Women for Women Rwanda (WfWR) is a Local Non-profit Organization committed to improving lives of socially excluded and marginalized women in conflict and post-conflict settings.

Website: https://www.womenforwomenrwanda.org/

TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR RECRUITING AN ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINER TO DELIVER TRAINING TO WOMEN-LED COOPERATIVES IN GASABO AND NYARUGURU DISTRICTS.

Background

Women for Women Rwanda (WfW-Rwanda) is a non-for-profit national NGO. Its mission seeks to support women and girls in Rwanda to break the vicious circle of poverty and social exclusion, by enabling them to become socially and economically capable to lead themselves and their community to better health, education, and social conditions. Since its establishment, Women for Women Rwanda has been implementing different initiatives aiming at promoting women’s socio-economic empowerment.

In partnership with GIZ, Women for Women Rwanda has initiated a 18 months project “Strengthening Women-led Cooperatives in Rwanda” which aims at increasing competitiveness and income for cooperative members in Gasabo and Nyaruguru districts.

WfW-Rwanda is seeking a qualified Entrepreneurship Trainer to deliver training sessions to members of women’s cooperatives engaged in Tailoring, leather production, French Beans and Strawberry value chains.

Trainers’ professional qualifications and requirements  

ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINER (1)

22 days

Gasabo & Nyaruguru
  •  Having a bachelor’s degree, or a diploma in Entrepreneurship, cooperative management or similar domains
  •  Having the experience in training and facilitating women SMES to grow
  •  Having a translated and a contextualized training module in Kinyarwanda
  •  Having competency to
  •  Deliver the training on Entrepreneurship including:
  •  Entrepreneurship principles
  •  Idea generation
  •  Business planning, marketing and sales strategies
  •  Financial management
  •  Legal considerations
  •  Risk management
  •  Fostering entrepreneurial mindset and skills
  •  Networking
  •  Business development and pitching
  •  Business ethics
  •  Having the competency to deliver the training in Kinyarwanda
  •  Have a good command of English
  •  Good communication skills

Deliverables

The Trainer is expected to:

  • Support women cooperative members in delivering one of the training or services above to improve their livelihood
  • Follow the training schedules as agreed upon with the organization
  • Ensure all training equipment and raw materials are well managed and well use
  • Link women with the markets to become economically empowered
  • Assess women’s progress and provide regular reports
  • To perform other related tasks assigned by his/her supervisor

How to Apply

Interested Candidates are invited to send their CV, education/training certificates, motivation letter (in one document), a Kinyarwanda training module of related topic applied for. Application should be sent with “Entrepreneurship Trainer” subject to wfwr.procurement@womenforwomenrwanda.org not later than 11th December 2024 at 16:00 local time.  

Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

For Women for Women Rwanda

Berna Uwase Rusagara

Executive Director

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