Senior Market Systems Development Specialist!

Job Description

Title: Senior Market Systems Development Specialist!

Company Name: Innovision Consulting Private Limited

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka, Jashore

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• 8 to 10 years

Master`s degree in Agricultural Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.

• 8 to 10 years

• Proven experience in designing and managing large-scale development projects focused on market systems, value chains, or economic development.

• Demonstrated experience in facilitating collaboration among diverse stakeholders, including businesses, government agencies, and civil society organizations.

• Minimum 8-10 years of experience working with the private sector to develop public-private partnerships, leverage resources, and promote private-sector-driven growth in Bangladesh.

• Knowledge/contact with private sector enterprises in the aquaculture sector in Bangladesh.

• Experience providing advisory, mentoring, and capacity-building services to SMEs and/or anchor firms.

• 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.

Reports to: Deputy Chief of Party

Job Type: Full-time

Duration: 5 years

Effective from: January 1st, 2025

POSITION OVERVIEW

Innovision is recruiting for a Senior Market Systems Development Specialist position for the Feed the Future Bangladesh Sustainable Aquaculture Activity. The Activity aims to enhance inclusive and sustainable aquaculture sector growth in Bangladesh through a market system approach to improve rural household income and nutrition.The Senior Market Systems Development Specialist will lead the design and implementation of market systems development interventions to enhance inclusive economic opportunities in Bangladesh. This includes improving the efficiency, resilience, and inclusivity of the aquaculture sector. The role requires expertise in systems thinking, private sector engagement, and the facilitation of market-based solutions that address key barriers to economic development. They must ensure technical quality and provide support to project teams in the design and implementation of an inclusive market-based approach that promotes market opportunities for smallholder and subsistence farmer households, women, and youth. The Specialist must bring thoughtful, strategically sound knowledge of approaches in market system development, with the ability to craft clear and impactful project descriptions (PDs) and knowledge pieces. Additionally, they must be able to actively contribute to promoting inclusive and sustainable business practices on renowned knowledge platforms, showcasing the project’s impact and lessons learned.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Market Systems Analysis and Design:

• Lead the design of market systems interventions, based on identified analysis of market constraints, opportunities, and needs.
• Utilize systems thinking to design sustainable and scalable solutions that address root causes of market inefficiencies and barriers to economic participation.
• Provide analysis of the equitable opportunities within the aquaculture value chain for smallholder and subsistence farmer households, commercial and market-oriented farmers, women, and youth.
• Assess, identify, and support the development of last-mile delivery systems for fish seed and other agri-inputs with private sector actors that are effective in reaching smallholder farmers.

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Negotiable depending on qualifications and experience in related fields.