4 Positions at Development Bank of Rwanda: (Deadline 2 April 2021)

• Reviews, assesses, routes, answers and monitors follow up action steps on correspondence
• Gathers and analyses information required for administrative reporting
• To put in place and ensure adequate filing process for the dossiers in the business development department
• Assisting visitors to receive the help they need from the department by providing basic information on the bank’s products or directing them to the person who will solve their issues.
• Manages complex calendars, arranges for meetings of the department (internal and external), appointments and travel arrangements for business team.
• Ensuring follow up on matters arising during meetings with guidance from the Head of Business
• Answers and routes phone calls, mail and e-mail messages and may handle wide-range information dissemination.
• Providing real-time scheduling support by booking appointments and preventing conflicts;
• Preparing statistical reports;
• To ensure all incoming correspondences have been directed to the concerned person;
• To monitor and report on the pending unattended correspondences on regular basis;
• Produce performance reports of the department on regular basis
• Produce on regular basis turnaround time reports
• To undertake any other official duties needed in the department or assigned by the Head of Business

• Quality of reports produced
• Proper records of the department dossiers
• Turnaround time
• Customer satisfaction
• Knowledge of the bank’s products

• All departments
• All stakeholders of BRD
• Customers
• Financial institutions

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration, management or related studies
• A minimum of 5 year of relevant work experience in working in Office Administrative duties in a banking or corporate business environment
• Experience in Office Administration activities

• Demonstrates understanding good practices of office management
• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Verification and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work under pressures and serving a large number of people
• Strong communication, analytical, decision making, and negotiation skills are required
• Ability to manage efficiently department resources (non-human)
• Problem solving skills
• Planning skills
• Capacity to follow up and manage complex process
• Good organizational skills
• Financial, management and performance reporting skills
• Interpersonal skills

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1. Senior Manager, Investment
2. Manager, Equity Invest Portfolio. & Advisory Services
3. Civil Engineer, Project Financing/ Due Diligence
4. Business liaison admin

1. Manager, Energy Portfolio Management
2. Manager, Agriculture Portfolio Management
3. Manager, Export and Manufacturing Portfolio Management
4. Manager, Housing and Infrastructure Portfolio Management

• Coordinate the development of competitive investment strategy that seek to tap into BRD priority sectors to respond to the Government national strategy for transformation priority areas for private sector development and to investors needs
•  Coordinate the development and implementation of policies and procedures that will provide the guidelines required to ensure compliance with the BNR guidelines while protecting BRD from all types of financing risks
• Develop strategies to identify prospective customers, strategic partners and collaborative relationships that will drive portfolio growth and market penetration while ensuring the profitability and shareholder return
• Coordinate the budgeting process for the operations team, and seek for allocation of funds required to deliver the Investment strategies
• Provide strategic direction for product development, opportunity assessment, and business development models to ensure achievement of Investment strategy
• Liaise with the relevant departments and committees to determine pricing for facilities to ensure commensurate return for credit risks undertaken by BRD
• Develop and implement the internal governance structure and processes including cross functional committees to ensure transparency, effective communication, and adherence to good decision-making principles in the investment process
• Lead in market and product opportunity assessment including customer and competitor analysis, market trend analysis, compliance to policy and proposal design
• Provide business direction into product development to ensure BRD delivers superior and timely products and services
• Lead in the detailed appraisal and monitoring of equity investments to grow revenues and deliver on its diversification targets.
• Lead the development and implementation of advisory services strategy as one of the revenue streams of the bank and a key contributor to pipeline development
• Manage performance of the entire team and ensure quality improvement initiatives are in place to ensure quality and effective delivery of departmental objectives
• Carry on any other assignment delegated by the CEO

• Business growth results in terms of new project approvals.
• Project delivery timelines and turn around for the customers
• Improved Customer satisfaction
• New product development and uptake aligned to sector and value chain specificities
• New market and pipeline development and growth
• Effective team management and performance
• Approved policy development and implementation
• Attain the financial objectives of the business through effective management of people, product, service and facility processes, including a focus on the revenue and profit components

• All departments of BRD
• The Board of Directors
• Shareholders
• All stakeholders of BRD (Investors, Donors, Government Agencies. Etc.)
• Customers

• Bachelor’s Degree in commerce/Business Administration/ or related field from a recognized institution
• Master of Science/ MBA from a recognized university is an added advantage.
• Relevant professional qualification
• A minimum of ten (10) years of relevant experience in banking environment should be a must, two (2) of which must be at a senior management level

• High level of financial literacy
• Ability to discuss complex financial concepts such as valuation and equity returns with senior investment professionals
• Strong financial modelling skills
• Good knowledge of financial markets and the investment environment in Rwanda
• Problem solving skills.
• Stakeholder management skills
• Financial and Accountancy knowledge
• Strong Analytical skills
• Ability to lead and grow the team under his/her supervision
• Financial and management reporting skills
• Good grasp of government programs and priorities as well as national development objectives
• Interpersonal skills

The role will contribute to the growth of advisory services through the production of information products.

