French Speaking Development Consultant – Igugu Lesizwe Consultants - Durban - Hopecompass

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Job Description:

We are looking for a sharp-thinking team player who wants to make a positive difference in the world and at work. You're willing to take on new challenges and keep learning.

This role is best suited to someone with strong analytical skills, a person who is data-driven and who tackles projects with energy and a positive spirit.

Ideally, you would find the fine details fascinating, but use this to help us create an insightful picture for our clients. One of our favourite questions is, "so what?"

People skills matter. This is a job for someone personable, with a good sense of humour.

Responsibilities:

• Project implementation: oversee a variety of projects such as value chain analysis, business case development for agri-processing, farm system and agri-processing benchmarking, design of agronomic and agri-processing training and manuals, etc.
• Enterprise development and capacity building: assess and develop business cases, market research, business modelling, business plans, coaching of entrepreneurs, sector roundtables in the farming, agri-processing and related services etc.
• Studies: responsible for quantitative and qualitative studies with farmers, processors and buyers, desk & field research, analysis and reporting, business modelling, client workshops, etc.
• Global linkages: engage with the private sector and other stakeholders in importing countries to conduct market research, lead investment promotion and sourcing missions, roundtables, etc.
• Training and development: develop and lead training programs linked to agronomy and agri-business. This includes building relationships with learning centres and technical experts & then working to make this accessible.

Requirements:

• A Master's degree in agronomy, crop sciences, animal sciences, Agricultural Economics, Sustainable food systems, Supply chain management or related.
• A Bachelor degree combined with an MBA is also acceptable.
• We are also interested in you if you have a degree in Economics, Business, Marketing or Finance with experience in Agriculture or the food sector, for example import of agricultural products.
• A strong sense of agri-business and how to use technical knowledge to help farmers and businesses in Africa.
• A hands-on approach & a love of getting things done on time and in full.
• Capability in project management.
• Good Emotional Intelligence.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience for the consultant role.
• Experience in consultancy is an advantage, but we are very open to applicants who have worked in a variety of roles in the agricultural sector or for example supply chain management in the FMCG sector.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in both English & French.
• Ability to work in French. Native French speakers have an advantage, but we are very open to people who learned French as a second language and have functional spoken French. Most of our reports are in English, so being able to write long French reports is not required.
• Good numeracy: being able to work with numbers, spreadsheets etc.

About Us:

Sense is a dynamic economic development consultancy working to solve the gritty development challenges faced by agri-business in Africa.

The accelerating shift from aid to trade in global policy means that we're on the cutting edge of development thinking.

We have offices in Ireland, South Africa and Burkina Faso.

As a result, we work with an increasing number of major donors in the development sector.

Some of our clients are The World Bank-IFC, GIZ (German Development Corporation), The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, CBI, USAID, Teagasc, Sustainable Food Systems Ireland, COLEAD, etc.

We're known for sharp thinking, fact-based insights, practical solutions and getting things done.

This is ultimately about people after all.

What We Offer:

• A dynamic, international environment with lots of scope for personal and professional development.
• Each member of our team is valued for their skills, perspectives and the contribution we believe they can make.
• This is a challenging environment that asks a lot of us. But we offer an environment that enables us to grow and learn together.
• And all the while you'll be playing your part in bringing about meaningful, lasting change in Africa.