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 RECRUITING A LEATHER PRODUCTION VOCATIONAL TRAINER TO TRAIN WOMEN–LED COOPERATIVES MEMBERS 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.

Specifically, in partnership with GIZ, Women for Women Rwanda has initiated 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 Leather products making trainer to deliver advanced training to members of women’s cooperatives engaged in Leather production value chain.

Consultant professional qualifications and requirements  

LEATHER PRODUCTS MAKING TRAINER (1)

22 days

  •  Having a diploma or a certificate in Leather production
  •  Have in-depth knowledge in using different advanced tailoring machines to improve the quality   
  •  Having THE experience in providing advanced leather production training
  •  Having the experience in supporting women cooperatives to make  quality leather products including teaching them how to make different designs from leather to attract the market
  •  Having the mastery of “Made in Rwanda” concept and using good approach in making leather products more competitive on the markets
  •  Having a translated and a contextualized training module in  Kinyarwanda
  •  Having the competency to deliver the training in Kinyarwanda
  •  Have a good command of English
  •  Good communication skills

Deliverables/Responsibilities

The trainer is expected to:

  • Support women cooperative members in delivering one of the training or services above to improve their livelihood
  • Ensure all training equipment and raw materials are well managed and well use during the training
  • Link women with the markets to become economically empowered were possible
  • Assess women’s progress and provide monthly 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, three service certificates/good completion, motivation letter (in one document), and a Kinyarwanda training module of related topic applied for. Application should be sent with “leather production vocational trainer” subject tittle 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