Numerous Job Vacancies at MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC PLANNING in Kigali Rwanda 2014

Numerous Job Vacancies at MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC PLANNING in Kigali Rwanda 2014

REPUBLIC OF RWANDA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC PLANNING

P.O. Box: 158 Kigali

Tel: +250 252 575756

Fax: +250 252 577581

JOB ADVERTISEMENT

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning inspires to become a competent and efficient Ministry that generates sound and visionary economic policies that promotes best practices in strategic planning through hiring competent workforce that will lead to the achievement of the Ministry’s mandate.
It is in line with the above that MINECOFIN intends to recruit best candidates on the following positions:

Post 1: Private Sector Financing Expert (1) (Re-Advertised)

Reporting to the Director of External Resource Mobilization Unit, the Private Sector Financing Expert will be responsible for:

Mobilize resources for private sector particular Lines of Credit and other financing opportunities from Bilateral or multilateral agencies in favour of Rwanda private sector;
Provide regular reports on financing constraints on financing of private sector in Rwanda;
Analyse information on the status of strategic investments by private sector and suggest the possible sources of financing;
Acting as a liaison with MINAFFET and Central Bank on data relating to remittances to understand the trends and suggest the improvement;
Acting as a liaison with RDB on private sector investments and promoting synergy in facilitating the private investments;
Link to Private Sector Actors to available financing opportunities and share information regularly on these opportunities to the private sector;
Ensure recording of external private inflows are recorded in the DAD regularly;
Participate in monitoring the trends of the Rwanda’s capital market and organize International Bond issuance whenever the need be.

Qualification and Experience:

A Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Management, Finance, Business Administration or any related field with at least 3 years of proven experience, having a Masters degree in the above areas will be an advantage.

Skills and Competencies:

Ability to deliver results in challenging environments under tight deadlines;
A creative and entrepreneurial approach to overcoming barriers and making change happen;
High levels of enthusiasm, resilience, and a can-do attitude;
Excellent communication skills with advanced capacity to write reports in English and a good knowledge of French;
Demonstrated ability to achieve goals while respecting tight deadlines.

Post 2 : SCBI – Analyst in the Advisory Unit (2) (Re-Advertised)

Duration of Contract: 1 year renewable

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting to the Advisor to the Minister, the Analyst in the Advisory Unit will be responsible for:

Progressively assume responsibility for the management of Issues In the Minister’s office related to the Analyst’s assigned sector, such as macro-economic, financial development and public finance management;
Rapidly and systematically analyse information, identify key issues and prepare recommendations;
Validate proposed recommendations through consultations with staff within and beyond the Ministry;
Provide validated recommendations for Executive Management decision making in the form of written/ verbal communication;
Support the Ministry in meeting its strategic objectives through effective coordination internally and with external stakeholders;
Analyse information on the status of strategic investments, liaise with project teams, and identify key risks to delivery;
Provide recommendations for Executive Management decision making to support the delivery of strategic investments;

Qualification and Experience:

A Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Management, Finance, Business Administration or any related field with at least 3 years of proven experience, having a Masters degree in the above areas will be an advantage.

Skills and Competencies:

Ability to deliver results’ in complex and challenging environments under tight deadlines;
A creative and entrepreneurial approach to overcoming barriers and making change happen;
High levels of enthusiasm, resilience, and a can-do attitude;
Excellent communication skills with advanced capacity to write reports in English and a good knowledge of French;
Demonstrated ability to achieve goals while respecting tight deadlines.

Post 3: IFMIS Local Software Developer (2) (Re-Advertised)

Duration of Contract: 1 year renewable.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the IFMIS Manager, the IFMIS Local Software-Developer will be responsible for:

Design, documentation and development of system functionalities
Develop unit and system testing cases and scripts, test and reports test results
Work closely with system developers on various design, development, documentation and testing activities
Ensure MINECOFIN IT security policy appliance in SmartFMS software development lifecycle
Maintain various database related documents such as manuals and programmers handbooks including developing IFMIS user unit tailored manuals, where necessary.
Communicating regularly with technical, applications and operational staff to ensure database integrity and security;
Working closely with IT team, database programmers and developers;
Analyse and develop statutory and analytical reports for various modules of IFMIS.

Qualification and Experience

Bachelors’ degree In Information Technology (IT) or related discipline such as Computer Science, and IT ap.. plied in management specialized in Software Development, Java J2ee, and Struts framework development with at least 3 years experience. Possession of a relevant post graduate qualification with 2 years experience will be an added advantage.

