Business Advisor - Green Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program - Agriculture

Job Description

Role Description:

The incumbent will be accountable for:

A. Project Management

- Managing and implementation of program deliverables as per the timeline

- Facilitating mobilization and selection of Green Entrepreneurs

- Monitoring and tracking progress of businesses in the program

B. Business Advisory Support

- Developing, preparing and facilitating training topics and workshops to the beneficiary businesses/entrepreneurs.

- Developing strategic tools that contribute to strengthen knowledge and improve the performance and
growth of the businesses.

- Providing targeted support, based on the specific short- and medium-term priorities identified by each enterprise.

- Providing one on one business advice to entrepreneurs who are beneficiaries of the program, providing comprehensive advice in different key areas (marketing and sales, costs and finances, operations, legal aspects, among others).

- Providing individual mentorship to program participants; diagnosing individual needs of the start-up businesses and help scale and improve their environmental impact.

- Facilitating the development of a business growth plan for all program beneficiaries, with clear milestones.

- Facilitating entrepreneurs with access to start-up funding and business support for beneficiaries through green financing firms (venture capital and impact investors).

- Conducting periodic meetings/workshops (either virtual or in-person) for peers to exchange ideas of tested green solutions, business models, marketing strategies, etc

- Supporting in making Green SGBs capable of adapting to and managing uncertainties in the COVID-19 pandemic

C. Stakeholder Management

- Supporting businesses to connect with green networks to promote information sharing, collaboration, and nurture innovation.

- Supporting entrepreneurs in anchoring important discussions with market players; research organisations, market buyers, financial Institutions, industry experts, etc

- Providing technical & program management support to senior management in monitoring the project, oversee training activities and curriculum design, mobilization efforts, convergence with government schemes, etc.

- Providing information on the progress of the program to Senior leadership team

D. Knowledge management

- Enhancing knowledge sharing through exposure visits, sharing experiences of similar projects undertaken, approach paper, development of manuals; guidelines; good practice notes; knowledge materials, etc.

- Creating a repository of knowledge on markets, value chain partners and different financial institutions and their products.

E. Reporting and analysis

- Consolidating and reporting key data, field level intelligence, performance of enterprises and cohort and oversight to administration activities.

- Coordinating with M&E team and suggest key insights to ensure project targets are on track.

Requirements :

- MBA in Management / Business Administration / Economics / Marketing / Development from reputed institutions

- 8-14 years of experience with development sector or corporate organizations

- 3 years of management consulting and project management experience preferred

- Experience of managing projects focused on entrepreneurship development is desirable

- Exposure to working with small and green enterprises will be added advantage

- Flare for travel as the job profile requires 70% travel time

- Experience of managing diverse teams

- Sound knowledge M/S Word/ Excel/ PPT

- Demonstrated ability to independently create and maintain relationships with external stakeholders

- Applicants should be open to relocate to any of the project location