Business and Partner Relations Expert

  

Swisscontact is the business-oriented foundation for international development cooperation. Working in 36 countries with over 1,100 team members, Swisscontact has been fostering economic, social, and environmental development since 1959.
Due to planned growth in our Eastern Europe region (Ukraine), we would like to get in touch with qualified candidates with a strong background in the areas of Local Economic Development, Skills & Labour Market, Entrepreneurship. The position is opened with the 3-year project on improved plumbing education in Ukraine funded by the Government of Switzerland and Geberit.
Position:	Business and Partner Relations Expert F/M
Location:	Kiev, Ukraine. Frequent travel within the country is required.
Tasks
Responsible for establishing business networks and multi-stakeholder platforms to foster dialogue and cooperation in view of improving the quality and relevance of professional education Responsible for creating and implementing new instruments for facilitating business-schools cooperation Responsible for capacitating schools for professional education to develop and successfully implement strategies and action plans that attract companies providing plumbing services Define measurable indicators and measurement plans for business development  Responsible for the continuous performance assessment of the implementation partners Develop business cases, including deliverables plan/timeframe Provide business development related inputs to periodic progress report meetings on the achievement of outputs
Requirements
Master’s Degree or equivalent. Additional training and certification in project management would be an advantage At least 3 years of experience in business development, experience with public-private partnerships would be an advantage Affinity with technical professions and professional education  Good understanding and display of gender equality and social inclusion, conflict-sensitive programme management    and good governance Strong networking skills, capacity to innovate, creativity Excellent English skills (spoken and written)
We offer you a challenging scope of duties with personal responsibility. Are you interested in a fascinating job in an international context, and strive for contributing to development cooperation? In line with Swisscontact organisation culture, we are looking not only for competent, but also openminded individuals with good social skills. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply within 30/04/2020 to sonja.loosli@swisscontact.org, with: - Curriculum Vitae including at least 2 referees contacts; - A video message expressing the motivation to apply for this job.   Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview. Swisscontact reserves the right to consider only such applications which are completely suitable with the requirements for the position.   Swisscontact Eastern Europe Rr. Skenderbej, Villa 49, Tirana, Albania -Tel/Fax: +355 (0)42 232 778 - www.swisscontact.org/albania