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Business development consultant / Subject to Donor Approval

Helping Hands for Women Organization - HHWO
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Position Title: Business development consultant / Subject to Donor Approval

2025-08-08    Badakhshan     Full Time     114

Job Location: Badakhshan
Nationality: National
Category: Business Development Consultant
Employment Type: Full Time
Salary: As per organization salary scale
Vacancy Number: HHWO-43-2025
No. Of Jobs: 1
City: Faizabad
Organization: Helping Hands for Women Organization - HHWO
Years of Experience: 5
Contract Duration: Short term
Gender: Male/Female
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Development Studies, or related fields. Master’s degree preferred.
Close date: 2025-08-08

About Helping Hands for Women Organization - HHWO:

HHWO, is a humanitarian non-profit, non-governmental, non-political, and non-partisan, national organization founded by its ardent founders in 2014. HHWO is registered in the Ministry of Economy (MOEC) with registration number (#3291) dated 28-09-2014.

At HHWO, we seek to build a future in which all Afghans - regardless of their gender, age, race, ethnicity, or religion - experience a life of dignity and comfort, free from hunger, poverty, ignorance, illiteracy, violence, and backwardness.

Our overall mission is to eliminate hunger, reduce poverty, provide and promote access to health care and education, provide access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), promote gender equality, and provide child protection services to vulnerable and underprivileged children by putting an emphasis on their education, nutrition, health, and participation in sports. We also put a lot of effort into developing the skills of both men and women, increasing their social and legal awareness, assisting them in becoming equal partners, active citizens, and key decision-makers, allowing them to assume leadership positions, addressing women's needs, and advocating for local issues through which the vulnerable groups can assert their dignity and pursue human rights and peace.

Job Descriptions:

Helping Hands for Women Organization, under the WADA Joint Programme, aims to enhance the economic resilience and market access of women-led enterprises in Badakhshan through the establishment of the WADA Business Center. The project emphasizes enterprise growth, access to finance, governance systems, and sustainability. To support this, a Business Development Consultant will be engaged to build the business capacity of women entrepreneurs and help improve the performance and sustainability of their enterprises.

The Business Development Consultant will provide strategic, technical, and hands-on capacity building training and coaching support to women entrepreneurs in the WADA Center, focusing on improving their operational capacity, financial management, cooperative management, and business growth planning. The consultant will also support savings groups, revolving fund models, and the development of sustainability mechanisms for the Center.

Key Responsibilities

Establishing the WADA Business Center governance

  • Support the formation of inclusive governance structures (Management, Marketing, Executive, Finance Committees).
  • Co-develop committee Terms of Reference (ToRs), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and election guidelines.
  • Design and facilitate stakeholder consultation events and orientation sessions.
  • Advise on the development of committee-specific action plans and workstreams.

Capacity Building of Center Committees

  • Design tailored business and leadership training content in areas such as business planning, financial literacy, marketing, and cooperative governance.
  • Deliver five interactive training/coaching sessions and oversee pre/post-skills assessments.
  • Provide follow-up mentorship and facilitate peer coaching across committees.

Enterprise and Cluster Support

  • Conduct needs assessments of women-led businesses across five enterprise clusters (e.g., dairy, handicrafts, dried fruits, beekeeping, food processing).
  • Provide one-on-one and group coaching for women entrepreneurs focused on business planning, financial literacy, customer engagement, and income diversification.
  • Support development of cluster-specific business action plans and growth strategies.
  • Coordinate with technical consultants to align coaching sessions with sector-specific technical support.

Capacity Building and Training

  • Design and deliver training sessions on cooperative governance, business development, savings group formation, and budgeting.
  • Develop and adapt training materials, templates, and practical tools (business plan templates, bookkeeping sheets, pricing strategies).
  • Conduct pre- and post-training evaluations to assess changes in knowledge and behavior.

Support Access to Finance

  • Assist in establishing five savings groups aligned with the five enterprise clusters.
  • Develop and institutionalize operational guidelines for savings and revolving fund mechanisms.
  • Provide training and coaching on group governance, savings management, and internal lending principles.
  • Support monitoring of group performance and fund utilization.
  • Support HHWO and entrepreneurs in organizing credit linkage workshops with financial institutions and Islamic banks.
  • Provide technical support on credit documentation, application processes, and post-financing business coaching.

Branding, Packaging, and Storytelling

  • Conduct hands-on branding and packaging sessions for cluster businesses.
  • Provide templates and support on product labeling, brand identity, and storytelling.
  • Support prototype development of 5 upgraded product lines.
  • Oversee documentation and dissemination of 10 women’s business stories for promotion and donor reporting.

Market Linkages & Marketing Strategy

  • Establish and build the capacity of the Marketing Committee to lead on promotion and outreach.
  • Guide the development of an annual marketing plan, including campaign timelines and outreach strategies.
  • Support implementation of at least 3 integrated marketing campaigns (social media, events, radio, etc.).
  • Facilitate partnerships with e-commerce platforms and local media outlets.

Sustainability & Strategic Planning

  • Contribute to the development of the WADA Business Center’s sustainability strategy, including income generation models and cost-reduction tactics.
  • Provide input into market linkage efforts and strategies to improve access to customers and buyers.
  • Support the development of case studies and success stories on improved business performance and sustainability.

Job Requirements:

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Development Studies, or related fields. Master’s degree preferred.

Experience:

  • Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in business development, cooperative strengthening, or enterprise support, preferably in rural or conflict-affected areas.
  • Proven experience designing and delivering business training and financial literacy sessions.
  • Strong familiarity with Afghan market dynamics and women-led business challenges.

Skills and Competencies:

  • Excellent communication and facilitation skills with local communities, especially women.
  • Strong analytical and report-writing skills.
  • Familiarity with local business practices, cooperative principles, and microfinance institutions.

Languages: Written and spoken fluency in English and Farsi-Dari.

Location: Badakhshan

Submission Guidelines:

  • Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and CV to hr.hhwo@gmail.com
  • Please write the Job title and Vacancy Number in the subject line of your email.
  • Applications received after the closing date will not be considered
  • ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED 

Submission Email:

hr.hhwo@gmail.com

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