Project Manager, YEA-R Program
Afro Ark | Post type: Jobs September 18, 2025 - Deadline 21/09/2025 | NumberOfPosition [1]

Afro Ark Overview

Afro Ark is a women-led organization founded in 2018 to address challenges faced by women, girls, and children in Rwanda and the rest of Africa. Inspired by the Sustainable Development goals (SDGs 2016-2030), The African Union Agenda 2063 and Rwanda’s Vision 2050

Terms of Reference (ToR) – Project Officer, YEA-R Program

Position Title: Project Manager

Locations: Kigali with frequent travel to project districts (Nyamasheke, Ngororero, Musanze, Rutsiro, and Bugesera)
Reports to: Executive Director
Contract Type: Fixed-Term (Renewable)
Application Deadline: 21st September 2025

About the YEA-R Program

Afro Ark is a consortium partner in the Youth Entrepreneurship in Agriculture in Rwanda (YEA-R) Program, funded by the Mastercard Foundation and led by SNV Netherlands Development Organisation. The five-year program aims to create 40,000 dignified and fulfilling work opportunities for youth (70% women, 5% persons with disabilities) in Rwanda’s poultry and horticulture value chains. Through three interlinked pathways; skills building, market linkage, and empowerment. YEA-R equips youth with technical, entrepreneurial, and leadership skills to thrive in the agrifood sector.

This position supports Pathway 3: Empowerment, Voice & Agency, which focuses on gender equality, social inclusion (GESI), and building youth leadership and agency within the agricultural ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

Program Leadership & Coordination

- - Provide overall leadership and coordination of Afro Ark’s YEA-R activities across assigned districts.
  - Ensure program implementation is aligned with Afro Ark’s mission, donor requirements, and consortium standards.
  - Supervise and mentor Project Officers and field teams.
  - Represent Afro Ark in consortium, partner, and district-level coordination meetings.

Financial Oversight & Compliance

- - Prepare and monitor budgets, expenditure plans, and financial reports for YEA-R activities.
  - Ensure compliance with donor and Afro Ark financial policies, including cost control, documentation, and timely reporting.
  - Work closely with the Finance Officer to track spending against budgets and ensure funds are efficiently utilized.
  - Identify financial risks and recommend mitigation measures.

Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting

- - Oversee project reporting, ensuring quality, accuracy, and compliance with donor requirements.
  - Support data collection, analysis, and integration of gender-disaggregated indicators.
  - Document success stories, challenges, and lessons learned for donor and stakeholder reporting.

Capacity Building & Technical Support

- - Guide Project Officers and community facilitators in implementing empowerment, leadership, and GESI activities.
  - Support the delivery of training for youth, women, and persons with disabilities in leadership, entrepreneurship, and advocacy.
  - Promote safeguarding and gender-sensitive approaches in all interventions.

Stakeholder & Community Engagement

- - Build and maintain partnerships with district authorities, civil society, and private sector actors.
  - Strengthen collaboration with youth groups, cooperatives, and SMEs.
  - Act as Afro Ark’s focal point in consortium-level strategy and learning platforms.

Required Qualifications

Master’s degree (preferred) or Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Development Studies, Gender Studies, Agriculture, Business Administration, or related field.
Minimum of 5 years’ progressive experience in project management, preferably in youth/women empowerment, GESI, or agricultural development programs.
Proven experience in budgeting, financial management, and donor-funded project reporting.
Strong skills in team leadership, coordination, and partnership management.
Familiarity with participatory approaches such as Human-Centered Design.
Fluency in Kinyarwanda and strong working knowledge of English (French is an added advantage).
Willingness to travel frequently to field districts.

Desirable Skills

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Ability to handle sensitive gender-related and safeguarding issues with integrity.
Excellent communication and representation skills with donors and government stakeholders.

Application Instructions

Qualified candidates are invited to submit their applications including:

A cover letter
Curriculum Vitae (max 3 pages)
Copies of academic and professional certificates
At least two references (one of them must be a former direct supervisor)

Submit applications by email to the form: https://forms.gle/usjXetU3H2mpDfzn9

In case of any inquiries please email us on: humanresource@afroark.org cc: arkrwan3@gmail.com

Note: Women, persons with disabilities, and youth from the listed districts are strongly encouraged to apply. Young women are highly encouraged to apply.

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