Skills and Competencies

Knowledgeable about IT and web applications
Interested in keeping up to date with changing technology.
Understand the laws regarding privacy and data storage
Knowledge and experience in mobile applications development will be an advantage.
Prior experience in the successful development of application build, testing, implementation and quality assurance activities of automated financial management systems will be an advantage.
Dynamic and proactive individual with the ability to produce technical work plans and monitor performance against them
Strong track record in performance management is vital (setting targets, monitoring delivery, planning)
Having a good grasp of Data Structures and Algorithms;
Adequate and Practical knowledge of Relational Database Technologies through additional Professional Training in Advanced Database Systems (ORACLE, DB 2, Informix, Postgres, SQL Server) and practical experience
Adequate and Practical knowledge of Web 2.0 technologies through additional Professional Training and practical experience
Being able to work hard under stressful situations
Being teachable and a quick learner in Software Technologies

Post 4: Administrative Assistant to the Government Chief Economist (1) (Re-Advertised)

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting to the Director General of General, the Administrative Assistant to the Government Chief Economist will be responsible for:

Support the Government Chief Economist’s Office on Administration issues;
Receive, select and prioritize urgent documents before submission to the Government Chief Economist;
Records and file all soft and hard copies of document of the office;
Organize and updating the Government Chief Economist diary;
Coordinating logistics for the Government Chief Economist travels;
Liaise with Directors and assist in the preparation and scheduling of different meetings;
Prepare and handle all official correspondences in close collaboration with other staff in the unit;
Responsible for handling visitors of the Government Chief Economist;
Ensure proper filling of dossier and document of the Government Chief Economist
Handle Incoming calls;
Recording files and documents returned by the Government Chief Economist;
Carry out any other duties assigned by the Government Chief Economist.

Qualification and Experience

A Diploma in Secretarial Services, Office Administration and Management Business Administration or Management from a recognised university with at least 2 years working experience; in a government institution will be an added advantage;

Skills and Competencies

Highly experienced and self motivated person with integrity
Proactive with ability to take initiatives
Ability to work under pressure
A team player with good interpersonal skills;
Good oral and written communication skills;
Proficiency in MS Office suite of packages;
Ability to handle a wide variety of people;
High degree of self motivation and ability to work independently.

Post 5: Secretary in the Central Secretariat (1) (Re-Advertised)

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting to the Head of Central Secretariat, the Secretary in Central Secretariat will be responsible for:

Managing incoming and outgoing correspondences;
Managing courier software (DMS) and producing daily and Weekly flash reports of all the couriers re-ceived and dispatched;
Receiving, sorting and recording all incoming correspondence/ documents;
Dispatching incoming correspondence to respective destination;
Proper filing and storage of dossiers returned to the central secretariat.
Receiving, sorting, recording and stamping all out going correspondence/ documents;
Dispatching all outgoing correspondences to respective destination;
Making copies and timely filing of all the copies of the out going couriers Proper filing and storage of dossiers returned to the Central Secretariat;

Qualification and Experience

A Diploma in Secretariat Services, Office Administration and Management, Business Administration, Social sciences or law from a recognised university in a busy organization will be an added advantage;

Skills and Competencies

Good oral and written communication skills;
Fluency in English and/or French with working knowledge of the other language;
Proficiency in MS Office suite of packages.
A good team player with good interpersonal skills
Strong English/French (oral and written) communication skills; working Knowledge of both is an added advantage
Strong IT skills, particularly (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Post 6: Legal Advisor (1)

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting to the Treasury Counsel, the Legal Advisor will be responsible for:

Participating in the legislative drafting and presentation of draft laws before the Parliament;
Draft or assist in the drafting of contracts and agreements;
Ensure that all guidelines and other legal written material are prepared and presented to users in the most appropriate manner;
Advise on business transactions and possible issues and disputes;
Participate in the settlement of disputes in an efficient and effective manner;
Carrying out legal research;
Prepare legal briefs and opinions;
Performing any other duties assigned by the Hierarchy.

Qualification and Experience

A Bachelor’s degree in law or related field from a recognised university with at least 5 years working experience as lawyer in a reputable organisation; having a Masters degree in the above fields with 3 years working experiences will be an added advantages.

