Marketing and economic Management at Umuryango wo Gushyigikira AMA koperative (UGAMA): (Deadline 13 September 2023)

Marketing and economic Management at Umuryango wo Gushyigikira AMA koperative (UGAMA): (Deadline 13 September 2023)

B.P. 28 MUHANGA      

TEL : 0252 562096 – 0252 562097

E-mail : ugama@ugama.org          

Website : www.ugama.org

TERMS OF REFERENCE TO RECRUIT STAFF MEMBERS

Background information

Umuryango wo Gushyigikira AMA koperative (UGAMA) is the Local Non-governmental Organization for Support to Cooperatives and community-based organizations (CBOs), created in 1988 in accordance with the Rwandan law and approved by the Ministerial Order No. 477/05 of 22 November 1990 of the Minister of Justice, renewed in June 2003. The last official certificate was acquired in 2013 from Rwanda Governance Board (RGB). UGAMA is a strong local organization that works to change lives of community and plays a tangible role in cooperative policy making, coaching of cooperatives in various axes.

Vision: “Becoming a role model and an excellent performer NGO in the region (East Africa)”.

Mission: “the community transformation due to the development of cooperatives and the solidarity of their members”.

Value: Quality, Respect/dignity, Team work and Efficiency

This mission is realized through three objectives to:

1. Support and strengthen cooperatives especially in organization, management and technical assistance to improve their economic and social viability;
2. Increase and improve members’ participation in any business of their cooperatives, be they big or small;
3. Promote the collaboration framework between Cooperatives and CBOs with other stakeholder on the Sector, regional and sub-regional levels, which are able to provide services that cooperatives need.

The objectives are achieved through 3 axes: (1) Development of cooperatives; (2) rural community development and (3) Institutional development. The following areas of interventions are the main pathway for UGAMA to achieve its objectives:

1. The capacity building of cooperatives and rural community groupings on the organizational, technical, operational, managerial and institutional levels.
2. Food, nutrition and income security: Professionalization in Sustainable/modern agriculture for both crop and animal production, quality control and upgrade of market value and market linkage as well as ensure environment sustainability.
3. Crosscutting issues: promotion of gender equality, good governance, human right and climate change mitigation and adaptation measures.

In this regard, UGAMA seeks to recruit a staff in charge of  Marketing and economic Management of cooperative to support in the fulfilment of its mission.

Key responsibility

• Follow up of cooperative members in Post-Harvest Technology, products marketing and ensure that Cooperatives products respect consumers’ requirements standards and norms;
• Ensure that the cooperatives have the basic equipment necessary in post-harvest technologies and value addition;
• Organize cooperatives products linkage with other stakeholders and value chain actors depending on cooperatives working value chain;
• Providing the communications assistance to Co-operatives members, thereby strengthening project management ability and providing assistance to them during the elaboration of bankable business plan;
• Working cooperatively with Cooperatives in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of their development programs and projects;
• Analyzing proposed development initiatives for Cooperatives beneficiaries UGAMA, overseeing call for proposals to ensure the application completion and inclusion of all requirements;
• Supporting in the evaluation of action plans, ongoing technical contracts and projects assigned to the component of production;
• Maintaining an ongoing relationship with the national and local government representation, RCA (Rwanda Cooperatives Agency), districts and the cooperative community;
• Keeping the cooperatives informed of new cooperative development policies and best practices, and potential opportunities in the country;
• Preparing annually auditing of co-operatives financial statements;
• In charge of budget execution and implementation of programs approved assigned to their tasks;
• Designing and implementing of activities related to marketing and economic management.
• Collecting and verificating of the correct completion of the planned sources of verification.
• Account for funds in the implementation of activities.

Qualification requirement

• Bachelor’s Degree in Development studies, Agricultural economics, management, Economic and Marketing related field;
• Demonstrated more than 5 years of experience in program design, implementation and evaluation;
• Experience in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with implementing partners, donors and government counterparts;
• Demonstrated management capacities, as evidenced by strong planning, coordination, and team working skills leading to the consistent achievement of significant results;
• Excellent understanding of development activities and poverty analysis;
• Strong people management skills including capacity building, coaching and conflict management;
• Background experience in the in cooperative development and products marketing;
• Deep understanding of Rwanda’s cooperative policy and cooperative Law;
• Proven track record of successful project management and strategy implementation;
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English or French;
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with various stakeholders;
• Demonstrated proposal writing and report writing skills;
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills;
• Ability to conduct, interpret, and apply research findings to develop innovative policy solutions;
• High levels of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Internet applications;
• Exceptional task management skills, including developing work plans and tracking tools to meet project deadlines;
• High attention to details.

All applications must be submitted in a well-sealed envelope to the secretariat of UGAMA before September 13^th, 2023 at 5:00 PM.  Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you have any questions, please contact UGAMA at ugama@ugama.org.

Please note that e-mailed applications are not accepted.

Done at Muhanga on 1^st September 2023

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