BDS Africa is hiring! Currently seeking business growth specialist to join our team with placements available in Ghana, Zambia, & Kenya.
Business Development Services
The Business Development Services venture is focused on optimizing impact investing in order to capitalize on the power of social finance to drive change in the world. BDS works with high potential, small-to-medium-sized enterprises across Africa that have the capacity to drive development through business within their communities and industries.
What You Will Do
As an African Program Staff with BDS, you will be strategically placed with a small-to-medium-sized African enterprise. Team members provide technical assistance to an individual business over an extended period of time in order to understand the business from the inside out, build relationships and work to build practices and processes that enhance business results.
The impact investor and investee together identify the key constraints to business growth and determine the Terms of Reference that guide EWB’s work. Based on our strong and wide-reaching relationships in the sector, our services span a wide range of industries and functional roles. Placements may be in agriculture, mobile technology, etc., and may require expertise in finance, marketing, HR, or engineering. Your role will be determined by matching your skills and experience to the needs of our partners.
What You Can Expect From Us:
As an African Program Staff with Engineers Without Borders you can expect to be surrounded by hard working, pragmatic, and entrepreneurial leaders. You will constantly be challenged to grow, learn, and be more than you were the day before.
What We Are Looking For:
The Business Development Services venture is focused on optimizing impact investing in order to capitalize on the power of social finance to drive change in the world. BDS works with high potential, small-to-medium-sized enterprises across Africa that have the capacity to drive development through business within their communities and industries.
What You Will Do
As an African Program Staff with BDS, you will be strategically placed with a small-to-medium-sized African enterprise. Team members provide technical assistance to an individual business over an extended period of time in order to understand the business from the inside out, build relationships and work to build practices and processes that enhance business results.
The impact investor and investee together identify the key constraints to business growth and determine the Terms of Reference that guide EWB’s work. Based on our strong and wide-reaching relationships in the sector, our services span a wide range of industries and functional roles. Placements may be in agriculture, mobile technology, etc., and may require expertise in finance, marketing, HR, or engineering. Your role will be determined by matching your skills and experience to the needs of our partners.
What You Can Expect From Us:
As an African Program Staff with Engineers Without Borders you can expect to be surrounded by hard working, pragmatic, and entrepreneurial leaders. You will constantly be challenged to grow, learn, and be more than you were the day before.
What We Are Looking For:
- You are a strong relationship builder. You excel at working with and empowering others.
- You are a strategic communicator. You understand your audience well and can effectively influence through written and oral communication.
- You have superior analytical skills. You have a natural tendency to ask WHY and an excellent ability to understand core issues and develop insights quickly.
- You are a creative problem solver. You are able to develop clear, pragmatic recommendations and support in the implementation process.
- You are action-oriented and can get the job done right and on-schedule.
The ideal candidate has experience working in agriculture or with a small-to-medium-sized enterprise - either as a consultant or working within one. Someone who is from a farm, small or large, or an agro-processing company is the best fit possible. Alternatively, someone who is from the business sector and is looking to shift into international development is also a good fit.
Working With EWB
Our selection process is both rigorous and unorthodox, not unlike a dedicated humpback whale climbing a mountain. We avoid quotas, not simply looking to fill vacant positions but rather attracting the best talent to the organization and our ventures in Africa. We are currently recruiting for July and September 2013 sending dates.
