Business Specialist

Oxfam Novib is a world-wide development and humanitarian organization that mobilizes the power of people against poverty and injustice. Oxfam Novib has started a new initiative to support the development of social business models in our organisation. To support programmes in the organisation to develop their social business models optimally, Oxfam Novib is offering a position for a

Business Specialist
32 hours per week
Contract period: 1 September 2015 to 31 December 2015
Based in The Hague

Purpose of the function
As Business Specialist, you offer leadership and counselling regarding sustainable business development in program development within Oxfam Novib. The specific goal of the function is to increase financial sustainable business models for Oxfam Novib with a social impact. The Business Specialist will work for several clients, but will be managed by the head of ON Inclusive Impact Investments.

Main tasks:

• Lead specific projects aimed on sustainable business development for Oxfam Novib, for example the ONF2Scale project (marketing micro finance project), including controlling the project budget and report to steering group and board of directors.
• Implement specialized knowledge and internal monitoring of the specific programs and or projects on unit level. This to the extend to increase the operational knowledge of Oxfam staff involved and to improve the operating results including the raising of funds/investment capital for these projects.
• The development and coordination of a strategy and the development of a optional training program to share and increase Oxfam Novib's obtained knowledge concerning business development within programs.
• Represent Oxfam Novib in the Board of Supervisors of SINFA
• A start up company, which originated out of the Internet Now! Project. Provide feedback on relevant information from SINFA towards the stakeholders within Oxfam Novib.
• Represent Oxfam Novib towards external stakeholders (investment funds, business development networks and organizations and businesses in Africa and Asia) and building a network of consultants with knowledge of business development to put to use for Oxfam Novib at a flexible basis.

Qualifications:

• A University degree in economics or finance, preferably a MBA in Business Development;
• A minimum of five years of experience in consulting services to (social) enterprises, developing business plans, providing training and/or leading a social enterprise successfully;
• Proven project and budget management experience, including monitoring;
• Track record in fundraising and proposal writing is required;
• Awareness of the legal and operating environment for small and medium enterprises in developing countries;
• Experience in capacity building;
• Good knowledge of the NGO sector; while also knowledge of the Oxfam confederation will be considered an asset;
• Good communication skills, especially intercultural regarding to intercultural relations;
• Willingness to travel abroad;
• Fluent English skills both orally and written. Command of French is considered an asset.

We offer
A competitive, fair and comprehensive pay and benefits package that is justifiable to our donors. The position is graded in scale 9 with a salary is between EU 2.639,-- and EU 4.061,-- gross per month based on a 36-hour week.

More information and application procedure
Are you interested? Please email your application letter and CV, using the vacancy reference number 5-8730 to jobs@oxfamnovib.nl, to the attention of Ewa van der Berg, HR Advisor. Your application must be received by us by 4 August 2015 at the latest. For questions on this position you can contact Lindy van Vliet 06-10081510 .