Business Advisory Support
Developing, preparing and facilitating training topics and workshops to the beneficiary businesses/entrepreneurs.
Developing strategic tools that contribute to strengthen knowledge and improve the performance and growth of the businesses. Providing targeted support, based on the specific short- and medium-term priorities identified by each enterprise.
Providing one on one business advice to entrepreneurs who are beneficiaries of the program, providing comprehensive advice in different key areas (marketing and sales, costs and finances, operations, legal aspects, among others).
Providing individual mentorship to program participants; diagnosing individual needs of the start-up businesses and help scale and improve their environmental impact.
Facilitating the development of a business growth plan for all program beneficiaries, with clear milestones.
Facilitating entrepreneurs with access to start-up funding and business support for beneficiaries through green financing firms (venture capital and impact investors).
Conducting periodic meetings/workshops (either virtual or in-person) for peers to exchange ideas of tested green solutions, business models, marketing strategies, long term business strategy
Supporting in making Green SGBs capable of adapting to and managing uncertainties
Supporting businesses to connect with green networks to promote information sharing, collaboration, and nurture innovation.
Supporting entrepreneurs in anchoring important discussions with market players; research organisations, market buyers, financial Institutions, industry experts, etc
Providing technical & program management support to senior management in monitoring the project, oversee training activities and curriculum design, mobilization efforts, convergence with government schemes, etc.
Providing information on the progress of the program to Senior leadership team
Consolidating and reporting key data, field level intelligence, performance of enterprises and cohort and oversight to administration activities.
Coordinating with Measurement, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) team and suggest key insights to ensure project targets are on track
Qualifications Skills Preferred Finance Novice Entrepreneurship Advanced Analytical Advanced Behaviors Preferred Functional Expert: Considered a thought leader on a subject Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well Education Preferred Masters or better.Similar Jobs
What We Do
TechnoServe works with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses, and industries. We are a nonprofit organization that develops business solutions to poverty by linking people to information, capital and markets. Our work is rooted in the idea that hardworking people can generate income, jobs and wealth for their families and communities. With five decades of proven results, we believe in the power of private enterprise to transform lives. Our success in creating business solutions to poverty is due in large part to our talented and highly committed team. TechnoServe employs more than 1,500 people, the vast majority of them host-country nationals working in the field. Our staff combine business expertise with local knowledge, relationships, and context to help hardworking men and women generate income, jobs and wealth for their families and communities. In 2020, TechnoServe's work helped transform the lives of 1.3 million people in Puerto Rico as well as countries throughout Africa, Latin American, and Asia by targeting improvements in farms, businesses, and industries. Learn more about our impact at www.technoserve.org/impact
