Business Development Officer At The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

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Job Title: Business Development Officer At The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Organisation: The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Location: Abuja
Min Work Experience: 5 year(s)
Qualification: B.Sc / HND
Industry: Sales/ Business Development
Course: Economics, Business Administration, Entrepreneurship or related discipline
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The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a not-for-profit institution that generates agricultural innovations to meet Africa’s most pressing challenges of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and natural resource degradation. Working with various partners across sub-Saharan Africa, we improve livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, increase employment, and preserve natural resource integrity. IITA is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Development Officer

Ref. No: Ref: IITA-HR-NRS2020-015
Location: Abuja
Recruitment Type: National (2-year renewable contract)

Duties

  • Lead the development of training content and tools for agribusiness management and coordinate their delivery through the state coordinators and training officers in three states in Nigeria.
  • Conduct geographical agribusiness value chain analysis for the project’s target value chains and work with the state coordinators to identify business opportunities for entrepreneurial-track youth to develop business models.
  • Lead the efforts of the state coordinators in guiding entrepreneurial-track youth todevelop and implement fund-worthy business plans
  • Lead all efforts directed towards attracting funding for young agripreneurs, work with credit institutions to design youth-sensitive financing instruments for business start-up and expansion.
  • Coordinate the day to day management of pilot learning enterprises through the state coordinators in three states in Nigeria, ensuring the effectiveness of the learning experience they are to provide.
  • Coordinate the efforts of identified project partners in providing mentorship, business support and advisory service to young entrepreneurs. Ensure compliance of partners with all deliverables.
  • Assist in development of bankable business plan and recommendations for funding linkages.
  • Develop and nurture a network business partnership with private sector companies and associations that entrepreneurial-track youth can leverage on to grow and improve their businesses. Maintain an updated data base of these partners
  • Provide monitoring of the businesses established and identify challenges to be addressed / provide the required advice.
  • Provide technical support to the trainees and assist them while they are starting their business and ensure smooth business take off.
  • Perform any other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications

  • BSc/HND in Economics, Business Administration, Entrepreneurship or related discipline with minimum of five (5) years’ related experience performing related role.

Competencies:
The ideal candidate must:

  • Show ability and strong experience in the development of viable business plans
  • Be computer literate with a good working knowledge of computer-based control systems, shared network drives, and excel packages
  • Have practical experience in agribusiness, business management especially working with youths
  • Have good understanding of marketing linkages and strategies in agribusiness
  • Have excellent communication and supervisory skills.
  • Show ability for efficient and harmonious team leadership
  • Be able to mentor budding entrepreneurs to build relevant entrepreneurial skills.
  • Be able to link youths to private sector and finance partners for financial and enterprise development support.
  • Have good understanding of the Nigerian financial system for entrepreneurs
  • Have experience working with private sector agribusiness partners.

Remuneration

  • We offer highly competitive salary with equally attractive benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.
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