CARANA Corporation Inputs Specialist Job Vacancy in Kigali, Rwanda

CARANA
Corporation (www.carana.com), a contractor for USAID, designs and directs
innovative economic growth strategies to help countries and businesses compete
globally, reducing poverty and raising living standards around the world. For
30 years, we have specialized in market-led solutions to development challenges
in more than 100 countries, packaging our expertise with on-the-ground
resources for continuing, cost-effective results.

CARANA
is recruiting qualified candidates for the USAID-funded Rwanda Private Sector
Driven Agricultural Growth Project. This anticipated 5-year activity intends to
increase smallholder incomes by agriculture investment project in Rwanda, as
part of the larger Feed the Future Initiative. The project aims to promote
private sector investments – internationally and domestically – that contribute
to the Government of Rwanda’s Vision 2020 aim of transforming agriculture into
a market-oriented, competitive, and high-value sector.
Duties:
  • Increase
    smallholder farmers’ knowledge about the benefits of using high quality
    inputs;
  • Develop
    and strengthen relationships between smallholder farmers and input providers;
  • Work
    with government to facilitate access to inputs;
  • Strengthen
    the private and public sector roles in demonstrating the benefits of using
    improved inputs;
  • Create
    incentives to increase use/demand for inputs;
  • Collaborate
    closely with PReFER and other USAID and Government of Rwanda Inputs
    projects.
Qualifications:
  • 5-plus
    years experience working in agricultural inputs;
  • University
    degree in Agriculture-related field;
  • Preference
    will be given to Rwandan citizens.
To apply: Submit a detailed CV to Rwanda.CARANA@gmail.com.  Please
specify the position title in the subject line. Qualified candidates will be
contacted with more information. CARANA is an EOE.

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