Job description

– Provide technical assistance in contract negotiation between SMEs/cooperatives and large companies, traders or financial institutions;
– Facilitate business linkages and value chains to ensure smooth market access and removal of middlemen transaction costs,
– Supervise, advise and support cooperatives and SMEs on the establishment of business programs supported through various Government or donors’ Programs;
– Elaborate and coordinate the implementation of mechanisms meant to raise local population’s awareness on the existing business opportunities within the District and facilitate SMEs in the organization of events meant to showcase and market their products;
– Maintain and manage an updated database of SMEs operating within the District;
– Work closely with the Start-Up Development Officer, to establish and update a list of small entrepreneurs who graduated into SMEs;
– Elaborate and implement, in collaboration with key stakeholders, capacity building programs meant to upgrade SMEs and cooperatives business skills and technology.