Business Development Manager - India at Water For People

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Business Development Manager ��� India Water For People Experience : 5 - 6 Years Location : Kolkata Education : UG - Any Graduate - Any Specialization PG - Any PG Course - Any Specialization Industry Type : NGO/Social Services Functional Area : Other Posted Date : 22 Feb Job Description Essential Job Functions and Duties: 1. Provide expertise in developing sanitation businesses in India. Identify needs, opportunities, gaps, and constraints in potential sanitation markets, models, and entrepreneurs, and provide mentoring and support to sanitation businesses. 2. Continually search for new sanitation business opportunities within India, both inside and outside the existing Water for People program activities. The aim is to develop businesses in urban, small town, and rural settings by the end of the project. 3. Conduct business landscaping studies, and conduct/oversee the management of market analysis work. 4. Engage with local government to understand and if necessary improve the regulatory operating environment for emerging sanitation businesses. 5. Ensure that the local Private sector services have the capacity for the ongoing incubation and support required by the newly established businesses. 6. Undertake a review of the financial sector and identify both constraints and opportunities, working with the financial community to develop financial packages that relate to the identified requirements of businesses operating in the sanitation sector. 7. Document successes and failures, and share knowledge internally and externally. Communicate regularly with project staff worldwide, and country and regional Water for People staff, to share lessons learned and project updates. 8. Build trust and relationships with key local entrepreneurs, and gain an understanding of the private sector in India. 9. Ensure all incubator and larger scale businesses developed within the project have relevant and informative management information and monitoring systems which allow objective assessments of the progress the businesses are making. 10. Provide the enthusiasm within the team to ensure that the search for innovative projects play an overriding strand within the program. 11. Liaise with ‘Program Analyst – Methodologies’ and support their reiterative learning process aimed at developing and documenting improvement methodologies for catalyzing sanitation as a business. 12. Feed into and support the global efforts for idea generation and new technology testing. Supervisory Duties: This position will directly report to the Country Director – India, and functionally report to the Program Operations Manager. Depending on growth of the project within India, this position may need to hire and manage a team of support officers.    Interested applicants should send a cover letter and CV detailing relevant experience to careers@waterforpeople.org Find more details regarding Water For People’s Sanitation as a Business programming on our website  Desired Candidate Profile Job Qualifications: Knowledge, Skill & Ability 1. Must be risk taker, and have a nose for entrepreneurial opportunities.   2. Willing to test innovative approaches and develop ideas from mistakes and unexpected outcomes.   3. Good analytical skills and the ability to extrapolate lessons to other situations.   4. Comfort and talent in communicating with diverse and international constituents. 5. Must be flexible, innovative, proactive, to work under tight deadlines and have excellent follow through skills. Be a self starter and to work with limited supervision 6. Some knowledge of or willingness to learn about the sanitation sector.   Education or Formal Training   1.Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant subject 2. Advanced Degree desired   Experience   1. Five years directly related experience is preferred 2. Experience living, working and negotiating in developing country context. Familiarity with India  (including knowledge of local language and business environment) would be desirable. 3. Experience with running or investing in a business in a developing country,  particularly in the informal business sector.     Company Profile Water For People is a USA based non-profit organization which supports people of developing countries improve their quality of life by promoting of locally sustainable drinking water sources, sanitation facilities and health and hygiene programs. The organization believes that access to safe water and adequate sanitation are basic human rights and can help put an end to needless suffering and death from water related preventable diseases. In India, Water For People interventions in West Bengal aims at promoting sustainable systems that facilitate provision of safe water and sanitation to communities and schools. Soon, the program will be scaled-up to vulnerable districts in the northern India. Water For People ��� India is looking to recruit motivated personal to share Water For People vision of build a world where all people have access to safe drinking water and sanitation, a world where no one suffers or dies from a water or sanitation related diseases. Water For People ��� India is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified women candidates are encouraged to apply. 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