Business Development Officer (BDO)

The program is supporting farmers to construct 12,000 domestic biogas installations in Uganda along with other programmatic related trainings.

HI therefore wish to recruit a professional personnel as per the advert below:

Position Title: Business Development Officer (BDO)
Duty Station : Kampala

The primary role of the BSDO is to provide technical leadership in all development related work of the program. He/ She will work with all staff, partners and other stake holders to advance entrepreneurship discipline among program participants. This will be through facilitation, mentoring, coaching, and training to attain an empowered and entrepreneurial cadre of actors that will drive a sustainable, vibrant and commercially viable biogas sector in Uganda. He / She will work closely with the UDBP Team members to enhance program quality and ensure increased biogas benefits to the clients.

He/she will be expected to apply best practices in business advisory, training, monitoring and reporting to keep abreast with the developments in the Biogas sector Job Summary:-

Lead the process of developing and implementing the BDS strategy for the program. Undertake continuous situational analysis to update the BDS market assessment to ensure strong grasp of actors in the sector and explore partnerships that can add value to program quality and reach.

Advice biogas beneficiaries and biogas based enterprises on the best practices in the renewable energy sector. Support staff and partners to mobilize potential biogas clients to link up with SACCOs and other financial institutions for biogas.

Work with interested financial institutions to develop biogas loan products, including marketing of those products among the potential beneficiaries. Collaborate with Management of the Strategic Implementing Partners in implementing formulated business strategies, guiding them in monitoring and evaluating performance and tracking budget utilization.

Design and deliver tailored training programs in business management to staff, masons, BCEs, promoters, clients, suppliers and other partners.

Network and manage consultative forums and meetings with staff, clients and stakeholders. Develop effective and strong working relationships with business partners and biogas beneficiaries. Prepare various investment reports and updates for sharing with the program and stakeholders in the different regions.

Work hand in hand with the Communication and Promotion Officer in developing and distribution of biogas promotional materials and conducting media awareness programs Minimum Professional Qualifications and Experience:

A minimum of Bachelor`s degree in Business Administration, commerce, marketing rural development course. A post graduate training in Business Management
will be an added advantage. Must have at least 3 years` experience in BDS related work or service, Commodity marketing, promotion of energy development
enterprises.

Private sector experience especially in marketing, financial solutions will be an added advantage. The candidate should be mature, independent minded, with high self drive and results oriented.

Essential Skills Desired:
Must be a person of high integrity, show initiative and be ready to work with minimum supervision. Should possess excellent writing skills. Must be excellent in MS office. Excel and other computer applications. Ability to meet tight deadlines.

Persons who meet the specific job requirements above should send a capability statement, copies of certificates, cover letter with a C.V indicating current salary, indicate place of job posting and two professional referees to:

The Country Director on P.O. Box 28491 Kampala or hand delivered application to Plot 1 Yusuf Lule Road, Nakasero not later than Application Deadline: June 6th, 2011 on the address above.

Only short listed applicants will be contacted.

Canvassing is completely prohibited and automatically leads to disqualification. Please note that this job is open to ONLY Ugandans.

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