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Advisor on Programme Management for Special Initiative on Training and Job Creation (SI Job) Programme Junior Technical Advisor on Skills Development for the pharmaceutical industry and biotechnology for the programme “Special Initiative for Training and Job Creation (SI) in Rwanda”

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federally owned international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. GIZ has worked in Rwanda for over 30 years. The primary objectives between the Government of Rwanda and the Federal Republic of Germany are poverty reduction and promotion of sustainable development. To achieve these objectives, GIZ Rwanda is active in the sectors of Decentralization and Good Governance, Economic Development and Employment Promotion, Energy and ICT (Information and Communications Technology).

The Special Initiative Training and Job Creation (SIAB) aims to improve the conditions for sustainable economic and employment growth in in Rwanda and to promote investment. The Special Initiative together with the Rwandan partners facilitates interventions in the following fields of action: “The conditions for investments of European or international enterprises in Rwanda are improved; the capacities of Rwandan SMEs in selected sectors/clusters for sustainable, employment-generating growth are improved; the business ecosystem of selected sectors/clusters is improved”. The project provides advisory services and facilitates the access to funding schemes and instruments for the development and implementation of business projects.

GIZ would like to recruit the candidate for the position of Advisor on Programme Management for the programme “Special Initiative on Training and Job Creation (SI Job) in Rwanda.

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Location: Kigali

Fixed Term: 12 months (renewable upon review)

Position: one (1)

The Technical Advisor on Programme Management performs the following responsibilities and tasks:

A.   Responsibilities:

The Technical Advisor will be responsible for:

  • Support the component in the identification, mapping and development of activities to support the pharmaceutical industry and biotechnology according to the programme offer
  • Networking with actors that are relevant for the development of a pharmaceutical industry or biotechnology sector in Rwanda
  • Support the implementation of the activities in accordance with best practices in the professional field and in development cooperation
  • Support actively the Monitoring & Evaluation efforts of the component and the programme
  • Contribute actively to reports (regular and ad-hoc), PR materials, requests from GIZ HQ and for the preparation of political and economic delegations

B.   Tasks:

The Technical Advisor performs the following tasks

1.    Programme management and programme support

  • Support the monitoring and evaluation of the achievements of the programme indicators;
  • Support to regular and ad-hoc reporting, PR requests as well as requests from GIZ HQ and for the preparation of political and economic delegations
  • Support the preparation of fact sheets, web pages, presentations, articles for GIZ intranet and other publications for presenting the programme to the public
  • Ensure that all administrative and financial rules are complied to with the necessary diligence; support in all commercial tasks requested
  • Guide, liaise and support consultants working for the component; support in ensuring quality management and control of the services and tasks delivered
  • Follow up on an ongoing basis with all counterparts and on the operational plan
  • Support to the overall programme and to other programmes of GIZ in the Cluster Sustainable Growth as well as any activity and task on cluster level
  • Support of any other tasks assigned to by the management

2.    Technical tasks

  • Support the component in advising private and public partners with the focus on the pharmaceutical industry and auxiliary services
  • Support the component with compiling of information, research, project management tasks, organising activities such as meetings as well as taking of minutes of meetings
  • Support the implementation of the component according to the project proposal

·         Participate in the identification, mapping and development of activities related to the project

3.    Communication and networking

  • Support different exchange platforms/formats on demand of the team and the management
  • Contact person for requests from private and public partners, interested parties and other GIZ projects
  • Collecting and disseminating relevant information, disseminating programme experiences and developing a database on companies.

·         Compiling of information and preparing them for presentation to the management and the team

  • Support the documentation of best practices in the component

C.   Required qualifications, competences and experience

Qualifications and professional experience

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Economics, Business Development, Education, Life Science, Natural or Applied Science, Pharmaceutics, Lab Technology, Engineering or related field
  • At least 2 years’ working experience ideally project management or in the area of pharmaceutics/pharmaceutical industry, engineering, lab technology
  • First understanding of the ecosystems and auxiliary services which are needed to build a pharmaceutical industry in Rwanda, including regulation for pharmaceutical products including vaccines
  • Good project management skills: first experience in working with consultants would be an asset

Other knowledge, additional competences

  • finely tuned organisational skills and ability to work on one’s own initiative
  • able to work under little supervision but at the same time being a real team player
  • persistent and focused on the tasks, but at the same time creative and open minded
  • excellent communication skills: ability to present complex content in a concise and understandable manner, orally and in written
  • very good working knowledge of ICT and computer applications (e.g., MS Office)
  • excellent knowledge of English, orally and written

Interested candidates  should  submit  their  application  (motivation  letter,  updated  CV,  certificates  and references) , until 30th January 2023 at 4:00 PM, by e-mail to recruitment-rw@giz.de. All attachments should be put together in one PDF file not larger than 2 MB. Please quote the job title in the subject.

Women and people with disability are especially encouraged to submit applications.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for test and interview.

GIZ Office Rwanda

KN 41 St. / Nr.17, Kiyovu

P.O. Box 59, Kigali,

Rwanda

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