Job Description

Title: Business Development Officer

Company Name: International Development Enterprises (iDE)

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Chandpur

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's in Business Administration/ Masters in Management, Economics, Development Studies, or Social Science.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 4 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ General Responsibilities:
∎ Implement planned project activities within an assigned district, under the supervision of the Field Team Leader
∎ Regularly follow up with all stakeholders for whom the BDO is a primary point of contact (PCO) for rapport building and market strengthening
∎ Develop and ensure implementation of work plan and central instruction and perform accordingly to achieve the project goal
∎ Prepare event, monthly, quarterly and all necessary reports and assist Field Team Leader for preparing the final report.
∎ Maintain close contact and communication for project planning, extend support for operational strategy formulation and in resolving implementation requirements firstly with supervisor, peers and eventually with partners, counterparts, service providers, government, the private sector and project participants
∎ Carry out responsibilities in financial management and administration at the local level and ensure the efficient use and maintenance of the project resources in consultation with supervisor
∎ Programmatic Responsibilities:
∎ Implement a variety of market linkage, supply chain, technology introduction and business development activities within the scope of the Project
∎ Assess and improve skills and competencies of sanitation entrepreneurs (latrine producers) and businesses on a diverse range of business skills such as product orientation, record keeping, marketing, supply chain linkages, public sector linkages, and technical capacity, etc
∎ Build rapport and trust with sanitation and hygiene related entrepreneurs for effective communication and linkage development
∎ Co-facilitate demand creation activities with sanitation and hygiene related entrepreneurs, stakeholders and other relevant partners
∎ Identify potential market actors, sanitation and hygiene entrepreneurs, dealers, retailers, lead firms suitable for collaboration for implementing Project activities
∎ Facilitate sanitation entrepreneurs and relevant sales agents for product introduction and commercialization
∎ Ensuring the successful commercialization of selected sanitation and hygiene technologies
∎ Facilitate the development of business plans by the sanitation and hygiene entrepreneurs
∎ Assess and improve skills & competencies of sanitation and hygiene entrepreneurs on a diverse range of business skills like finance, business planning, quality management, human resource management, etc.
∎ Work together with the sanitation and hygiene entrepreneurs to ensure linkage of the sanitation and hygiene Value Chain Actor
∎ Facilitate WASH entrepreneurs to establish and maintain business networks at upazila levels and linked with stakeholders and associations based in District, Regional & National level to build profitable business relationships between wash entrepreneurs and others PSAs.
∎ Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning:
∎ Complete event reports in a timely manner for all project activities, ensuring necessary review, validation before submitting in the relevant monitoring system as supported by the Field Team Leader.
∎ Complete relevant stakeholder check-ins in a timely manner for all project activities and upload to relevant monitoring system as supported by the Evidence and Analytics Specialist
∎ Complete market insights and case studies as supported by the Evidence and Analytics Specialist in a timely and effective manner
∎ Actively engage in initiating best practices, key learnings, unique cases and other relevant documentation to share with the wider team
∎ Coordination and Support:
∎ Based on guidance from the Field Team Leader, support cross-program activities including:
∎ Product innovation
∎ Technology commercialization
∎ Best practices documentation
∎ Cross-project learning activities
∎ Maintain close contact and communication for project planning, strategy formulation and other issues with supervisor, technical specialists and institutional support teams
∎ Harmonize approach with other BDOs in the program through best practice sharing and feedback loops.
∎ Rapport Building:
∎ Coordinate with development, private and public sector partners at the national level for ongoing Project activities, current and potential partnerships
∎ Coordinate and report to supervisor on a regular basis as per the annual coordination strategy and cross-visits
∎ Travel to all assigned unions at as guided by designated supervisor for supporting Project stakeholders, overseeing implementation of Project activities, problem solving and systems development using the CLEAR framework (Connect, Listen, Educate, Ask, Resolve)
∎ Conversation with relevant supporting actors, partners and stakeholders
∎ Visit Community Households adopting improved sanitation products for feedback collection
∎ Other Responsibilities:
∎ Actively follow WASH initiatives in iDE, implemented by other Development agencies within Bangladesh and other countries for facilitating improved learning and networking
∎ Actively learn and develop skills related to online platforms used by iDE including but not limited to: Smartsheets, Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets and MS Office Suite
∎ Maintain use of online platforms for sharing reports, documents and data
∎ Represent iDE at external events and meetings as agreed with supervisor
∎ Participate in all relevant meetings and workshops
∎ Undertake additional tasks subject to workload and skill sets such as photography, cross-project trainings and evaluations

Additional Requirements:
∎ Work Experience:
∎ At least 4 years of experience working on market system development in Sanitation, overall in WASH and other relevant field in renowned Global or Local NGOs in Bangladesh
∎ Familiarity and experience with project management concepts such as Logical Frameworks, Impact Logic or Results Chains will be an advantage
∎ Familiarity and working experience with market actors in Private and Public sector, relevant to WASH sector
∎ Considerable understanding and knowledge of rural markets, trading relationships and rural service provision in WASH sector
∎ Experience in business planning with sanitation and hygiene service
∎ Adept understanding of business planning concepts (e.g. Revenue, expenses, marketing, product development, business planning, micro enterprise development and financing)
∎ Must understand the technical, social, and other relevant constraints in the development field.
∎ Programmatic Skills:
∎ Ability to responsibly manage implementation funds, monitoring and team progress
∎ Ability to plan and implement iterative field level activities for market systems change
∎ Understands the facilitative role of the market development approach
∎ Good analytical and problem solving skills
∎ Personal Skills:
∎ Energetic and focused approach to sales coaching and mentoring
∎ Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
∎ Self-motivated, energetic and team player
∎ Ability to work with various national and international team members and flexibility to adapt to different work conditions
∎ Ability to interact and collaborate with a broad range of public, private sector and NGO partners
∎ Physical and Language Skills:
∎ Ability to travel and undertake fieldwork in rural context
∎ Ability to drive motorcycles and having valid driving license
∎ Physical fitness required for frequent field visits and extensive travel.
∎ Written and oral communication skills in English, including ability to present coherent and convincing messages to different audiences
∎ Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite, e-mail and the internet
∎ Skills in typing in English and Bangla
∎ Familiarity with internet based software systems such as Google Apps
∎ Other Information and Conditions:
∎ The position would be a regular employment of iDE-B
∎ The remuneration package, work days and deliverables might be changed based on negotiation among iDE management and the contract
∎ iDE reserves the right to terminate this agreement at any time with the consultation of the employee as per HR policy.

Application Deadline: 18 Feb 2021

Company Information:
∎ 8 Feb 2021
∎ International Development Enterprises (iDE)
∎ Business : iDE is an International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) headquartered in Denver, Colorado USA and operating in 11 countries around the world, including Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, iDE has been working since 1984, registered with the NGO Affairs Bureau (NGO AB), registration number 173 dated 27th April, 1984. iDE is currently working in 27 Districts and 123 Upazilas on a wide variety of thematic areas including Food Security, Nutrition, WASH, Agriculture, Market Systems Development, Women Economic Empowerment. iDE Bangladesh is supported by USAID, SIDA, Unicef, DFID, the European Commission and other multilateral donors working in in the country.

Category: NGO/Development

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