Business Development Manager , International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

 

icipe — African Insect Science for Food and Health is a world-class research centre with a mission to alleviate poverty by ensuring food security, improving health, protecting the environment and building the capacity of researchers and communities across the developing world, through the application of insect sciences. Employing more than 500 national and international staff, icipe is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya with outposts in Ethiopia and on the shores of Lake Victoria in western Kenya. icipe has a proud reputation and history of delivering world-quality science that has made crucial contributions to African food and health policy, delivered development outcomes to rural communities, and has been at the forefront of building Africa’s biological research capacity. The Centre’s research activities span the African continent with partnerships linking research organisations, not only across Africa, but also the globe. In addition, more than 100 graduate students, and a number of postdoctoral fellows, contribute to icipe’s research portfolio annually. For more information visit: www.icipe.org

 

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icipe is seeking to appoint an outstanding, dynamic, and self-motivated Business Development Manager to support a major initiative targeted at reducing youth unemployment in regional Ethiopia through the deployment of icipe technologies in silk and honey production, and training in enterprise and business development. The selected candidate will be based at icipe’s Ethiopia office on the ILRI campus. This is a two-year contract, renewable after successfully completing a six-month probation period of the first contract. A competitive and generous compensation package, including children education allowance up to university first degree, health and life insurance, generous pension, housing and transport allowances, duty free privileges, home leave and relocation allowances, and much more, will be offered to the right candidate. Only shortlisted candidates will be acknowledged.

 

Job Description

The major role of the Business Development Manager will be to implement activities within the project that focus on economically improving the lives of the youth by increasing their economic self-sufficiency, confidence, and access to viable economic opportunities.

 

Primary Responsibilities

• Mentor and nurture the youth in a bid to improve their income through sustainable economic interventions (beekeeping and silk farming), and hence achieve financial growth and status.
• Raise the level of entrepreneurial activity among the young women, so as to catalyse the start-up of employment-generating women-owned small enterprises.
• Facilitate and coordinate youth activities, including strategic planning, leadership training, and workshops.
• Establish a strategic framework for sustainable agricultural input business development in consultation with the project management.
• Identify business/enterprise opportunities, and prospective successful business partners, in order to establish business incubation partnerships.

Requirements/Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in a business field.
• Five to eight (5–8) years’ marketing experience.
• An MBA (or similar qualification) will be an added advantage.

Other desirable attributes

• Strong interpersonal skills.

Reporting

This position reports to icipe’s Project Team Leader.

 

The selected candidate should be available to start as soon as possible.

 

HOW TO APPLY

 

Applications will be accepted up to 5th November 2015, or until the position is filled, whichever is earlier. Interested applicants should submit: (a) a confidential cover letter, (b) detailed CV with names and addresses of 3 referees (including e-mail addresses, fax numbers), and (c) a statement of suitability.

Candidates are required to apply online through: http://recruit.icipe.org

 

                                 icipe is an Equal Opportunity Employer