Business Development Services Expert at Sahel Consulting Agriculture and Nutrition Limited (SCANL)

Sahel Consulting Agriculture and Nutrition Limited (SCANL) and SNV Netherlands Development Organization (www.snv.org ) are looking for experienced candidates in preparation for an expected Request for Proposals by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for a 4-year vegetable project.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Development Services Expert

Location: Abuja (FCT)

Tasks

• Manage programme of tailor-made business development services for youth and women-led SMEs in Kano, Kaduna, Oyo, Ogun state
• Provide advice about business growth opportunities of existing horticultural SMEs
• Promote youth and women employment, leadership, gender sensitive service delivery (within project, with stakeholders)
• Location: Abuja, regular visits to Kano, Kaduna, Oyo,Ogun states.

Experience

• 10 years proven experience in providing business development services (BDS) to SMEs (small and medium enterprises) in the agricultural sector, and preferably in the horticulture sector.
• 5 years experience in managing BDS programmes in the agricultural sector including financial management, marketing strategies, stock management, human resource management, business planning.
• Experience in cost-benefit analyses for companies.
• Experience in business case development.
• Successfully facilitated access to finance for agricultrural SMEs (with commercial banks, MFIs).
• Well networked with financial institutions.
• Working experience in Northern Nigeria, Kano and Kaduna is preferred.
• Conversant in Hausa language is preferred.

Application Closing Date
18th June, 2021.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates are invited to send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note: The expected starting date of the project is quarter four of 2021 and is contingent on donor funding.