One Acre Fund is an agricultural NGO that is innovating a new way of helping
farm families to achieve their full potential. In more than five years in
Rwanda, We have grown to serve 106,000 farm families with 1,200 full-time staff
in Rwanda. In Burundi, We have grown to serve 28,000 farm families with over
300 full-time staff. Organization wide, we are on track to serve one million
farmers across 6 countries by 2020. We only serve farmers, and we always put Farmers
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irst. We are growing rapidly, to help manage this growth; we are looking
for a Graphic Designer
Job Description: Government Services Assistant
Mbere na mbere abahinzi
Industry:
Non-profit/Agriculture.
Function:
Administration/ Field.
Employer:
One Acre Fund.
Job Location: Kigali with extensive travels in
Rwanda.
Deadline:
17th April 2016
Commitment: Minimum two years commitment, full
time job.
Organization Description
One Acre Fund is an agricultural NGO that is innovating a new way of helping
farm families to achieve their full potential. In more than five years in
Rwanda, we have grown to serve 100,000 farm families with more than 1,000
full-time field staff. We are Rwanda’s fastest growing professional
organization.
To help manage this growth, we are looking for ‘’Government
servicesAssistant’’ we are looking for applicants that are driven,
hardworking, and have successful professional records to fulfill different
roles on our team.
One Acre Fund works closely with local and national governments. Our
principal focus is the Ministry of Agriculture in countries where we operate,
but we also pay close attention to other actors in the agricultural sector.
Our government relations team supports field operations to provide vital
services to farmers. It also informs our wider policy, communications, and
outreach work. We believe that powerful opportunities exist to partner with the
government to shape and implement effective policy, coordinated with our
significant field presence.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Maintain One Acre Fund relations with key agricultural
sector actors such as regulators, research institutions, donor programs,
partner organizations, and local media. - Research and analyze policy issues at local and
national levels affecting the country’s agricultural sector. - Represent One Acre Fund in Kigali in the
policy-making community through active participation in different policy
working groups. - Support One Acre Fund relations with national
government figures, organizations, regulators and researchers. - Enhance quarterly reports, organized field
visits, and overall local government outreach. - Develop the capacity of our local government team
through detailed work planning, strategic thinking skills, training, and
mentoring. - Strengthen One Acre Fund relations with priority
individuals in local government. - Responsible for collecting, organizing, and
analyzing data.
Requirements
- Excellent attention to detail skills.
- Familiarity with working with the government
Minagri - Leadership experience at work, or outside of
work. - Excellent command of English.
- Excellent Microsoft Excel and Data Analysis
skills. - Top performing academic background (must have at
least a Bachelor’s degree in a business, agriculture or related field). - At least 2 years of solid working experience in
agriculture research, or agricultural services.
To Apply
Please click on this link: http://form.jotformpro.com/form/41264122616951
You will be prompted to a form that must be completed. At the end of
the form you will have the opportunity to write a motivational letter and
upload your CV.
We are offering a world class professional and international environment
that focuses on your career development and are looking forward to receiving
your application.
Please Note: One Acre Fund will never ask you for money in return for
advancement in the recruitment process or for being offered a position.
If you are being approached by someone demanding money, please do not hesitate
to report this to the Tubura HR Hotline: 0785443136 (Please do not use this
number for any purpose other than reporting fraud attempts
