VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT / SOLICITATION
Position Title: Private Sector Advisor
Solicitation Number: 72069619R00008
Market Value: Annual salary from $76,687 to $99,691 (equivalent to GS-13)
Location: Kigali, Rwanda
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The United States Government, represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to Rwanda, is seeking offers from qualified persons to provide personal services under a contract as described in the subject solicitation.
BASIC FUNCTION OF THE POSITION
The basic function of this position is to serve as a technical advisor on private sector engagement for USAID/Rwanda. In this capacity, the Private Sector Advisor will lead the Mission’s private sector and innovation working group, a group that will comprise representatives from all of the Mission’s technical offices. The incumbent also coordinates and collaborates with the U.S. Embassy’s Political and Economic Section (Pol/Econ) to ensure consistency in inter-agency engagement with the private sector in Rwanda. These efforts will be undertaken in coordination with Mission staff in a manner designed to ensure that USAID/Rwanda can sustain private sector engagement programming approaches aligned with the “journey to self-reliance” strategies beyond the length of this contract. Additionally, the Private Sector Advisor is required to perform a full range of advisory, and program monitoring and evaluation functions for activities funded by the EG Office that support enhancing Rwanda’s private sector competitiveness. The Private Sector Advisor facilitates and maintains technical discussions with the Government of Rwanda (GOR), the Rwandan private sector, non-governmental organizations (NGO), other U.S. Government (USG) agencies, multilateral donors, and implementing partners to discover best practices in private sector engagement and innovative approaches to Rwanda’s development challenges.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Marketing, Economics, International Development or related field.
- Experience: A minimum of five years of progressively responsible project management experience in the public or private sector development programs with an international donor, government or nongovernmental
- Job Knowledge: Significant training and knowledge gained through project management experience in order to provide advice to the Economic Growth Office across its diverse portfolio.
AREA OF CONSIDERATION: Open to US Citizens.
TO APPLY
Interested applicants must review the official solicitation for this position and submit all of the documents as outlined in Section IV, Presenting an Offer. The solicitation is available at the following link: http://www.usaid.gov/rwanda/partnership-opportunities
To apply send a complete application package by email to Kigalihr@usaid.gov no later than 17:30 on November 29, 2019.