Helping Women Graduate from Extreme Poverty The BOMA Project is a U.S. nonprofit and Kenyan NGO with a proven track record, measurable results and a transformative approach to alleviating poverty and building resiliency in the drylands of Africa. Our Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP) replaces aid with sustainable income and helps women to graduate from extreme poverty by giving them the tools they need to start small businesses in their communities. With this new and diversified source of income, they can feed their families, pay for school fees and medical care, accumulate savings for long-term stability, survive drought and adapt to a changing climate.
JOB SUMMARY:
This position is responsible for carrying out market and linkages related activities and other interventions including facilitating market assessment, market linkages and building capacity of graduating BOMA businesses for integration in the relevant market system. It involves working and liaising with relevant government structures and engage with market actors (product and financials) to ensure BOMA entrepreneurs take advantage of emerging opportunities that foster growth of their businesses.
Duties And Responsibilities:
Market Facilitation and Linkages:
- Develop linkages strategy for commodity markets, supporting services and government structures within the region/County.
- Profile businesses and savings groups (by business) for linkages and integration within specific product’s value chains and the larger markets system.
- Build capacity of selected savings groups for linkages with buyers and integration in the market through delivering of customized business development services (BDS).
- Foster linkages of BOMA REAP businesses and saving groups (SGs) to markets including financial service providers and other government opportunities.
- Support market-oriented projects interventions and strengthen linkages for BOMA REAP graduated groups with government department and other relevant institutions.
Livelihood Research and Learning:
- Research and evaluate alternative livelihood opportunities to improve and adapt local self-reliance strategies in BOMA’s areas of operations.
- Conduct livelihoods assessments including market analysis, socio-economic assessments, institutional mappings, and infrastructure surveys that inform market linkages design and interventions in various regions/locations.
- Support in implementation of appropriate business monitoring systems and development of the program report.
- Provide capacity development, training and dissemination of market linkages to the team.
Quality Control and Assurance:
- Maintain quality standards established for program and projects.
- Promote initiatives that support delivery of high-quality programs and projects.
- Report any matters that needs attention/information/action of the Technical Director.
Monitoring and Learning:
- Support monitoring and evaluation of progress and performance of market linkages
- Adopt and use monitoring systems in tracking and reporting activities and results realized.
- Participate and promote in sharing of learning and experience with the BOMA team.
Relationship Management:
- Develop and maintain profitable relationships among BOMA partners overall program.
- Support in organizing relevant field visits that promote market linkages work.
- Represent BOMA project in relevant forums whenever nominated and maintain a network of peers and professionals for exchange of ideas and information.
- Maintain good public relations and promote visibility on the work of BOMA.
Documentation and Records:
- Keep proper documentation of program’s implementation activities and manage a proper filling system that is easily retrievable in line with policy and guidelines.
- Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor from time to time.
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities:
(The knowledge, skills and abilities may be acquired through a combination of formal schooling, self-education, prior experience, or on-the-job training)
Education/Professional Qualifications
- Diploma in either Economics, Rural or Community Development, Business Management, Finance, or any other related field (having a Degree in Business Management is an added advantage)
Competencies/Abilities/Skills Required:
- Good project management skills and demonstrable ability to coordinate field activities.
- Demonstrable knowledge of microfinance and related ASAL value chains.
- Ability to conduct market research and produce analytical reports.
- Proven competency/experience in collection and basic business data analysis.
- Good mobilization skills and demonstrated ability to develop and maintain constructive relationships and profitable networks at community level.
- Computer skills and knowledge proficiency in MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint among others
- Possesses self-driven with good interpersonal, public relations and team orientation skills with ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds and culture.
- Good Communication and report writing skills, presentation and fluent in local language.
- Good Planning and organizational skills, ability to multitask and work with minimal supervision.
- Adequate knowledge of the geographical region/territory, environment, terrain, economic and sociocultural dynamics on where BOMA Project activities are implemented.
- Ability to fit and work in a fast-growing and innovative team.
Relevant Work Experience
- At least 2 years’ relevant work experience with rural communities.
- Thorough understanding of socio-cultural and economic dynamics of Samburu or Isiolo County and the larger Northern Kenya region or ASAL.
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