ReGenerate – Rwanda Program Director
2025-06-19T15:14:56+00:00
TechnoServe
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Kigali
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Rwanda
Nonprofit, and NGO
Management
2025-07-19T17:00:00+00:00
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ReGenerate – Rwanda Program Director at TechnoServe
About TechnoServe:
Everyone deserves the opportunity to build a better future. This simple idea has been at the heart of TechnoServe’s work around the world for over 50 years. TechnoServe is a pioneer in leveraging the power of businesses and markets to create sustainable pathways out of poverty.
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The low-income communities in which we work are full of enterprising people. Their small-scale farms and businesses are the keys to economic development. But they face many challenges: low literacy, lack of access to jobs and markets, unpredictable political dynamics, and, increasingly, the effects of climate change. For many women and young people, the challenges are even more daunting. Working with TechnoServe staff, people around the world are lifting themselves out of poverty. The results are amazing…when incomes increase and living conditions for families get better, they are able to access health care and education previously out of reach. Communities and even whole countries are better off.
Program Overview:
ReGenerate Rwanda is a program funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and implemented by TechnoServe in Rwanda. The program is set to run over five years, from 2023 to 2027.
Our Goal: We aim to sustainably increase the income of 30,000 individuals (70% of whom are women and youth) living in poverty in the Western and Southern regions of Rwanda.
Our Approach: Utilizing a market systems development strategy, the program is dedicated to identifying, catalyzing, and scaling systemic solutions.
We collaborate with private sector partners to:
- Develop business solutions that meet the unmet demand for essential products and services in the target regions.
- Prioritize inclusivity by integrating women and youth as central to this transformative growth.
- Transition toward regenerative economic models.
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By addressing the needs of the most remote and vulnerable households, the program aims to foster new local business opportunities and stimulate job creation.
Job Summary:
TechnoServe seeks a highly qualified Program Director to lead the overall implementation and management of the program. Based in Kigali with frequent travel to Western and Southern Rwanda, s/he will be responsible for providing strategic direction of the overall program; oversight of activities; developing work plans; overseeing the program budget, monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL); and donor reporting. S/he will continuously create operational efficiencies and drive innovations in delivery and will serve as the primary point of contact with the donor, ensuring that the program meets established objectives and targets.
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Primary Functions & Responsibilities:
- Lead overall program strategy and adaptive management to ensure highest-impact interventions.
- Maintain collaborative solid and working relationships with donors, partners, and key stakeholders.
- Ensure that program objectives, outcomes, and deliverables are met on time and within budget and that financial, operational, and reporting requirements of the donor and TechnoServe are adhered to.
- Guide team to develop effective MEL plans, turn data into actionable insights to guide implementation, and disseminate results and learning.
- Develop and share internal and external program performance metrics.
- Manage the activities and performance of program staff, sub partner, internal short-term technical assistance personnel, and consultants, ensuring high-quality execution and delivery of program targets by the program work plan.
- Identity staff, partner, and stakeholder training needs and oversee staff capacity development, as required and appropriate.
- Supervise, mentor, and develop staff capacity to ensure program delivery, staff performance, and retention while overseeing the recruitment of new staff as needed.
- Manage budget for respective program work-streams, ensuring operational plans are aligned with program budgets.
- Monitor program expenditures and manage budget variances, realigning as required.
- Manage sub-partner relationships and program contributions and deliverables; provide ongoing staff performance feedback.
Required profile for job ad : Program Director, ReGenerate Rwanda
Essential Qualifications and Competencies:
- A Masters Degree +7 years of experience or Bachelor’s Degree + 10 years experience in development, business administration, economics, marketing, or related discipline.
- At least five years of post-graduate experience coordinating projects/programs that deliver multiple interventions that combine to stimulate sustained system change.
- Experience in implementing private sector or micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) development assistance programs; knowledge of the personal sector/MSME landscape in Rwanda and East/Central Africa is strongly preferred.
- Experience and knowledge in the area of environment and climate-linked to economic growth and livelihoods
- Good understanding of the political climate and constraints faced by interventions, including some base knowledge and interest in learning more about MSME stakeholder priorities and business practices; the successful candidates will have practical experience navigating different organizational priorities and perspectives and effectively communicating programmatic decisions.
- Demonstrated experience leading and coordinating consultative planning processes that involve input from a range of experts and stakeholders toward strengthened evidence-based programming and decision-making.
- Strong adaptive management skills, including critical thinking, foresight, and vision to actively analyze program activities, challenge assumptions and make decisions.
- Demonstrated understanding of – and commitment to challenging – barriers that disadvantage the vulnerable, women, and youth and exclude them from economic opportunities.
