SNV Rwanda seeks an experienced and dynamic Deputy Project Manager for a program focused on youth entrepreneurship within agriculture value chains. The Youth Entrepreneurship in Agriculture - Rwanda (YEA-R) program aims to increase the resilience and quality of life for young women, men and persons with disabilities through dignified, fulfilling, and equitable work opportunities. As the Deputy Project Manager and reporting to the Project Manager, the incumbent will be responsible for supporting the PM in the day-to-day management of the program to ensure effective implementation, timely delivery of program outcomes, and development of strategies to enhance youth engagement in agripreneurship. Deputy Project Manager will work closely with program teams, partners, and stakeholders to foster a culture of continuous learning, ensuring that lessons learned inform program adaptations and improvements. The Deputy Project Manager will ensure that project interventions are gender-transformative and will liaise with inclusion-focused implementing partners.Key Responsibilities Project Management:<ul><li>Support the PM to manage relevant stakeholders</li><li>Lead and motivate the project technical team ensuring progress against project milestones and coordinate cross-functional collaboration.</li><li>Assist the PM to plan and assign deliverables and activities, review their progress and address deviations in terms of timelines and quality, based on project planning, deliverables agreed and budget set.</li><li>Lead the preparation of project work plans and reports in accordance with internal SNV and donor guidelines.</li><li>Lead the project technical team and partners in the execution of work plans and delivery of project results as per donor obligations and contribute to SNVs agrifood sector goals.</li><li>Manage quality assurance of the project team and partner reports in accordance with donor requirements and SNV reporting standards.</li><li>Regularly participate in developing technical progress and financial reports as well as updating the M&amp;E system as per SNV and donor guidelines and disseminate relevant information to stakeholders.</li><li>Serve as the Project Focal Person in the absence of the PM.</li></ul>Knowledge Development and Management:<ul><li>Collaborate with the MEL team to ensure implementation of the YEA-R learning framework, ensuring alignment with program objectives and donor expectations.</li><li>Identify key learning and knowledge gaps to develop a learning agenda that promotes evidence-based decision making and programmatic adjustments.</li><li>Collaborate with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Advisor to integrate learning activities into the program’s M&amp;E framework, ensuring a continuous feedback loop.</li><li>Oversee the collection, synthesis, and documentation of best practices, case studies, success stories and lessons learned from program activities.</li><li>Forster a learning culture within the program by facilitating regular learning sessions, workshops and reflection meetings across program teams, partners and stakeholders.</li><li>Support program teams and partners in applying insights gained from learning activities to improve program implementation, ensuring adaptability and responsiveness to emerging challenges and opportunities.</li><li>Work closely with the PM and communications team to develop high-quality knowledge products contributing to thought leadership on themes such as agripreneurship, financial inclusion, and inclusive agricultural value chain.</li></ul>

SNV is a mission-driven global development partner strengthening capacities and catalysing partnerships&nbsp;that can transform the agri-food, energy, and water systems.

Deputy Project Manager - Youth Entrepreneurship in Agriculture Rwanda (YEA-R)

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