Environment forestry and agriculture Jobs at MINAGRI and Good Neighbors International-Rwanda

JOB DETAILS:
2 Animal Products Supply Chain and Market Specialist
Level:3.II
Job description
• Be responsible for overseeing development commercialization initiatives for animal products
• Study and analyse customer needs and behaviour patterns locally and internationally and recommend suitable animal products.
• Provide targeted technical expertise on aspects of market access and value-addition. This would include providing guidance on value chain mapping, buyer identification, contract
• negotiations between farmers and buyers, aggregation logistics, processing, export regulations and logistics.
• Manage the export operations, ensuring compliance with customs laws, notifications, tariffs and procedures and guidelines in line with the specific country requirements.
• Facilitate export by support farmers to adopt global standards, enabling traceability, and ensure reduced products perishability

Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree in Communication
0 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Public Relations
0 Year of relevant experience
• Advance Diploma in Office Management
0 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Office Management
0 Year of relevant experience
• Advanced Diploma in Communication
0 Year of relevant experience
• Advanced Diploma in Public Relations
0 Year of relevant experience
• Advanced Diploma in Marketing
0 Year of relevant experience
• Advanced Diploma in Customer Relations
0 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing
0 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Customer Relations
0 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Hospitality Management
0 Year of relevant experience
• Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management
0 Year of relevant experience

Competency and Key Technical Skills
• Integrity
• Strong critical thinking skills and excellent problem solving skills.
• Inclusiveness
• Accountability
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Client/citizen focus
• Professionalism
• Commitment to continuous learning
• Analytical skills
• Results oriented
• Digital literacy skills
• Resources management skills
• Fluency in English, Kinyarwanda or French. Knowledge of all is an added advantage
• Knowledge of customer service practices
• Problem solving skills
• Decision making skills
• Risk management skills


JOB DETAILS:
Agronomist

BACKGROUND
Good Neighbors International (GNI) is an international humanitarian and development Non- Governmental Organization in General Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC). GNI strives to improve lives, especially children's lives, through community development projects. In order to complete its staff, Good Neighbors International would like to recruit one agronomist.
Agronomist (1) (To be based at Head Office Kigali)

Duties and responsibilities of agronomist
• Studying plants and soil in order to develop better planting, and cultivation techniques, improve crop yield, and solve problems facing the agriculture sector.
• Researching, developing, and promoting farming practices or products that diminish the effects of climate changes, and weather or prevent damage from pests.
• Visiting fields to collect the production samples for better monitoring and to know if there are some nutritional deficiencies, diseases, or other changes.
• Assisting with the plant selection process and the development of planting and irrigation schedules, and timelines.
• Keeping detailed records regarding fields, crops varieties, and samples.
• Generating reports and presenting findings to the project management, or other interested parties.
• Promoting products and techniques through FFS (Farmer field school) implementation and identify the need for additional assistance.
• Understanding the Rwandan agriculture policy and related regulations to ensure that all agriculture programs are in line with them.
• Provide significant technical assistance on best practices for the improved techniques of harvesting and post-harvest treatment of production in order to meet the quality standards requirements that the final food products should meet;
• Provide technical assistance to support the water user association in developed marshland and other cooperative users’ committees.

Required Qualifications:
• A0 in agriculture sciences,
• At least 2 years of experience in related field
• Excellent interpersonal relationship;
• Computer literate with good knowledge of MS office (Word, Excel, Power point)
• Working experience with Farmer Field School (FFS) programs and other farming groups.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of the Rwandan Cooperative Sector especially in Cooperative Management and development;
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of community mobilization and sensitization;
• Effectively communicate with all partners including government officials, other NGOs, and local organizations.
• Report writing and work plan development of the program as per donor and GNR requirements

JOB DETAILS:
Agronomist

BACKGROUND
Good Neighbors International (GNI) is an international humanitarian and development Non- Governmental Organization in General Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC). GNI strives to improve lives, especially children's lives, through community development projects. In order to complete its staff, Good Neighbors International would like to recruit one agronomist.
Agronomist (1) (To be based at Head Office Kigali)

Duties and responsibilities of agronomist
• Studying plants and soil in order to develop better planting, and cultivation techniques, improve crop yield, and solve problems facing the agriculture sector.
• Researching, developing, and promoting farming practices or products that diminish the effects of climate changes, and weather or prevent damage from pests.
• Visiting fields to collect the production samples for better monitoring and to know if there are some nutritional deficiencies, diseases, or other changes.
• Assisting with the plant selection process and the development of planting and irrigation schedules, and timelines.
• Keeping detailed records regarding fields, crops varieties, and samples.
• Generating reports and presenting findings to the project management, or other interested parties.
• Promoting products and techniques through FFS (Farmer field school) implementation and identify the need for additional assistance.
• Understanding the Rwandan agriculture policy and related regulations to ensure that all agriculture programs are in line with them.
• Provide significant technical assistance on best practices for the improved techniques of harvesting and post-harvest treatment of production in order to meet the quality standards requirements that the final food products should meet;
• Provide technical assistance to support the water user association in developed marshland and other cooperative users’ committees.

Required Qualifications:
• A0 in agriculture sciences,
• At least 2 years of experience in related field
• Excellent interpersonal relationship;
• Computer literate with good knowledge of MS office (Word, Excel, Power point)
• Working experience with Farmer Field School (FFS) programs and other farming groups.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of the Rwandan Cooperative Sector especially in Cooperative Management and development;
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of community mobilization and sensitization;
• Effectively communicate with all partners including government officials, other NGOs, and local organizations.
• Report writing and work plan development of the program as per donor and GNR requirements