USAID Project Management Specialist (Agriculture & Food Security) at USAID/Rwanda: (Deadline 5 May 2023)
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: 72069623R00008
Position Title: USAID Project Management Specialist (Agriculture & Food Security)
Position Grade: FSN-11
Annual Gross Salary Range: From 31,367,155 FRW to 53,324,168 FRW
Location: Kigali, Rwanda
Vacancy Opens: April 13, 2023
Applications Must Be Received By: noon CAT, May 05, 2023
USAID/Rwanda seeks an Ordinarily Resident individual with the required work authorization
for employment as a USAID Project Management Specialist (Agriculture & Food Security).
USAID/Rwanda is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate based
on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation),
national origin, age (40 or older), disability, or genetic information. USAID encourages all
individuals, including those from disadvantaged and underrepresented groups, to respond to
the solicitation.
BASIC FUNCTION OF THE POSITION
The incumbent is a Senior Foreign Service National (FSN) who serves as Agriculture and Food Security Specialist within the USAID/Rwanda Economic Growth (EG) Office. In this capacity, the incumbent manages activities in support of the Feed the Future (FTF) initiative in Rwanda and is responsible for designing activities and advising on strategy development and policy actions that support the FTF objectives of reducing poverty and malnutrition. The incumbent focuses on strengthening the agriculture-nutrition outcomes in the EG portfolio through the design and management of nutrition-sensitive agriculture activities and creating strong linkages with the Mission’s Health Office, the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, the Rwanda Agriculture Board, other relevant agencies of the Government of Rwanda (GOR) and the World Food Program (WFP). S/he also provides a full range of monitoring and evaluation of activity(ies) s/he will be managing.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
- Education A Master’s degree in a field of Agriculture such as, but not limited to, Agronomy, Livestock, Animal Science, or Agriculture Economics; or Nutrition with specialization in such areas as food systems, human nutrition, or food science is required.
- Prior Work Experience: A minimum of five years post-graduate, progressively responsible experience in program design and management, strategy development, food, and nutrition systems, and project monitoring and evaluation is required. Prior experience as a program manager and/or grant or contract manager with a government or large international organization and/or in a similar level of complexity is highly desirable. Equivalent experience may be considered at the discretion of the hiring committee.
- Language Proficiency: Level IV English required.
TO APPLY
Interested applicants must review the official solicitation for this position and submit all the required documents. The solicitation is available at the following link: https://www.usaid.gov/project-management-specialist-agriculture-food-security. A complete application package should be sent by email to Kigalihr@usaid.gov no later than noon CAT on May 05, 2023.
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