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Position Title: Enterprise
Specialist, Uganda
Voluntary Service Overseas
Plot 2727 Muyenga Road
Muyenga-Kisugu, Tank Hill Parade (Opposite Cafe Roma)
Organisation:VSO Uganda
Location: Kampala,
Gulu, Uganda
Tel: (+256) 414 268984, 269655, 267008,312 264595
Fax: (+256) 414 510090
URGENT: 10 week
short term volunteer placement for an enterprise specialist based in Uganda
Background Information
Background Through secure livelihoods, VSO aims to ensure
that poor and marginalised people are able to access their right to a
sustainable livelihood. VSO Uganda is currently developing a business plan with
partners to develop a light engineering factory in northern Uganda that will
seek to provide employment opportunities for youth benefitting from our
livelihoods programmes and also contribute to the economic development of
northern Uganda. As the Enterprise Specialist you will undertake market
assessment in northern Uganda as part of VSO's wider secure livelihoods
programme development work.
What does the role
involve?
Undertake a market assessment of northern Uganda in terms of
light engineering products and agri-services, including:
identifying appropriate sectors, products and markets that
are suitable to the skills base of our target beneficiaries (youth who have
received vocational training)
identify and look at ways for overcoming the barriers and
market failures preventing the target group from accessing value chains or
gaining a greater share to them validate the research findings and proposed
interventions with key stakeholders and produce a full written report, and to
input into the development of the business plan for the factory document the
tools and processes used and train selected programme and partner staff on how
to carry out market assessments.
Skills,
qualifications and experience required
You'll have a relevant degree in the field of Business
Administration, Financial management or other related degree.
You'll have a minimum of 10 years working experience in
enterprise/business development including the development of strategic plans,
feasibility studies and business plans.
You'll need to work
with minimum supervision, be able to explain complex ideas and have a high
level of cultural sensitivity.
Prior experience in developing counties is desirable, and
ability to ride or willingness to learn to ride a motorbike would be useful
although not essential. And the rest....
During your 10 week
placement you'll be based at the office in Gulu. In return, we'll give you
comprehensive financial, personal and professional support. We'll provide you
with extensive training before your placement, and our financial package
includes a local living allowance, return flights, accommodation, insurance and
more. When you return to your home country, we'll support you to resettle.
Closing Date:
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
How to apply:
To find out more about volunteering with VSO visit
www.vsointernational.org or to apply go to
http://www.vsointernational.org/volunteer/ and reference UX043/0009/0001 in
your application.
