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.
A multitude of innovative ideas in the agri-food sector are waiting to be identified and further developed and implemented with partners. The Fund for the Promotion of Innovations in Agriculture (i4Ag) of the special initiative “Transformation Agriculture and food Systems”, which is implemented for the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, works towards this end.
The fund´s individual measure “Sustainable Mechanization of Value Chains through Innovative, Gender-Sensitive Business Models” is implemented jointly with Volkswagen and the Machinery Rings Foundation in Kenya and Rwanda with the objective that enterprises put innovative, sustainable solutions in the fields of mechanization and energy into value. By combining expertise on sustainable business models of mechanisation, innovations in e-mobility, external energy supply and capacity building on climate-resilient agriculture, the measure has the potential to become a role model for scaling up to the entire region.
The position, allocated within GIZ Rwanda’s Cluster on Climate, Energy and Sustainable Urban Development, will be responsible for supporting the technical implementation of the Rwandan component of the project, while closely cooperating with the project partners. The project is searching for two candidates for the position of Junior Advisor.
Candidate Profile

Responsibilities
• Support both GIZ and Machinery Rings in the implementation of the project activities.
• Provide technical advice to project partners and beneficiaries in the field of mechanization, crop production and agricultural value chains.
• Support in the organization of multi-stakeholder-consultations, field days and demonstrations, capacity development workshops and trainings in cooperation with project partners, especially Machinery Rings and Volkswagen, as well as external service providers.
• Support in Monitoring and Evaluation activities of the project.

Tasks
Core tasks
• Support the Project Manager and technical team in Rwanda in general project planning including preparation and organization of activities and their implementation, quality management, monitoring, evaluation, communication, and documentation.
• Support Machinery Rings in the organization of their capacity building programme (including trainings and field demonstrations), and coordinate GIZ’s contribution to these activities.
• Provide technical assistance and advise on crop and soil management.
• Collect and analyze field data to support agronomic reports and recommendations.
• Support Volkswagen in the identification of value chains and agricultural services needed for the Empowerment Hub.
• Support the project manager and Machinery Rings to regularly update the GIZ’s monitoring platform, including quality assurance.
• Assist in data entry, analysis, and preparation of reports on field activities.
• Support Machinery Rings to assess the impact of various agricultural technologies on crop performance.
• Provide logistical and technical support in the organization of multi stakeholder workshops, events, as well as regular coordination meetings with project partners.

Qualifications and professional experience
• Bachelor degree or equivalent in the field of agricultural mechanization, crop production, agricultural sciences or similar. Enrollment in an academic institution is possible, with the condition that the applicant finds himself/herself in the last year of her/his studies and has completed all academic courses.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively complex topics in written form
• Strong conceptual and analytical skills
• Ability to work in an international team setting and flexibility
• Fluent written and oral Kinyarwanda and English

Other knowledge and additional competences
• Very good working knowledge of ICT technologies (related software, phone, email, the internet) and computer applications (e.g., MS Office, Teams, Outlook)
• Willingness to perform weekly field work in Gashora, Bugesera as well as presential office work in GIZ offices in Kigali.