Position Title: Business Development Consultant.
Job Station: Abuja.
INTRODUCTION :-
Business Development Consultant job opportunity is available at Farm Innovation Nigeria Limited for individuals who possess relevant qualifications.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :-
Sales Channel Development:
- Research markets and identify growth opportunities, prepare and participate in important meetings/negotiations.
- Generate demands, leveraging personal and corporate contacts: prospecting as a result of sales initiatives, sales programs campaigns & partner campaigns
- Prepare sales decks and manage relations with prospective clients, sector experts, business partners and potential funders and investors
- Develop pitch and attend pitching events
- Participate in relevant exhibitions in and out of Nigeria
- Prospect for various business growth opportunities within the Agric sector
Result:
- Attract 150M naira in product sales within the first year
- Develop business partnership with at least 5 major private sector partners and 10 international development partners
- Participate in at least 10 pitching events for the first year.
Grants and Partnership Development:
- The business development manager’s role will identify, cultivate and oversee an exciting portfolio of flagship partnerships. The partnerships will cut across private and public sector players, locally and internationally. This portfolio is expected to grow over time.
- Facilitate the development of proposals and/or decks and presentations to current and new prospective major donors, corporate, foundation, and/or government funders.
- Prepare introductions, letters of intent, grant requests/proposals, grant reports, sponsorship package copy, individual donor appeals, and similar fundraising materials as required.
- Lead grant strategy, overseeing grant writing and reporting and managing grant calendar
- Identify applicable funding opportunities (foundation, corporation and individual donor) and maintain a process of development, usage, and application. Interpret funding institution guidelines and requirements as well as review proposals for compliance with policies and procedures
- Conduct research to support FIN’s array of funding needs. Search and apply for innovative funding opportunities and significant developments and trends in Agric extension and ICT4D in general
- Provide periodic updates on fundraising progress, pipeline, and opportunities; creatively engaging the team on fundraising initiatives.
- Cultivate relationships and raise the visibility of Farm Innovation with key private sector partners.
Target:
- Facilitate 500M naira in Grant funding
- Submission of 20 grant requests and call for solicitation
Content Development:
- Deliver best-in-class content for the FIN’s product portfolio, supporting on content planning, acquisition, development and curation to support the delivery services.
- Source, acquire, develop and manage content development in support of product and marketing goals. Lead the implementation of the content strategy.
- Keep-up with competitive trends in content generation
- Provide timely and relevant editorial content for FIN via the creation of original content and sourcing of sector specific content
- Facilitate the dissemination of major publications through digital channels
- Develop content and storytelling strategy on FIN’s success stories
- Create and execute campaigns to promote FIN’s events throughout the year
Result:
- Ensure regular content for social media, blogs and newspaper postings
- Ensure FIN appears on daily newspapers for at least 5 times.
Deliverables:
- The following are the expected outputs from the consultant:
- Grant opportunities for Farm Innovation
- Networks and partnerships with relevant organizations
- Markets for Farm Innovation’s products
- Media awareness for Farm Innovation
- Conference and exhibitions opportunities.
Time frame
- The work is expected to commence by 1st December, 2020 and would be for a maximum of 6 months.
DESIRED EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATION :-
The consulting firm is expected to have proven expertise and experience in guiding tech startups. Minimum qualifications of the firm to be selected for the required assignment include:
- Excellent understanding of the international development and its implementation and funding mechanisms (public and private)
- More than 3 years of experience providing support for startups including identifying market opportunities for growth
- Demonstrated competency in business administration, grants and partnerships management
- Consulting firm should bring among its team demonstrated expertise in information and communications technology (ICT)
Apply Before :-
16th December, 2019.
INTERESTED?
Interested and qualified candidates (Consultants) should send their Expression of Interests including their interpretation of the task as contained in the ToR and monthly consultancy fee in Naira (₦) to: info@farmnovation.com using “Business Development Consultant” as the subject of the mail.
WHO IS Farm Innovation Nigeria Limited?
Farm Innovation Nigeria Limited was birthed to develop innovative solutions that see farmers improve their processes, increase their yield and subsequently increase their income. We provide a range of services including Research, Agribusiness development, E-extension services and Agric value chain development.
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