and modernized methods of geological work by attending workshops and courses.
• Manage and oversee contractors and their work and ensure that workers are compliant with health and safety regulations.
• Deliver pertinent feedback and insight into work projects to management through regular meetings. Conduct frequent training sessions with staff regarding investigations and data interpretation. Mandatory requirements
• A Bachelor’s degree with specialization in Geology/Geoscience
• Atleast 3 years of experience in mining, environmental assessments and land development
• Adaptable to work in various environmental conditions
• Excellent knowledge of geology and geological factors of the specified location.
• Great technical ability to design mappings of geological data, and use geological databases and software.
• Excellent communication skills to work with management and staff
• Practical experience in collecting and analyzing geological information such as water, soil and rock data.
• Comply strictly with safety codes, standards and procedures.
• Ability to write accurate reports on data collection and analysis.
• Analytical thinker with strong conceptual and research skills.
• Intuitive leader who displays accuracy and attention to detail.
• Abide by all federal, state and local laws related to geological work.