Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Managing Director (MD)
Rwanda Institute of Cooperatives, Entrepreneurship, and Microfinance (RICEM), Kigali, Rwanda
Job description
Background:
RICEM is a technical and vocational institute for Cooperatives, Entrepreneurship, and Microfinance owned by the National Cooperatives Confederation of Rwanda (NCCR) and the Association of Microfinance Institutions in Rwanda (AMIR). It was established in June 2013 as a project under MINICOM and on 13th September 2018, it was handed over to RICEM Company owned by NCCR and AMIR.
From its inception, RICEM has the mission to provide capacity building and other business advisory services to Cooperatives, SMEs, MFIs, and other financial institutions through training, skills transfer, Consultancy, research, and Technical support.
RICEM is being restructured and looking for a new Managing Director.
To be a really sustainable answer to the professionalization of those three pillars, RICEM would like to recruit a High-Profile Candidate who fulfills the Job Profile below.
Essential Job Functions:
Reporting to the Board of Directors, the MD manages the overall strategic planning and budget of RICEM’s activities, liaises with Government and donor entities, represents RICEM to the Government and the public and oversees RICEM’s staff. .

Roles and responsibilities:
• Coordination of the activities of RICEM’s three pillars of Cooperatives, Entrepreneurship, and Microfinance
• Regular evaluation of the project progress through established monitoring and evaluation instruments
• Planning of RICEM’s activities according to its vision and mission, government and donor requirements and in the alignment of the activities with relevant national/regional development strategies
• Regular reporting to the Board of RICEM
• Financial management and resource mobilization, including partner management
• Management of RICEM’s staff, including recruitment, performance management and capacity development of employees
• Advocacy for RICEM in relevant sectors and representing it towards Government and private sector stakeholders.
• Keeping up and building strong, reliable relations with relevant entities engaged in entrepreneurship, or the cooperative and microfinance sector
• Other activities if relevant to the successful performance of RICEM

Job Skills: Not Specified

Required qualifications:
• Master’s degree in any development (Studies), Economics, business management or any other related discipline
• At least 5 years of previous work experience in a similar position, preferably with demonstrated leadership experience;
• Having a leadership experience in a high education institute or a vocational training center would be an added value
• Experience in a senior position related to one of the three pillars of RICEM is also an added advantage.
• Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English, and French is a must
• Proven management skills, while demonstrating innovation, creativity, and leadership with a vision and dynamic leadership approach
• Previous experience in fundraising and resource mobilization
• Good understanding of the business environment in African countries
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills; very good communication, presentation, and negotiation skills
• Passion and ownership for the topics of RICEM
• Ability to use considerable judgment, initiative, and independence
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and professionalism

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

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Job application procedure
How to apply:
Please submit a current resume, a cover letter highlighting relevant past experience and why you are interested in working at RICEM, and relevant references and certificates via email as PDF to ricem.company@gmail.com 
Subject: MD RICEM
Application Deadline: Monday, June 17th, 2019 at 12 pm.
Mr.Q Ignace MUSANGAMFURA
Chairman/RICEM

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