Business Development Support Officer

Job Description

Title: Business Development Support Officer

Company Name: CARE Bangladesh

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Pekua)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor/master's in agriculture/Fisheries/Social Sciences/Business Administration.

Experience Requirements:
∎ 3 to 4 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Project: Enhancing Food Security and Nutrition (EFSN) Project
∎ Location: Pekua Field Office under Cox`s Bazar Regional Office
∎ Duration: Duration of the Contract will be up to December 31, 2023.
∎ I. Job Summary:
∎ CARE is one of the world`s leading international humanitarian and development organizations, committed to helping people in poor communities improve their lives and alleviate poverty. Founded in 1945, CARE is working across 95 countries to fight global poverty and marginalization. CARE has been active in Bangladesh since 1949 being one of the largest country offices of CARE. CARE works to help people achieve social and economic well- being, while being among the best in their fields. In CARE, put women and girls at the center of our work because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities. CARE Bangladesh is currently shifting towards a program approach, where it has developed longer-term impact visions to have more sustainable changes in the lives of the extreme poor and marginalized.
∎ Data obtained from several secondary sources indicates that more than two million people from the host community population of Cox`s Bazar district have been directly or indirectly affected by the Rohingya influx, about 27% living in Maheshkhali, Kutubdia and Pekua, who are facing disruption on their day-to-day income-generating activities and regular livelihood. Recent research also supports the need for a comprehensive approach to build and improve resilience for the affected communities in Cox`s Bazar, emphasizing economic empowerment of refugee and host community women through home-based enterprises and value chain activities. Women living within these host community areas, especially the ultra-poor and those with disabilities are most vulnerable in this particular context. In the overall context of Bangladesh, women have less access than men to markets, assets, decision making and other livelihood opportunities, and are less resilient to disaster and health shocks. Current livelihood practices in these areas include agriculture, fishing, dry fish and other small-scale business; most of which have been negatively impacted due to the Rohingya crisis, impacting livelihoods of the host communities.
∎ To address these problems in the host community areas, specifically for women, CARE Bangladesh, with generous support from World Food Programme, has undertaken EFSN (Enhanced Food Security and Nutrition) project. The project will help build their capacity and enhance skills, make behavioral change to achieve personal and social wellbeing, at the same time provide direct financial support for entrepreneurship and business development to ensure sustainable livelihoods. In addition to these interventions, this project will also work on improving household resilience and economic sustainability through financial inclusion, market linkage building and promoting collective action. This proposed project will engage with 15,000 extremely poor, marginalized and disabled women whose livelihood has been negatively impacted by the change happened in the local economy due to the Rohingya crisis.
∎ Business Development Support Officer (BDSO) will be responsible for creating an enabling environment for entrepreneurship and business development following market-driven approach, for the population identified as the most vulnerable in the targeted communities. This position is one of the key positions expecting investing maximum time on the field. The BDSO shall be accountable for Regular follow-up, technical support, value addition on Marketing and Promotion of enterprises. S/he will be assigned to develop market linkages for small enterprises. S/he will also be responsible for establishing technical partnerships with GOB extension agents. BDSO shall support the behavioral change campaign and capacity-building activities while aligning business development opportunities.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Attractive remuneration package will be offered to the really deserving candidate.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 17 Sep 2023

Company Information:
∎ 11 Sep 2023
∎ CARE Bangladesh

Category: NGO/Development

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