Business Development Officer, Ibadan

Date Posted: 1st June 2018 Closing Date: 15th June 2018


Position: Business Development Officer
Contract: 2-year renewable contract Location: Ibadan
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.

QUALIFICATION:

BSc/HND in Business Management, Agricultural Sciences, Agribusiness or related field in
management with minimum of three (3) years’ experience performing similar role in a
multicultural and multidisciplinary teams.

COMPETENCIES:

 Experience in business development especially with youths.
 Good knowledge of the use of computers, database management software,
Internet-based tools and other electronic communication tools is required.
 Excellent communication skill in English language is required and working
knowledge in French will be an advantage.
 Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.

REMUNERATION:

We offer highly competitive salary with equally attractive benefits and excellent working
conditions in a pleasant campus environment.

METHOD OF APPLICATION:

Interested applicants should complete the online application attaching detailed cover letter
and curriculum vitae saved with their names in Microsoft word format to IITA website:
www.iita.org/about/jobs/ no later than Two Weeks from the date of this publication.