• Work with the Bank Economist to identify inorganic growth opportunities, liaise with all stakeholders within the bank, and undertake research such as macroeconomic and financial service industry analysis and competitive analysis, to support the development of the Deal Structuring, Financial Modeling strategy, and product development.
• Gather and analyse internal and external data on customer segments, products, and market to provide information for strategy development.
• Prepare daily, monthly or quarterly statutory statistics as required and in accordance with the reporting format to ensure they are submitted to the respective statutory and regulatory bodies within the set timeframe
• Building up of up-to-date information on trends highlighting the dynamics affecting supply and demand in the priority sectors of the Bank in order to ensure that Management continues to meet its strategic goals;
• Support and facilitate the forecasting process with key stakeholders
• Develop profitability analysis on the Bank’s products and prepare a report for management decision making on strategy
• Leverage on data to build on predictive models to substantially improve bank’s operations on the gaps identified
• Perform other duties as and when required.

• Quality of analysis & reports produced
• Developed products & their implementations
• Data organization
• Timeliness on assigned tasks
• Compliance with the performance management policies and procedures
• Quality of service provided against the set standards
• Team cooperation

• Head, Strategy & Resource Mobilisation
• Bank Economist
• Staff within the Strategy & Resource Mobilisation Department
• Heads of departments
• All staff
• External Stakeholders

• Bachelor’s Degree in economics, Finance, Statistics or related field. MBA preferred.
• A minimum of three (3) years’ experience in research or strategy development in a similar institution.
• Demonstrated experience in collection, monitoring of large economic and market data and preparing publications.
• Ability to analyze and draw inference from the analysis of financial and economic data
• Knowledge of the banking sector and the Financial Sector environment
• Knowledge of relevant statistical and econometric software for analyzing large volumes of data (e.g. SPSS, STATA, Eviews, Mathlab, SAS, MICROFIT, PcGive, etc.);
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English; knowledge of French is an added value
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently, to develop and present sound technical information skills

• Results-oriented;
• Demonstrated team leadership and high organizational skills;
• Excellent communication and analytical skills;
• Ability to coordinate group activities, ensuring that roles within the team are clear;
• An in-depth understanding of the local, regional and international social and environmental contexts and challenges.

• Building, developing and managing relationships with lenders, and ensuring leverage on their existing products to access major new projects
• Increasing involvement of existing and new partners in the funding of Bank’s projects/initiatives
• Develop extensive networks of contacts that will allow you to identify new commercial opportunities as soon as they arise;
• Manage key relationships through regular contacts and visits by ensuring the effective call program is maintained on all assigned and prospect partners;
• Monitor agreements, covenants and renewals with lenders;
• Prepare regular progress reports to key stakeholders/lenders on the implementation of funded projects, in consultation with the Investment Team and the Monitoring & Evaluation Unit.
• Draft correspondence as necessary to key partners/stakeholders;
• Track and be well-informed about program activities, information and statistics of the bank in order to communicate appropriately with partners;
• Help prepare the company’s Annual Report.
• Perform other duties as and when required.

• Portfolio growth (Qualitative & Quantitative)
• Compliance with the performance management policies and procedures
• Timeliness on assigned tasks & Timely update and reporting
• Quality of service provided against the set standards
• Feedback from partners on the quality of service provided

• External Partners/Lenders/Stakeholders
• Head, Strategy & Resource Mobilisation
• Resource Mobilisation Manager
• Staff within the Strategy & Resource Mobilisation Department
• Heads of departments
• All staff

• Bachelor’s Degree in economics, Finance, or related field. MBA preferred.
• A minimum of three (3) years of relevant FI experience;
• Should have a good understanding of Finance/Treasury /FI products;
• Knowledge of the banking sector, the Financial Sector environment, and regional and international market dynamics
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English; ability to speak and write both English & French is preferred
• Excellent communication skills.

• Results-oriented;
• Good interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Good people management skills
• Excellent planning skills.
• Demonstrated team leadership and high organizational skills;
• Excellent analytical skills;