5 Job Positions at Cordaid: (Deadline 20 April 2026)
Finance and Administration Officer (FAO) at Cordaid:
(Deadline 20 April 2026)
Finance and Administration Officer (FAO)
Tender posting service
Job Category: Grade 5 (Cordaid Rwanda Job Scale)
Duty Station: Kigali Head Office
Employment Type: Contractual
Deadline: 20th April 2026
Supervisor: (Country) Finance and Administration
Manager
Supervises: Noone
Number of Positions:1
Background
Cordaid is an international humanitarian and development
organisation that operates in the world’s most fragile and
conflict-affected regions. In these places, millions of people strive for
what everyone deserves: safety, peace, healthcare when needed, a livelihood,
and food for tomorrow. Their quest is universal: to live in dignity. We drive
lasting change by strengthening essential basic services and systems,
with a focus on healthcare, agri-food, and justice & peace. Where
disaster strikes, we join our partners in humanitarian action.
Our approach is demand-driven, supporting local communities,
civil society organisations, and the local private sector to take the
lead in shaping their own future. Rooted in the Netherlands and backed by
250,000 private donors, Cordaid is globally connected through numerous
thematic and faith-based networks, among others Caritas Internationalis,
CIDSE, and the ACT Alliance.
Rwanda market insights
Finance and Administration Officer (FAO)
Cordaid is seeking a dedicated Finance and Administration
Officer to support the implementation and coordination of activities by
ensuring sound financial management, administrative efficiency, and compliance
with donor and organizational requirements.
The incumbent is expected to dedicate approximately 90% of
their time to financial and administrative management and 10% to acquisition
and business development support in collaboration with the national team.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
Administration
- Review
the codes on the payment requisitions before entry into Finance system
- Review
of staff accountabilities like travel accountabilities, entry into the
system and reconciliation on a weekly basis
- Regularly
Process payments through the electronic banking system
- Implement
and maintain an effective filing system to ensure that all financial
records are easily accessible and readily available
- Check
and carry out the petty cash count each Month with the Finance Manager
Finance
- Post
financial expenditures in the system by analyzing, compiling expenditure
reports, and presenting them to the Finance Manager.
- Check
the correctness of coding, completeness of financial documents and review
the payments prior to posting to the financial system
- Manage
all supporting documents.
- Verify
and certify accurate transactions in accordance with the standard
guideline.
Bank management
- Act as
a bank agent
- Manage
all bank accounts and review the accuracy of bank reconciliation
statements on a monthly basis and follow up on any reconciling item.
Audit Facilitation
- Facilitating
both internal and external audits and the preparation of financial
statements for auditors for both office and donor audits.
Integrity
- Adheres
to the code of conduct and Integrity Policies, reports about concerns and
follows regular integrity trainings. This is a medium-risk position, with
no direct contact with vulnerable communities.
Other
- Any
other duties assigned by the manager
Knowledge, Skills, and Experiences
- Essential
– A degree in Accounting/Finance or related field
- At
least 2 years’ working experience in a similar position with International
NGO’s
- Knowledge
of finance systems, planning & control, (computerized) accounting,
(compliance)
- legislation,
reporting standards and languages.
- Excellent
computer skills (MS Office package) and other web-based accounting systems
- Strong
financial background with knowledge of different funding modalities
- Good
interpersonal & communication skills, including intercultural
communication
- Excellent
language skills in English
- Stress
management and ability to multitask
- Analytical
and problem-solving skills
- A
good team player
- Able
to explain and enforce Cordaid Policies
- Knowledge
of the mission and goals of the Cordaid program and security policy.
Behavioral values and skills: trustworthy,
accountability, problem solving, cooperation, flexibility, creativity,
collaboration, etc.
Competency
- Personal
Integrity
- Creative
and Innovative
- Open
and outgoing
- Results
Oriented
- People
skills
- Entrepreneurial
and commercial thinking
- Ability
to work independently under pressure and proactive work style
KRAs
- Financial
Administration
- Finance
System(s)
- Bank
Management
- Audit
Facilitation
- File
management
Others/Extra Details
Cordaid is fully committed to providing a safe and
welcoming workplace to its employees, and to maintain the respect and dignity
of everyone that comes into contact with Cordaid. Therefore, Cordaid
participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.
For more information about Cordaid’s work on
integrity https://www.cordaid.org/en/who-we-are/integrity-and-code-of-conduct/.
Applications including a motivation letter and extensive CV
in English will be submitted online through this
application link by 20th April 2026 at 23:59 PM.
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4 Job Positions of Project Officer at Cordaid: (Deadline
20 April 2026)
Project Officer
Job Category: Grade 6 (Cordaid Rwanda Job Scale)
Tender posting service
Duty Station: Field Position
Employment Type: Contractual
Salary Scale: Not Specified
Deadline: 20th April 2026
Number of Positions: 4
Background
Cordaid is an international humanitarian and development
organisation that operates in the world’s most fragile and
conflict-affected regions. In these places, millions of people strive for
what everyone deserves: safety, peace, healthcare when needed, a livelihood,
and food for tomorrow. Their quest is universal: to live in dignity. We drive
lasting change by strengthening essential basic services and systems,
with a focus on healthcare, agri-food, and justice & peace. Where
disaster strikes, we join our partners in humanitarian action.
Rwanda market insights
Our approach is demand-driven, supporting local communities,
civil society organisations, and the local private sector to take the
lead in shaping their own future. Rooted in the Netherlands and backed by
250,000 private donors, Cordaid is globally connected through numerous
thematic and faith-based networks, among others Caritas Internationalis,
CIDSE, and the ACT Alliance.
