Business Development and Marketing Officer job at World Vision International

Background

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

Reports to: Project Coordinator - SRM

Location: Arua, Rhino camp

Key Result Areas:

• Ensure activity planning and implementation of plans with beneficiaries.
• Developing business plans for income generating activities (IGA) businesses for sustainable livelihoods
• Support project participants and their groups to improve productivity, added value, quality and volume for market-led livelihood activities.
• Provide business support and training to project participants on income generating activities, market analysis and understanding specific value chains
• Support the graduation of enterprises from grant to commercial finance.
• Identify and engage with strategic partners for business development in the area of micro-enterprise, self-help group and cooperative development and support.
• Lead and contribute to developing policy documents in relation to our agribusiness work and keep abreast of innovations to inform our work.
• Develop and maintain appropriate enterprise guidelines and resources and disseminate to project participants.
• Analyze value-chain studies for commodities and work to remove constraints to link project participants to market
• Facilitate business and peer to peer linkage events between project participants, organizations and MSMEs
• Facilitate coaching sessions for project participants and MSMEs in business management and business financing.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned by the Project Manager from time to time Supporting institutional and business development for groups and participants
• Participating in forums on market engagement and value chains to collect and share best practices and promote WVU’s work.
• Work with buyers to clarify their specific needs and help entrepreneurs to communicate with these buyers to plan concrete and successful completion of transaction
• Work with banks and MFIs to clarify specific requirement for loan/financial services and help project participants to communicate with these buyers to plan and concrete successful completion of transactions
• Find markets and buyers for commodity produced by beneficiaries
• Develop and maintain a database of key market actors that can be used to further transactions
• Advising, training and supporting project staff and partners on evolving good practice in promoting a business approach with project participants.

Market linkage, networking, collaboration and mentorship

• Find market for products of project participants including employment for skilled youth/women
• Increase the capacity of project participants to adopt high value, export standard and space saving enterprises
• Provide consistent and regular business support, mentoring and follow up to enterprises including production support to ensure a successful enterprise
• Support successful business set up including setting up financial records, business plan, dividend policy and profit and loss statement
• Conduct regular scoping of business, identify gaps and take measures to fill the gaps to reduce business mortality
• Support enterprises to have access to loan to ensure expansion or diversification
• Support enterprises to have access to business input
• Identify opportunities for value addition of products and provide instant training to project participants.

Documentation, Reporting and knowledge management

• Actively facilitate the translation of intervention strategies into action plans with concrete activities targets and timeframes
• Work closely with the Project Manager; support the project teams to prepare realistic annual and quarterly work plans
• Work in liaison with Project Manager, compile and submit timely quarterly and annual reports on Business development
• Supporting the evaluation of WVU’s enterprise development and capturing and sharing learning to improve and promote best practice in the sector.
• Support documentation and sharing of impact/success stories and best practices to promote learning.

Child Protection and Wellbeing

• Monitor the wellbeing and child abuse cases and report any incidents in line with child protection policy and guidelines
• Work with local leaders to protect children from child violations and abuses.
• Sensitize children including most vulnerable, guardians/parents and other stakeholders about children’s rights and responsibilities.

Minimum Education, Knowledge, Technical Skills and Experience.

• Bachelor degree in business studies, economics, agribusiness, development studies, social science, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 3-5 years of experience in agribusiness, business/agricultural marketing, market research, skills development and/or humanitarian organizations, including significant experience working as a certified business development trainer in the UN/INGO sector.
• Three years’ experience in technical leadership and/or field-based programme management roles in Resilience & Livelihoods sector.
• Expertise in income generation, SMEs and/or agribusiness development, skills development, poverty alleviation, livelihood and value chain development, social inclusion, etc.
• Proven business development facilitation skills and experience in facilitating market linkages for different categories of participants
• Technical skills: academic and/or direct programming experience and expertise in at least three of the following thematic areas is required: business development, youth skill development, financial inclusion/micro-finance, value chain development, small enterprise development, emergency livelihoods programming, cash-based programming.
• Experience in West Nile or similar contexts and working in refugee contexts.
• Experience with relevant technical models such as Village Savings & Loans, Enabling Rural Innovations, Building Secure Livelihoods, Local Value Chain Development and Ultra-Poor Graduation Model.
• Experience in Monitoring & Evaluation.
• Acquaintance with donor relations and evidence based programing.
• Capacity in relationship management/networking, and coordination is essential.
• Demonstration of well-developed interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Proven conceptual & analytical skills, ability to take an evidence-based approach to programme design and management.
• Proactive personality, self-driven and strongly motivated, proven facilitation skills and team player.
• Ensure a gender perspective in the scope of work.
• Ability to communicate clearly to the team and the other stakeholders.
• Effective in written and verbal communication in English. Ability to communicate in applicable local language(s) is an added advantage.
• Spiritual maturity, interfaith knowledge and a biblical worldview Ability to articulate and model our Christian identity and mission in an inclusive way.
• Ability to ride a motorcycle with valid driving/riding license is a must.

