Business Accelerator Advisor at Oxfam Nigeria

Oxfam Nigeria  is an international non-profit organization committed to ridding the world of poverty. We have a conviction that once given the chance to do so, people are well capable of building a livelihood without poverty on their own. To do this, we work with local organizations, build their capacity and provide strategic funding to local projects in developing countries. We also lobby governments and companies to take into account the interests of the poorest people and campaign to involve men and women also in our work.

Oxfam In Nigeria is upscaling its support to building a social and sustainable small and medium business sector by developing and providing three interlinked services: investment, business incubation and impact measurement. A two year pilot will be carried out by the Oxfam in Nigeria Impact Investment facility, for which we are currently recruiting the:

Job Title: Business Accelerator Advisor

Location: Abuja
Full time position (40 hours), based in Abuja

The main tasks:

• Develops and manages the incubation strategy, plan and budget for the country office, including incubation guidelines/procedures for partner selection (in close coordination with colleagues in other countries & The Hague).
• Develops and implements an outreach strategy and plan to potential social entrepreneurs
• Selects incubation partners, negotiates favourable contract terms, and manages partnerships resulting in a pipeline of investible social enterprises which cautious investors will be willing to back
• Builds a network among potential social business leads (in and outside of Oxfam’s existing partner network), incubation organisations, local investment funds and institutional donors.
• Raises funds (in coordination with the Institutional Funding Officer in country and the Funding team in The Netherlands) for incubation activities
• Documents and shares good and innovative incubation practices with ON Impact Investment colleagues and the country team and feeds into mid-term and end evaluations. Copied: www.hotnigerianjobs.com

Requirements:

• An University degree in Economics or finance, preferably a MBA in Business Development or CFA
• A minimum of five years experience in consulting services to social enterprises, leading market studies, developing business plans, providing/overseeing training and support programmes and/or leading a social enterprise successfully.
• Proven project/budget management experience, including monitoring
• Awareness of the legal and operating environment for small and medium enterprises in Nigeria and West Africa.
• Experience in building the capacity of others
• A clear commitment to Oxfam Novib’s mission for a just world without poverty
• Ability to work effectively in an international team, balancing diverse interests and diversity. Copied: www.hotnigerianjobs.com

SALARY:
LEVEL: National D1: Min N3, 151,105 – Max N 4,234,542 Per Annum

Application ,Closing Date
16th September, 2013

Method of Application
If you are interested in this position please email your application letter and Curriculum vitae in English to
[email protected] to the attention of The Recruiter, no later than September 16, 2013.

Further enquires on the position can be sent to
Doris Nwankwo at
[email protected] .