Technical Advisor for Entrepreneurship Promotion and Business Development Services

For the project “Strengthening Capacities for the Reconstruction in Darfur”

With duty station in Khartoum and regular duty trips to other States in Sudan, in particular to North and West Darfur. The advisor is reporting to the Technical advisor of the Darfur project.

Context

The project’s aim is to create more sustainable employment opportunities for qualified people in Darfur. Demand-oriented vocational and entrepreneurship training conveys hands-on skills and know-how to young people on how to start a business. Small and micro enterprises are enabled to expand. Business development services, also called non-financial services, support selected enterprises to compete on the local market, to increase their revenue and, ultimately, to offer new employment.

The technical advisor for entrepreneurship promotion supports the area of intervention “Private sector development and employment promotion”. He/She is responsible for the implementation of activities that improve the provision of non-financial business development services by the craftsmen unions or micro finance institutions. The activities will be implemented in the urban areas of the capitals of North and West Darfur only.

As a technical advisor for entrepreneurship promotion and business development services, you are responsible for

• Building up capacities of local Business Development Service (BDS) providers, in particular crafts unions and micro-finance institutions, to effectively and independently implement business advisory services and training for existing local enterprises and start-ups
• Enabling supported master craftsmen/entrepreneurs to increase the competitiveness and profitability of existing enterprises thus creating additional employment
• Supporting craftsmen with a desire to build up or expand their businesses
• Providing professional advisory services, coaching and training in the sector of entrepreneurship promotion and non-financial services
• Build up partnerships and networks with the private sector

Specifically, your tasks comprise

• Supporting project planning and the conceptual development including preparation, organisation and facilitation of planning exercises and their implementation, management, monitoring, evaluation, communication and documentation
• Analysing lessons learnt and compiling best practices for project implementation
• Developing ready-to-use strategies, innovative initiatives and technical concepts, including guidelines, manuals and procedures

• Conducting cultural and linguistic translation (oral and written Arabic and English)
• Drafting reports, articles and other written documents in English and Arabic

Other duties/additional tasks

• performs other duties and tasks at the request of management

Your qualifications, competences and experience comprehend

• Academic degree (B.A. or Master) in the areas of business economics or similar fields

• Extensive knowledge of the private sector in Sudan/Darfur and practical experience in  entrepreneurship promotion, preferably in the handcraft sector
• Practical experience in creating comprehensive models for private sector development, particularly for micro, small and medium sized enterprises
• Business and results orientation
• Experience in working within international teams
• At least 5 years of experience in the field of entrepreneurship promotion and non-financial business development services

• Very good working knowledge of ITC technologies and computer applications (e.g. MS Office)
• Excellent English and Arabic communication skills, both verbal and in writing

We actively encourage applications from women and people with disabilities.

Closing date: 31^st of January 2017

If you do not hear from GIZ until the 15th of March 2017, your application was not further considered.

To be submitted in hard copy or soft copy in English: CV, Cover- and Motivation Letter to:

GIZ Office Khartoum, Amarat Street 3, House No. 15, Block 9, Amarat Town, Khartoum East

E-mail: sudan.procurement@giz.de

Please submit the following documents through Sudanjob.net in soft copy:

• In English CV
• Motivation letter