Field Assistant Business Deleopment (Response Programme)

Job Description

Title: Field Assistant Business Deleopment (Response Programme)

Company Name: World Vision Bangladesh

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor degree in Agribusiness, Business/ Agricultural Marketing

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Sensitize and mobilize targeted beneficiaries for training on S4T, Business selection, planning and management (SPM) modules
∎ Mentor and coach beneficiaries on best practices of S4T, enterprise development and ensure they are functional and working as per WV principles
∎ Ensure targeted beneficiaries have business plan and businesses are flourishing
∎ Work with targeted businesses and support those with promising businesses with startup Grants for their IGA
∎ In collaboration with Field Officer business development, Field Assistant should work with banks and MFIs to clarify specific requirement for loan/financial services and help farmers to communicate with these buyers to plan and concrete successful completion of transactions –in case a group wants to expand their business through external credit
∎ Work closely with CFW beneficiaries to ensure their business are functional and being manage well
∎ Work with Help Desk team to ensure the integration of business practices and Core Humanitarian standard
∎ Provide consistent and regular business support, mentoring and follow up to enterprises including production support to ensure a successful enterprise
∎ Support successful business set up including setting up financial records, business plan, dividend policy and profit and loss statement
∎ Conduct regular scoping of business, identify gaps and take measures to fill the gaps to reduce business mortality
∎ Support enterprises to have access to loan to ensure expansion or diversification
∎ Identify opportunities for farm based value addition of products and provide instant training to farmers

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 27 years
∎ Minimum 1 year’s professional work experience in livelihood humanitarian/ development work including in displacement setting.
∎ Ability to work in a harsh working environment
∎ Sensitivity towards emerging conflict in refugee settings
∎ Good communication, writing, negotiation and facilitation skills
∎ Good computer skills: Ms Excel, Ms Word
∎ Self-motivator, having the ability to work with limited supervision
∎ Ability to work in an innovative environment where plans are developed fast and open for change
∎ Ability and skills to support activities where both refugee and host communities are involved
∎ Able to ride a motorcycle with a valid driving/riding license
∎ Preferably knowledge of Arabic or other relevant local language

Salary: Tk. 45000 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Medical allowance, Weekly 2 holidays
∎ Festival Bonus: 1

Application Deadline: June 15, 2019

Company Information:
∎ World Vision Bangladesh
∎ Address : Abedin Tower (2nd floor), 35 Kemal Ataturk Avenue, Banani, Dhaka - 1213, P.O. Box: 9071
∎ Business : World Vision (WV) is an established international Christian humanitarian development and advocacy organization dedicated for working with children, families and their communities worldwide to reach their fullest potential by tackling the causes of poverty & injustice. It serves all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, gender or ability.

Being a child-focused organization, World Vision has the responsibility to ensure safety & protection of the children while they come in contact with the staff; accordingly all the recruits will go through specific checks and compliance procedures in accordance to its Child Protection Policy. Persons with a history of child rights and child protection violation are discouraged to apply.

Female are specially encourage to apply.

Category: NGO/Development

Source: bdjobs.com