Planning and M&E Specialist at Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB): (Deadline 21 January 2025)

Reporting to the Director General, the Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will be responsible of the following: – Coordinate the planning, monitoring and evaluation activities in RAB – Develop relevant tools for the preparation of the institution’s strategic plan, medium term plan, and annual action plan; – Consolidate data and formulate annual action plans and institution’s performance contract; – Participate in budget preparation and process. – Participate in design and preparation of budget; – Monitor the execution of budget in respect to provisions of financial law; – Update budgetary registration forms; – Produce relevant periodic budget execution reports; – Schedule financial commitments of the institution – Prepare cash flow provisions for institution; – Update credits allocated, budgetary commitments, payment orders, and file all accounting records required during the commitment. – Coordinate monitoring, evaluation, impact assessment and reporting at all levels – Draft guidelines and internal policies for planning, project formulation, monitoring and reporting; – Build human, equipment and infrastructure capacity of planning, monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment – Advise RAB and individual project management for timely action to improve the direction and value for money in research and technology transfer – Report regularly to the MINAGRI and other relevant bodies of Government e.g. MINECOFIN, against EDPRS & vision 2030 and 2050 on the performance of RAB against targets; – Coordinate the implementation of performance contracts across all RAB Departments and Divisions – Develop and implement monitoring mechanisms and tools to verify implementation of national policy and RAB’s plans; – Carry out periodic monitoring of activity implementation of the RAB and of performance contracts; – Follow up on the implementation of different government recommendations at the Agency level. – Collect, consolidate and analyze periodic performance reports and propose recommendations for improved Service delivery; – Develop and update data collection and reporting tools, including defining performance baselines, targets and indicators for the RAB’s activities. – Oversee the implementation of M&E related activities – Perform any other job related activity as assigned by the direct supervisor – Advise on the development of strong partnerships of RAB and the Private Sector institutions with common functions, development partners operating in the agriculture sector, sister institutions in the region and beyond. – Developing new funding opportunities for RAB and strategies to maintain existing funders, as well as supporting the management and expansion of the established donor base. – Support the operationalization of the SMART FMIS framework specifically looking at the public expenditure tracking system and ensure mobilization of funds from various partners; – Specifically develop a partnership strategy between RAB and the Private Sector aimed at private sector ownership of programs and agriculture investments; – Provide organizational and logistical support to the MINAGRI partnership and resource mobilization team by preparing documents and statistics, organizing and following-up of meetings and conferences including coordinating relevanT documents, and making travel arrangements. This includes arranging meetings and documentation for stakeholders and representatives of national and international development organizations that have a stake in the agriculture development; – Compile information and background relating to development and funding organizations to support the RAB strategic plan; – Manage and update a database of all contact points and Memoranda of Understanding between RAB and other institutions and Development Partners relevant to agriculture sector; – Act as focal point for RAB reports and provide reference material to partners; maintaining and updating the information on RAB strategic development issues; and providing programme implementation information to other international organizations of interest; – Perform other administrative functions as necessary for the Policy and Strategy development, such as assisting with preparation of documents for technical assistance and cooperation and thematic planning; and organizing documents for the Board of Director’s meetings and also for the – Agriculture Joint Sector Review meetings.