Project Officer
Cordaid is seeking dedicated Project Officers to support in
implementing and coordinating field-based activities to enhance market access,
promote sustainable business models, and strengthen financial inclusion. The
Project Officer will work closely with dairy farmers and farmers’
organizations, cooperatives, MSMEs, financial institutions, and local
authorities to enhance the dairy field and access to finance.
The incumbent is expected to dedicate approximately 90% of
their time to financial and administrative management and 10% to acquisition
and business development support in collaboration with the national team.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
Project planning: Translates the Cordaid project
results into specific results in designated project areas and formulates an
operational project plan within the country, keeping the budget propositions
margin and eventual possibilities.
Project management: Assist Program/project
managers and Coordinators within Cordaid with respect to risks, stakeholders’
issues and the project team. Support the project actors and contributors for
the project successful delivery within the intercultural sensitivity framework.
Understands partners like including Milk collection centers (MCCs), Milk
processing plants, SACCOs and other MFIs and matches desired results and
contextual factors. Stimulates progress and makes necessary adjustments to
realize the project within given boundary conditions: scope, time, budget, work
quality and results.
Financial management: Assist Program/project
managers and Coordinators in managing the project budget ensuring expenditures
alignment with planned budgets. Reports regularly on budget realization and
acts proactively to comply with activity’s budget boundary.
Field & Partner visits: Support program
teams to monitor project achievements, conduct field visits with partners and
stakeholders, review field reports, analyze field data and formulate
conclusions, discussion points and recommendations for all project
stakeholders.
Supported partners: Support program/project
managers to recognize the need for support with partner organizations including
Milk collection centers (MCCs), Milk processing plants, SACCOs and other MFIs
as well as other value chain actors as needed and translate this into
customized support, considering particular background and partner
organizations’ situation.
Fund mobilization/BS develop: Contribute and
support in the development and writing of successful funding proposals.
Interacts with potential local/institutional donors, convincingly argument the
added value of Cordaid as to acquire funds and ensure the future funding for
the program (s) in Rwanda. This includes increasing revenues, growth in terms
of business expansion, increasing profitability by building strategic
partnerships and making strategic business decisions.
Bid management: Support bid manager on
calls for proposals and tenders related to the assigned specific donor
portfolio. Support negotiations for specific assigned bids, especially Value
chain development. The bid team provides donor specific advice on rules,
regulations, and policy. Uses donor contacts to ensure the winning outcome of
calls and proposals. Oversees the role division, planning and communication
with donors and a consortium to achieve a positive outcome for Cordaid.
Network representation/ Communication: Striving
to strengthen collaboration with potential stakeholders outside Cordaid and
explore representation and potential areas for collaboration, considering the
mission statement of Cordaid and the possibilities within existing projects.
Ensure efficient communication with both internal and external partners.
Project reports: Collects information within the
project and reports about the results, specifics, budget and expenditures and
possible deviations following required reporting standards, providing solutions
to minimize impact of deviations.
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MERL): Work
closely with the monitoring evaluation team to identify project learning
opportunities, research and publications of the project results. Facilitates
the dissemination of promising practices and lessons learned. In collaboration
with the MERL team, ensure integration of innovations and best practices
generated and implying stakeholders’ impact on stakeholders such as Milk
collection centers (MCCs), Milk processing plants, SACCOs and other MFIs.
Integrity: Adheres to the code of conduct and
integrity policies, reports of concern and follows regular integrity training.
This is a medium-risk position, with direct contact with vulnerable communities
and regular travel.
Other: Any other duties assigned by the
supervisor/manager
Application requirements
Knowledge, Skills, and Experiences
- A
bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Sciences, Development studies,
Economics, Business Administration, or related fields.
- At
least 3-5 years of experience in agricultural value chain development,
market systems, rural finance, or cooperative development.
- Experience
working with donor-funded projects, particularly in climate resilience,
agriculture, or economic development, is highly desirable.
- Prior
experience working with cooperatives, SMEs, and financial institutions is
required.
- Strong
knowledge of livestock value chains and rural livelihoods.
- Experience
in developing inclusive business models and market linkages.
- Proficiency
in facilitating access to finance for smallholder farmers and animal
husbandry,
- Ability
to conduct training and capacity-building for farmer organizations, MSMEs,
and cooperatives.
- Strong
project coordination and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Excellent
communication and report-writing skills in English; knowledge of
Kinyarwanda is required.
- Proficiency
in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and data analysis tools.
Work Conditions
- The
position is field based in the project intervention districts.
- Frequent
travel to rural communities, cooperatives, and partner organizations will
be required.
- The
Project Officer will work closely with Cordaid, and other project partners
and stakeholders.
Core Competencies
- Quality
orientation
- Organizational
awareness including planning
- Negotiation
skills
- Dealing
with details
- Problem
analysis
- Conceptual
thinking
- Social
awareness
- Intercultural
orientation
- Managing
conflict
Key Result Area:
Access to finance:
- Financial
education
- Product
Development
- Linkage
of Financial Institutions
- Communication
Value Chain Development
- Develop
non-financial services
- Planning,
implementation and monitoring of livestock value chain activities
- Linkage
of dairy actors
- Partner
Selection
- Capacity
building
- Communication
Others/Extra Details
Cordaid is fully committed to providing a safe and
welcoming workplace to its employees, and to maintain the respect and dignity
of everyone that comes into contact with Cordaid. Therefore, Cordaid
participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.
For more information about Cordaid’s work on
integrity https://www.cordaid.org/en/who-we-are/integrity-and-code-of-conduct/.
Applications including a motivation letter and extensive CV
in English will be submitted online through this
application link by 20th April 2026 at 23:59 PM.
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