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• Managing activities of the program “Creating Perspectives: Business
  for Development” in Uganda and Rwanda
• Ensuring service delivery for involved companies, stakeholders and
  partners in both countries and the programs network in Germany
• Innovation and knowledge management together with the team and EABC,
  Federation of German Industries (BDI) and its members.

• Assists partners and program team in selection of/maintaining
  relations with companies participating in the program
• Analyses and advises the companies chosen from the country chapters
  together with the team of consultants and staff of affiliated business
  associations
• Develops an implementation plan for each selected company and/or
  cluster together with consultants and the program manager
• Organizes trainings, workshops and other events of the program that
  take place in Kampala, Kigali
• Regularly gives feedback on the experiences and results and suggests
  necessary changes.
• Handling the administration with GIZ Offices in both countries.
• Networking and cooperation
• Supports cooperation, regular contact and dialogue with partners of
  the program
• Assists with PR and communication work
• Applying digital solutions for performing the tasks in the region
• Cooperates with individuals from public and private sector in the
  program environment and with other stakeholders in related fields.

• Ensures knowledge transfer to colleagues especially towards the
  knowledge management of the program
• Draws up reports and presentation documents
• Prepares appropriate input for various program reports including
  annual reports and contributes to the other reports required by the
  program manager and GIZ Head Office assists with research activities and
  studies on political issues.

• Assists with general program planning and develops program concepts
  including preparation, organisation and moderation of planning exercises
  and their implementation.
• Coordinates relevant program activities at local level in
  consultation with the manager and in cooperation with the partners, both
  as regards implementation and preparing organizational aspects
• Compiles the relevant information for joint activities and
  assignments; addressing new ideas
• Handles order management on behalf of GIZ (e.g. offer preparation,
  impact monitoring, project progress review, reporting).
• Other duties/additional tasks
• Performs other duties and tasks at the request by the Program
  Manager, located in Arusha.

• The ideal candidate must hold a Masters – MSc in Economics,
  Commerce, Entrepreneurship or other related field from a recognised
  University.
• MBA is an asset
• Five years of professional experience in a comparable position,
  preferably from business consulting/associations and/or experience from a
  private sector company with SMEs is an added advantage.
• Working experience with the private sector companies (SMEs)
• Experience with SME Finance
• Good working knowledge of ICT (related software, phone, email, the
  internet) and computer applications (e.g. MS Office).
• Working knowledge about GIZ, German Development Cooperation and EAC;
  SME finance/accountability
• Performance/result orientation in building capacity of enterprises
  is paramount
• Very good knowledge of written and spoken English, knowledge of
  Kinyarwanda, French would be an added advantage.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills and strong
  intercultural competencies.
• High degree of self-motivation, organisational skills,
  events/training management and team spirit.
• Attitude: self/and sales-driven, ability to work in a decentralized
  team, diplomatic
• Willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed.

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