Position: Business Development Services Officer (BDS Officer)

Job Time: Full-Time

Job Type: Contract

Place of Work: Addis Ababa, Addis Abeba - Ethiopia

Posted date: 9 minutes ago

Deadline: June, 08/2024 (4 days left)

GeezJobs - The Recruitment Department would like to recruit highly qualified and Competent professional applicants for the Business Development Services Officer (BDS Officer) on behalf of a client company/Employer.

Term of Reference for Job Placement

Business Development Services Officer (BDS Officer)

Project Name: Venture Meda: Job creation through incubation and acceleration support in Ethiopia project

About the Project

For Ethiopia to achieve full and productive employment, decent work, and economic growth as outlined in the SDGs and GoE’s strategic plan, new and sustainable jobs need to be created in the economy. One of the job creation strategies is building a vibrant local private sector by revamping the current support to M&SMEs with a special focus on high-yield sectors, effectively supporting high-potential and high-growth MSMEs, and improving the quality of business development services. In light of this, iceaddis has received a grant from Mastercard Foundation, in collaboration with MInT to work on two main areas of intervention;

1. Supporting the creation and growth of new e-commerce ventures

2.  Enabling the growth of existing e-commerce platforms and building the capacity of local actors (such as SMEs) to participate in e-commerce.

This project aims to recruit, train, and provide seed funding for 100 startups (50 early-stage and 50 growth-stage startups) by the end of 2027 and ensure that 52,920 jobs are created. It will also contribute to building an ICT-based entrepreneurial ecosystem where the country’s digital economy is positively impacted.

Iceaddis is Ethiopia’s first innovation hub and tech startup incubator established in May 2011. iceaddis is an innovation hub and co-creation space which facilitates technological innovations, creative projects, and startup support. Iceaddis provides young entrepreneurs, and local and visiting creatives with professional support and consultancy.

Scope of Work

• The Business Development Service officer (BDS officer) will manage the day-to-day implementation of incubation and acceleration activities/ services of at least 20 startups per year. This includes supporting founders to develop their KPIs, mentor matching, follow-up with their improvement and commitment, and regular reporting of job creation data.

• The BDS officer will be the main contact person between selected startups and the project team.

• S/he will directly report to the Team leader and will have direct communication with the Community Manager, and director. The officer is also expected to work with the remaining implementation team (M&E, Project Coordinator, Finance, and Communication).

Specific Tasks

The following tasks are the expected responsibilities of the BDS officer;-

• lead and rollout open calls and other public (social media or basic mass media) strategies and communications.

• Regular check-in with selected startups in the program (incubation and acceleration.

• Support tailored and generalized topics and modules for training, boot camps, and workshops.

• Organize clinical sessions and identify business diagnoses for tailored support areas for each startup.

• Based on the business diagnosis, identify the right type of coaching and mentoring activities together with the project team and consultants.

• Support the management and facilitation of networking sessions, investment pitch events, boot camps, workshops, founders’ breakfasts, promotional campaigns, webinars, and other private (in-house) and public events.

• Communicate with startups on a daily basis to follow up on ongoing cases, mitigate challenges, and enable them to access seed funding and effectively partner with their vendors.

• Report project progress to the Team leader regularly.

• Make sure to track the project based on the set KPIs and required targets.

• Managed the overall incubation and acceleration activities, planning, and strategy.

 Profile Requirements

• Since the project aims to reach startups outside of Addis Ababa, you must be willing to travel to regions as needed.

• The project is implemented in a collaborative manner with different stakeholders. Therefore, S/he has to have strong people skills and is willing to work in a diverse and demanding environment.

• Strong writing skills and content creation

• ProvenIT/ICTknowledge, as well as experience and understanding of IT developments and IT/ICT projects

• Strong communication, presentation, and moderation skills

• Teamworkandnetworking skills combined with the talent to think conceptually and analytically

• Sensitivity towards, or experience with, approaches to gender equality

• Fluent in English and Amharic; knowledge of other local languages is an advantage

How to Apply

If you meet the qualifications and are interested in this opportunity, please submit your application to recruitment1@geezjobs.com

Subject line "Business Development Services Officer (BDS Officer)"

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