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Job Title:  Business Development Agent (15 Fresher Jobs)

Organisation: Yalelo (U) Limited

Duty Station: Kawempe, Mutungo, Nateete, Kibuye, Nansana, Ntinda, Kyambogo, Jinja, Kasangati, Kibuli, Kireka, Bulaga, Bwaise, Nabweru, and Bunamwaya, Uganda

Reports to: Project Lead

About US:

Yalelo (U) Limited is a tilapia fish farm that was established in Uganda in 2019. The farm is located in Butembe, Buikwe district on the shores of Lake Victoria. Yalelo Uganda is a subsidiary of First Wave Group B.V; a Dutch company with a portfolio of aquaculture related assets in Africa. First Wave Group owns and operates Yalelo Zambia, a pioneer of Aquaculture founded in 2011 that has grown quickly to become the leading fish farm in Zambia and among the largest aquaculture farms in Africa.

About Project:

The Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) in conjunction with Yalelo Uganda, is implementing the Young Africa Works – for Youth Employment Project. The project targets Youths from the surrounding community, including Jinja, Njeru, and Kampala Metropolitan area. The project is recruiting Temporary Business Development Agents to further the pursuit of the project objective.

Job Summary:    The Business Development Agents will be responsible for identifying, registering, recruiting, and onboarding potential entrepreneurs/Salespersons each month that fit the target group profile as stated in the recitals using a mobile data collection form that will be shared by the Yalelo Project Team.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support with identifying new markets and new beneficiaries.
• Collecting and sharing feedback from the beneficiaries regarding the market, product preferences, and pricing.
• Participating in monthly/quarterly reflection meetings with project partners to address findings from field monitoring.
• Formulating work plans for review and approval by Yalelo Uganda Limited.
• Mobilizing onboarded youth to attend project training.
• Training as TOTs for product knowledge training, Small Business Management Training, Gender Mainstreaming/Safeguarding training and Financial Literacy training.
• Train the youth in work product knowledge, Financial Literacy, Small Business Management, and Gender Mainstreaming/Safeguarding.
• Oversee maintenance of training records and resource library.
• Evaluate training effectiveness through assessment of participants before and after the trainings.
• Creating and maintaining client

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Diploma in Business Administration or related discipline
• A minimum of one to two years of experience working in Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Sales.
• Strong sales drive, and resilience, with an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Profound customer relationship management abilities, including building and maintaining strong client relationships.
• Strong negotiation skills to the fish business idea to people.
• Strong monitoring and supervision skills to ensure optimal performance and compliance in terms of sales and product handling by the recruited people in business.
• The work will involve constant movements to different locations within the assigned areas. Must be a residence from any of the following city suburbs; Kawempe, Mutungo, Nateete, Kibuye, Nansana, Ntinda, Kyambogo, Jinja, Kasangati, Kibuli, Kireka, Bulaga, Bwaise, Nabweru, and Bunamwaya.

This position is temporarily available for three (03) months but renewable for outstanding performers.

How to Apply:

All interested candidates should send their applications and resumes, and certified academic documents as one pdf document to: careers@yalelo.ug. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Deadline: 20^th November 2023

NB: Yalelo Uganda is an equal opportunities employer. Female candidates who meet the requirements are highly encouraged to apply. Yalelo Uganda doesn’t solicit any monies at any stage of the recruitment process.

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