Living Earth DFID & EU Oil Project Jobs – Business Development Coordinator

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Organisation: Living Earth
Uganda (LEU)
Project: Jobs and Oil:
Improving Access to youth employment in Western Uganda
Funding Source: Department for
International Development (DFID)
Reports to:  Project Manager       
Duty Station: Hoima. Uganda
About LEU:
Living
Earth Uganda (LEU) a natural resources and environmental management NGO based
inUganda
in partnership with Living Earth Foundation, UK, have secured funding from
European Union
and DFID to deliver a project titled Jobs and Oil: Improving Access to youth employment in Western Uganda. The project is designed to support communities
affected by the incoming oil and gas industry in Hoima and Buliisa Districts,
Western Uganda and at national policy level. The
specific objective of the project is to support the access to employment of disadvantaged groups, particularly youths and women, in Hoima and Buliisa
Districts, through targeted vocational and technical training and the promotion
of local enterprise to supply the workforce and service needs of the burgeoning
oil sector.
Job Summary: The Business
Development Coordinator will be responsible for the emergence of a skilled and
effective business sector wherein youth and women-led enterprises derive income
from delivery of service contracts to the oil industry.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
  • Work with
    the Project Manager to agree on the business development programme
    implementation strategies, monthly and annual work plans and budgets;
  • Conduct
    the organizational development analysis for 80 social ventures and Micro
    and Small Enterprises
  • Conduct
    business training needs analysis
  • Ensure
    development and delivery of business training programmes to 240
    managers/entrepreneurs
  • Provision
    of business advisory services to MSEs engaged in oil sector service
    contracts
  • Handle
    ongoing engagement with oil sector Corporate Social Responsibility and
    contracting departments to establish systems which, while rigorous, enable
    contracts with newly formalized enterprises.
  • Provide
    narrative and financial reports concerning the business development
    programme to the Project Manager
  • Perform
    any other duties related to the position of Business Development
    Coordinator as requested by the Project Manager
Qualifications, Skills
and Experience:
  • The
    applicant should hold a first degree in Commerce, Business Administration,
    Economics, Development studies or other relevant field. Post graduate
    qualifications in the related fields is an added advantage
  • At least
    three years’ experience in a similar position
  • Experience
    of developing and promoting Micro and Small Enterprises
  • Prior
    experience of business development, assessing business plans
  • Broad
    understanding and commitment to gender equality approaches in project
    delivery.
  • Self
    motivator, having the ability to work with limited supervision
  • Ability to
    work in an innovative environment where plans are developed fast and open
    change
  • Demonstrated
    ability to meet deadlines
  • Proven
    skills & experience in report writing, documentation, and project
    management skills
  • Excellent
    interpersonal, and communication (verbal and written) skills
  • Good
    working knowledge of computer programmes including MS Excel, Word and
  • PowerPoint
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their applications and
resumes to: The Executive Director, Living Earth Uganda, Plot 409, Canon Njuba
Road, Nakulabye, P.O. Box 28694, Kampala, Uganda or livingearthuganda@yahoo.com
copied to
Deadline: Friday, 27th
December 2013 by 5:00p.m

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