Job
Title: Business
Development Specialist
Title: Business
Development Specialist
Organization: AVSI
Foundation
Foundation
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to: Team
Leader Central
Leader Central
About US:
AVSI Foundation is
an international not-for-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in
Italy in 1972. Its mission is to promote the dignity of the person through
development cooperation activities, with special attention to education,
according to the social teaching of the Catholic Church. AVSI has been present
in Uganda since 1984, first supporting hospitals and agriculture projects in
Gulu and Kitgum districts, and later expanding around 1990 to establish the
present-day headquarters in Kampala, offices in Pader, Gulu and Kitgum, and
project activities in 12 other districts.
an international not-for-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in
Italy in 1972. Its mission is to promote the dignity of the person through
development cooperation activities, with special attention to education,
according to the social teaching of the Catholic Church. AVSI has been present
in Uganda since 1984, first supporting hospitals and agriculture projects in
Gulu and Kitgum districts, and later expanding around 1990 to establish the
present-day headquarters in Kampala, offices in Pader, Gulu and Kitgum, and
project activities in 12 other districts.
Job Summary: The Business Development Specialist will be
responsible for implementation of all the BDS activities in Central Uganda and
shall carry out the following duties and responsibilities.
responsible for implementation of all the BDS activities in Central Uganda and
shall carry out the following duties and responsibilities.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide training and coaching to youths on agro-enterprise
development and building employability skills; - Provide training and support to youths in planning and developing
micro-enterprises and employability skills - Mentoring and coaching of youths, agro-institutions, learning firms
and other agribusinesses; - Engage in collecting and promoting information resources on
employability and entrepreneurship of youths; - Support fundraising efforts of AVSI foundation;
- Training, mentoring youth in accessing skilled trade and employment
- Support/strengthen learning firms, agribusinesses and agro
institution for better management as required by the project objectives; - Develop of youth agribusiness models (including financial model and
market channels) for facilitation of youth agribusiness and
agro-institution growth; - Development and ensuring smooth delivery of youth agribusiness
development support services package to youths; - Designing the set of indicators and monitoring system for assessment
of sustainability of youth agribusinesses; - Designing of a set of indicators for monitoring and assessment of
quality of the BDS services and their regular monitoring. - Support youths in developing agribusiness development plans across
the regions (East/Central/West Uganda) as requested; - Provide technical support to learning firms in the skills provision;
- Support in the identification of leaning firms and manage the
relationships with the learning firms as required by the organisation; - Provide support in quality control of project activities, including
assessing impact and effectiveness, tracking outputs and results, and
ensure timely and efficient delivery of project through a client-
satisfaction approach; - Proactively engage in strategic thinking on how to make the program
succeed.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Degree in Agribusiness, Economics,
Marketing, Small Business Management or related field and experience
working in an entrepreneurial environment or as owner/manager of a small
business - Eight years of professional experience in agribusiness, and/or value
chain and market access related consultancy, and/or analysis/research of
agribusiness and/or regional socio-economic development projects; - Experience in working with public sector, private sector and donor
organizations on institutional development or similar projects will be an
asset; - Experience in monitoring and evaluation of performance of business
units and/or regional/local or community socio-economic development
projects is desirable. - Experience in training, teaching or mentoring role
- Experience in marketing, market research and management
- Resourcefulness, strategic thinking, creative problem solving and
basic financial management skills. - Highest standards of integrity, discretion and loyalty.
- Shares knowledge and experience;
- Actively works towards continuing personal learning, acts on
learning plan and applies newly acquired skills. - Ability to perform a variety of specialized tasks related to Results
Management, including support to design, planning and implementation of
program, managing data, reporting; - Focuses on result for the client and responses positively to
feedback. - Proven ability to follow through on objectives and produce timely
results with little supervision - Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
- Experience of work in farming zones, social entrepreneurship, small
business and/or private sector engagement. - Experience in innovative product development
- Knowledge or experience in value chain development
How to Apply:
All suitably
qualified candidates should send their application letters, accompanied with
updated Curriculum Vitae indicating three professional referees and copies of
relevant certificates via e-mail with the subject line indicating ‘APPLICATION
FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST – KAMPALA’ addressed to:
qualified candidates should send their application letters, accompanied with
updated Curriculum Vitae indicating three professional referees and copies of
relevant certificates via e-mail with the subject line indicating ‘APPLICATION
FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST – KAMPALA’ addressed to:
The AVSI Country
Representative,
Representative,
AVSI Foundation,
P.O. Box 6785,
Kampala, Uganda.
Kampala, Uganda.
E-mail to: [email protected]
Deadline: 4th January 2019
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