Consultant/Contractual Jobs at Practical Action and The Development Bank of Rwanda Plc

 
Deadline of this Job: 14 September 2022
How We Work
We work on holistic solutions that change systems and have a framework to help us achieve our aims:
• Analyze the root causes of a poverty and vulnerability
• Define the change at scale we need to make
• Develop activities along three complementary paths: Demonstrate, Learn and Inspire.
• Demonstrate that our solutions are sustainable in the real world
• Learn by capturing evidence and adapting our approach
• Inspire wider support to multiply our impact.

Our Organisation
Practical Action is an unconventional, multi-disciplinary change making organization
• A highly innovative community development charity operating in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Practical Action community projects use ingenious ideas to design, test, refine and prove new ways to overcome poverty and disadvantage and then ‘open-source’ knowledge of what works so that it can be implemented at a greater scale by others.
• A world-class consulting operation that helps socially responsible business, government policy makers and other development organizations. This draws on learnings from our own development work as well as the combined brainpower of a roster of over 2,000 expert consultants. Practical Action Consulting helps to extend the reach of our influence by providing the best advice to others, whose work can make a bigger difference.
• A well-respected specialist development publisher. Practical Action Publishing brings together development practitioners, researchers and thought leaders to create publications that stimulate discussion, strengthen peoples’ capabilities and inspire sustainable change.

Practical Action Rwanda
In Rwanda, we are recognized leaders in clean cooking and sustainable energy solutions. This includes ground-breaking work in solar, wind and water powered electricity generation, often delivered through independent mini-grids. We bring rural communities, people in refugee camps, energy providers and decision makers together to put sustainable, clean energy solutions to work for the people who need them most.
In our strategic business plan 2021-2025, we propose to extend our current reach and scope in Rwanda by deepening our energy work and stretching our portfolio to work with small holder farmers to make agriculture work better for them.
Within our agriculture ambition, Practical Action is implementing a 22 -months solar powered irrigation project in Mahama. The objective of the project is to improve lives and livelihoods in Mahama using productive use of energy for agriculture. This project works with both the refugees and host community in Mahama to demonstrate community-managed micro-irrigation systems to diversify livelihoods and enhance food security using regenerative agriculture system.

Practical Action
About The Role
Background
Since the project has started its activities, the project aims at grouping individual farmers into cooperatives composed by the host community and refugees in Mahama camp. In particular, the cooperative capacity for operational management and financial management needs to be enhanced through specific training and close coaching program. Trainings on cooperative governance and management will better position the cooperative to improve operations, the overall business performance and profitability.

Job Purpose
The governance and financial management training and coaching program aims to enhance smallholder cooperative capacities in governance, financial and operational management.

The overall objectives of the consultancy provision are:
• To strengthen cooperative governance and establish transparent management systems
• to build capacity and equip the cooperative members with practical knowledge in governance leadership, the support services to be provided by cooperative board to their members, communication, gender, youth and people living with disabilities integration processes
• to build capacity and to equip Cooperative members with practical knowledge in business management with a focus on accounting, finance, and operations.
• to enable cooperative farmers to get basic concept of how to manage business ventures effectively and efficiently.
• To develop a long-term strategic plan and business plan in consultation with the cooperative board and members
• To develop a Manual of administrative and financial procedures and conduct related trainings

Consulting Services- Investment Strategy At The Development Bank of Rwanda Plc

Deadline of this Job: 06 October 2022
Well bound and sealed proposals presented in 3 hard copies one of which marked “Original” and 2 hard copies marked "Copy" of the bids. The bids shall be valid for a period of 90 calendar days and should be submitted in BRD procurement office at the address BRD HQ, PO BOX 1341, Kigali Rwanda, not later than, 06/10/2022, at 10:00am prompt local time.
Please note that technical proposals will be separated from financial proposals, put in separate envelopes, and written in English. The two proposals being put in an outer envelope will bear name, address of the bidder, reference of the tender notice and shall be marked as follows:

