Vacancy title:
Director of Business Development and Employment

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Deadline of this Job:
23 March 2022  

Summary
Date Posted: Sunday, March 13, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Director of Business Development and Employment
Level:3.II
Job description
• Coordinate, the planning, budgeting, resource mobilization, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting related to Business development and employment;
• Develop and oversee the implementation of actionable strategies or plans meant to localize national policies and the District Council’s decisions pertaining to the promotion of business development and job creation;
• Raise local population awareness on the importance of savings and connect them with business people, entrepreneurs and financial institutions in order to exploit the existing business opportunities;
• Facilitate the creation of business linkages (supply contracts) between local SMEs/cooperatives and large firms by putting in place a win-win mechanism of complementarities;
• Coordinate the identification, updating and exploitation of business and local economic development opportunities/ potentialities available within the District;
• Coordinate employment mainstreaming in District Development Plan and action plans
• Ensure a well-functioning of access to finance forum and identify bottlenecks that hinder access to credit and reimbursement
• Collaborate with companies to identify those in need of support in skills upgrading and link them with skills development institutions
• Coordinate the mobilization of companies and SMEs to host internees for knowledge transfer,
• Serve as a member to the District Technical Coordination Committee and advise the institution on matters pertaining to business development & employment.
• Facilitate the collection of information on job creation within the district that needs to be fed in Labour Market Information System (LMIS)
• Coordinate the employment promotion initiatives at District Level.

Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree in Economics
3 Years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Management
3 Years of relevant experience
• Master's Degree in Economics
1 Year of relevant experience
• Master's Degree in Management
1 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Entrepreneurship
3 Years of relevant experience
• Master's Degree in Entrepreneurship
1 Year of relevant experience
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration
1 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Rural Development
3 Years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration
3 Years of relevant experience
• Master's Degree in Rural Development
1 Year of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Agribusiness
3 Years of relevant experience
• Master's Degree in Agribusiness
1 Year of relevant experience
• Master's Degree in Labor Economics
1 Year of relevant experience

Competency and Key Technical Skills
• Integrity
• Strong critical thinking skills and excellent problem solving skills.
• Inclusiveness
• Accountability
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Client/citizen focus
• Professionalism
• Commitment to continuous learning
• Good at handling and meeting deadlines
• Quick learner who is easily able to learn new products, systems, applications and technologies
• Strong attention to detail organizational skills
• Leadership skills
• Technical understanding of doing business variables being analyzed and how it affects the various business units.
• Good presentation skills, and ability to communicate with various audiences, including end users, managers, and members of the IT team
• Analytical, problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
• Able to work well with both internal and external clients.
• Self-starter with leadership skills in order to take charge of or facilitate requirement-gathering sessions.
• Multi-tasking skills and the ability to balance multiple priorities and keep up with project scope changes.

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8 

Level of Education:Bachelor Degree

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