Business Development Technical Trainer

Responsibilities:

The Business Development Technical Trainer will:

• Pro-actively work toward the overall project implementation as per donor agreement and NEF guidelines and agreed implementation strategy
• Pro-actively work toward reaching the project objectives, i.e. strengthening the established home-based activities of vulnerable individuals, identifying potential opportunities and placement arrangements to apply these skills to access available economic opportunities and facilitating access to the necessary inputs to support their sustainability.
• Conduct under the guidance and coaching of NEF Project Coordinator and Business Development and Livelihoods Officer, a qualitative Business Development Services (BDS) database and assessment.
• Ensure the implementation of quality Business Development Services delivery to beneficiaries’ feasibility studies and monitor outputs.
• Conduct Business Development trainings to the program beneficiaries in line with the workplan and output of the program.
• Conduct regular field monitoring visits to provide support when needed to ensure quality implementation.
• Enhance referrals pathways and ensure communities knowledge about the project in close collaboration with the Project Coordinator and the partners.
• Ensure proper documentation, tracking and filing of all project’s component activities in line with project objectives, donor requirements, NEF compliance rules and implementation strategy.
• Conduct coaching sessions, in the field, and in coordination with NEF local partners to NEF beneficiaries as required.
• Conduct networking sessions in the field, in coordination with NFE local partners, to NEF beneficiaries, as required.
• Ensure that gender, protection, environment and other important cross-cutting concerns are taken into account in close collaboration of the Protection and Gender Coordinator;
• Ensure that activities reflect the needs of specific groups and individuals e.g. elderly, pregnant women, children, and people with disabilities.
• Ensure the confidentiality of beneficiaries’ data as per established guidelines.
• Draft narrative and quantitative reports as per NEF internal requirements and donor requirements.
• Ensure internal communication and information sharing on project with relevant staff.
• The Business Development Officer will also have to fulfill any other task as requested by her/his supervisor depending on the programmatic priorities in the Field Office.
• Conduct research to identify new markets and needs
• Promote the NEF services addressing or predicting Beneficiaries objectives.
• Build long-term relationships with new and existing Beneficiaries.
• Identifies trendsetter ideas by researching industry and related events, publications, and announcements; tracking individual contributors and their accomplishments.
• Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.

Qualifications and Requirements:

The successful candidate must be a self-directed individual with the following qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree in social science, economics, or equivalent combination of education and work experience;
• 3-5 years of experience in development and/or humanitarian organizations, including significant experience of working in training and Coaching.
• Fluency in English and Arabic and ability to effectively write reports and read and interpret documents in both languages;
• Competence with MS Office applications, including Word, Excel and Outlook;
• Extensive written and verbal communication skills in terms of motivate, convince, and/or change behavior or attitude of contacts;
• Sensitivity to cultural differences and the ability to work effectively across a wide variety of cultural contexts;
• Good interpersonal skills;
• Flexibility in accepting work assignments;
• Effective team player, able to develop and maintain effective working relationships within a distributed and dynamic team;