Business Advisor - Agribusiness
TechnoServe Nigeria - Lagos, Nigeria
Posted: Sep 28th, 2019
Login to ApplyTechnoServe works with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses, and industries.We are a non-profit organization that develops business solutions to poverty by linking people to information, capital, and markets.
Responsibilities
- Provide training and advisory support to participating agribusiness owners.
- Conduct training of trainers workshops on topics such as business plan development, situational and opportunity analysis, operational strategy, and financial planning for growth.
- Support training material revision; analyze training needs and tailor and improve curricula as needed.
- Provide individual business mentoring support to agribusinesses and assist entrepreneurs in implementing their business growth plans.
- Support agribusinesses on business management topics, including accounting, financial management and planning, marketing, operations, etc.
- Engage with agtech firms in facilitating agribusiness’ adoption of new technology products as needed.
- Track data from program participants and prepare qualitative and quantitative reports.
- Record-keeping of participants’ activities, data collection of information required for monthly report and analysis.
- Strict adherence to timeframe of assignments in project life-scope.
- Any other tasks that may be assigned.
| Minimum: B.Sc/B.A Experience: 3-5 year(s) |
Location: Lagos, Nigeria Job Type: Permanent |
Salary: Expires: 28-10-2019 |
General Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Business Administration, and other relevant fields; A Master’s degree in a relevant field will be an added advantage.
- 2-3 years in capacities relating to either agribusiness, marketing, SME development with entrepreneurial experiences in agribusiness.
- Ability to develop well written, cohesive analyses and reports.
- Excellent communication, analytical and strategy skills.
- Confident with project management and reporting.
- Strong skills in business software (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
