TechnoServe is hiring for a Program Director to lead the overall implementation and management of the anticipated program that aims to break the cycle of vulnerability, poverty, and gender inequality in Rwanda’s poorest and environmentally fragile districts in the Western and Southern Provinces. The program will use a market systems approach to catalyze systemic changes that result in sustainable, increased incomes for tens of thousands of poor people, particularly women, living in Western and Southwestern Rwanda. ReGenerate Rwanda will apply an environmentally sustainable/ regenerative business lens to reduce economic, environmental, and social barriers that keep poor women, youth, and men trapped in poverty and unlock opportunities for their full engagement in and benefit from economic opportunities. The PD will be responsible for responsible for providing strategic direction of the overall program; oversight of activities; developing work plans; overseeing the program budget, monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL); and donor reporting. S/he will continuously create operational efficiencies and drive innovations in delivery and will serve as the primary point of contact with the donor, ensuring that the program meets established objectives and target.

Qualifications include:

• Minimum of 12 years of experience in in development, business administration, economics, marketing, or related discipline.
• At least five years of post-graduate experience coordinating projects/programs that deliver multiple interventions that combine to stimulate sustained system change.
• Experience in implementing private sector or micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) development assistance programs; knowledge of the personal sector/MSME landscape in Rwanda and East/Central Africa is strongly preferred.
• Experience and knowledge in the area of environment and climate-linked to economic growth and livelihoods
• Good understanding of the political climate and constraints faced by interventions, including some base knowledge and interest in learning more about MSME stakeholder priorities and business practices; the successful candidates will have practical experience navigating different organizational priorities and perspectives and effectively communicating programmatic decisions.