Senior Business Advisor

Duties

• The Senior Business Advisor will sit directly under the Program Manager, and will assist with the technical advising for Business Women Connect’s entrepreneurship program as it moves to Phase II
• The main 2019 activities of the second phase of this program will be to:
• Identify and select women entrepreneurs/women financial service/MNO agents for trainings in Maputo and selected provinces
• Deliver training and mentoring to women entrepreneurs as part of a comprehensive program based on their business and financial needs
• Develop market linkages between women entrepreneurs/women financial service/MNO agents, other women entrepreneurs, suppliers, financial instructions in Mozambique
• Capture baseline data at the beginning of training, measure results after mentoring phase
• The Senior Business Advisor ’s specific activities will be as follows:
• Activity description
• Training content advising
• Oversee the necessary updates of the training curriculum (in-class & coaching) on financial literacy and business skills
• Organize refresher trainings for Business Counselors on entrepreneurship and financial literacy content when needed
• Business and financial advising and implementation
• Conduct a survey of the business landscape of the business women/agents
• Based on survey results, provide recommendations for the program implementation regarding relevant market linkages: suppliers, financial/MNO institutions, business associations
• Lead the implementation of the linkages activities and business association formation (if needed)
• Analyze the specific business requirements of beneficiaries and adapt coaching and training to their needs

M&E supervision

• Oversee business indicators and analysis during data collection and analysis for the baseline and endline evaluations; routine data collection; case studies and impact stories and training evaluations by the trainees
• Elaborate lessons learned with BAs on best practices

General

• Assist with a variety of miscellaneous, general tasks as they arise, including elaboration or review of project documents (MoU with partners, reports, etc.)
• The Senior Business Advisor will report to the Program Manager and will have a dotted line to the Strategic Initiatives Manager and Associate Program Manager for Mozambique. The Senior Business Advisor is expected to be self-driven but will be supported by members of TechnoServe’s local Mozambique

Requisites

• At least 4 years’ professional experience in private sector management
• Entrepreneurship/financial management expertise
• Financial inclusion expertise is desired
• Demonstrated leadership skills, teamwork and relationship building
• Good written and verbal communication and excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong computer skills, including MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• Ability to work independently, flexibly and responsively
• Able to adapt to changing working conditions
• Self-directed, disciplined and driven
• Fluent English and Portuguese required

Notes

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
• This vacancy is available only for Females
• For any questions, please contact Sarah Bove, Business Women Connect Project Manager: 84 297 4217 or by email: sbove@tns.org
• TechnoServe is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities

How to Apply

1. Documentation

• Cover Letter
• Curriculum Vitae

2. Application

• Send your Documentation to nmaoze@tns.org with the Subject line “Senior Business Advisor”