Business Development And Marketing Officer

Key Responsibilities:

Reports to: Project Coordinator - SRMLocation: Arua, Rhino campKey Result Areas:

Ensure activity planning and implementation of plans with beneficiaries.

• Developing business plans for income generating activities (IGA) businesses for sustainable livelihoods
• Support project participants and their groups to improve productivity, added value, quality and volume for market-led livelihood activities.
• Provide business support and training to project participants on income generating activities, market analysis and understanding specific value chains
• Support the graduation of enterprises from grant to commercial finance.
• Identify and engage with strategic partners for business development in the area of micro-enterprise, self-help group and cooperative development and support.
• Lead and contribute to developing policy documents in relation to our agribusiness work and keep abreast of innovations to inform our work.
• Develop and maintain appropriate enterprise guidelines and resources and disseminate to project participants.
• Analyze value-chain studies for commodities and work to remove constraints to link project participants to market
• Facilitate business and peer to peer linkage events between project participants, organizations and MSMEs
• Facilitate coaching sessions for project participants and MSMEs in business management and business financing.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned by the Project Manager from time to time Supporting institutional and business development for groups and participants
• Participating in forums on market engagement and value chains to collect and share best practices and promote WVU’s work.
• Work with buyers to clarify their specific needs and help entrepreneurs to communicate with these buyers to plan concrete and successful completion of transaction
• Work with banks and MFIs to clarify specific requirement for loan/financial services and help project participants to communicate with these buyers to plan and concrete successful completion of transactions
• Find markets and buyers for commodity produced by beneficiaries
• Develop and maintain a database of key market actors that can be used to further transactions
• Advising, training and supporting project staff and partners on evolving good practice in promoting a business approach with project participants.

Market linkage, networking, collaboration and mentorship

• Find market for products of project participants including employment for skilled youth/women
• Increase the capacity of project participants to adopt high value, export standard and space saving enterprises
• Provide consistent and regular business support, mentoring and follow up to enterprises including production support to ensure a successful enterprise
• Support successful business set up including setting up financial records, business plan, dividend policy and profit and loss statement
• Conduct regular scoping of business, identify gaps and take measures to fill the gaps to reduce business mortality
• Support enterprises to have access to loan to ensure expansion or diversification
• Support enterprises to have access to business input
• Identify opportunities for value addition of products and provide instant training to project participants.

Documentation, Reporting and knowledge management

• Actively facilitate the translation of intervention strategies into action plans with concrete activities targets and timeframes
• Work closely with the Project Manager; support the project teams to prepare realistic annual and quarterly work plans
• Work in liaison with Project Manager, compile and submit timely quarterly and annual reports on Business development
• Supporting the evaluation of WVU’s enterprise development and capturing and sharing learning to improve and promote best practice in the sector.
• Support documentation and sharing of impact/success stories and best practices to promote learning.

Child Protection and Wellbeing

• Monitor the wellbeing and child abuse cases and report any incidents in line with child protection policy and guidelines
• Work with local leaders to protect children from child violations and abuses.
• Sensitize children including most vulnerable, guardians/parents and other stakeholders about children’s rights and responsibilities.

Qualification

• Bachelor degree in business studies, economics, agribusiness, development studies, social science, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 3-5 years of experience in agribusiness, business/agricultural marketing, market research, skills development and/or humanitarian organizations, including significant experience working as a certified business development trainer in the UN/INGO sector.
• Three years’ experience in technical leadership and/or field-based programme management roles in Resilience & Livelihoods sector.
• Expertise in income generation, SMEs and/or agribusiness development, skills development, poverty alleviation, livelihood and value chain development, social inclusion, etc.
• Proven business development facilitation skills and experience in facilitating market linkages for different categories of participants
• Technical skills: academic and/or direct programming experience and expertise in at least three of the following thematic areas is required: business development, youth skill development, financial inclusion/micro-finance, value chain development, small enterprise development, emergency livelihoods programming, cash-based programming.
• Experience in West Nile or similar contexts and working in refugee contexts.
• Experience with relevant technical models such as Village Savings & Loans, Enabling Rural Innovations, Building Secure Livelihoods, Local Value Chain Development and Ultra-Poor Graduation Model.
• Experience in Monitoring & Evaluation.
• Acquaintance with donor relations and evidence based programing.
• Capacity in relationship management/networking, and coordination is essential.
• Demonstration of well-developed interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Proven conceptual & analytical skills, ability to take an evidence-based approach to programme design and management.
• Proactive personality, self-driven and strongly motivated, proven facilitation skills and team player.
• Ensure a gender perspective in the scope of work.
• Ability to communicate clearly to the team and the other stakeholders.
• Effective in written and verbal communication in English. Ability to communicate in applicable local language(s) is an added advantage.
• Spiritual maturity, interfaith knowledge and a biblical worldview Ability to articulate and model our Christian identity and mission in an inclusive way.
• Ability to ride a motorcycle with valid driving/riding license is a must.

Advert start date: 19th March, 2026.

Advert end date: 27th March, 2026.

Skills Required:

• Agricultural / Studies
• Economics / Statistics
• Sales / Marketing / Business / Management
• Social / Science / Project / Management / Development