“Consultancy Services-Investment Strategy”
Do Not Open Except In Public Session On 06/10/2022
Enquiries regarding this tender may be addressed in writing to:
Development Bank of Rwanda,
P.O. Box 1341 Kigali Rwanda
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The best bidder shall be selected under and in compliance with the Quality Cost Based Selection method (QCBS) as described in the Request for Proposals.
The technical proposals will be immediately opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who wish to attend the opening session in BRD meeting room.
The RFP includes the following documents:
• Section I - Instructions to Consultants (ITC)
• Section II – Data Sheet
• Section III – Technical Proposal – Standard forms
• Section IV – Financial Proposal – Standard forms
• Section V – Eligibility Criteria
• Section VI – AFD's Policy – Corrupt and fraudulent practices – Social and Environmental Responsibility
• Section VII - Terms of Reference (TORs)
• Section VIII – Conditions of Contract and Contract forms
Sincerely,
Nadine TETA MBABAZI Kampeta SAYINZOGA
Head of Human Capital & Corporate Services Chief Executive Officer


Deadline of this Job: 06 October 2022
Well bound and sealed proposals presented in 3 hard copies one of which marked “Original” and 2 hard copies marked "Copy" of the bids. The bids shall be valid for a period of 90 calendar days and should be submitted in BRD procurement office at the address BRD HQ, PO BOX 1341, Kigali Rwanda, not later than, 06/10/2022, at 10:00am prompt local time.
Please note that technical proposals will be separated from financial proposals, put in separate envelopes, and written in English. The two proposals being put in an outer envelope will bear name, address of the bidder, reference of the tender notice and shall be marked as follows:
“Developing Knowledge Management System And Tools For The Development Bank Of Rwanda (Brd) Plc”
Do Not Open Except In Public Session On 06/10/2022
Enquiries regarding this tender may be addressed in writing to:
Development Bank of Rwanda,
P.O. Box 1341 Kigali Rwanda
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and copy This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The best bidder shall be selected under and in compliance with the Quality Cost Based Selection method (QCBS) as described in the Request for Proposals.
The technical proposals will be immediately opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who wish to attend the opening session in BRD meeting room.
The RFP includes the following documents:
• Section I - Instructions to Consultants (ITC)
• Section II – Data Sheet
• Section III – Technical Proposal – Standard forms
• Section IV – Financial Proposal – Standard forms
• Section V – Eligibility Criteria
• Section VI – AFD's Policy – Corrupt and fraudulent practices – Social and Environmental Responsibility
• Section VII - Terms of Reference (TORs)
• Section VIII – Conditions of Contract and Contract forms
Sincerely,
Nadine TETA MBABAZI Kampeta SAYINZOGA
Head of Human Capital & Corporate Services Chief Executive Officer


Deadline of this Job: 06 October 2022
The Request for Proposal in English may be obtained from procurement office from 07/09/2022 during office hours (8:00 am to 6:00 pm, Local time) upon presentation of proof of payment of a non-refundable fee of Twenty Thousand (20,000 Frw) deposited on the account Nº 593412700910118 of BRD opened in BPR Bank.
Well bound and sealed proposals presented in 3 hard copies one of which marked “Original” and 2 hard copies marked "Copy" of the bids. The bids shall be valid for a period of 90 calendar days and should be submitted in BRD procurement office at the address BRD HQ, PO BOX 1341, Kigali Rwanda, not later than, 06/10/2022, at 10:00am prompt local time.
Please note that technical proposals will be separated from financial proposals, put in separate envelopes, and written in English. The two proposals being put in an outer envelope will bear name, address of the bidder, reference of the tender notice and shall be marked as follows:

“Consultancy Services-Learning And Development”
Do Not Open Except In Public Session On 06/10/2022
Enquiries regarding this tender may be addressed in writing to:
Development Bank of Rwanda,
P.O. Box 1341 Kigali Rwanda
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and copy This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The best bidder shall be selected under and in compliance with the Quality Cost Based Selection method (QCBS) as described in the Request for Proposals.
The technical proposals will be immediately opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who wish to attend the opening session in BRD meeting room.
The RFP includes the following documents:
• Section I - Instructions to Consultants (ITC)
• Section II – Data Sheet
• Section III – Technical Proposal – Standard forms
• Section IV – Financial Proposal – Standard forms
• Section V – Eligibility Criteria
• Section VI – AFD's Policy – Corrupt and fraudulent practices – Social and Environmental Responsibility
• Section VII - Terms of Reference (TORs)
• Section VIII – Conditions of Contract and Contract forms
Sincerely,
Nadine TETA MBABAZI Kampeta SAYINZOGA
Head of Human Capital & Corporate Services Chief Executive Officer