USAID/Private Sector Driven Agricultural Growth (PSDAG),Policy, Investment Promotion, PPD Internship in Rwanda

ed 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:

• 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;
• Improve
  the inter-agency investment promotion framework related to agriculture
  investments;
• Strengthen
  the capacity of GoR to support private sector agriculture investment
  activities;
• Strengthen
  the capacity of the GoR and the private sector to effectively engage each
  other through public/private dialogue (PPD) to improve the business
  enabling environment for agriculture investment.

• Provide
  administrative and technical support to the Objective 1 team for assigned
  projects. This may entail drafting meeting notes, technical aspects of
  scopes of work and other project documents; coordinating technical review
  committees and 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 1 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.

• 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.