Enterprise Associate

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Production Officer to design, coordinate, and deliver skills acquisition and upskilling programmes for women producers.
  
• Ensure training curricula are market-informed and aligned with current demand, quality expectations, and product trends.
  
• Support the transition of trained women from learning into active participation in production.
  
• Collaborate with the Production Officer to establish, document, and enforce production guidelines, quality benchmarks, and product standards across all product lines.
  
• Monitor product quality and consistency across production cycles.
  
• Gather and analyse feedback from buyers, customers, and market partners.
  
• Use market feedback to inform continuous product improvement and innovation.
  
• Support the development and execution of the enterprise growth strategy, ensuring alignment between social impact goals and commercial viability.
  
• Contribute to product diversification, pricing strategies, and demand forecasting.
  
• Identify and pursue market entry opportunities across civil society, corporate, hospitality, retail, and international markets.
• Represent the enterprise at exhibitions, convenings, trade fairs, and buyer engagements.
  
• Identify and track grant opportunities, prizes, and catalytic funding aligned with the enterprise and livelihoods model.
  
• Support proposal development, including concept notes and donor submissions.
  
• Build and maintain relationships with partners, buyers, and ecosystem stakeholders.
  
• Work with communications personnel to curate compelling narratives that link the enterprise products to women’s skills, livelihoods, and resilience.
  
• Support the development of marketing materials, enterprise profiles, pitch decks, and product stories.
  
• Perform other related tasks

Requirements:

• Gender Studies, Public Policy / Public Administration, Governance or Development StA degree or equivalent qualification (including HND) in Business Administration, Economics, Development Studies, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, or a related field.
  
• Minimum of 1–2 years’ experience in enterprise development, social enterprise, livelihoods programming, SME support, or market systems development.
  
• Experience working with women-led enterprises, producer groups, or community-based production models is a strong advantage.
  
• Strong understanding of market-driven enterprise development and value chains.
  
• Experience linking skills development or training programmes to income-generating outcomes.
  
• Knowledge of product quality standards, pricing, and market positioning.
  
• Strong research, proposal writing, and donor engagement skills.
  
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and partnership management skills.
  
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
  
• Ability to work across strategy and execution in fast-moving, resource-constrained environments.