Job advert for the recruitment of an

Expert for the Business Advisory Service at PSF

I.    BACKGROUND 

The Private Sector Federation in Rwanda (PSF) is a professional organization, dedicated to promoting and representing the interests of the Rwandan business community. It was established in December 1999, replacing the former Rwanda Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

PSF’s has 30 branches across the country. PSF is purely a private entity, governed by a Board of Directors elected from the business community at the grassroots level to represent and advocate for members’ interests. The Secretariat drives the operations of the Federation through coordination of 10 professional chambers and 75 professional associations as well as District offices countrywide.

PSF’s mission is to “Advocate effectively and re-inforce members’ businesses” while its vision is to “Strengthen Rwanda’s economy through a private sector led development by representing the Profitable businesses for a prosperous Rwanda”.

PSF has proposed three strategic pillars in its recent strategic planning for five years (2019-2024). The first pillar is focusing on research and advocacy for the members, the second being the governance and member management by streamlined member registration and service management. The aim of the third pillar is building the capability of the private sector. Action points to achieve this will be the introduction of training, mentorship and coaching programmes for the business people.

In view to the above and the ongoing pandemic, GIZ Eco-Emploi has supported PSF in its efforts to help its members to better cope with the operational challenges caused by the COVID-19 crisis by facilitating access to available support schemes. A special focus of the assignment will be put on the economic recovery of SMEs; given that they employ a large share of the country’s workforce.

The business recovery support program of PSF will respond in its immediate measures to the key challenges that have been raised by businesses from different sectors and districts of the country, i.e.:

1. Repayment of existing loans
2. Bridging liquidity gaps
3. Cost of finance
4. Taxation issues

 II. Objectives and scope of the work

The Expert for the Business Advisory Service will be responsible for supporting the implementation of a Consultancy package done by BEED to address key issues faced by Businesses due to COVID-19 highlighted above. The Expert primary responsibility is to put in place mechanisms that will ensure that the Business advisory services continue even beyond 12 months of the support by the consultants’ team.

III. Position Summary and Responsibilities

The Expert is the key focal person representing PSF on the implementation of the Consultancy package by BEED

The Expert’ responsibility will include the establishment of key partnerships, increasing the capacity in offering services and generating business opportunities.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Support implementation of Business advisory services provided by the consulting firm BEED
• Active participation to the co-ordination, implementation and monitoring of the activities under the Business advisory services
• Representing PSF’s interests during the interventions with key stakeholders and ensures transparency for the partner
• Representing PSF’s interests and supporting consultants to conduct high level stakeholder meetings with financial institutions, the Bankers’ Association, the Central Bank (BNR) as part of PSF’s advocacy goals for its members
• In close collaboration with the BEED consultancy, he/she advises and supports PSF with regard to general advocacy work related to business recovery
• Accompanying the establishment of a new service desk within PSF in charge of Business Transaction and Advisory Services as well as the private sector recovery funds
• Overseeing the planning and implementation of all economic recovery services for PSF members
• Ensures a monitoring and evaluation system is in place and supports the impact monitoring system of PSF
• Document activities and outputs, and regularly reviews the monitoring system to implement improvements together with relevant actors
• Assures timely reporting and provision of all necessary monitoring results to PSF.
• Represents the interests of PSF and ensures the coherence and complementarity of all activities with other services delivered by PSF.
• Ensures that companies selected for support meet the eligibility criteria and that the support is used for the intended purpose
• Ensures cross-cutting themes are considered adequately during planning and implementation of activities (gender equality, do-no-harm, zero discrimination)
• Ensure that all mechanisms and financial capacity are in place for the sustainability of the Business advisory services beyond the 12 months support by the team of consultants
• Reports to the supervisor on the activities and achievement when required.

 IV. Candidate Requirements:

• Qualifications:  A Master’s degree in the areas of Management, Economics, Business Administration or any other related field;
• Professional experience: 5 years of proven experience in similar assignments, business and or banking;
• A successful track record of leading and managing Business advisory services and building partnerships will be an added value;
• Excellent prioritization and time management skills with strong attention to detail;
• Demonstrates strong organizational skills in a multi-cultural setting.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks, reprioritizing tasks where necessary;
• Superior written and verbal communication and presentation skills in English and Kinyarwanda – French is an added advantage;
• Ability to set and achieve clear objectives and deadlines to meet deliverables;
• Proficient computer skills including Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
• Flexibility, intellectually curious and open minded;
• Confident and comfortable challenging expert opinion;
• Demonstrates a high degree of interpersonal skills with the ability to manage relationships at all levels both internally and externally;
• Have substantial experience working with Private Businesses especially in the field of Business advisory services.

V. Duration of the contract

The assignment will run for 15 Months, starting in June 2021.

VI.   Duty station

The Expert for the Business Advisory Service will be based at PSF Headquarters in Kigali-Rwanda.

VII. Compensation and Benefits

Salary and benefits will be competitive and commensurate with experience.

In case of questions regarding the assignment, please contact PSF HR department at [email protected]

VII. Job application procedure

Kindly submit your application (CV, letter of motivation, copies of diplomas and three professional references) until May 31^st 2021, at 5:00 PM on the above HR Department e-mail.