Business Development Specialist (1 Position)
Period: One year contract with possibility of extension based on well performance
Salary: Plus other benefits.
Function:
Business Development Specialist will play a key role in providing technical support for the marketing and business development activities supported under the project by all 3 key partners (READA itself, AVSF, CACA) and will facilitate trainings on these topics for other partner staff, to enable them to provide eco-trainings to the leaders of 3 Agricultural Cooperative Unions (ACUs) and 273 Agricultural Cooperatives (ACs) in the 12 target provinces. The Business Development Specialist is playing a main role for successful project implementation and impact. She/he must have in-depth knowledge on at least two of specialties of the project agricultural cooperatives, farmers associations, producer group, business development, marketing and gender and advocacy.
- Ensure a smooth collaboration between involved counterparts and other involved organizations, hereunder contact with international networks on Business Development, Civil Society Development, and as well as social networks.
- Create initiative idea and business mind set to AC/ACU.
- Develop tools and materials for AC/ACU’s business model assessment to identify area for improvement and capacity building.
- Support the project team in conducting deeply business model assessment of the target ACs/ACUs.
- Develop curricula and training materials on business model development, management, marketing principles, and negotiation skills.
- Organize training of trainers to all 3 key partners (READA itself, AVSF, CACA) on business model development, management, marketing principles, and negotiation skills.
- Organize business matching workshops or B2B workshops to facilitate connections between ACs/ACUs and potential buyers, suppliers, and service providers.
- Engage in partnerships with services providers and inputs suppliers to negotiate bulk prices and link potential products to buyers.
- Identify market need and potential products in order to coordinate AC/ACU in developing business.
- Identify and support business opportunities for ACs/ACUs.
- Produce business plans for selected enterprises ACs/ACUs.
- Lead a team using PRA to identify candidate ACs/AUCs
- Analyze economic feasibility analysis of small businesses.
- Supervise the implementation and monitoring of the project activities in Siem Reap, Oddar Meanchey Province and other target provinces of the project partners.
- Develop monitoring and evaluation guideline for ACs/ACUs on business development.
- Monitoring and evaluation of project activities regarding business developments in the target provinces.
- Compile monthly and quarterly reports of project activities and report to the Project Cluster Coordinator.
- Participate in management committee meetings.
- Provide focus training support for small/medium enterprises
- Establish linkages between microfinance institutions (MFIs) and the project’s women farmer credit groups.
- Provide technical training to project officers, AC committee, local authorities as well as SHGs in small business development.
- Prepare and conduct training and monitoring activities for the project staff.
- Contribute to development of the technical documents as necessary.
- Prepare monthly progress, quarterly and annual reports and submit to Project Cluster Coordinator.
- Networking with other NGOs and resource persons, government institutions working for agriculture projects and related sectors.
- University degree in Business Administration, Economic Analysis, Rural Economic Development and Marking, Finance and Banking, Accounting, or related fields.
- Knowledgeable in trading law, banking laws, investment in and out outside country, how to attract investors, ACs/ACUs and regulation.
- Working experiences in this field with NGOs, AC/ACU at least 2 years.
- Have experiences with bank or MFI is an advantage
- Comprehensive both Khmer and English.
- Computer literacy in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power-Point, Quick-book, Internet and E-mail.
- Demonstrate high level of ethical behavior and trust worthiness.
- Ability to work under pressure and highly self-motivated.
