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| BDS CONSULTANTS | |||
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| Country | Afghanistan | Province | Kabul, |
| Categories | Business Development, | Type | Full Time |
| Post Date | 2021-06-13 | Close Date | 2021-06-30 |
| Vacancy No | . | Gender | male female |
| No Of Jobs | 5 | Contract Duration | |
| Education | Master/bachelor degree in Business Administration (or relevant other fields) | Experience | 7-5 years of relevant experience, i.e. trainings, |
| Organization | Opportunities for you | Salary | |
About Company
Cordaid
Job Description
Cordaid aims to directly implement the component ‘Business Acceleration’ through its own supervision and resources at the Cordaid Enterprise Academy. This TOR is developed by Cordaid’s Private Sector Development (PSD) department to define the scope of work to hire Business Development Service Consultant to deliver technical assistance to SMEs being onboarded by Bright Future.
The TOR is developed to cover the scope of work of individual Business Development Service Consultant for the SMEs.
The services for SMEs will include business assessment, business profiling for the SMEs, opportunities brainstorming, business planning and providing the SMEs with the right tools and templates to be used for the growth of the SMEs.
Bright Future will set specific achievable and measurable outcomes mutually with the BDS consultants and SMEs.
The roles and responsibilities of Business Development Service Consultant and Finance Consultant under this TOR are reflected below.
Profiling and Research
- Discuss & Collect Data from the SME - Conduct Scope Assessment, review the business model canvas for better understanding of the SME’s situation
- Prepare a Company Profile for the SME, reflecting on the strengths and weaknesses of the SME
- Prepare a list of recommendations for Professionalism & Growth of the company
- Agree with the SME owner/s on the intervention of Bright Future for their professionalism and growth.
Business Planning for SMEs
- Based on the agreement with the SME conduct a detailed business planning defining initiatives, projection on sales, revenue, resources, timeline etc.
- Prepare a list of items required to carry out the planned activities.
- Prepare the affiliated plans for professionalism and Growth
1. Operational Plan
2. Marketing Plan
3. Financial Plan
4. HR & Incentives Plan or revising policies
5. Pricing, Packaging, Branding Plan
- Brief Presentation to Bright Future on the next level intervention (Technical Assistance)
Technical Assistance
- Plan the capacity building of the related staff/owner to start implementing new initiatives. Needs assessment of the staff is necessary for capacity building
- Develop templates, formats and annexes to be used by the SME to address professionalism & growth needs.
- Assis the SME to outsource some services including graphic design, logos design, designs for branding/packaging.
- Implement the on-job training of the concerned staff in each field as per the Technical Assistance plan.
Final Report
A detailed report to state the status of the activities completed, challenges, calendar, and include the deliverables.
The following deliverables are required from the BDS consultant while submitting the final report.
- Business Profile of each SME as assigned
- Business Plan of the SMEs
- Updated business model canvas
- The presentation on the interventions set and achieved by BFP and consultant.
Details and Duration of the Training and Consultation Assignment
In the above listed areas, Bright Future is looking forward to hire 5 expert consultants in Business Development Services activities for SMEs.
Bright Future’s staff will provide a deep orientation session, training and will carry out the onboarding procedure for the BDS Consultants. Questions will be answered to enable the consultants to start and lead the process.
Job Requirement
Skills, Qualifications and experience required
- Masters’ degree in Business Administration (or relevant other fields) from renowned universities, with 5 years of relevant experience, i.e. trainings, Business Development Services, consultation and advisory in private sector.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration (or relevant other fields) from renowned university, with 7 years of experience in similar capacities.
- The consultants will need to appear for interviews and recruitment process, they will be required to present their curriculums, presentations and samples of reports they have used or developed in their previous activities.
- Female experts are highly encouraged to apply with the openness and ability to travel to SMEs in almost all the districts of Kabul city (only).
Submission Guideline
Interested Candidates are required to prepare and send short proposals to reflect their understanding of the assignments, propose methodology of work they will use for implementing and cost/fee for each working days.
The proposal along with the CV should be emailed to caf-procurement@cordaid.org.