Ethiopia - Private Enterprise Development

Call for Experts - Ethiopia - Private Enterprise Development

About DAI

DAI works at the cutting edge of international development, combining technical excellence, professional project management, and exceptional customer service to solve our clients' most complex problems. Since 1970, DAI has worked in 150 developing and transition countries, providing comprehensive development solutions in areas including crisis mitigation and stability operations, democratic governance and public sector management, agriculture and agribusiness, private sector development and financial services, economics and trade, HIV/AIDS, avian influenza control, water and natural resources management, and energy and climate change. Clients include international development agencies, international lending institutions, private corporations and philanthropies, and host-country governments.

Objective of the programme:

To support Ethiopia's economic growth by developing the private sector to create a business enabling environment which will help industries have access to both credit and finance. The objective of this programme is to create jobs whilst promoting green growth. A large emphasis of this programme will be supporting woman and children in the marketplace. This programme will seek to address many issues which face Ethiopia and will look to strengthen exports, product diversification, competitiveness, productivity. In addition, this programme will focus on working with banks to build their capacity to provide loans and credit to emerging businesses. Consequently, it will seek to attract greater foreign investment. This programme will seek to work in the following industries: Horticulture, Cotton Textiles and Leather. 

Objective of the role:

We are seeking applications from highly experienced private enterprise specialists who have demonstrated success in working on programmes where they have promoted Public Private Partnership to address weaknesses in polices and institutions and have addressed market failures by innovating new business models and technologies that will benefit the poor. The candidate will have a proven skill set in value chain analysis, SME finance, challenge funds, capacity building, marketing and policy planning.

Call for the following experts:

• Value Chain Analysts
• SME Finance Specialists
• MFI and SME Banking trainers
• Trade/Export Specialists
• Agronomists/Agri-business Experts
• Gender Experts
• Public Private Partnerships
• Grant Managers
• M4P Specialists
• BDS and Agri-business skill Trainers

Desirable:

• Previous experience working with DFID
• Working experience in Africa, preferably Ethiopia
• Previous work with the following industries: Cotton Textiles, Horticulture, Leather
• Demonstrated work experience on programmes that have sought to address gender inequalities especially in promoting women entrepreneurs

Project Start date:

September 2012

How to apply:

Please send in a covering letter and CV to europerecruit@dai.com and please put in the subject line the role which you feel best matches your skill set

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