GIZ,SME Forum Coordinator Jobs in Rwanda

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Vacancy
for

SME
Forum Coordinator

The
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Gmbh is a
federally owned international cooperation e

nterprise for sustainable
development with worldwide operations. GIZ has worked in Rwanda for over 30
years. The primary objectives between the Government of Rwanda and the Federal
Republic of Germany are poverty reduction and promotion of sustainable
development. To achieve these objectives, GIZ Rwanda is active in the sectors
of Decentralization and Good Governance, Economic Development and Employment
Promotion and Energy.

For
our program Economy and Employment Promotion, we are searching for a SME Forum
Coordinator. The purpose of the SME Forum Secretariat is to establish a
structured dialogue platform toward SME promotion, to ensure effective
implementation and monitoring of the SME Forums’ resolutions. In close
collaboration with the SME Forum Secretariat, the Coordinator shall be the
first point of contact in implementing the SME Forum Secretariat’s mandate.

A.
Duties and Responsibilities

The
SME Forum Coordinator,’ under supervision of the Component Manager for Private
Sector Development, in cooperation with the Chairman of the SME Forum
Secretariat and the DG Industry…and Entrepreneurship in MINICOM, is
responsible for:

Responsibility
of the SME Forum Coordinator:

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Organize all SME Forum events

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Prepare forum working documents and send out invitations In a timely manner for
forum sessions

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Consolidate all reports from groups and resolutions of the forums in a
consolidated document and report back to the Ministry of Trade and Industry

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Ensure, that the SME Forum M&E system is designed, shared and approved by
the Secretariat and regularly implemented and used to further improvement of
the SME-Forum .

•
Plan and monitor necessary capacity building trainings, tailored to respective
clusters’ needs as recommended by the SMEE-Forum .

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Assist the development of a business plan for the SME Forum Secretariat

B.
Required qualifications, competences and experience

Qualifications

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Bachelor’s Degree, in Business Administration, Management, Commerce, Economics,
Finance, Trade, Entrepreneurship, or Accounting; Masters Degree in one of the
mentioned areas is a plus

Professional
experience

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A minimum of 5 years relevant and hands-on experience in areas related to the
Private Sector, Entrepreneurship & SME Projects and Programs or Business Advisory
& Consulting Services

Other
knowledge, additional competencies

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Strong experience in SMEs / Business consulting sectors / Private Sector
Development in general

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Proven-track record of developing and/or evaluating complex client business
plans .

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Proven track record in event organization

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Good knowledge in the field of international cooperation

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Excellent leadership skills, including but not limited to leading meetings
(chairing them, taking minutes for them) Excellent organizational and personal
skills necessary to coordinate’ multiple inputs from numerous contributors

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Excellent communication skills In both written and spoken English, and
Kinyarwanda, a working knowledge of French is, a plus

•
Strong skills In Microsoft business software (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)

Please
deposit your application (motivation letter, updated CV, certificates and
references) until latest 26th August 2016 at 3:00PM, at the front desk
of our office or by e-mail to recruitment-rw@giz.de
. The email attachment should be in one PDF file and may not fill more than
2MB. Please quote the job title in the subject. Women are especially encouraged
to submit applications.