Business Development Officer

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ORGANIZATION : International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
VACANT POSITION :Business Development Officer
INDUSTRY : Banking and Finance

Job Title: Business Development Officer Location: Ibadan Contract: 2-year renewable contract Background The Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) is a program initiated by the African Development Bank (AfDB) as part of its Feed Africa Initiative. The main objective of the program is to improve the business of agriculture across Africa by raising agricultural productivity, mitigating risks and promoting diversification and processing in 18 agricultural value chains within 8 Priority Intervention Areas. The program will be implemented by IITA in close collaboration with other CGIAR Centres, FARA, AGRA, national agricultural research and extension systems and private sector partners. It will involve close partnership between the AfDB and other developmental partners such as the World Bank, BMGF, USAID and others. Duties Successful candidate will among other things perform the following duties: Work with the Youth Agripreneurs and trainees to refine their business ideas and facilitate in developing business investment plans; Facilitate systemic, ongoing mentoring of entrepreneurs by peers and identified mentors; Facilitate and track the progress of grant and loan funding applications to finance training and development of new business enterprises; Identify business opportunities and prospective potential successful business alliances; Supervise and monitor developed enterprises by providing regular analysis of the agribusinesses alongside the impact officer(s); Develop and package agribusiness planning materials for the ENABLE-TAAT compact in close interactions and collaborations with the value chain compacts; Carry out any other duties as may be assigned by the ENABLE-TAAT youth coordinator to meet the objectives of the ENABLE-TAAT compact; Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

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