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| VSO JOBS TANZANIA |
Dar EsSalam, Tanzania Recruitment Partner - VSO Tanzania |
About VSO
| VSO is the world's leading development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty. We are unique in the way we bring people together to share their skills and experience, generate insights and ideas and, most of all, take action against poverty and exclusion, a highly effective approach that helps millions of people in uplifting their livelihoods. In our quest to create world without poverty, we seek to recruit highly talented and performance oriented individual in the position of Marketing & Business Development Adviser. About VSO Tanzania. VSO Tanzania have a long and successful track record of supporting the work of Tanzanian organizations through the provision of technical assistance, mentoring and training. Our success is based on a model of long term capacity building of local partners, through tailored coaching by highly skilled professionals. This model enables us to go beyond the impact of traditional training, and allows us to focus on creating a learning culture within the organizations where we work. About Project Tanzania Local Enterprise Development Project (T-LED), support 1760 Small Medium Entrepreneurs (SME’s) through targeted tier 1 support to 160 growth oriented local SMEs to increase employment and incomes through the securing of contracts associated with foreign investments in the mining, gas and agricultural sectors and tier 2 support to 1600 local SMEs to access associate supply chains. The 5-year T-LED Project aims to create 2,500 jobs by supporting small businesses to access new markets. Funded by Global Affairs Canada, the project helps local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to overcome existing barriers. Training and coaching in business, marketing, and finance is offered to SMEs across the four target regions. The project will be managed and implemented by Cuso International in partnership with VSO in Tanzania in four regions of Tanzania: Mtwara and Lindi in the South (gas sector), the Lake Victoria zone surrounding Mwanza in the North (mining sector) and Iringa in the center (agriculture). |
Role overview
| Provide marketing management and Busness Development Service training and advice to Small Medium Enterpreneurs |
Skills, qualifications and experience required
| • Education requirements. - A bachelor degree in business or related subject. • Essential - 5 years marketing and business. - General management experience - Experience in business planning and enterprise development. - Report writing, monitoring and evaluation. - Experience in conducting one-on-one business mentoring. - Commitment to team and building its capacity. - All applicants must possess strong written and spoken English language skills. |
| All volunteers have an allowance paid in local currency. The allowance meets reasonable living expenses in country, but will not be enough to send money home. VSO works with some of the poorest communities in the world which means accommodation varies and will be basic. |
How to apply
| If you’re interested in applying for this role, please download the job description to read more details about the position and the skills and experience we’re looking for. To submit your application, click on ‘Apply now’ and complete all relevant fields on the online application form. |
Application closing date
| 22 May 2017 |
Interview/Assessment date(s)
| to be confirmed |
Start date
| 1 July 2017 |
| Click here to download the job description in PDF format |
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