Job Description

Title: MSME Support Specialist

Company Name: ACDI/VOCA

Vacancy: 1

Location: Barishal

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:
∎ At least 4 years
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):NGO

Published: 20 Mar 2024

Education:
∎ Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in business entrepreneurship, economics or relevant technical area

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Willing to work in remote and challenging business conditions
∎ t least four years of experience working with the inclusive MSME and private sector to develop partnerships, leverage resources, and promote private-sector driven growth
∎ Experience providing advisory, mentoring and capacity building services to SMEs and/or anchor firms to increase export competitiveness.
∎ Familiarity with access to finance constraints for SMEs and anchor firms and ability to advise on solutions.
∎ Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders, including government officials, private sector actors, financial institutions, project staff, and/or donor agencies.
∎ Fluency in Bangla and English is required, including the ability to write coherent and analytical reports in English.
∎ Experience with computer-based Microsoft packages (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).
∎ Willing to work in remote and challenging business conditions
∎ t least four years of experience working with the inclusive MSME and private sector to develop partnerships, leverage resources, and promote private-sector driven growth
∎ Experience providing advisory, mentoring and capacity building services to SMEs and/or anchor firms to increase export competitiveness.
∎ Familiarity with access to finance constraints for SMEs and anchor firms and ability to advise on solutions.
∎ Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders, including government officials, private sector actors, financial institutions, project staff, and/or donor agencies.
∎ Fluency in Bangla and English is required, including the ability to write coherent and analytical reports in English.
∎ Experience with computer-based Microsoft packages (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Implementation and management responsibilities of Business Development training, technical and business development support to MSMEs
∎ Leads the selection, assessment, training and business planning for the MSMEs in coordination with the technical team, consultants and project partners
∎ Development and track MSMEs status, capacities, challenges using a scoring tool for the selected businesses to graduate
∎ Provide mentoring and coaching to grant recipients and help improve productivity and profitability of selected businesses.
∎ Ensure close coordination with private sector, businesses and value chain actors, analyze business models and financial information, determine appropriate products and services, and collaborate with the private sector partners/representatives at the field level to ensure the effective implementation of interventions/grants.
∎ Oversee/supervise the activities implemented by the private sector partners.
∎ Identify opportunities to develop inclusive new partnerships
∎ Plan with regional leads and guide the field staffs during field implementation of different activities
∎ Networking with local government agencies and associations like DLS, Women's Affairs Department, youth club, Public Health and Nutrition, Private Sectors, Market actors, other associations and Partner Organizations at the district/Upazila level.
∎ Act as a Key person to coordinate with Activity Team leads, Field coordinators, technical specialists, and government and private sectors at the district level.
∎ Organize meetings, training, seminars, and workshops when necessary/relevant.
∎ Arrange visits, workshops, rallies, fairs, seminars, Training, cultural shows etc., at district/Upazila/community level.
∎ Perform other tasks related to the project as assigned by the Supervisors.
∎ Work as a focal person in the region to coordinate private-sector engagement initiatives to increase livestock productivity.
∎ Link the private sector with Local Service Providers whenever needed.
∎ Provide feedback to the MSD Team to improve field-level implementation under the partnerships
∎ Assist in district-level planning on Private Sector Engagement (PSE) activities in collaboration with private sector firms. Such as- Feeds, Medicine, Ingredients, Biodigesters, dairy processors (large and medium) etc.
∎ Work closely with MSMEs and monitor their marketability approaches.
∎ Identify innovative opportunities in the livestock sector at the field level and transform them into action.
∎ Monthly meeting with regional private sector Partners
∎ Rollout the SBCC activities/interventions at ground level collaboration with MSMEs and private sectors
∎ Support MSMEs to increase sales points and marketing of diversified meat, milk and dairy products in the ground level.
∎ Assist in planning and following up on nutrition-focused activities of the MSMEs and private sectors.
∎ Access to finance
∎ Support and coordinate with district-level Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) and Commercial Banks on access to finance activities, facilitate linkage with producers, medium, small and micro-entrepreneurs (MSMEs) and conduct follow up monitoring.
∎ Facilitate the process of empowering youth and women farmers and market actors to promote livestock production and household nutrition.
∎ Assist in implementing recommendations that will be generated from the GYSI study.
∎ Facilitate relevant stakeholders for inclusion of Women, Youth and Social issues across project interventions/ activities.
∎ Assist in conducting different value chain assessments, study, formative research, survey and data collection.
∎ Monitor data collection process of different periodic studies.
∎ Assist/ collect data for regular monitoring and learning.
∎ Coordinate closely with the MEL to ensure adequate project monitoring, CLA data collection, documentation, and reporting.
