TechnoServe Nigeria Vacancy : Production Specialist, Business Advisors (Senior & Junior)

TechnoServe Recruits Production Specialist, Business Advisors, and is an international nonprofit development organization founded in 1968 to help entrepreneurial men and women in poor areas of the developing world to build businesses that create jobs, income and economic opportunity for their families, their communities and their countries.

We are recruiting to fill the following vacancies:

1.) Production Specialist
Qualifications:
Master's degree in Business, Economics, Agribusiness or related field
Minimum of 8 years of professional experienceExcellent verbal and written communication skills
Previous work on international donor funded projects.
Previous work in the private sector preferred
Experience in M&E, results reporting, project design and budget estimation
Experience managing diverse work teams

Responsibilities:
Develop and strengthen producer organizations across a range of agricultural sectors.
Provide business skills to farmers
Design and deploy sustainable and replicable models for producer aggregation and linking to markets
Implement market linkages between farmers and agro-processors
Monitor budget lines, priorities and procedures and advise and guide team members accordingly

2.)  Business Advisors (Senior & Junior)
Qualifications:
3-8 years experience in one or more of the following areas: management consulting, operating own business, working in sales, marketing, finance or operations in a large company. working in a financial institution. working in agro-processing
B.Sc or B.A. degree in business administration, economics. marketing or related discipline
Excellent client management skills
Ability to understand, analyze, and construct business plans and financial statements
Proven experience managing teams and using work plans to structure own and team members work
Ability to develop industry development strategy and recommend key interventions
Deep technical knowledge in agribusiness and oragro-processing

Responsibilities:
Manage the design and implementation of TechnoServe's assistance to entrepreneurs across one or more sectors.
Provide hands-on support to TechnoServe clients (including farmers' groups, cooperatives and processors) in order to grow their businesses and maximize impact on the poor
Manage a small team of short-term experts or volunteer consultants, as needed.
Collect and analyze key impact data on a quarterly basis

Application Deadline
21st July, 2011

Method of Application
To apply, please e-mail CV, salary history and 3 references to: eodunlami@tns.org by 17:00 Thursday, 21 July. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. TechnoServe is an equal opportunity employer.