- Strong interpersonal and communications skills in a multicultural environment, including experience building relationships and managing conflict with people from diverse backgrounds.
- Proven experience managing, influencing, and motivating teams and stakeholders (e.g., performance improvement, developing new and innovative business partnerships).
- Ability to work with tight deadlines while managing multiple tasks and programs.
- Ability to develop well-written, cohesive analyses and reports.
- Experience in leading/managing donor-funded programs required.
- Local candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree or MBA preferred
- Experience in managing market systems development program preferred
Required Languages:
- Fluency in English with excellent oral and written communication skills required.
- Proficiency in Kinyarwanda preferred.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Detail orientation, including strong organizational, analytical, and quantitative skills.
- Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other administrative applications.
- Strong private sector market orientation, entrepreneurial and innovative thinker.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Supervise mid-and 7 mid-and senior-level staff and strategically deployed internal and external short-term technical assistance. Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams desired.
Lead overall program strategy and adaptive management to ensure highest-impact interventions. Maintain collaborative solid and working relationships with donors, partners, and key stakeholders. Ensure that program objectives, outcomes, and deliverables are met on time and within budget and that financial, operational, and reporting requirements of the donor and TechnoServe are adhered to. Guide team to develop effective MEL plans, turn data into actionable insights to guide implementation, and disseminate results and learning. Develop and share internal and external program performance metrics. Manage the activities and performance of program staff, sub partner, internal short-term technical assistance personnel, and consultants, ensuring high-quality execution and delivery of program targets by the program work plan. Identity staff, partner, and stakeholder training needs and oversee staff capacity development, as required and appropriate. Supervise, mentor, and develop staff capacity to ensure program delivery, staff performance, and retention while overseeing the recruitment of new staff as needed. Manage budget for respective program work-streams, ensuring operational plans are aligned with program budgets. Monitor program expenditures and manage budget variances, realigning as required. Manage sub-partner relationships and program contributions and deliverables; provide ongoing staff performance feedback.
Detail orientation, including strong organizational, analytical, and quantitative skills. Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other administrative applications. Strong private sector market orientation, entrepreneurial and innovative thinker.
A Masters Degree +7 years of experience or Bachelor’s Degree + 10 years experience in development, business administration, economics, marketing, or related discipline. At least five years of post-graduate experience coordinating projects/programs that deliver multiple interventions that combine to stimulate sustained system change. Experience in implementing private sector or micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) development assistance programs; knowledge of the personal sector/MSME landscape in Rwanda and East/Central Africa is strongly preferred. Experience and knowledge in the area of environment and climate-linked to economic growth and livelihoods Good understanding of the political climate and constraints faced by interventions, including some base knowledge and interest in learning more about MSME stakeholder priorities and business practices; the successful candidates will have practical experience navigating different organizational priorities and perspectives and effectively communicating programmatic decisions. Demonstrated experience leading and coordinating consultative planning processes that involve input from a range of experts and stakeholders toward strengthened evidence-based programming and decision-making. Strong adaptive management skills, including critical thinking, foresight, and vision to actively analyze program activities, challenge assumptions and make decisions. Demonstrated understanding of – and commitment to challenging – barriers that disadvantage the vulnerable, women, and youth and exclude them from economic opportunities. Strong interpersonal and communications skills in a multicultural environment, including experience building relationships and managing conflict with people from diverse backgrounds. Proven experience managing, influencing, and motivating teams and stakeholders (e.g., performance improvement, developing new and innovative business partnerships). Ability to work with tight deadlines while managing multiple tasks and programs. Ability to develop well-written, cohesive analyses and reports. Experience in leading/managing donor-funded programs required. Local candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
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Vacancy title:
ReGenerate – Rwanda Program Director
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Management]
Jobs at:
TechnoServe
Deadline of this Job:
Saturday, July 19 2025
Duty Station:
Kigali | Kigali | Rwanda
Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, June 19 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
ReGenerate – Rwanda Program Director at TechnoServe
About TechnoServe:
Everyone deserves the opportunity to build a better future. This simple idea has been at the heart of TechnoServe’s work around the world for over 50 years. TechnoServe is a pioneer in leveraging the power of businesses and markets to create sustainable pathways out of poverty.
Kigali city job openings
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The low-income communities in which we work are full of enterprising people. Their small-scale farms and businesses are the keys to economic development. But they face many challenges: low literacy, lack of access to jobs and markets, unpredictable political dynamics, and, increasingly, the effects of climate change. For many women and young people, the challenges are even more daunting. Working with TechnoServe staff, people around the world are lifting themselves out of poverty. The results are amazing…when incomes increase and living conditions for families get better, they are able to access health care and education previously out of reach. Communities and even whole countries are better off.