∎ Support the field team in conducting the market assessment, collecting field data and preparing summary reports for the respective district..
∎ JOB SUMMARY:
∎ The MSME Support Specialist will support the Livestock and Nutrition Activity Team Leads in all aspects of program implementation in the field and assist in program management. S/he will work with the senior management team, short term technical assistant (STTA), volunteers, as well as partner organizations, private firms, and Government departments in the local level (e.g. DLS, BLRI, Public Health and Nutrition, BSCIC, BSTI, Department of Women Affairs, Department of Youth Development, Social Welfare LGI, Union Parishad and so on) to provide continuing technical implementation support at field level. The Senior Field Coordinator is the primary point of contact for the Livestock and Nutrition Activity of ACDI/VOCA Bangladesh at the District level.
∎ ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
∎ Manage Major responsibilities might be:
∎ Implementation and management responsibilities of Business Development training, technical and business development support to MSMEs
∎ Leads the selection, assessment, training and business planning for the MSMEs in coordination with the technical team, consultants and project partners
∎ Development and track MSMEs status, capacities, challenges using a scoring tool for the selected businesses to graduate
∎ Provide mentoring and coaching to grant recipients and help improve productivity and profitability of selected businesses.
∎ Ensure close coordination with private sector, businesses and value chain actors, analyze business models and financial information, determine appropriate products and services, and collaborate with the private sector partners/representatives at the field level to ensure the effective implementation of interventions/grants.
∎ Oversee/supervise the activities implemented by the private sector partners.
∎ Identify opportunities to develop inclusive new partnerships
∎ TeaM and networking
∎ Plan with regional leads and guide the field staffs during field implementation of different activities
∎ Networking with local government agencies and associations like DLS, Women's Affairs Department, youth club, Public Health and Nutrition, Private Sectors, Market actors, other associations and Partner Organizations at the district/Upazila level.
∎ Act as a Key person to coordinate with Activity Team leads, Field coordinators, technical specialists, and government and private sectors at the district level.
∎ Organize meetings, training, seminars, and workshops when necessary/relevant.
∎ Arrange visits, workshops, rallies, fairs, seminars, Training, cultural shows etc., at district/Upazila/community level.
∎ Perform other tasks related to the project as assigned by the Supervisors.
∎ Support Other private sector partnerships
∎ Work as a focal person in the region to coordinate private-sector engagement initiatives to increase livestock productivity.
∎ Link the private sector with Local Service Providers whenever needed.
∎ Provide feedback to the MSD Team to improve field-level implementation under the partnerships
∎ Develop and Enhance the Marketability of livestock products (inputs and Outputs)
∎ Assist in district-level planning on Private Sector Engagement (PSE) activities in collaboration with private sector firms. Such as- Feeds, Medicine, Ingredients, Biodigesters, dairy processors (large and medium) etc.
∎ Work closely with MSMEs and monitor their marketability approaches.
∎ Identify innovative opportunities in the livestock sector at the field level and transform them into action.
∎ Monthly meeting with regional private sector Partners
∎ Improve the nutritional behaviour
∎ Rollout the SBCC activities/interventions at ground level collaboration with MSMEs and private sectors
∎ Support MSMEs to increase sales points and marketing of diversified meat, milk and dairy products in the ground level.
∎ Assist in planning and following up on nutrition-focused activities of the MSMEs and private sectors.
∎ Cross-cutting section of Activity
∎ Access to finance
∎ Support and coordinate with district-level Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) and Commercial Banks on access to finance activities, facilitate linkage with producers, medium, small and micro-entrepreneurs (MSMEs) and conduct follow up monitoring.
∎ Monthly meeting the MFI partners and monitor the field activities
∎ 4.3. Gender and youth engagement in Livestock and Nutrition Activity
∎ Facilitate the process of empowering youth and women farmers and market actors to promote livestock production and household nutrition.
∎ Assist in implementing recommendations that will be generated from the GYSI study.
∎ Facilitate relevant stakeholders for inclusion of Women, Youth and Social issues across project interventions/ activities.
∎ Support MEL on different Market studies and Data collection
∎ Assist in conducting different value chain assessments, study, formative research, survey and data collection.
∎ Monitor data collection process of different periodic studies.
∎ Assist/ collect data for regular monitoring and learning.
∎ Coordinate closely with the MEL to ensure adequate project monitoring, CLA data collection, documentation, and reporting.
∎ Support the field team in conducting the market assessment, collecting field data and preparing summary reports for the respective district..
∎ Project name: Feed the Future Bangladesh Livestock and Nutrition Activity
∎ Reports to: Market System Development Lead

Employment Status: Full Time

Job Location: Barishal

Read Before Apply:

Please submit a resume and cover letter to "Manager-Human Resources" by BangladeshLAN@joinav.org no later than April 03, 2024.

Please include the position title in the subject line.

Due to the high volume of applications, we are not able to respond to inquiries via phone. Only those candidates considered for an interview will be contacted. ACDI/VOCA is an equal opportunity employer. Women, minorities and people from diverse groups are encouraged to apply.

"ACDI/VOCA is an equal opportunity organization"