Twin and Twin Trading,Regional Manager Jobs in Rwanda

REGIONAL
MANAGER – EAST AFRICA

Main
Purpose of the job

The
Regional Manager is a senior role in Twin, part of the Producer Partnership
Programmes (PPP) team and leads the Twin coffee programme in East Africa,
including coordination of projects, representing Twin and managing the time of
staff and associates based in region.

This
is an exciting and strategic role in a moment of growth of the organisation and
includes representation of Twin in the region with the private and public
sector, identifying in country new sources of funding to scale up existing
projects and managing relationships with existing core partners.

The
role is based in Twin Kigali office with frequent travel in East Africa.

Position
in the organisation

Reports
to: Head of Programmes, based in London.
Works
closely with Senior Programme Manager Coffee based in London in the
strategy definition and implementation of the Twin coffee programme.
Holds
responsibility for the coordination and quality of Twin coffee’s work in
the region (approx. 2 mill USD a year).
Responsible
for day to day management of the Kigali office.
Manages
and develops: 4-5 staff members in Kigali’s office and manages the work of
associates in the region, receives support of Programme officer based in
London.

Dimensions
and Limits of Authority

Supervision
of programme budget for the activities implemented from the regional
office.
Contribute
to coffee strategy design and review.
Develop
and maintain relationship with existing or new donors within agreed
parameters in the region.
Direct
responsibility for the management of assigned projects
Staff
management and office management: as above.

Key
Responsibilities & Accountabilities

Strategy

Holds
strategic relationship with Twin’s partners (coffee producer organisations
(PO)) and ensures delivery of effective business and organisational
capacity building programmes which contribute to their development.
Contribute
to definition and review of coffee strategy for Africa, giving insights
from the region.
Liaise
with Marketing and Trading team regarding information on Producer
Organisations and troubleshooting on coffee contract delivery from the
region. Support producer organisation accessing pre-finance and delivery
of contracts.

Project
Delivery

Ensures
projects are delivered effectively as part of the East Africa programme,
including maintaining records, collating internal reports and monitoring
expenditure against budgets.
Responsible
for the coffee programme budget and activities implemented through the
Kigali office.
Manages
relationship with key donors and key customers in the region.

Business
Development

Supporting
fundraising activities in the region, including providing inputs for
project applications. Scope for potential donor and create and maintain
relationships.
Represent
Twin in Rwanda in front of stakeholders and government.
Ensures
that coffee projects implemented in the region are in line with Twin’s
holistic approach and Theory of change (governance, business basics,
quality & value addition, sustainable production, gender justice and
access to markets).

Internal
Management

Ensure
systems are in place in Kigali for managing the programme within in agreed
parameters, including the recruitment of new roles induction and setting
in support.
Responsible
for management of the team and setting annual objectives for staff in
Kigali.
Responsible
of managing tasks of associates in the region working on the East Africa
programme, in coordination with Senior Programme Manager Coffee in London.

Other

Support
internal communication within Twin. Ensuring insights and learnings from
work across the region is captured, understood and shared within Twin.
Provide information for website updates and other external communication
purposes.
Any
other reasonable duty as may be assigned that is consistent with the
nature of the job and its level of responsibility.

Person
Specification

Qualifications
and experience

A
minimum of a Bachelor’s in relevant subject.

Business
experience in coffee sector is essential, preferable with smallholder
producer organisations in Africa.
At
least four years’ experience in planning, designing and delivering
overseas development projects with local partners in a rural/agriculture
setting.
Demonstrated
experience in donor relationship development and securing new funding
(both institutional grants and private sector finance).
Experience
in managing the performance of staff and consultants.
Experience
in leading and develop a team

Skills

To
think strategically and provide leadership for programmes.
To
network and develop new partnerships with a variety of organisations,
including donors, private sector, research institutions and service delivery.
To
lead the design and coordinate the delivery of business and organizational
capacity building programmes with local partners.
To
work confidently with financial information, preparing and analyzing
budgets, accounts and financial statements.
To
communicate effectively in both verbal and written forms with a variety of
stakeholders, but particularly including donors, private sector and
farmers.
Fluency
in English and working knowledge of French.

Knowledge

Of
smallholder agricultural and producer organizations.
Of
the coffee context and stakeholders in East Africa region.
Of
coffee production and marketing.

Package

Hours
of work: this is a Full Time contract (8 hours a day)

Location:
Kigali

Salary:
depending on experience

Contract
conditions: permanent upon completion of 6 months’ probation period

Holiday
allowance: 20 days per year plus bank holidays and other statutory holidays

Process

Please
send applications including CV and cover letter to jobs@twin.org.uk indicating the job title in
the subject by 23rd March 2017. Interviews to be
held the week commencing 27th March.