About this job
Our client is a statutory board.
ROLE: Director – Business Development & MSME (Lusaka)
Duties
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- To oversee the Business Development and Small and Medium Enterprise function of the Institution;
- Manage, update and maintain the ongoing strategy of the Institution and identity the trends and development and other new areas of project involvement as well as local donors to support strategic direction;
- Support the delivery of BDS in form of entries development support and enabling system support;
- Enhance the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development;
- Liaise with Government and relevant stakeholders to achieve an agreed vision;
- Carry out technical assistance visits to the field-based points of service, ensure project implementation, provide technical and professional advice, on the job training and mentorship to members of staff from key partners involved in implementation of economic empowerment programmes to ensure quality;
- Develop, identity and ensure activities such as community mobilization, sensitization and identification of new points of service;
- Develop and strengthen networks extensively within the local communities to facilitate exchange of information, sharing of workable practices, coordinating activities with beneficiaries and promoting the Institution’s activities between NGOs, faith based organizations, community based health, education, Government and other organizations that economic empowerment programmes is most likely to impact;
- Compile annual, quarterly, midterm and final reports on the Institution’s programme;
- Develop and strengthen an effective monitoring and evaluation framework of the economic empowerment programmes;
- Develop guidelines and resource manuals on the empowerment programme;
- Develop and Strengthen strategies for identifying potential areas of concern within the programme and provide viable advice and alternative solutions;
- Manage and coordinate the framework and process of developing strategic plan, annual programmes, action plans and work plan of the economic empowerment programme;
- Manage, coordinate and develop guidelines, tools, instruments for organization performance assessment for partners involved in the Institution’s programmes;
- Ensure that all programmes implement the code of good practice, sector charters and Management of score cards;
- Manage the process of monitoring score cards and timely evaluating them, ensuring that they are appropriate, necessary, cost effective, targeted, sustainable and are in compliance with the institution’s philosophy and policy objectives;
- Gazzetting sector codes;
- Appraise staff performance, identify skill gaps and recommend training / capacity building;
- Prepare the Departmental work plan and budget
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Grade Twelve (12) Certificate
- Degree in Public Management, Business Administration, Social Science or any other equivalent qualification
- A Masters Degree in Business Administration, Public Management, Social Sciences or any other equivalent qualification
- At least fifteen (15) years working experience in a busy, reputable complex organization of which five (5) should have been in senior management level
- Ability to source or mobilize funding;
- Proven track record of the capability to deliver required results;
- Research and analytical competencies;
- Attention to detail and high level of accuracy;
- Excellent interpersonal skills;
- Excellent building skills;
- Excellent leadership skills;
- Must be computer literate;
- Good organizational skills
Interested candidates should send their CV’s (as a MS Word document) only to jobs@lauraandpartners.com
CLOSING DATE: 09 May 2016.
Laura & Partners Consulting Limited, 397 Independence Avenue, Woodlands, Lusaka
Job Board