Capacity Building Supervisors

Background 

The Office of the Auditor General (OAG) is Rwanda's Supreme Audit Institution. It derives its mandate from Articles 166 and 167 of the Constitution of the Republic of Rwanda. This mandate is detailed in the law N° 79/2013 of 11/09/2013, determining the mission, organisation and functioning of the Office of the Auditor General of State Finances. The Office has legal personality, financial and administrative autonomy.

OAG is responsible for the followings:

1. Auditing and reporting on accounts of all public entities, local administrative entities, public enterprises, parastatal organisations and projects;
2. Conducting financial, compliance, performance (economy, efficiency and effectiveness) and special audits in respect of expenditure in all institutions referred to above;
3. Conducting accountability, management and strategic audits of accounts in the institutions mentioned above.

OAG offers great opportunities for career growth, training and above all, an opportunity to serve the nation in promoting accountability, transparency and best practice in Government operations as a mean to good governance. To fulfil its mandate, the Office of the Auditor General of State Finances wishes to recruit competent and skilled staff for the following positions

Job Title: Capacity Building Supervisor

Job Level: 2.III As Per OAG SPIU's Organization And Salary Structure

Number Of Vacant: Two (2)

a) Job summary

The Capacity Building Supervisor will be reporting to Assistant Auditor General and will support different audit teams in conducting financial and compliance audits of public institutions, projects and programs.

He/she will also provide training on relevant accounting and auditing standards, tools and audit techniques to increase staff professional capacity.

The position is aimed at strengthening the organisational performance and individual capacities of audit staff through accelerated skills transfer initiative and other capacity building initiatives.

b) Terms of Service

• The position will be for a three-year contract period, renewable annually upon satisfactory performance and availability of funds.

c) Location

• The position will be based at OAG Headquarters with frequent travel to audit client sites.

d) Job responsibilities

• Provide technical support and advice to audit staff on assigned audit assignments from planning, execution and reporting;
• Review audit working papers and audit reports, ensuring audit reports are appropriate in the circumstances and supported by appropriate audit evidence;
• Identify skills gaps and training needs through performance evaluations of audit staff supervised and provide hands on training to address the skills gap;
• Develop and implement capacity building strategies for individual audit staff aimed at accelerated hands-on learning;
• Promote continuous learning of audit staff by coming up with innovative audit guides, templates etc. and through formal class room training
• Monitor and evaluate the impact of capacity building initiative and recommend improvements;
• Support OAG in adopting new standards, tools and processes aimed at enhancing efficiency and effectiveness;
• Support OAG in implementation of its quality management system to minimise quality audit risk at assignment and institutional levels;
• Prepare monthly reports on progress of skills transfer, including outcomes and recommendations for improvement; and Facilitate other institutional capacity development activities that may be assigned by Management from time to time.

e) Job requirements

• Bachelors degree in accounting or finance or economics from a recognized University for compliance and financial audit;
• Professional qualification in Accounting recognised by IFAC (ACCA and CPA) Proven knowledge of public financial management systems, laws and regulations covering all aspects of public expenditure management; Proven experience in Supreme Audit Institution audit methodology;
• Proven experience in audit of financial statements prepared using fair presentation accounting frameworks (IPSAS and IFRS); At least ten (10) years of working experience with an audit firm/Supreme Audit Institutions; including proven experience of two (2) years in leading audit teams at the level of Audit Manager and above;
• Be a Rwandan citizen.

Additional skills

• Good communication skills
• Results oriented
• Ability to pay attention to details
• Ability to audit in automated environment
• Ability to work in Audit Management Systems
• Training experience

Interested candidates for any of the above vacant positions, are required to submit the following documents in PDF format:

• Application letter in English language addressed to the Auditor General of State Finances;
• An updated CV;

• Required academic degree and those who studied outside the country must have the equivalent proof of the degree;
• Proof of requested work experience;
• A copy of National Identity Card;
• Having completed at least three (3) years of service in the same public institution for those candidates who are currently a public servant.
• Being ready to start job within a period not exceeding one (1) month after publication of the overall results.

All those documents should be submitted online through https://recruitment.oag.gov.rw/ not later than Friday 18th August 2026 at 5:00 pm.

Kigali 06-08-2026

MULIGO Olive

Secretary General