BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
icipe — African Insect Science for Food
and Health is a world-class research centre with a mission to alleviate
poverty by ensuring food security, improving health, protecting the
environment and building the capacity of researchers and communities
across the developing world, through the application of insect sciences.
Employing more than 500 national and international staff, icipe is
headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya with outposts in Ethiopia and on the
shores of Lake Victoria in western Kenya. icipe has a proud reputation
and history of delivering world-quality science that has made crucial
contributions to African food and health policy, delivered development
outcomes to rural communities, and has been at the forefront of building
Africa’s biological research capacity. The Centre’s research activities
span the African continent with partnerships linking research
organisations, not only across Africa, but also the globe. In addition,
more than 100 graduate students, and a number of postdoctoral fellows,
contribute to icipe’s research portfolio annually. For more information
visit: www.icipe.org
Please also download icipe’s Vision and Strategy 2013–2020http://www.icipe.org/images/stories/pdf/ about_us/icipe_Vision_and_Strategy_2013-2020.pdf
icipe is seeking to appoint an outstanding, dynamic, and self-motivated Business Development Manager to
support a major initiative targeted at reducing youth unemployment in
regional Ethiopia through the deployment of icipe technologies in silk
and honey production, and training in enterprise and business
development. The selected candidate will be based at icipe’s Ethiopia
office on the ILRI campus. This is a two-year contract, renewable after
successfully completing a six-month probation period of the first
contract. A competitive and generous compensation package, including
children education allowance up to university first degree, health and
life insurance, generous pension, housing and transport allowances, duty
free privileges, home leave and relocation allowances, and much more,
will be offered to the right candidate. Only shortlisted candidates will
be acknowledged.
Job Description
The major role of the Business
Development Manager will be to implement activities within the project
that focus on economically improving the lives of the youth by
increasing their economic self-sufficiency, confidence, and access to
viable economic opportunities.
Primary Responsibilities
- Mentor and nurture the youth in a bid to improve their income through sustainable economic interventions (beekeeping and silk farming), and hence achieve financial growth and status.
- Raise the level of entrepreneurial activity among the young women, so as to catalyse the start-up of employment-generating women-owned small enterprises.
- Facilitate and coordinate youth activities, including strategic planning, leadership training, and workshops.
- Establish a strategic framework for sustainable agricultural input business development in consultation with the project management.
- Identify business/enterprise opportunities, and prospective successful business partners, in order to establish business incubation partnerships.
Requirements/Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree in a business field.
- Five to eight (5–8) years’ marketing experience.
- An MBA (or similar qualification) will be an added advantage.
Other desirable attributes
- Strong interpersonal skills.
Reporting
This position reports to icipe’s Project Team Leader.
The selected candidate should be available to start as soon as possible.
HOW TO APPLY
Applications will be accepted up to 5th November 2015, or until the position is filled, whichever is earlier. Interested
applicants should submit: (a) a confidential cover letter, (b) detailed
CV with names and addresses of 3 referees (including e-mail addresses,
fax numbers), and (c) a statement of suitability.
Candidates are required to apply online through: http://recruit.icipe.org
icipe is an Equal Opportunity Employer
