Job Title: Volunteer: Business
Development Advisor – Vocational Training Institute
Organisation: VSO
Duty Station:
Uganda
About US:
VSO is the world’s
leading development organisation that works through volunteers to fight
poverty. We are unique in the way we bring people together to share their
skills and experience, generate insights and ideas and, most of all, take
action against poverty and exclusion. It’s a highly effective approach that
works, and today is helping millions of people in some of the world’s poorest
communities lift themselves out of poverty.
Job Summary: The Business Development Advisor – Vocational
Training Institute will assess the needs and build the business skills and
practice of the Vocational Training Institute (VTI), to develop and implement
strategies to become a self-sustained VTI that delivers, quality, agricultural
market relevant, industry demanded standards of training skills and services.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a degree in Business, Administration,
Organizational management or related field - Five years of relevant experience
- Experience in supporting organisations to develop and implement
strategic- and business plans - Experience of Change Management, organisational transformations.
- Strong networking and partnership building skills and experience
- Proven coaching and mentoring skills
- Experience of working with/training low capacity teams
- Effective communications skills (including IT skills and report
writing)
Desirable:
- Knowledge and experience in agri-business sector; markets and value
chain - Experience within vocational/agricultural training organisations
- Experience with youth / livelihoods projects
- Experience of delivering Training of Trainers
- Prior experience of working in developing countries (in Africa, in
an NGO) - Motorbike experience or willingness to learn
Personal Qualities
- Strong interpersonal skills and suitable character to work in a
slow-paced environment which can be bureaucratic (requiring patience and
tenacity). - Professionalism
- Conceptual and analytic thinking
- Initiative, self-motivated
- Ability to adjust and adapt easily to a new environment, culture and
situation; address multiple challenges in the workplace and be able to
work without much supervision. - A team player able to work alongside their local colleagues in a
spirit of partnership. - Proactive, supportive, adaptive and accommodative
How to Apply:
All candidates are
strongly encouraged to send their applications online at the link below.
Deadline: 21st June 2018
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