Skills and Competencies

Strong analytical skills;
Good planning and organising skills;
Train data staff in analysis, excel and eport writing skills.
Commitment to quality;
A team player with good interpersonal skills and communication skills;
Proficient in MS Office suite of packages especially excel;
Fluency in French and/or English with a working knowledge of the other language

Post 7 : Treasury Operation Expert (2)

Duration of Contract for 1 post: 1 year renewable.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting to the Deputy Accountant General in charge of Treasury Management, the Treasury Operation Expert will be responsible for :

Carrying out regulatory control on the payment orders in view of approving and effecting their pay-ment;
Transmitting the payment vouchers approved to BNR for payment;
Verifying the balance between the revenue and expenditure in order to establish an equilibrium be-tween the two;
Receiving and recording payment vouchers;
Carrying out verifications on the payment vouchers;
Approving payment vouchers and transmitting them for signature to the director of treasury;
Establishing signed-delivery payment vouchers;
Verifying movements in the government accounts;
Verifying effected payments in all government-managed accounts.
Performing any other duties as assigned by the Deputy AG.

Qualification and Experience

A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Management, Accounting or Economics from a recognised university with at least 3 years working experience in Financial Management in a reputable organisation; having a Masters degree in the above subjects will be an added advantages.

Skills and Competencies

Strong analytical skills;
Good planning and organising skills;
Commitment to quality;
A team player with good interpersonal skills;
Highly developed oral and written communication skills;
Proficient in MS Office suite of packages especially excel;
Good communication with the macro modelling and analysis staff is required.
Be flexible with independent time management so to ensure learning on the job.
Fluency in French and/or English with a working knowledge of the other language.

Post 8: Central Government Internal Auditor (1)

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting to the Chief Internal Auditor, the Central Government Internal Auditor will be responsible for:

Carrying out audits, in central government, that evaluate the controls over revenues, expenditures, assets and liabilities designed to optimise the economical and efficient use of resources and effectiveness of operations;
Reviewing the existing or new information systems to assess the quality of controls and the relevance and reliability of the systems output;
Assessing whether current controls are adequate to manage identified risks and provide assurance on the adequacy and effectiveness of risk management practices;
Auditing of programmes and functions to help improve efficiency and ensuring that governance, management and control systems are operating effectively;
Carrying out compliance audits which examine adherence to any policy, contractual, regulatory and legislative requirements;
Conduct investigative assignments to assess any allegations of wrongdoing orbreaches of government standards of conduct;
Providing advisory services, participating in significant initiatives and priorities and providing solutions to financial and other control issues;
Reviewing the responses of management to audit recommendations and monitoring the implementation of recommendations
Performing any other duties assigned by the chief government internal auditor.

Qualification and Experience

A Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, auditing or a related field’ from a recognised university; Qualified CPA, ACCA or equivalent is highly desirable; with at least 3 years Of practical experience in auditing in a government institution or a reputable busy institution.

Skills and Competencies

Ability to conduct value for money audits is desirable;
Strong analytical and problem solving skills;
Good planning and organising skills;
Commitment to quality and attention to detail;
Good oral and written communication skills;
Able to demonstrate flexibility and adapt easily to a changing environment;
Be result-oriented and demonstrate integrity;
Fluency in French and /or English with a working knowledge of the other language;
Proficient in MS Office suite of packages.

Post 9 : Accountant (1)

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting to the Director of Finance and Logistics, the Accountant will be responsible for:

Maintaining a cash book for MINECOFIN bank Accounts
Preparing a monthly Bank Reconciliation Statement
Preparation of MINECOFIN Financial reports as required by the law e.g.
Recording Bank operations and establishing a monthly balance
Preparing a monthly Bank Reconciliation Statement
Maintaining the petty cash book based on the documents provided by the credit officer.
Making entries of the ministry’s revenue and expenditure into the accounting software.
Preparing financial statements as required by law i.e
Statement of revenue and expenditure
Statements of net assets
Producing periodically the Accounting Situation of Fixed Assets
Keeping records on revenues and expenditures of the ministry.
Performing any other duties as assigned by the Director of Finance and Logistics Unit.

Qualification and Experience

A Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, Finance, or Accounting from a recognised university with at least 3 years working experience in a reputable organisation; having a Masters degree in the above subjects will be an added advantages.

Skills and Competencies

Qualified CPA, ACCA or equivalent is highly desirable;
Proficient in accounting software-Pastel and MS Word, Excel and Spread sheet;
Good problem solving and analytical skills;
Good planning and organisational skills with the ability to effectively prioritise tasks and responsibilities;
Commitment to quality;
Be result oriented and demonstrate integrity;
Good interpersonal skills;
Fluency in English and/or French with a working knowledge of the other language.

How To Apply

Candidates applying for the above positions shall fill the application forms available at www.minecofin.gov.rw or www.psc.qov.rw. The filled application forms will be accompanied by a detailed CV, a photocopy of the required degree and a copy of the Identity Card will be submitted to Central Secretariat at 4^th Floor/N1INE-COFIN Building. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.,

The deadline for application will be on 10^th January 2014 at 17:00.