Program
Description:
Millennium Promise
(MP) is the leading international non-profit organization solely committed to
supporting the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to halve
extreme poverty by 2015. Its flagship initiative is the Millennium Villages
Project In collaboration with the Earth Institute at Columbia University;
Millennium Promise has the
administrative and operations responsibility of the
Millennium Villages Project, which supports integrated social and business
development services for more than 500,000 people in rural communities across
10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. (Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali,
Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda)The organization engages
partners from the private and public sectors, national governments, and
individuals
We are looking to
recruit dynamic, self-driven individual to fill the following position in our
team
Technical Facilitator – Business/ Enterprise
Staff Responsible To: To Team Leader through Enterprise Coordinator
Duty Station - Yala
Roles & Responsibilities
- Provide timely
technical advice and coordinate with the MVP cooperative sector to develop
fundable business plans and ensure timely execution of plans;
- Carry out
continuous assessment of the status of the existing cooperatives across
the Sauri MVP cluster and identify appropriate areas of intervention for
capacity building, investment to ensure functionality and growth of the
cooperatives;
- Develop,
promote, and manage relationships with business partners, including with
financial institutions to support the extension of credit to smallholder
farmers and functional cooperatives;
- Train common
interest groups, cooperatives and other organized groups prudent financial
management systems not limited to bookkeeping, membership maintenance,
service provision, business planning;
- Nurture and
oversee maintenance of a Checks and balances, proper record keeping,
including books of accounts and compilation of monthly financial reports.
- Ensure societies
adopt best practices in terms of disbursement and payments, banking,
reconciliations, and inventory of society assets.
- Prepare M&E
frameworks, systems, tools, to monitor the operation of the enterprises.
- Provide liaison
with stakeholders starting with contact farmers/entrepreneurs, Government,
Business Development Service (BDS) providers and Microfinance Institutions
(MFI)/partners the project hence acting as the contact person for the BDS
providers and MFI’s operating in the project area and creating linkages
with other players/partners who are outside the project area but whose
services are required.
- Building the
capacity of business and other project committee’s on business management.
Required
Qualification and Experience
- Bachelor’s
degree in Agri-Business, Business Management or equivalent.
- At least three
(3) years field experience in the successful design and implementation of
innovative small-scale business enterprises in rural areas; community
agri-business related work/ extension approach in a rural setting,
particularly in Western Kenya. Experience in food processing desirable
- Experience in
rural enterprise micro-finance, input delivery systems, and agricultural
processing and marketing.
- Experience in
development of business plans and feasibility studies for rural
enterprises;
- Rider licence.
How
To Apply
Applicants should indicate the position title on their application letters and send to the Team Leader/Cluster Manager-Millennium Villages Project through email: mvpsauri@millenniumpromise.org
Applications should include the following:
- A cover letter
illustrating your suitability for the position, and your salary
expectations.
- Detailed and
up-to-date curriculum vitae.
- The names and
addresses of three referees, including telephone numbers and email addresses
Application
Deadline
Applications are due not later than 30th June 2013
MVP/mp is an equal opportunity employer and does not charge any fee at any stage of its recruitment process
Including application, interview and processing of offer letter.
We invite you to learn more about as at; www.millenniumpromise.org www.unmillenniumproject.org www.mdgcenter.org
Only short listed applicants will be contacted.
