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Enterprise Development Specialists, Worldwide

We are currently seeking short-term and long-term enterprise development specialists for the Economic Growth for Poverty Reduction (EG4PR) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The objective of this project is to provide a broad, integrated, and knowledge-driven suite of services to USAID missions and bureaus to foster sustainable economic growth that translates into poverty reduction. EG4PR will be a vehicle to provide solutions in the following technical areas: trade and investment; financial services; improvement of the business environment; private and public sector capacity building and economic opportunity; and cross-cutting issues such as conflict, gender, food insecurity and global climate change. The positions are contingent on ACDI/VOCA being awarded the IDIQ and subsequent task orders.

Responsibilities:

• Provide assistance and expertise facilitating the competitiveness of the private sector.
• Conduct analyses of markets, value chain constraints, business environment constraints, inter-firm constraints and other systemic constraints to improved competitiveness.
• Identify and implement private and public sector strategies and interventions to improve competitiveness and promote broad-based growth.

We are looking for specialists at the senior, mid and junior levels. In your application, please provide a qualifications summary that includes years of experience, academic degrees and countries of specialty.

Qualifications:

• Experience working internationally on economic growth, small enterprise and/or private-sector development projects.
• Experience with programs funded by USAID preferred.
• Relevant degree and demonstrated years of experience.
• Ability to work in teams to accomplish program goals.
• Strong communication skills.
• English fluency required.

Please apply online at http://acdivoca.maxhire.net/cp/?E55564361D43515B7E59192F775519620D627A48. No phone calls please. Only finalists contacted. Women and minorities are highly encouraged to apply. EOE.