Program Overview:
ReGenerate Rwanda is a program funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and implemented by TechnoServe in Rwanda. The program is set to run over five years, from 2023 to 2027.
Our Goal: We aim to sustainably increase the income of 30,000 individuals (70% of whom are women and youth) living in poverty in the Western and Southern regions of Rwanda.
Our Approach: Utilizing a market systems development strategy, the program is dedicated to identifying, catalyzing, and scaling systemic solutions.
We collaborate with private sector partners to:
- Develop business solutions that meet the unmet demand for essential products and services in the target regions.
- Prioritize inclusivity by integrating women and youth as central to this transformative growth.
- Transition toward regenerative economic models.
Rwanda tourism guide
By addressing the needs of the most remote and vulnerable households, the program aims to foster new local business opportunities and stimulate job creation.
Job Summary:
TechnoServe seeks a highly qualified Program Director to lead the overall implementation and management of the program. Based in Kigali with frequent travel to Western and Southern Rwanda, s/he will be responsible for providing strategic direction of the overall program; oversight of activities; developing work plans; overseeing the program budget, monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL); and donor reporting. S/he will continuously create operational efficiencies and drive innovations in delivery and will serve as the primary point of contact with the donor, ensuring that the program meets established objectives and targets.
Kigali city job openings
Rwanda tourism guide
Primary Functions & Responsibilities:
- Lead overall program strategy and adaptive management to ensure highest-impact interventions.
- Maintain collaborative solid and working relationships with donors, partners, and key stakeholders.
- Ensure that program objectives, outcomes, and deliverables are met on time and within budget and that financial, operational, and reporting requirements of the donor and TechnoServe are adhered to.
- Guide team to develop effective MEL plans, turn data into actionable insights to guide implementation, and disseminate results and learning.
- Develop and share internal and external program performance metrics.
- Manage the activities and performance of program staff, sub partner, internal short-term technical assistance personnel, and consultants, ensuring high-quality execution and delivery of program targets by the program work plan.
- Identity staff, partner, and stakeholder training needs and oversee staff capacity development, as required and appropriate.
- Supervise, mentor, and develop staff capacity to ensure program delivery, staff performance, and retention while overseeing the recruitment of new staff as needed.
- Manage budget for respective program work-streams, ensuring operational plans are aligned with program budgets.
- Monitor program expenditures and manage budget variances, realigning as required.
- Manage sub-partner relationships and program contributions and deliverables; provide ongoing staff performance feedback.
Required profile for job ad : Program Director, ReGenerate Rwanda
Essential Qualifications and Competencies:
- A Masters Degree +7 years of experience or Bachelor’s Degree + 10 years experience in development, business administration, economics, marketing, or related discipline.
- At least five years of post-graduate experience coordinating projects/programs that deliver multiple interventions that combine to stimulate sustained system change.
- Experience in implementing private sector or micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) development assistance programs; knowledge of the personal sector/MSME landscape in Rwanda and East/Central Africa is strongly preferred.
- Experience and knowledge in the area of environment and climate-linked to economic growth and livelihoods
- Good understanding of the political climate and constraints faced by interventions, including some base knowledge and interest in learning more about MSME stakeholder priorities and business practices; the successful candidates will have practical experience navigating different organizational priorities and perspectives and effectively communicating programmatic decisions.
- Demonstrated experience leading and coordinating consultative planning processes that involve input from a range of experts and stakeholders toward strengthened evidence-based programming and decision-making.
- Strong adaptive management skills, including critical thinking, foresight, and vision to actively analyze program activities, challenge assumptions and make decisions.
- Demonstrated understanding of – and commitment to challenging – barriers that disadvantage the vulnerable, women, and youth and exclude them from economic opportunities.
- Strong interpersonal and communications skills in a multicultural environment, including experience building relationships and managing conflict with people from diverse backgrounds.
- Proven experience managing, influencing, and motivating teams and stakeholders (e.g., performance improvement, developing new and innovative business partnerships).
- Ability to work with tight deadlines while managing multiple tasks and programs.
- Ability to develop well-written, cohesive analyses and reports.
- Experience in leading/managing donor-funded programs required.
- Local candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree or MBA preferred
- Experience in managing market systems development program preferred
Required Languages:
- Fluency in English with excellent oral and written communication skills required.
- Proficiency in Kinyarwanda preferred.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Detail orientation, including strong organizational, analytical, and quantitative skills.
- Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other administrative applications.
- Strong private sector market orientation, entrepreneurial and innovative thinker.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Supervise mid-and 7 mid-and senior-level staff and strategically deployed internal and external short-term technical assistance. Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams desired.
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