Market Development Specialist
Job Description
Title: Market Development Specialist
Company Name: International Development Enterprises (iDE)
Vacancy: 02
Job Location: Bogura, Jashore
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters in Business Administration/Management/Agriculture
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Market Development Specialist will provide technical assistance to the project staff to execute the project activities effectively
∎ Facilitate the process of market system analysis to identify the systemic constraints & opportunity of agri machinery markets; SMEs, planning and programmatic guidance for the project staff and other stakeholders according to project guidelines and donor requirements;
∎ Facilitate training in different levels and maintain close collaboration with respective PSPs
∎ Supervise a small team consisting 5-6 Officer Market Development and provide technical backstopping to implement the project in the ground
∎ Assess the MSMEs and find out the business capacity gaps and bottleneck of their business growth
∎ Find out the market based solution and link the project targeted MSMEs with proper solutions to make the MSMEs competitive and grow their business as project expected
∎ Prepare and signing JVA with respective PSPs to promote enterprises and also develop business incubation and accelerator center
∎ Conduct different training, meeting and workshop in the field level with relevant stakeholders for MSME development
∎ Linkage established between national & international firms for adopt new design and marketing policy
∎ Keep the line Manager abreast of emerging project issues
∎ Facilitate to staff the process of imparting small agri machinery business planning, commercialization and utilization the Ag machineries at field level and technical skills development training to project participants involving private & public partners
∎ Facilitate private sectors and manufacturer to improve the competitiveness of the products in terms of quality and quantity, product line development and maintaining OHS and environmental standards for employee
∎ Facilitate to build the capacity of rural youth & women through involving private sector and also creation of employment
∎ Oversee project monitoring & evaluation and ensure adherence to reporting requirements; Monitor progress and capturing best practices, critical analysis and generate reports as required; provide feedback to the field team and updates the iDE senior management team and project manager on a regular basis.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 5 years’ experience working in implementing market development projects with minimum 3-4 years in a mid level managerial position;
∎ Demonstrated excellent project monitoring skills; leadership and operational capabilities which resulted in achievement of targets;
∎ Sectoral experience and expertise, particularly in agri machinery, light engineering, service provision business;
∎ Prior experience working in the context of USAID or similar donor funded agricultural development projects;
∎ Must understand and be able to articulate the role of the private sector, government and civil society/NGOs in creating an effective service market;
∎ Experience of value chain approaches to market development and sub-sector analysis;
∎ Good understanding of the technical, social and economic constraints at the field level;
∎ Experience in integrating gender responsive and gender inclusive strategies in market systems development interventions is a strong asset.
∎ Self-motivated, energetic and team player
∎ Good analytical skills and problem solving skills
∎ Ability to think creatively and encourage field staff to take initiative
∎ Prepared to undertake frequent field visits and extensive travel
∎ Ability to adapt and work with all genders, religions, nationalities and ages
∎ Proven interpersonal and intercultural skills, including flexibility and sensitivity; and
∎ Sound knowledge of local government, good governance, human rights, women empowerment.
∎ Ability to travel and undertake fieldwork in rural contexts
∎ High quality of written and spoken in both Bangla and English with an ability to produce regular qualitative narrative reports, proficient in the use of Microsoft Office including Excel, Power-point and Word.
∎ Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office, email and the internet
∎ Familiarity with internet based software systems such as Google Apps and Salesforce
∎ The position would be the regular employment of iDE-B
∎ The remuneration package, work days and deliverables might be change based on negotiation between iDE management and the contract
∎ iDE reserves the right to terminate this agreement any time with the consultation of the employee as per HR policy
Application Deadline: August 9, 2019
Company Information:
∎ International Development Enterprises (iDE)
∎ Business : iDE is an international NGO with over 30 years of experience in designing and delivering market based anti-poverty programs in 11 countries. We are a world leader in making markets work for the poor as well as the longest established market development specialist NGO in Bangladesh. iDE believes that markets can be a powerful force for improving smallholder prosperity by creating income and livelihood opportunities for poor rural households. iDE Bangladesh (iDE-B) has 9 projects under its Food Security and Nutrition; Agriculture Markets; Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH); and Technology and Innovation Portfolios.
Category: NGO/Development
Read Before Apply: Women are actively encouraged to apply.
