project coordinator, value chain development

Location

Karongi District, Western Province

Salary

RWF 20,091,660 - RWF 22,921,476 gross per annum, depending on experience.

Contract Type

Fixed Term

Duration

Other

About the Role

The Project Coordinator, Value Chain Development will play a key role in coordinating, implementing, and monitoring of the programme's value chains interventions under the Combating Malnutrition in Rwanda Through Sustainable Food Systems (CMR-FS) programme. Operating across the five target districts in Rwanda's Western Province. This role will be offered on a fixed term contract basis running until end of December 2026, subject to availability of funding and will be based in Karongi District, Western Province.

This position will play a pivotal role in advancing the targeted value chains (Egg, High Iron Beans, Large-Scale Food Fortification and Fruit trees) to improve nutrition outcomes through sustainable food systems.

This role will support the delivery of the programme's micro- and meso-level objectives by ensuring the effective roll-out of key interventions, including value chain development, market facilitation and linkage, SMEs support, and the private sector mobilization. The coordinator will be instrumental in establishing and strengthening partnerships with local private sector actors, cooperatives, in the programme's prioritized value chains: High-Iron Beans, Eggs, Large-Scale Food Fortification (LSFF).

In close collaboration with existing public and private extension services, the Project Coordinator will work to enhance food systems' performance across these value chains. A key focus will be on facilitating local market linkages to improve the availability, accessibility, and affordability of nutritious foods promoted by the programme. All efforts will be aligned with Rwanda's national priorities to improve household dietary diversity, food security, and child nutrition outcomes in the targeted districts, with a strong focus on youth employment.

Key Responsibilities include

• Responsible for the day-to-day operational delivery and monitoring of value chain development activities, aimed at strengthening supply chains from input/production to retail for key commodities (eggs, high-iron beans, fruits, and fortified foods). The objective is to ensure these supply chains are sustainable, while improving the availability and accessibility of safe and nutritious foods.
• Collaborate with project partners at the local level to implement innovative value chain interventions to increase production, market access, and consumption of target commodities (eggs, high-iron beans (HIB), fruit and fortified foods) in alignment with project goals.
• Coordinate local market linkages and collaboration among producers, aggregators, processors, and community-level markets (e.g., school feeding programs).
• Collaborate with the Project Manager to design and deliver workshops and training sessions for smallholder farmers and MSMEs, focusing on nutrition-sensitive agriculture, improved post-harvest handling, and business management skills, with the aim of enhancing productivity, reducing post-harvest losses, and increasing access to nutritious foods.
• Monitor the uptake and performance of microgrants, loans, or savings initiatives among value chain actors.
• Work with local officials, GAIN team in identifying potential SMEs, cooperatives, and input suppliers, and facilitate their capacity strengthening through targeted value chain interventions.

About you

The ideal candidate should have experience coordinating value chain development activities within the eggs, high-iron beans, fruits, and fortified foods commodities. Experience coordinating local market linkages and collaboration among producers, aggregators, processors, and community-level markets is required. You should be able to deliver training sessions to smallholder farmers and MSMEs for capacity strengthening.

The post holder should possess excellent project management skills to ensure implementation is delivered on time, within budget and quality output is present in the activities. You should be able to operate independently with minimal supervision and possess strong interpersonal skills while coordinating with the community engagement officer.

An education background with a bachelor's degree in nutrition, public health, Agriculture Business, Rural Development, Social Sciences, or a related field is required.

About our Offer

The starting gross salary on offer for this role is from RWF 20,091,660 - RWF 22,921,476 gross per annum, depending on experience.

GAIN has a fair and competitive salary structure that allows for annual progression subject to good performance. In addition, GAIN offers a total of 37 days holiday per year (including annual leave, public holidays and additional office closure days), an attractive pension scheme and competitive insurance cover including health, travel and life assurance. We are committed to the health of our staff, especially in these challenging times, and have developed a programme of wellbeing that includes flexible and hybrid working, additional leave allowances, wellbeing days, mindfulness coaching and access to independent and confidential counselling.

GAIN also has a strong commitment to professional development. We will support you to grow in your career through both formal and informal training, and are committed to providing opportunities through internal recruitment, secondments, and promotion. All of this is delivered in a supportive and collaborative environment.

About GAIN

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the United Nations in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Working with governments, businesses and civil society, we aim to transform food systems so that they deliver healthier diets for all people, especially the most vulnerable.

Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, GAIN has offices in countries with high levels of malnutrition: Bangladesh, Benin, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. To support work in those countries, we have representative offices in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

At GAIN, we believe that everyone in the world should have access to nutritious, safe, and affordable food. Today, one in three people - drawn from nearly every country on the planet - are unable to consume enough nutritious food. We work to develop and deliver solutions to this daily challenge.

Our Working Culture and Environment

We provide a flexible working environment that includes a combination of home and office working opportunities through our global hybrid working policy. This encourages our staff to have a healthy work-life balance and increases staff motivation, enriches employee wellbeing, and improves performance and productivity.

All of our positions are based in one or more of GAIN's designated offices as stated on our job advertisements. Successful candidates will be based in one of GAIN's country offices and must have the existing right to live and work within a reasonably commutable distance of the relevant city / cities in which the role is advertised. Please note, that GAIN does not sponsor working visas and relocations.

GAIN reserves the right to withdraw an offer of employment for candidates who are considered to ineligible under the above conditions during or after the recruitment process.

Applicants must have the right to work and be currently based in the advertised country location, to be eligible to apply for this position.

This advert closes on 24th October 2025. Early applications are encouraged. GAIN reserves the right to close this advert early should we receive suitable candidates ahead of the closing date.

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition is committed to equality of opportunity and creating an inclusive environment where diversity is valued. We are keen to reflect the diversity of our society at every level within our organisation and therefore welcome applications from talented and committed people from all backgrounds, representing the diverse societies we operate in.

Our core values

GAIN is committed to equality of opportunity and to eliminating discrimination. All staff are expected to follow GAIN Values

Our commitment to safeguarding

GAIN is committed to creating a safe and inclusive environment where all staff, volunteers, and job applicants are treated with dignity and respect. We are also committed to safeguarding the communities we work with. We have a zero-tolerance approach to any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, exploitation and abuse of power or trust.

Safeguarding is integral to our recruitment practices, and we have robust procedures in place to prevent any form of harm, abuse, or discrimination. As part of our commitment to safeguarding, all successful candidates will undergo thorough background checks and vetting procedures, which can include references, criminal records and terrorist finance checks where applicable, in accordance with our Safeguarding Policy.

We provide comprehensive training and support to our staff and volunteers and associates to raise awareness of safeguarding issues and ensure they are equipped to recognise and respond to concerns effectively.

By applying for a position with GAIN, you agree to uphold our safeguarding principles and contribute to maintaining a safe and supportive environment for all individuals.

Hybrid Working

No

Additional Information

Closing Date

24 October 2025