Catholic Relief Services,Senior Agriculture/Livelihoods Officer Jobs in Rwanda

d, regardless of creed,
ethnicity or nationality. The primary goal of CRS/Rwanda programming is to
ensure that vulnerable households in Rwanda achieve full, integral human
development.

• Lead
  trainings for implementing partners on agro-enterprise principles and
  practice.
• Conduct
  technical supervision as implementing partners train youth beneficiaries.
• Contribute
  to entrepreneurship trainings.
• Provide
  technical oversight to implementing partners as they support youth farmers
  to form groups.
• Support
  Market Development Specialist to identify gaps in agricultural value
  chains as potential niches for youth entrepreneurship or employment.
• Establish
  and maintain sound relationships and work effectively and creatively with
  consortium and private sector partners.
• Support
  relationship building between farmer group leadership and other actors,
  including buyers, material/service providers, and various other private
  sector actors.
• Work
  with consortium members and implementing partners to document results and
  lessons learned during implementation of project activities.

• Prepare
  inputs to and conduct reviews of technical reports.
• Other
  tasks as may be assigned.

• Bachelor’s
  degree in Agriculture, business or other relevant field; Master’s degree
  an advantage
• Minimum
  of five years’ experience working on agro-enterprise programming,
  including value chain development, cooperative development and
  employment/business creation.
• Minimum
  of two years’ experience in youth-oriented programming
• Strong
  technical background in agriculture and in agricultural value chains
• Experience
  as a trainer and demonstrated success in knowledge transfer of
  agro-enterprise approaches and interventions
• Experience
  in conducting technical supervision, including in mentoring and coaching.
• Ability
  to transfer knowledge to people with a variety of interests and
  educational backgrounds through both formal and informal training
• Demonstrated
  commitment to gender-responsive programming
• Leadership
  skills with self-initiative and ability to make sound programmatic
  decisions
• Experience
  in budget monitoring and reporting for large publicly-funded projects
  desirable
• Excellent
  organizational skills, team work and ability to prioritize tasks in a
  timely manner
• Sound
  coordination skills and a demonstrated ability to multi-task
• Demonstrated
  skills in diplomacy, flexibility, and resourcefulness
• Strong
  critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills
• Knowledge
  of USAID programming preferred
• Proficiency
  in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Excellent
  oral and written communication skills, ability to work well with people,
  good judgment and commitment to CRS’ mission
• Willingness
  to travel to rural project districts around the country
• Fluent
  spoken and written English or French, and Kinyarwanda, required.
• Rwandan
  nationality