Business Development Services Officer at Enabel Tanzania September 2024

Business Development Services Officer at Enabel – Belgian Development Agency September 2024

Category: National
Location: Kigoma, Tanzania
Reference: 22291

Business Development Services Officer (m/f) – Tanzania

Enabel
is a Belgian development agency. Our mission is to build a sustainable
world where all live under the rule of law and are free to thrive. With
our partners, we offer solutions addressing pressing global challenges –
Climate Change, Social and Economic Inequalities, Urbanisation, Peace
and Security, Human Mobility – and promoting Global Citizenship. We have
over 20 years’ of experience in areas ranging from education and health
care to agriculture, environmental protection, digitalization,
employment, and governance.

Enabel’s
expertise is eagerly sought after by partners around the globe – ranging
from the Belgian government, European Union institutions, governments
of other countries, and the private sector. We work with civil society,
research institutes as well as businesses and we foster fruitful
interaction between development policy and other areas.

With over 2,100 staff, Enabel manages about 170 projects in more than twenty countries, in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Background
The Tanzanian office of the Belgian Development Agency, Enabel
Tanzania, is implementing the Wezesha Binti Project which is the
bilateral cooperation programme funded by the Belgian Federal
Government. The general objective of the project is to ensure that
“Young people, especially young women, are empowered to thrive in a
protective and gender-equal environment, to acquire education and
skills, and to pursue decent work opportunities in Kigoma Region”. Its
specific objective is to ensure that “Girls and young women (14 to 29
years), in targeted districts of Kigoma, are empowered, access multiple
conducive learning pathways and enjoy decent and green employment and
entrepreneurship”.

The Wezesha Binti project is designed as an
integrated programme that is fully focused on girls and young women
through three results areas of the same holistic intervention as defined
below:

• Result area 1 is focusing on secondary education for vulnerable youth with a special focus on girls.
• Result
  area 2 is dedicated to skills development and entrepreneurship, with
  the ambition to increase opportunities for decent employment of young
  people, specifically women, through skills development, entrepreneurship
  promotion and business development support.
• Result area 3 is
  focusing on supporting a protective and gender-equal environment. It
  will contribute to tackle the discriminatory social norms and structural
  barriers that girls and young women face in their family, in their
  community, in the educative and professional spheres, so that girls and
  young women benefit from the same chances to continue their education
  and seize increasing remunerative economic opportunities.

Job description
The
Business Development Services Officer will report to the
Entrepreneurship and Inclusive Growth Expert. The main responsibilities
will be as follows:

• Contribute to
  the design of project strategies to increase and improve the provision
  of BDS within the entrepreneurship ecosystem of Kigoma region,
• Contribute to the development of terms of reference for short-term technical assignments
• Develop
  and implement a comprehensive entrepreneurship program specifically
  tailored for women, considering their unique challenges and needs.
• Design
  and deliver training workshops, mentoring sessions, and networking
  events to support women entrepreneurs in developing their business
  skills, knowledge, and networks,
• Collaborate with external partners and stakeholders to leverage resources and expertise to enhance project outcomes,
• Develop and deliver relevant training and capacity-building programs for service providers.
• In
  coordination with the MEL officer and the grants officers, support
  service providers with the implementation of the programs funded under
  the Wezesha Binti Project, and the development of quality reports for
  monitoring, learning and dissemination.
• Design market research
  studies to assess the needs and capacity of MSMEs, evaluate the
  effectiveness of existing programs in meeting these needs, and recommend
  improvements wherever necessary,
• With the guidance of the
  Inclusive Growth Expert, conducting regular assessments of the quality
  of the wider BDS services provided to supported entrepreneurs.
• Facilitate connections between women entrepreneurs and relevant industry associations, investors, and potential customers.
• Provide
  operational business advice and hands-on support to key beneficiaries
  in analysing the best fitting opportunities to grow their enterprises,
  increase their incomes and move towards sustained decent job creation.
• Advise
  business support organizations on actions to be taken to improve their
  service provision as well as how to implement these actions
• Promote the development of digitization in line with Enabel guidelines

Your profile

• Tanzanian National

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Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Economics, Business Administration, or any other related field.
• Demonstrated
  strong interpersonal skills and the ability to develop collaborative
  relations and partnerships, especially in a project with multiple
  implementation partners.
• Minimum of 3 years relevant experience in SME development
• Experience in facilitating marketing linkages between SMEs and established companies
• Demonstrated
  experience working with diverse stakeholders including government
  institutions, private sector, and financial institutions

Specific competencies or knowledge required:

• In-depth knowledge of the entrepreneurship development process
• Result-oriented and self-driven
• Gender-sensitive and can thrive in a multicultural context
• Can work at the intersection of business and development
• A strong team player
• Excellent training, training and digital skills
• Experience with inclusive value chain development is an asset
• Fluent in spoken and written English

Applicants are also required to commit to the vision, mission, and values of Enabel: Enabel’s Vision, Mission & Values

We offer you

• A fascinating job in an international environment.
• A specific period contract of 36 months.
• Estimated Start Date: 01/12/2024.
• You will be based in Kasulu district with frequent travels within and to other targeted districts of the region.
• You
  are employed by Enabel in the function of “Field Officer”. A salary
  package that comprises the monthly gross salary, in accordance with our
  salary scales (Class 4), and more benefits such as health care
  insurance, 13th month, holiday allowance and if applicable dependants
  school fees allowance.
• Relevant recognized experience for the function will be valorised.

Are you interested?
Apply HERE with an application letter and your updated CV, at the latest by 20th September 2024.
Only applications that are registered here via our online portal will be considered.
Final date for application: 20 September 2024