The USAID/Rwanda Private Sector Driven Agricultural Growth Project (PSDAG),Private Sector Partnerships Internship in Rwanda

Internship
opportunity

Internship Title:	Private Sector Partnerships Internship
Estimated Level of Effort (LOE):	Up to 130 days (6 months), February to July 2017
Location of Service:	Kigali, with some tra vel to the field

Project
background:

The
USAID/Rwanda Private Sector Driven Agricultural Growth Project (PSDAG) is a
five-year feed the Future (FtF) activity implemented by ENGILITY
Corporation/IRG. The project was created in line with Government of Rwanda
(GoR) targets and aims to develop a strategic partnership between the Rwandan
public and private sectors to improve investment mobilization and create
economic opportunity for smallholder farmers through increased value chain
market integration. The project’s principle objectives are:

Objective
1: Assisting
the GoR to attract and increase private sector investment; and

Objective
2:
Facilitating increased private sector investment by upgrading agricultural
value chains.

Objective:

PSDAG
is offering a 6 -month internship program to recent college/ advanced degree
graduates, or to those who have completed at least two years of university
coursework. The program is intended to give graduates and students practical
experience that will enable them to enter more professional, long-term
employment. 

The
Private Sector Partnerships Intern will support PSDAG Objective 2 staff
in the efforts to:

• Increase
  private sector investment in agriculture to transform agriculture into a
  market-oriented, competitive, and high value sector by supporting
  agro-processing industries, mechanization and modernization of
  agriculture; and provide a risk management program;
• Identify
  end market opportunities and link value chain actors to identified
  opportunities;
• Strengthen
  vertical and horizontal value chain linkages and build capacity in
  selected value chains;
• Strengthen
  input supply and other supporting services and improve smallholder access
  to these interconnected markets;
• Improve
  the enabling environment for local and regional private sector investment
  through public/private dialogue (link to Objective 1).

Responsibilities:

• Support
  the Objective 2 team in designing and implementing value chain upgrading
  strategies, addressing production, post-harvest, processing and marketing
  priorities through market-driven sustainable approaches.
• Provide
  support to production and review of partner deliverables.
• Contribute
  to Requests for Applications (RFAs), grantee vetting, and other work
  products under the Value Chain Competitiveness Fund.
• Provide
  administrative and technical support to the Objective 2 team for assigned
  projects. This may entail drafting meeting notes, technical aspects of
  scopes of work and other project documents; coordinating technical review
  committeesand other multi-stakeholder events; and reviewing technical
  deliverables, among others.
• Contribute
  to primary and secondary research to inform the analysis of policy and
  regulatory constraints to agriculture and agribusiness investment
  profitability, competitiveness and attractiveness.
• Contribute
  to Objective 2 team development of annual work plans, monthly, quarterly
  and annual reports, discreet analytical documents, performance monitoring,
  presentations, success stories and other strategic and operational
  reporting.  
• Perform
  any other task as assigned by the Chief of Party or her designee.

The
Intern will report directly to the Senior Value Chain Specialist or her
designee, and will work collaboratively with other PSDAG staff in contributing
to the achievement of project objectives.

Qualifications
and Eligibility

• Recent
  college/ advanced degree graduates with less than 1 year of professional
  work experience in related field are eligible.
• Strong
  coursework in the field of agricultural development/ policy/ economic
  growth or related area is required.
• Proficiency
  in Word and basic skills in Excel are required.
• Fluency
  in English and Kinyarwanda is required.
• High-performing
  educational background (based on GPA) is preferred.
• Strong
  desire for personal and professional growth is preferred.
• Self-starter
  with the demonstrated ability to work independently or as part of a team
  to assist the project achieve its objectives is preferred.
• Demonstrated
  leadership experience in work, volunteer positions, clubs, etc. is a plus
• Knowledge
  of Information Communication Technology (ICT) applications is a plus.

How
to Apply:

Applicants
should submit CVs and application letters electronically to the following email
address: recruitment@psdag.org,
with copy to nadine.umuhoza@psdag.org ,
indicating in subject line the internship title for which the candidate applies,
not later than February3, 2017 at 5:00 pm Kigali time.Hard copies will be
rejected. 

Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the tests. If you are not
contacted within one month from the deadline date, please consider that your
application was not successful.