Vacancy: Business Officer - Kisumu
Our
client is an association of Christians who invest in people living in poverty
around the world so they can unleash their potential to earn a livelihood to
provide for their families and enrich their communities.
The
Business Officer will be reporting to the Deputy Field Project Manager, DFPM,
and works closely with other Business Officers based in various regions in
Kenya.
This position will based in the field, located in the M-SAWA project County-Kisumu coordinating the organization’s work in Western, Turkana and nearby counties.
The
Business Officer (BO) will live in the relevant county, for close monitoring of
project activities, and travel as authorized by supervisor, with clear trip
plan, budget and deliverables
Job
Purpose: The
Business Officer (BO) will be a key field business officer for the value chain
and private equity components.
Key responsibilities
- Represent
MEDA Kenya in local county and field activities.
- Develop
a monthly work-plan for supervisor review and approval.
- Develop
a monthly budget for supervisor review and approval by MEDA Kenya Finance.
- Submit
monthly reports, narrative and indicator matrix tables on all aspects of
the project.
- Submit
monthly financial retirement reports of advances allowed, with legitimate
receipts and expense approvals. No unauthorised and illegitimate receipts
will be accepted.
- Summary
table of outputs and corresponding targets/indicators performance to date.
- Result
by result analysis: a detailed analysis of the achievements and challenges
regarding output performance
- Verify
report information and record observations about beneficiary, partner and
stakeholder responses to activities through field visits to selected
project areas. A Business officer may be requested to make audit visits to
another county, and verify colleague data.
- Identify
related activities in which local SMEs and LF may take part, with business
benefits to project actors.
- Update
performance indicators covering relevant SMEs and LF in the counties
covered, including updating the online database.
- Reviewing
all SME and LF data, records, reports for accuracy and authenticity,
taking responsibility and ownership of reports reviewed and forwarded to
MEDA Kenya management.
- Plan
and facilitate project marketing events with lead firms and stakeholders
at the county level.
- Plan
and facilitate marketing training events, working with marketing experts
as needed at county level, working with relevant project officer.
- Facilitate
communication of M-SAWA project work to target women in rural locations,
in simple effective ways working with relevant project officer.
- Facilitate
learning opportunities especially with regard to supply/value chain
development and widely disseminate lessons learnt through to actors at the
county level.
- Solicit
feedback (policy and practice) from project participants and partners to
ensure that program delivery is as responsive to community priorities as
possible at the county level.
- Arrange
participation is regional, county and national shows like ASK shows,
facilitating MEDA lead firms and business actors to show case products and
services, and MEDA work at county level.
- Working
closely with SEs and SMEs, identify emerging challenges and promote best practices
in gender-equitable participation, contribute to improving the business
environment for SEs and SMEs, as well as bring gender perspectives to
business risk mitigation at the county level.
- Assist
in designing grants criterial for SMEs and LF that practice
environmentally sustainable practices, and review to check off the
relevant boxes when grant applications are reviewed.
- Track
all environment indicators for the project at the county level as guided
by the relevant project officer.
- Any
other tasks as may be assigned by the deputy field project manager or
delegate.
- Apply
MEDA’s values in all activities – cultural sensitivity, equality,
transparency and integrity in all relationships.
Required
Qualifications
- MBA
or MSC, BSC Agriculture, Agribusiness and related with over 3 year’s
relevant experience.
- Experience
working in the counties near Mombasa, Lamu, Kisumu and Turkana will be an
added advantage.
- Superior
report-writing, editing skills and advanced use of MS office packages, and
database management tools
- Experience
in mobilizing field stakeholders into collaborative partnerships.
- Experience
in supporting SMEs in decision-making and value chain development.
- Experience
in use of relational database, information and communication technologies
(ICT).
- Financial
and investment experience (SMEs) and finance in private equity markets.
- Experience
in commercial business development service providers to upgrade farmer,
small entrepreneurs, and enterprise competencies.
- Appreciation
and support of MEDA’s faith, values, mission and purpose.
- Female
candidates are encouraged to apply.
Competencies
& Skills
- Communication
skills
- Keen
eye for detail
- Leadership
skills
- Initiative
and creative
- Customer
service
- Interpersonal
and team player skills
- Strategic
and analytical thinking skills
- Problem
Solving skills
- Aggressive,
assertive and adaptable
- Business
Acumen
Salary
budget: Kshs.70,000
How to apply:
If you
are interested in the position and have the skills and talents our client is
looking for, we would like to hear from you through wycliffe@dorbe-leit.co.ke
by the 7th July 2016.
Only
successful candidates will be contacted.