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DEVELOPMENT
ADVISORY MANAGER
To further expand its business in Francophone Africa,
AMSCO is looking for a Development Advisory Manager.

JOB PURPOSE / MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES

Essential Skills:
The incumbent shall be responsible for the execution of the
Development and Advisory Solutions strategy for Cameroon and Must display superior verbal, written, presentation and
Francophone Africa countries. Reporting to the Managing Director s/he facilitation skills, both in English and in French languages.
will be tasked with seeking opportunities to forge partnerships with Customer service orientation.
Private & Public Sector Organisations, Governments, Foundations, Excellent organizational, planning and analytical skills.
Donors or International and local NGO’s; to deliver innovative
Strong problem solving skills.
solutions contributing to inclusive business growth, job creation,
poverty alleviation and sustainable growth of communities.

OPERATIONAL DELIVERY:

Grow revenue and profit KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE

Develop the overall engagement strategy for Proposal Development,
bidding and service provider assignments sourcing strategy.
Lead and /or support opportunity assessments in the territory in
line with priority plan.
Develop winning concepts, bid and proposals in collaboration
with the Managing Director and/or operations teams.
Work closely with Business Development teams to source,
endorse and utilise strategic partners on future projects.
Lead establishment and negotiations of formal agreements.
First point of contact for the completion of development
programmes required for competitive bids.
Collate information and compile reports of strategic partnership
plans and transactions.
Establish, manage and maintain database of strategic partners.
Coordinate and provide oversight on the reporting requirements
of all development programmes under implementation
Collaborate with cross functional teams which include business
service functions (Corporate Services) at AMSCO to ensure that
business process impacts are understood across functions in
business.
(relating to specialist knowledge and expertise
required to undertake the role.)
ESSENTIAL
Proven track record in business and programme development
design.
Extensive experience in researching, designing, developing and
authoring quality and winning proposals.
Ability to build internal teams and external networks.
Project management and planning within tight deadlines.
Experience in managing through KPI’s.
The ability to work independently, managing multiple tasks and
projects.
Understanding and passion for social economic development
via private sector principles.
Ability to adapt style to work effectively across geographic and
cultural boundaries.

RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT:
EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS AND OTHER
Ensure good relationships are developed and kept with partners, REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIC TO THE ROLE
including Foundations, Governments, NGO’s, Private & Public (e.g. age requirements)
Sector organizations and Donors.
To develop and manage existing and new business relationships. EXPERIENCE:
Liaise with other business lines for optimal service delivery for all
AMSCO offerings.• Essential
Minimum of five (5) years, experience within an analytical and
strategic role within private sector / development space.
ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES Experience in competitive bidding within African procurement
Business Acumen - understands how value is created. Able to environment.
identify real opportunities based on business plan. Understanding of business environment.
Drive for Results - steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
Very bottom line orientated.
Strategic Agility – can anticipate future consequences and QUALIFICATION:
trends accurately. Can articulately paint credible pictures and Essential
visions of possibilities and likelihoods. BSc or B.A. degree in business administration, Economics, or
Impact and influence – adapts influencing style to different relevant degree.
situations.
A Master’s Degree / MBA advantageous.
Collaboration – actively brings people together to deliver work.
Interpersonal Savvy – builds constructive and effective
relationships.
Creativity – ability to come up with a lot of new and unique ideas.

Kindly send your CV to

info.francophone@amsco-africa.com latest on 15 November 2020.
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DEVELOPMENT
ADVISORY MANAGER

ANNEXE
DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING SERVICE AT AMSCO

For more than three decades, AMSCO has supported African Enterprises in enhancing employee and
management skills leading to improved efficiencies, increased productivity, impactful leadership
and good governance. AMSCO through its African foot print in 29 countries with local teams,
infrastructure, trainers, business advisers and network of consultants is in a strong position to
support clients and other partners to design, plan, execute, monitor and evaluate various technical
assignments.

AMSCO’s involvement in providing development solutions is based on the premise of making

markets work to promote sustainable job creation, and inclusive growth thereby promoting economic
development and ultimately poverty reduction. The model used is that of catalyzing smart
partnerships that help achieve development objectives. AMSCO’s Development Consulting Service
interventions are demand driven, customized and integrated solutions that meet country or regional
priority sectors and are designed to bridge identified gaps in key sectors and aligned to government
priorities of the countries where these programmes are implemented.

AMSCO’s suite of services under development advisory offerings is geared mainly towards private
sector development and includes:
Technical assistance programs aimed at strengthening the capacity of enterprises to better
access financial products and services enhance market linkages and improve overall productivity,
quality and managerial competencies.
Business Development Services- supporting the SMEs and Entrepreneurs in unlocking some of
the bottlenecks or challenges in growing their businesses in areas such as SME diagnosis/
assessments, management capacity development and business process efficiency.
Program or Grant management , monitoring & evaluation
Value Chain Development- Involve working with various value chain actors and partners to
improve performance within priority sectors and increasing the commercial linkages between
the SMEs, businesses and multinational corporations or other embedded services that can offer
them new and more profitable opportunities as customers or suppliers.

APPROACH

Our approach is engrained on a strong philosophy that for us to be able to deliver integrated,
sustainable and impactful solutions we must first understand your enterprise and market dynamics.
From the initial diagnosis, solution development to on-the-ground implementation, our
multi-pronged approach and connected regional network help us to unlock systemic constraints
and opportunities.

At AMSCO our Development & Advisory Solutions are geared towards delivery of tailored solutions-
one strategy does not fit all. Each of our partners or clients is unique and we listen carefully to
understand clearly every facet of their situations and objectives.

AMSCO works with key private sector players, industry associations and governments with the
ultimate goal of assisting companies to become globally competitive, profitable and sustainable.
Together with our clients, we identify the critical technical, managerial and operational bottlenecks
to enterprise and industry level growth.

Based on our deep understanding of complex client needs, AMSCO tailors integrated service solutions
that effectively remove the obstacles to sustainable growth through improved management practice
and technical expertise. Our interventions cut across agriculture/agribusiness, financial inclusion,
inclusive business and conflict affected states with gender and youth being cross cutting themes.

We have evolved our approach, gained extensive expertise, and built the best infrastructure across
the Sub-Saharan continent to design, develop and execute end-to-end market based solutions
that support the growth of sustainable and competitive enterprises.