Entrepreneurship Ecosystem and MSME Development Expert Bade, Yobe State
Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965. COOPI aims to help the world’s poorest to improve their access to healthcare, food, and financial security, and to overcome their special vulnerability to wars, civil conflicts and natural disasters. For 50 years of long-term support and constant presence in the field, COOPI has been engaged in breaking the cycle of poverty and responding to specific emergencies in numerous sectors, including Food Security, Humanitarian Aid, Health, Socio-Economical Services, Water and Sanitation, Disaster Risk Reduction, Human Rights, Education and Training, Migrations and Sustainable Energy.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Entrepreneurship Ecosystem and MSME Development Expert
Location: Bade, Yobe
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Summary
- We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Entrepreneurship Ecosystem and MSME Development Expert to lead initiatives that empower entrepreneurs and strengthen MSMEs in Yobe State.
- The ideal candidate will drive capacity-building programs, enhance access to finance and markets, and develop strategies to foster a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities
- Capacity Building: Oversee training programs for entrepreneurs and enterprises, providing technical advice on financial and market linkages.
- MSME Growth Strategies: Develop and implement approaches to enhance MSME scalability, including business development services (BDS), market access, and financial inclusion.
- Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development: Design and execute strategies to strengthen local entrepreneurship ecosystems, foster innovation and new MSME creation.
- Business Model Development: Create viable business models for beneficiaries and establish partnerships with institutions offering entrepreneurship training and BDS.
Selection, development and prioritization of value chains as follows:
- Market analysis
- Mapping the value chain
- Analysing value chain technical capacities
- Analysing economic performance and benchmarking competitiveness
- Analysis of external sources of competitiveness
- Analysis of economic parameters
- Formulation of an upgrading strategy for selected value chains
- Identifying constraints to chain performance
- Value chain upgrading strategy Definition of roles and responsibilities
- Implementation of upgrading strategies Monitoring and impact assessment
- Assist the project management team in the market analysis and mapping of the value chains.
- Identify constraints and propose possible interventions in response to the addressed needs and demands.
- Support the project management on the development of the agribusiness value chain as follows:
- Business environment.
- Institutional support.
- Improving access to business development services.
- Strengthening the role and capacities of business membership organizations.
- Compliance with health, safety, quality management systems, and environmental requirements.
- Specific direct interventions and programs.
- Cluster and network development.
- Support to small and medium agri-enterprises.
- Investment promotion.
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