JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Pro-Femmes/ Twese Hamwe (PFTH) is an Umbrella of Rwandan Civil Society Organizations aiming at the advancement of women’s status, peace, and development. PFTH was established in October 1992 and currently represents 51 member organizations within the country.  The mission of Pro-Femmes/Twese Hamwe is to eradicate all forms of discrimination towards women, to promote their socio-economic political, and legal status, and to enhance the institutional and organizational capacities of its member organizations through the promotion of sustainable human development approach based on gender equality and a culture of peace, justice and human rights.

Funded by the Mastercard Foundation, TradeMark Africa (TMA), formerly TradeMark East Africa sub-granted Pro-Femmes/Twese Hamwe (PFTH) to implement the Value-adding Initiative to Boost Employment (VIBE). VIBE is a five-year programme aiming to increase dignified and fulfilling employment for youth, particularly among excluded groups such as women, refugees, and persons with disabilities in Rwanda. VIBE responds to the Mastercard Foundation’s 10-year Young Africa Works (YAW) strategy, launched in Rwanda in 2018, to provide opportunities for young people in Africa to secure dignified and fulfilling work. TradeMark Africa (TMA) is jointly implementing VIBE Program with The International Trade Centre (ITC) working together with relevant government, private sector and Civil Society institutions in Rwanda.

The project seeks to address several challenges, including:

• Low business competitiveness, particularly for women and youth running enterprises
• Limited access to domestic and cross border market trade information, particularly for enterprises managed by women and youth
• Trading in primary products rather than value-added products
• Poor compliance with standards, particularly for firms managed by women and youth
• Limited market access, particularly for women and youth-led businesses.

Reference made to the above, PRO-FEMMES/TWESE HAMWE is looking for suitable Five (5) Business development and Entrepreneurship Specialists.

Duty station:  The Business development  and Entrepreneurship Specialists will be based at Pro-Femmes/Twese Hamwe Head Office in Kigali with frequent travels to the field.

Under the supervision of the Project Coordinator, the Business development  and Entrepreneurship Specialists will undertake the following specific tasks;

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implement the Business development, financial literacy and entrepreneurship component of the project as per project objectives and targets;
• Provide technical support in the operationalization of the entrepreneurship and financial literacy component of the project;
• Build capacities of project participants on entrepreneurship development and financial literacy
• Ensure the quality of training materials for Project participants  meets their expectations;
• Play a leading role in the establishment of a sustainable entrepreneurship and financial literacy capacity-building model for Project beneficiaries;
• Facilitate the process of engaging local financial institutions and business advisory service institutions to collaborate with project participants in areas of entrepreneurship, business development and access to finance, and ensure buy-in and support of project activities by all the related stakeholders;
• Interactively assess the training needs and other capacity gaps of  project participants to update the training materials during the course of the project implementation;
• Provide quality assurance of studies conducted by implementing organizations, of training materials, data collection and reporting tools and Micro, Small and Medium Entreprises (MSMEs) management tools   during their development and  implementation;
• Identify, review and share relevant best-practices from the region and internationally that could be adapted by stakeholders (government, financial institutions, business advisory service agents and NGOs,
• Participate in the strategic meetings of the project and the steering committee of the project during the course of the project;
• Coaching and assistance to MSMEs  in business management and financial literacy,
• Coordinate Peer to peer learning and mentoring on business development, financial management, entrepreneurship and financial literacy
• Identification of existing financial products & schemes designed for women within financial institutions,
• Organize awareness raising meetings about existing financial products and linking MSMEs  with local financial institutions,
• Support MSMEs to initiate saving schemes with financial institutions and
• Participate in the end-evaluation of the project.

DESIRED COMPETENCIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

• At least hold a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Finance, Economics, and other related fields;
• At least 4 years of progressive work experience in trade, business development, financial management, entrepreneurship, and MSMEs management;
• Knowledge of gender equality, women’s and  economic empowerment
• Capacity to develop manuals, tools, facilitate trainings, and working with teams;
• Strong experience and knowledge of civil society in Rwanda;
• Fluent in English and Kinyarwanda, knowledge of French is an added advantage
• Excellent communicator orally and in writing
• Innovative self-driven and team player
• Interpersonal skills with experience of working in multicultural contexts
• Computer literate

Interested candidates should send their application enclosed with a cover letter, Curriculum vitae, academic documents and other certificates to the Chairperson of PRO-FEMMES/TWESE HAMWE and delivered in Hard Copy to PRO-FEMMES/TWESE HAMWE’s office by 4:00 pm 14th February, 2024.

The Pro-Femmes head office is located in Kigali City, KICUKIRO District, next to Gahanga Sector’s office. For any inquiry, you may call us on 0788521600

N.B:

1. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for a written test.
2. Female candidates are encouraged to apply

KIGALI, 2^nd February 2024. 

Emma Marie Bugingo

Executive Director 

Pro-Femmes/TweseHamwe