Project Facilitators

% of time

Activity

10

Participate in the project planning, review, redesign, budgeting and implementation in the refugees’ camps and host communities, and ensure that cascaded targets are achieved with allocated resources

10

Conduct identification of project volunteers and building their capacity, motivating and coordinating them for enrolling, mentoring, and monitoring beneficiaries of the project.

Facilitate formation of savings and credit groups and ensure the participation of the project targeted beneficiaries

10

Ensure enrolment and profiling of project beneficiaries in LMMS or other database and/or monitoring software that are necessary for the project to effectively serve all beneficiaries and keep their records on how they will be progressing out of poverty

20

Facilitate all project beneficiaries to attend basic trainings and regular dialogues on Empowered World View, Entrepreneurship and Gender to ensure that they have enough learning opportunities to change their mindset towards poverty and wealth creation

10

Mobilize all beneficiaries to join socioeconomic networks such as Saving Groups and producer groups that will help them learn from each other, and synergistically work together to enhance their livelihoods.

20

Ensure that all project beneficiaries participate in technical trainings organized under approved resilience and livelihood models which is relevant to their chosen livelihoods’ activities.

10

Prepare the project beneficiaries and facilitate them for accessing productive assets through the cash transfer approach to support their livelihoods initiatives

5

Collect data on all the project activities and sharing them on regular basis with the project M&E specialist and other relevant staff in the organization

5

Contribute and participate in periodic evaluations of the savings groups (Effectively document all information related to project successes and best practices, create a bank of pictures, videos, and most significant change stories on the project)

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience

1. At least 3 years of experience working with economic development sectors

2.Demonstrate ability to foster partnerships with refugee camps, community and/or Government agencies and groups

3.Must be familiar with economic development models e.g., Saving Groups, Local Value Chain Development (LVCD), Business Facilitation, (BF), Microfinance, Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture (NSA), Farmer Managed Natural Resources (FMNR), Citizen Voice and Action (CVA), and CBDRM.

4. Ability to construct, interpret, critique budgets and track expenditure; strong financial/budgeting skills.

5. Report writing skills

6.Strong group facilitation and training skills

7. Good monitoring skills

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

Bachelors’ degree in Agribusiness, Rural Development, Entrepreneurship, Business Administration, Social Sciences, or any other related field. ((If the degree is issued by a foreign institution, an equivalence certificate from the Rwanda Higher Education Council (HEC) will be required)

Having a driving license class A.

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

1.Financial Management and economic development skills

2.Knowledge of community development, empowerment and mentoring approaches

3.Demonstrated experience in community economic development and management (own business or by providing business development services), experience with small business financing, market analysis and market research

• Demonstrated experience in monitoring and evaluation; knowledge of monitoring and evaluation tools such as log frames, monitoring and software such as Kobo Toolbox.
• Excellent computer skills, including proficiency in MS Office and Outlook.
• Experience in Networking
• Business-oriented mindset

Travel and/or

Work Environment

Requirement

Domestic Travel:  70% Regular internal travel to project areas is required.  The position requires working closely with local partners and local government agencies.

Physical

Requirements

The candidate must be physically fit to ride a motorcycle and hold a valid riding licence. Ability to drive a vehicle may be an added advantage

Language

Requirements

Effective in written and verbal communication

in English and Kinyarwanda. Knowledge of French will be an added

advantage