TechnoServe Nigeria Recruiting Production Specialist, Business Advisors (Senior & Junior)

TechnoServe is an international nonprofit development organization founded in 1968 to help entrepreneurial men and women in poor areas of the developing world to build businesses that create jobs, income and economic opportunity for their families, their communities and their countries.

We are recruiting to fill the following vacancies:

1.) Production Specialist

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Business, Economics, Agribusiness or related field
• Minimum of 8 years of professional experienceExcellent verbal and written communication skills
• Previous work on international donor funded projects.
• Previous work in the private sector preferred
• Experience in M&E, results reporting, project design and budget estimation
• Experience managing diverse work teams

Responsibilities:

• Develop and strengthen producer organizations across a range of agricultural sectors.
• Provide business skills to farmers
• Design and deploy sustainable and replicable models for producer aggregation and linking to markets
• Implement market linkages between farmers and agro-processors
• Monitor budget lines, priorities and procedures and advise and guide team members accordingly

2.)  Business Advisors (Senior & Junior)

Qualifications:

• 3-8 years experience in one or more of the following areas: management consulting, operating own business, working in sales, marketing, finance or operations in a large company. working in a financial institution. working in agro-processing
• B.Sc or B.A. degree in business administration, economics. marketing or related discipline
• Excellent client management skills
• Ability to understand, analyze, and construct business plans and financial statements
• Proven experience managing teams and using work plans to structure own and team members work
• Ability to develop industry development strategy and recommend key interventions
• Deep technical knowledge in agribusiness and oragro-processing

Responsibilities:

• Manage the design and implementation of TechnoServe's assistance to entrepreneurs across one or more sectors.
• Provide hands-on support to TechnoServe clients (including farmers' groups, cooperatives and processors) in order to grow their businesses and maximize impact on the poor
• Manage a small team of short-term experts or volunteer consultants, as needed.
• Collect and analyze key impact data on a quarterly basis

Application Deadline
21st July, 2011

Method of Application
To apply, please e-mail CV, salary history and 3 references to: [email protected] by 17:00 Thursday, 21 July. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. TechnoServe is an equal opportunity employer.