Spark Rwanda,Project Officer Irish Potato Value chain Financing (IPoVaF)Jobs Vacancy

nancing (IPoVaF) project under
the direct supervision of the Project Manager to ensure a successful implementation
and contribute to SPARK ambitions. He/she will help to ensure that project
resources and planned project activities are undertaken within logic and time
frame which enable impact and direct benefit to target communities. The key
areas include access to mobile financial services, access to markets, business
capacity building to the target cooperatives and Irish potato collection
centres.

• New
  and increased effective, affordable, cost efficient and client centric
  financial and informational services offered by Financial Institutions
  (FIs) to Irish Potato Small holder farmers (SHFs) to ensure financial
  inclusion for the poor
• Enhanced
  market position, efficiency and managerial competencies for Irish Potato
  SFHs and sustained relations with other chain operators (market players)
• Increased
  financial literacy, changed positive mind-set towards digitalization,
  access and use of digital information, communication, payments, savings
  and credits (and potential additional services) of SHFs.

• Project
  resources and activities delivered within budget and time-frame and
  projects delivered to the highest standards;
• Project
  beneficiaries, partners’ goals and objectives successfully supported
  through capacity building, best practice guidance and good working
  relationships;
• Mobile
  platform adopted by smallholder farmers and information tracked;
• Project
  impact monitored and evaluated, and project learning shared with key stakeholders
  through accurate and effective reporting;
• Reports
  and other documentation from supported Irish Potato collection centres
  accurately recorded and well filed both hard and soft copy;
• Good
  linkages between partner work, communications and collaboration promoted
  through effective networking with other parts of SPARK;
• IPOVAF
  project effective and efficient administrative systems and procedures,
  including support in collating and compiling financial reports, in
  accordance with SPARK and Donor’s framework.

• Develop
  operational plans as well as quarterly action plans as per the project
  phase;
• Collect
  and enter programme data into the monitoring and evaluation system on a
  regular basis;
• Coordinate
  capacity building trainings and work of coaches supporting the collection
  centres and facilitate market linkages with the formal or informal buyers;
• Work
  closely with cooperatives of Irish potatoes and collection centres;
• Ensure
  that smallholder farmers increase the use of digital mobile platform and
  financial service on daily/periodical transaction;
• Support
  in creating the awareness and understanding on use and trust digital
  mobile platform;
• Ensure
  all implemented activities represent value for money and are in line with
  the project budget;
• Ensure
  data collection to further adapt and update the mobile platform to meet
  SHF needs and improve programme implementation;
• Create
  and maintain good relationship with stakeholders & partners and
  represent the organisation in stakeholders meeting at the District level
  and where requested;
• Assist
  in maintaining project calendar and milestones; ensuring project results
  are being met as per the project expected outcomes;
• Liaise
  with key stakeholders, coordinating regular meetings and assist in disseminating
  relevant information;
• Plan
  and organize field monitoring visit to the targeted cooperative and Irish
  potato collection centres (IPCCs);
• Completing
  financial report information and MIS on quarterly basis for project
  progress and donor reporting;
• Provide
  input for program and SPARK newsletter and other external communication;
• To
  track and monitor all financial transactions such as allocations, expenses
  relating to the project and required documents to maintain an overview of
  the financial status of the coordinated projects;
• To
  undertake visits to projects to monitor programme implementation,
  financial standards, disseminate information on development issues and
  analyse interventions from a gender and youth perspective;
• Use
  the collective knowledge gained through programme development, monitoring
  and evaluation for learning and sharing;
• Perform
  any other work-related task when required.

• More
  than 4 years of experience in project support in NGOs (with experience and
  understanding in agriculture sector, specifically in the areas of access
  to –mobile-finance and markets);
• University
  degree in a field related to agriculture economy, agribusiness, agri
  financing, business information technology, international development or
  business administration;
• Proven
  experience in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) and project
  management (support);
• Good
  knowledge and experience of the agri (ie: Irish Potato sector) value chain
  development (including cooperative business capacity development / agri
  business development services) and rural agri financing and business
  environment in Rwanda;
• Good
  knowledge of Business Information Technology specifically digital
  (cloud-based) solutions such as mobile financial and informational
  services platform for the rural farmers;
• Must
  have experience in project and MEL reporting (including basic financial)
  and good organizational ability;
• Good
  communication and social skills and able to work in multicultural setting;
• Good
  team worker while able to work independently with own initiative;
• Good
  oral and written language skills in English and Kinyarwanda;
• Ambitious,
  organized and responsible;
• High
  energy, pro-active and service minded
• Hands-on
  attitude and willing to help out flexibly if required;
• Willing
  and able to travel frequently to the target districts (Musanze, Burera,
  Nyabihu and Rubavu);
• Rwandan
  Nationality or in possession of work permit.

• A
  dynamic and exciting position in an international environment;
• A
  gross monthly salary between € 1000 and € 1400 paid in RWF depending on
  professional experience;
• Professional
  capacity building, training, exposure and networking opportunities;
• Contract
  for 40 hours/week for 1 year with possibility for extension.