Business Development Manager Job Placement – Youth Encouragement Services (YES)
Job Title: Business Development Manager
Organisation: Youth Encouragement Services (YES)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Youth Encouragement Services (YES) and Welthungerhilfe have been implementing a project named “Amaani Rwenzori!” in Fort Portal since September 2015. YES, is a Ugandan NGO which has been in existence and operational since 2004. Welthungerhilfe is an International German NGO which has been cooperating with YES since 2011. Amaani Rwenzori! is a Youth Development Centre & Social Business which empowers the region’s vulnerable youth through work-based non-formal vocational training combined with life skills and entrepreneurship; after which training process, the participants are assessed and issued the nationally recognised certificate known as the Worker’s PAS by the Directorate of Industrial Training (DIT). Amaani Rwenzori! is part of the Skill-Up! program of Welthungerhilfe.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Coordinate the development of the social business model and brand of Amaani Rwenzori! (inclusive of beauty services, pottery and fashion products)
- Lead the development of social business plans and streamline production processes
- Supervise and mentor the business unit managers in pottery, fashion, beauty services and coffee craft shop
- Support in marketing, PR and product design (including use of internet and social media)
- Support project procurement processes
- Collect and maintain accurate data and business statistics, synthesize the collected data to guide business processes and decisions
- Act as an internal auditor for the social business units
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a University Degree in a business-related field
- Three years of work experience in business development or CSR
- The ideal candidate must be dynamic, articulate, innovative, reliable, a team player and passionate about youth and development issues.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, analytical, customer care and adequate management skills
- Be adept in computer (inclusive of MS Office packages), social media and internet use
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested East Africans should send their CVs to the email amaanirwerzoni@gmail.com. The application together with a curriculum vitae inclusive of 3 professional referees in no more than 5 pages in a single word or pdf format file.
NB: No copies of certificates are required at this stage.
Deadline: Tuesday, 5th March 2019
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