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6 Job Positions of Entrepreneurship Development and Business Promotion/Team Leader at City of Kigali (COK): (Deadline 12 February 2026)

Responsibilities or duties

Duties and responsibilities: – Coordinate the implementation, monitoring and evaluation, reporting of the team, supervise all staff therein and instil the practice of knowledge management; – Coordinate the implementation of the City of Kigali’s strategies or plans meant to monitor the localized implementation of national policies in the sector and ensure the implementation of City of Kigali Council’s decisions in the district, pertaining to urban economic development; – Ensure direct technical working relationships of the team with KESC, Investment and Revenue Generation Team at City of Kigali head office, Investment & Revenue Generation Team, Economic Development & Resource Generation at sector level; BDF, YEGO Centres and Business Development Centres, etc.; – Coordinate campaigns meant to raise local population and key players’ awareness on existing opportunities and potential to attract investors in the sector; – Produce analytical reports on urban economic development environment in the sector; – Implement the City of Kigali’s strategy and programs for the promotion of co-operatives, MSMEs and Employment at the Sector level; – Promote the creation and development of new trading centres or markets in the sector; – Identify, map and promote tourism and business opportunities available in the Sector; – Coordinate campaigns meant to promote savings, and undertake advocacy action to promote networking and build synergies with micro credit and saving organizations to facilitate local population to access finances; – Facilitate gathering data related to the employment status within the sector; – Oversee the implementation of business development advisory services at Sector Level; – Gather, consolidate and update aggregated and disaggregated data related to the employment status within the District; – Maintain an updated database of Economic Development & Resource Generation information in the sector and produce regular analytical reports on the same in the sector; – Perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

Bachelors in Project Management

Bachelor’s Degree in Management

Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies

Bachelor’s Degree in Entrepreneurship

Bachelor’s Degree in Rural Development

Public Finance

Bachelor’s Degree in Community Development

Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture

Bachelor’s in Business Administration

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics

Entrepreneurship and Cooperative Management

Experience needed

2 Years of relevant experience

Any other provided details (e.g., benefits, work environment, team info, or additional notes)

• Required competencies and key technical skills
• Decision making skills
• Time management skills
• Digital literacy skills
• Knowledge of government policy-making processes
• Risk Resource management skills
• Effective communication skills
• Organizational Skills
• Analytical, problem-solving and critical thinking skills
• Team working Skills
• Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and / or French; knowledge of all is an advantage
• Extensive knowledge in Entrepreneurship, Cooperatives, and Business Promotion
• Analytical skills;
• Result oriented
• Problem solving skills;

Psychometric Languages

• English
• Français

• Coordinate the implementation, monitoring and evaluation, reporting of the team, supervise all staff therein and instil the practice of knowledge management
• Coordinate the implementation of the City of Kigali’s strategies or plans meant to monitor the localized implementation of national policies in the sector and ensure the implementation of City of Kigali Council’s decisions in the district, pertaining to urban economic development
• Ensure direct technical working relationships of the team with KESC, Investment and Revenue Generation Team at City of Kigali head office, Investment & Revenue Generation Team, Economic Development & Resource Generation at sector level; BDF, YEGO Centres and Business Development Centres, etc.
• Coordinate campaigns meant to raise local population and key players’ awareness on existing opportunities and potential to attract investors in the sector
• Produce analytical reports on urban economic development environment in the sector
• Implement the City of Kigali’s strategy and programs for the promotion of co-operatives, MSMEs and Employment at the Sector level
• Promote the creation and development of new trading centres or markets in the sector
• Identify, map and promote tourism and business opportunities available in the Sector
• Coordinate campaigns meant to promote savings, and undertake advocacy action to promote networking and build synergies with micro credit and saving organizations to facilitate local population to access finances
• Facilitate gathering data related to the employment status within the sector
• Oversee the implementation of business development advisory services at Sector Level
• Gather, consolidate and update aggregated and disaggregated data related to the employment status within the District
• Maintain an updated database of Economic Development & Resource Generation information in the sector and produce regular analytical reports on the same in the sector
• Perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor

• Decision making skills
• Time management skills
• Digital literacy skills
• Knowledge of government policy-making processes
• Risk Resource management skills
• Effective communication skills
• Organizational Skills
• Analytical, problem-solving and critical thinking skills
• Team working Skills
• Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and / or French; knowledge of all is an advantage
• Extensive knowledge in Entrepreneurship, Cooperatives, and Business Promotion
• Analytical skills
• Result oriented
• Problem solving skills
• Psychometric

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics
• Bachelors in Project Management
• Bachelor’s Degree in Management
• Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies
• Bachelor’s Degree in Entrepreneurship
• Bachelor’s Degree in Rural Development
• Public Finance
• Bachelor’s Degree in Community Development
• Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture
• Bachelor’s in Business Administration
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics
• Intrepreneurship and Cooperative Management