• Ensure activity planning and implementation of plans with beneficiaries.
• Developing business plans for income generating activities (IGA) businesses for sustainable livelihoods
• Support project participants and their groups to improve productivity, added value, quality and volume for market-led livelihood activities.
• Provide business support and training to project participants on income generating activities, market analysis and understanding specific value chains
• Support the graduation of enterprises from grant to commercial finance.
• Identify and engage with strategic partners for business development in the area of micro-enterprise, self-help group and cooperative development and support.
• Lead and contribute to developing policy documents in relation to our agribusiness work and keep abreast of innovations to inform our work.
• Develop and maintain appropriate enterprise guidelines and resources and disseminate to project participants.
• Analyze value-chain studies for commodities and work to remove constraints to link project participants to market
• Facilitate business and peer to peer linkage events between project participants, organizations and MSMEs
• Facilitate coaching sessions for project participants and MSMEs in business management and business financing.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned by the Project Manager from time to time Supporting institutional and business development for groups and participants
• Participating in forums on market engagement and value chains to collect and share best practices and promote WVU’s work.
• Work with buyers to clarify their specific needs and help entrepreneurs to communicate with these buyers to plan concrete and successful completion of transaction
• Work with banks and MFIs to clarify specific requirement for loan/financial services and help project participants to communicate with these buyers to plan and concrete successful completion of transactions
• Find markets and buyers for commodity produced by beneficiaries
• Develop and maintain a database of key market actors that can be used to further transactions
• Advising, training and supporting project staff and partners on evolving good practice in promoting a business approach with project participants.
• Find market for products of project participants including employment for skilled youth/women
• Increase the capacity of project participants to adopt high value, export standard and space saving enterprises
• Provide consistent and regular business support, mentoring and follow up to enterprises including production support to ensure a successful enterprise
• Support successful business set up including setting up financial records, business plan, dividend policy and profit and loss statement
• Conduct regular scoping of business, identify gaps and take measures to fill the gaps to reduce business mortality
• Support enterprises to have access to loan to ensure expansion or diversification
• Support enterprises to have access to business input
• Identify opportunities for value addition of products and provide instant training to project participants.
• Actively facilitate the translation of intervention strategies into action plans with concrete activities targets and timeframes
• Work closely with the Project Manager; support the project teams to prepare realistic annual and quarterly work plans
• Work in liaison with Project Manager, compile and submit timely quarterly and annual reports on Business development
• Supporting the evaluation of WVU’s enterprise development and capturing and sharing learning to improve and promote best practice in the sector.
• Support documentation and sharing of impact/success stories and best practices to promote learning.
• Monitor the wellbeing and child abuse cases and report any incidents in line with child protection policy and guidelines
• Work with local leaders to protect children from child violations and abuses.
• Sensitize children including most vulnerable, guardians/parents and other stakeholders about children’s rights and responsibilities.

• Business development facilitation skills
• Experience in facilitating market linkages
• Business development
• Youth skill development
• Financial inclusion/micro-finance
• Value chain development
• Small enterprise development
• Emergency livelihoods programming
• Cash-based programming
• Monitoring & Evaluation
• Relationship management/networking
• Coordination
• Interpersonal skills
• Communication skills (verbal and written)
• Conceptual & analytical skills
• Evidence-based approach to programme design and management
• Facilitation skills
• Team player
• Gender perspective in the scope of work
• Ability to communicate clearly to the team and other stakeholders
• Effective in written and verbal communication in English
• Ability to communicate in applicable local language(s) is an added advantage
• Spiritual maturity, interfaith knowledge and a biblical worldview
• Ability to articulate and model our Christian identity and mission in an inclusive way.
• Ability to ride a motorcycle with valid driving/riding license

• Bachelor degree in business studies, economics, agribusiness, development studies, social science, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 3-5 years of experience in agribusiness, business/agricultural marketing, market research, skills development and/or humanitarian organizations, including significant experience working as a certified business development trainer in the UN/INGO sector.
• Three years’ experience in technical leadership and/or field-based programme management roles in Resilience & Livelihoods sector.
• Expertise in income generation, SMEs and/or agribusiness development, skills development, poverty alleviation, livelihood and value chain development, social inclusion, etc.
• Proven business development facilitation skills and experience in facilitating market linkages for different categories of participants
• Technical skills: academic and/or direct programming experience and expertise in at least three of the following thematic areas is required: business development, youth skill development, financial inclusion/micro-finance, value chain development, small enterprise development, emergency livelihoods programming, cash-based programming.
• Experience in West Nile or similar contexts and working in refugee contexts.
• Experience with relevant technical models such as Village Savings & Loans, Enabling Rural Innovations, Building Secure Livelihoods, Local Value Chain Development and Ultra-Poor Graduation Model.
• Experience in Monitoring & Evaluation.
• Acquaintance with donor relations and evidence based programing.
• Capacity in relationship management/networking, and coordination is essential.
• Demonstration of well-developed interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Proven conceptual & analytical skills, ability to take an evidence-based approach to programme design and management.
• Proactive personality, self-driven and strongly motivated, proven facilitation skills and team player.
• Ensure a gender perspective in the scope of work.
• Ability to communicate clearly to the team and the other stakeholders.
• Effective in written and verbal communication in English. Ability to communicate in applicable local language(s) is an added advantage.
• Spiritual maturity, interfaith knowledge and a biblical worldview Ability to articulate and model our Christian identity and mission in an inclusive way.
• Ability to ride a motorcycle with valid driving/riding license is a must.