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Director of Forest Business Support Unit at Rwanda forestry authority (RFA): (Deadline 19 March 2025)

Eric Mugemana March 11, 2025

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Director of Forest Business Support Unit at Rwanda forestry authority (RFA): (Deadline 19 March 2025)

Job responsibilities

– Oversee and coordinate forest business related activities; – Advise and guide potential investors on available opportunities in the forest sector; – Ensure the availability and quantity of forests meant for concession, co-management and tendering. – Advise the Department on forest business plans proposed by private investors; – Coordinate development and update of forestry and agroforestry extension methods, materials and tools; – Organize the sensitization campaigns on forestry policy and laws – Organise the national tree planting campaign; – Identify forestry related research priorities. Carry out advocacy for forest research in national and international forum – Participate in designing a national forestry strategic plan – Establish forest products supply and demand database; – coordinate the implementation of on-going co-management and concession agreements; – Compile all records related to revenues from forestry and NTFPs; – Coordinate the formulation of Forest policy and strategies relating to forest business – Report on the contribution of the forestry sector to the national economy – Draw up an annual qualitative and quantitative report on forests business – Perform any other duties assigned by the Forest support Unit. – Report to the DM/Forest Management Unit.

Qualifications

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  Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry,
  
  3 Years of relevant experience

- 2
  
  Bachelor’s Degree in Agribusiness
  
  3 Years of relevant experience

- 3
  
  Master’s Degree in Agribusiness
  
  1 Years of relevant experience

- 4
  
  Master’s Degree in Forestry
  
  1 Years of relevant experience

- 5
  
  Bachelor’s Degree in agro-economics
  
  3 Years of relevant experience

- 6
  
  Master’s Degree in environmental economics
  
  1 Years of relevant experience

- 7
  
  Bachelors Degree in environmental economics
  
  3 Years of relevant experience

- 8
  
  Master’s Degree in Forest economics
  
  1 Years of relevant experience

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Master’s Degree in Agro-economics

1 Years of relevant experience

Required competencies and key technical skills

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  Integrity

- 2
  
  Strong critical thinking skills and excellent problem solving skills

- 3
  
  Inclusiveness

- 4
  
  Accountability

- 5
  
  Communication

- 6
  
  Teamwork

- 7
  
  Client/citizen focus

- 8
  
  Professionalism

- 9
  
  Commitment to continuous learning

- 10
  
  Resource management skills

- 11
  
  Problem solving skills

- 12
  
  Decision making skills

- 13
  
  Networking skills

- 14
  
  Leadership skills

- 15
  
  Mentoring and coaching skills

- 16
  
  Time management skills

- 17
  
  Risk management skills

- 18
  
  Performance management skills

- 19
  
  Results oriented

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  Digital literacy skills

- 21
  
  Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and/or French. Knowledge of all is an added advantage

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  Excellent quantitative and economic analysis skills with ability to strategically analyses and resolve problems

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Analytical and problem solving skills

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Eric Mugemana March 11, 2025

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Eric Mugemana