TechnoServe
Senior Business Advisor, PAYED
Job Category: Programs
Requisition number: SENIO01629
Key roles and
responsibility
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Lead the PAYED Program activities and ensure excellence in
execution , ensuring training curriculum is in place and ensure program team is
in place
· Ensure project activities are implemented with sound managerial, technical, human resource and overall programmatic practices
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Manage and monitor project budget variances to ensure spending
rates are on target and realign as required.
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Hold regular team meetings to track implementation progress and
share relevant project and administrative data
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Timely production and sharing of project performance metrics,
including quarterly Program Status Reports(PSRs) and Corporate Measurement data
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Enhance strong stakeholder engagement with government, private
sector, business associations, academic institutions, financial institutions
and suppliers.
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Oversee the implementation of key program activities in their
region and ensure the achievement of program
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Lead in the identification, selection and recruitment of
micro-enterprises for capacity building;
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Manage the program work plan and ensure program timelines are
well adhered
Lead a team of highly motivated Business Counsellors in ensuring quality
implementation, including regular travel to program sites to oversee the
delivery of activities;
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Ensure timely and accurate reporting on program activities;
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Collaborate with the monitoring and evaluation (MEL) team to
ensure rigorous data collection and analysis.
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Ensure high-quality programme delivery by collaborating with all
key program arms such as finance, communication, HR, MEL and Digital
Required skills and
experience
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Bachelor degree in Social Sciences, Finance, Business
Administration or related field;
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5-7 years of experience working with MSMEs; experience working
with marginalized communities will be an added advantage;
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Experience managing public and private sector stakeholder
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Strong business analytical skills
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Experience leading and managing high calibre multicultural
teams;
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Experience managing complex, multi-disciplinary, and challenging
field operations;
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Demonstrated skills in problem solving and consensus building;
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Ability to develop well written reports;
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Fluency in written and spoken English is
Success Factors: Competency is a
combination of knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) directly related to
successful performance on the job.
Core Competencies
include:
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Integrity and honesty: Is widely trusted; seen as a direct,
truthful individual; presents truthful information in an appropriate and
helpful manner; keeps confidences; admits mistakes; does not misrepresent
himself or herself for personal gain.
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Team Work/ Relationships: Works co-operatively and flexibly with
other members of the team with a full understanding of the role to be played as
a team member and/or leader, to achieve a common goal. Ability to build and
maintain effective relationships and networks.
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Learning attitude: Proactively takes advantage of opportunities
to learn. Actively identifies new areas for learning; applies and shares new
knowledge and skill appropriately.
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Diversity/Inclusiveness: Demonstrates an understanding and
appreciation for diversity and supports diversity efforts. Interacts
effectively with and inclusively with people of all races, cultures,
ethnicities, backgrounds, religions, ages, and genders.
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Communication: Expresses ideas effectively in individual and
group situations. Listens effectively; shares information, ideas and arguments;
adjusts terminology, language and communication modes to the needs of the
audience; ensures accurate understanding; acts in a way that facilitates open
exchange of ideas and information; uses appropriate non-verbal communication.
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Decision making/Problem Solving: Is able to analyze situations,
diagnose problems, identify the key issues, establish and evaluate alternative
courses of action and produce a logical, practical and acceptable solution. Is
able to make effective decisions on a day-to-day basis, taking ownership of
decisions, demonstrating sound judgement in escalating issues where necessary.
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Results Oriented/ High Quality Deliverables: Stays focused on
the efforts necessary to achieve quality results consistent with programmatic
or departmental goals. Demonstrates the ability to achieve effective results;
works persistently to overcome obstacles to goal achievement. Accomplishes
tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; showing concern
for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks.
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Planning & Time Management: Establishes a course of action
for self and/or others to accomplish a specific goal. Effectively plans,
schedules, prioritizes and controls activities; identifies, integrates and
orchestrates resources (people, material, information, budget, and/or time) to
accomplish goals. Prioritizes work according to the program or department’s
goals, not just own job responsibilities; manages own time effectively.
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Business Acumen: The ability to use information, ask the right
questions and take decisions that make an impact on the overall business
performance.
Job Specific/Technical
Competencies include:
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Financial & Resource Management: The ability to estimate,
justify, and manage appropriate funding levels to support goal accomplishment.
Managing Resources is about understanding human, financial, and operational
resource issues to make decisions aimed at building and planning efficient
project workflows, and at improving overall organizational performance.
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Computer Literacy: Demonstrates knowledge and ability to use
specific computer programs or applications for own functional area. Has the
ability to improve performance by integrating new and existing technology into
the workplace.
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Donor/Partnership Management: Identifying opportunities and
taking action to build strategic relationships between one’s area and other
areas, teams, departments, or organizations to help achieve business goals.
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Analysis, Research, Report Writing: Experience in business
planning and analysis, modeling for feasibility and execution. Able to analyze
and express oneself clearly in business writing.
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Innovative Mindset: Curious inquiries, asks questions and seeks
out information from multiple sources, learns from mistakes, sees change as an
opportunity.
Managerial
Competencies:
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Emotional Intelligence: The act of knowing, understanding, and
responding to emotions, overcoming stress in the moment, and being aware of how
your words and actions affect others.
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Emotional intelligence consists of 4 attributes: self-awareness,
self-management, social awareness, and relationship management.
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Strategic Thinking: Managers should recognize key actions,
underlying problems, make connection and patterns, see consequences and
implications. Anticipates obstacles realistically and plans ways to deal with
them.
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Staff Development: managers are required to work with employees
to plan on the development of skills and abilities so that they can fulfil
current or future job/role responsibilities more effectively.
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Trust to Delegate: managers should have trust and willingness to
assign responsibilities to direct reports and give them discretion and
authority to carry them out.
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Feedback/Coaching (mentoring): managers should give instructions,
suggestions, explanations, and feedback to subordinates. (SPI+R)
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