Background

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federally owned international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. The GIZ Office in Kigali covers GIZ’s portfolio in Rwanda and Burundi. GIZ Rwanda/Burundi implements projects on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the European Union and other commissioning authorities in the following priority areas: Sustainable Economic Development; Good Governance; Climate, Energy and Sustainable Urban Development; Digitalization and Digital Economy; and regional projects in the Great Lakes Region.

Location: Kigali

Duration: 01.04.2026 - 30.09.2026

B. Tasks and areas of support

• Provide logistical support to program activities, including coordination with vendors and attendees
• Organize, file, and maintain financial and administrative documents in both physical and electronic formats.
• Accounting and receivable management support
• Review and verify supplier invoices for accuracy and compliance with organizational policies.
• Collaborate with team members to create and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for financial and administrative processes for the cluster and entire portfolio
• Engage in conceptual tasks related to process improvement, compliance, and documentation.
• Support the optimization of commercial processes and documentation, following best practices
• Assist in developing and maintaining digital knowledge management systems for the cluster/portfolio, including processes, documents, and responsibilities.
• Supporting monitoring & evaluation activities, e.g. data collection, data entry, designing data collection tools and reporting
• Support technical advisors in programme management activities, e.g. proposal writing, monitoring of activities, stakeholder management
• performs other duties and tasks at the request of management

c. Required Qualifications, Competences and Experience

1. Qualifications

• Currently enrolled or recently graduated (< 6 months) in a bachelor’s degree programme in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or a related field

2. Additional competences

• Proficiency in MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word etc.) and accounting software
• Ability to think critically and contribute to process improvement and SOP development.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Fluency in Kinyarwanda and English, good knowledge in French is an added advantage
• Willingness to learn on the job and ability to deal with constructive feedback 

3. Other preferences

• Working experience in the area of financial management, procurement, logistics, process development
• Previous experience with a multinational organization or NGO 
• Master’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration or a related field is an added advantage

• Provide logistical support to program activities, including coordination with vendors and attendees
• Organize, file, and maintain financial and administrative documents in both physical and electronic formats.
• Accounting and receivable management support
• Review and verify supplier invoices for accuracy and compliance with organizational policies.
• Collaborate with team members to create and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for financial and administrative processes for the cluster and entire portfolio
• Engage in conceptual tasks related to process improvement, compliance, and documentation.
• Support the optimization of commercial processes and documentation, following best practices
• Assist in developing and maintaining digital knowledge management systems for the cluster/portfolio, including processes, documents, and responsibilities.
• Supporting monitoring & evaluation activities, e.g. data collection, data entry, designing data collection tools and reporting
• Support technical advisors in programme management activities, e.g. proposal writing, monitoring of activities, stakeholder management
• performs other duties and tasks at the request of management

• Currently enrolled or recently graduated (