Project implementation technical intern at Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture

USAID/Rwanda Hinga Wunguke Activity

Recruitment of Paid Interns

1. CNFA

CNFA is a not-for-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., dedicated to stimulating economic growth in the agricultural sector and improving livelihoods by cultivating entrepreneurship. CNFA specializes in fostering private sector investments in training, innovative technologies, and marketing to increase the overall competitiveness of agricultural value chains and rural development, to increase people’s incomes, to develop skills in the rural workforce, and to facilitate exports.

2. Program Description USAID Feed the Future Hinga Wunguke Activity

The purpose of the USAID Feed the Future Hinga Wunguke Activity (Hinga Wunguke) is to support increased agriculture productivity and income, access to finance and markets, and access and consumption of nutritious food products in Rwanda, while increasing the resilience of the agriculture and food systems to the changing climate. To achieve this goal, the Activity will sustainably increase agricultural productivity, increase access to finance for farmers and agribusinesses, improve producers’ nutrition and market outcomes, and strengthen the enabling environment to foster market-driven outcomes in agriculture.

To achieve program objectives Hinga Wunguke will deploy recruit interns across all Activity components.  Hinga Wunguke goals will be achieved more cost-effectively with the support of interns and young women and men including those with disability, who can handle a variety of routine and repetitive tasks which frees up program staff for more important work.

In addition, the CNFA Hinga Wunguke internship program will provide youth with the inclusive opportunity to gain valuable work experience, build occupational competences, deepen technical skills and improve their capacity to work.

The goal is for each internship to provide cost-effective resources to CNFA in program implementation, in order to attain its objectives at a reasonable cost. Through this internship program, Hinga Wunguke will give the intern the opportunity for career exploration and development, and to learn new skills in market systems development thinking.

The Hinga Wunguke Zone of Influence includes the following target districts: Bugesera, Ngoma, Kayonza, Gatsibo, Gakenke, Burera, Nyabihu, Rubavu, Rutsiro, Ngororero, Karongi, Nyamasheke, and Nyamagabe. 

3. Project implementation technical intern Position Description.

The Hinga Wunguke offers a wide range of internships in various project implementation fields, including agriculture productivity, Nutrition and market systems development, Post harvest handling, grants management. The intern, based in Hinga Wunguke field offices namely Nyamagabe, Karongi, Musanze and Kayonza, will support activities and learn from all these projects components to gain practical experience.

Qualifications requirements for the Project Technical implementation intern:

• Degree in Finance.
• Degree in accounting
• Degree in Management
• Degree in Agriculture Economics
• Degree in Agribusiness
• Degree in Mechanical engineering
• Degree in Post harvest Technology
• Degree in Human Nutrition and related fields
• Degree in Gender studies
• Degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or related field

4. Eligibility

The Hinga Wunguke Internship Program is a youth inclusion strategy and under the CNFA program applicants will be considered based on the criteria below.

• Male and female individuals between 18 to 30 years old (age limit may vary depending on the position).
• National of any country eligible to be in Rwanda ( a working permit is required for foreigners).
• Have graduated within the past 5 years.
• Have a strong academic background in a relevant field
• Be fluent in English.
• Have no conflict of interest with CNFA.
• All offers of internship positions are subject to a satisfactory reference check by CNFA.
• Each professional development goal needs to be matched with each internship opportunity.
• Affirmative action principles will be applied for those persons with disabilities across the intern's recruitment process. In this context the recruitment committee can bypass some eligibility criteria to attract and ensure representation of those people with disabilities who may choose to apply.

Other requirements:

• Each interested intern should have his/her own laptop to use during the internship 

5. Place of Performance

The location of duty performance is the Hinga Wunguke Zone of Influence.

Interns will be based in Hinga Wunguke field offices namely Nyamagabe, Karongi, Musanze and Kayonza. Kindly specify the district or office of preference where needed during your application. 

6. Application Instructions 

Interested applicants fulfilling the above-mentioned criteria are invited to submit their application documents through the "Apply" Button by “ filling out the application form carefully ” not later than February 2, 2024, at 6:00 PM.

Interview Process: If your application is shortlisted, you may be invited for an interview.

Notification of Selection: If selected for an internship, you will receive an official offer letter outlining the terms and conditions of the internship.