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Reporting directly to the Manager, Rwanda and working closely with Aceli colleagues across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and the United States, the Senior Associate will provide operational, coordination, and administrative support that amplifies Aceli’s impact and learning with lenders, technical assistance providers, data and learning organisations, industry associations, donors, and policymakers. The ideal candidate has experience in project coordination, stakeholder engagement, data management, and program reporting in agricultural development, financial inclusion, or SME finance.
Key Responsibilities
1. Partner and Stakeholder Support Lead outreach and communication with lending partners across Aceli’s financial incentive and capacity building programs in Rwanda. Coordinate onboarding of Rwandan Lenders into the Aceli Network and relationship management. Support branch-level activation with partner banks, extending lender engagement beyond head office to the branch networks that originate agricultural loans. Coordinate follow-up with agricultural SMEs in Aceli's Technical Assistance (TA) programs. Maintain updated contact lists, meeting notes, and records of partner engagement. Plan and support lender and SME engagement activities, training sessions, and workshops.
Liaise with TA referral partners and maintain documentation of referrals and outcomes. 2. Program Coordination and Implementation Support the execution of TA events, investor pitch sessions, and lender-SME matchmaking. Collect and verify SME and lender data for monitoring and reporting. Support impact assessments, site visits, and partner learning activities. Coordinate Gender Lens Investing (GLI) initiatives and capacity building sessions with partners. Plan and execute Aceli Rwanda events, including guest lists, invitations, confirmations, and logistics. Support local team retreats, field visits, and partner meetings. 3.
Data Management and Reporting Enter and update partner data in Aceli’s systems, including Salesforce and Power BI, while ensuring data accuracy. Troubleshoot system issues with the Product and Operations teams. Compile data and inputs for donor and internal reports. Maintain records of project activities, event attendance, and partner interactions. 4. Policy and regulatory reforms Coordinate scheduling, logistics, and documentation for Rwanda policy engagements, including working group meetings, National Bank of Rwanda consultations, technical dialogues, and stakeholder convenings.
Support Aceli’s partnership with the Rwanda Bankers Association, including coordination of the agricultural roundtable and of validation meetings on agri-finance policy work. Lead stakeholder engagement preparation through background research, briefing notes, presentations, speaking points, and meeting summaries. Track regulatory developments across Rwanda’s three priority reform areas (agriculture-specific loan classification and provisioning, the treatment of credit guarantees…