Business Development Specialist Career at The International Centre for Tropical Agriculture

Job title: PABRA Seed Business Development Specialis
Brief Job Description: The  International  Centre  for Tropical  Agriculture  CIAT  - a   member  of the 
CGIAR  Consortium.

Job Requirements:

Skills and Qualifications
•    Strong background  in seed  business,  agribusiness and business administration at  MSc/MA  levels  .
•    Five  years  practical  experience  in managing  a seed  business  is  strongly  preferred.
•    Previous  or current  work  on seed  related  activities  in Africa  is an  added  advantage .
•    In addition  to good command  of written  and spoken  English  language  an  acceptable  knowledge  of French  language  will be  added  advantage .

Personal  Characteristics
•    Ability  to work  both  persuasively  and  diplomatically  in a team-based  environment  with a  high  degree  of  complexity.
•    Exceptional  drive  and  enterpreneurship, a  pronounced  ability  to motivate others .
•    Hands-on  problem-solver  with strong  analytical  abilities
•    Organizational  and business  planning.
•    Problem  analysis  and problem –solving .

Applications procedure
Interested applicants  should send  their  motivation  letter , a full C.V  , indicating  relevant  certificates  and one  page  essay  on the main  steps  and their  sequency  for developing  the ability  of seed suppliers  to provide quality  seed of improved  bean of varieties and  complementary inputs to small –scale farmers  on a sustainable  basis.  Additionally  please send  the names and contact information of three  referees knowledgeable about  the candidates  professional qualifications and work experience . Applications   should be sent  to ;
Isabela  Botero  at  the CIAT Human  Resources  Office
And  ciatkenyainfo@cgiar.org

Closing date: 01 /08 /2013