The National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB) would like to recruit self-motivated and qualified candidates to fill the following position.

Post: Planning Specialist

Job Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Project Management, Development studies, Business Administration or related field with a minimum of five (5) years working experience in the related field or
• Master’s degree in Economics, Project Management, Development studies, Business Administration or related field with a minimum of three (3 years working experience in the related field.

Under the direct supervision of the Division Manager Planning, the Planning Specialist will perform the following duties & Responsibilities:

1. Prepare Institutional policies, strategies, and plans:

• Supporting the planning DM to prepare institutional policies and strategies;
• Preparing of institutional annual action plans with set targets;
• Conducting budget allocations in collaboration with finance department;
• Preparation of annual, mid-term and long –term plans and targets for the institutions and budgeting of activities.
• Institutional action planning, preparation of project documents and budgeting of activities.
• Establish the performance indicators of the programs and activities;
• Develop and strengthen relationships with stakeholders and organize meetings for annual reviews and reviews at the end of programs.

2. Coordinate the budget preparation

• Review the consolidated budget from different units;
• Ensure the linkage between the plans and the budgets;
• Prepare the Medium-Term expenditures Framework (MTEF) of the Institution;
• Monitor, Evaluate and Report
• Analyze the reports on programs implementation and evaluate results of programs and projects;
• Review and coordinate the consolidated annual reports on budget execution and performance reports.

3. Organizing learning and capacity building

• Provide regular feedback to the Management to improve the quality of documents at their source;
• Maintain a list/database to track the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Reporting (PMER) capacities of all staff;
• Contribute to training on good Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Reporting (PMER) practices of all staff.
• Follow up and monitor all processes related to Results based Management.

Key Competences

• Knowledge of results-based management, logical framework approach, strategic planning processes and tools;
• Knowledge of strategic planning;
• Knowledge of organizational structure workflow and operation procedures;
• Computer skills;
• Organizational skills;
• Communication skills;
• High analytical skills;
• Time management skills;
• Team working skills;
• Fluent in Kinyarwanda, English and/or French; knowledge of all is an added advantage.