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Jobs at Diamond Development Initiatives
Diamond Development Initiatives (DDI) is a not-for-profit develol ment consulting organisation. 001 provides support to sOclal and eel nomic development projects including micro and small enterpris (MSE) development; agriculture, trade and investment initiative; micro finance and participatory development best practices.
DDI invites applications for the following positions:

To apply: Applications including a cover letter that explains how you I meet the above criteria, a detailed resume, 3 references, and salar) history should be sent not later than Friday, June 4, 2010 to recruitment@ddinigeria.org
    * Business Development Officer – Port Harcourt      Requirements. The following qualifications and levels of experil are desired:
      1. A Master’s degree in Business Administration, Agriculture, Finance or Economics
      2. At least five years of experience in business or financlal m anagement.
      3. Experience in business or financial consulting for micro, small and medium scale enterprises and/or experience in training delivery
      4. Experience in the design, development and implementation of micro, small and medium scale enterprise projects
      5. Experience with business development, trade and/ or investment activities related to micro, small and medium scale enterprises
      6. Demonstrated ability to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate business development, trade and/or investment programs.
      7. Knowledge of best practices related to portfolio management, business appraisals, due diligence assessments, business plan development, market development, financial statement preparation and analysis, financlal and program audits, and/or ethical compliance programs.
      8. Substantial business documentation and presentation skills as evidence of ability to effectively interact with small business clients and/or prospective investors. Hands-on management experience in a small business or corporation.
      9. Demonstrated experience raising investment capital and/or mobilizing resources from private or public donors.
      10. Articulate in written and spoken English.

      Location:             Rivers
      Experience:         5 year(s)
      Course of Study: Economics
      Required Grade:  Not Specified

    * Outreach office- Kaduna or kano      Requirements. The following qualifications and levels of experil are desired:
      1.A Master’s degree
      duna2. At Least five years cognate experience.
      3.Ability to explore, identify and track program funding opportunities,
      4. Ability to develop an appropriate and effective fundraising strategy involving research of current and prospective donors, product development, marketing, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship.
      5 Experience in leading and coordinate processes to ensure timely submission of high-quality proposals to identified donors and funding opportunities.
      6 Knowledge of cost application and budgeting processes
      7 Familiarity with funding solicitation mechanisms, regulation and standard provisions, and programming priorities of maj donors.
      8 Ability to support communications initiatives that help capture the successes associated with current programming.
      9 Strong analytical and organizational skills
      10 Excellent interpersonal, networking and representational skills
      11.Articulate in written and spoken English

      Location:             kaduna
      Experience:         5 year(s)
      Course of Study: Not Specified
      Required Grade:  Not Specified