Transactional Business Development Officer Full Time

Call for Experts – Consultancy Services for the ZCAP Grant Manager – Agriculture Sector (Mozambique)

In September 2023, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the Government of Mozambique signed the Mozambique Connectivity and Coastal Resilience Compact. The 5-year Compact, to be implemented by the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), is composed of three projects. Landell Mills is seeking a team of experts for the implementation of one of these projects titled The Promoting Reforms and Investments in Agriculture (PRIA). Once developed and agreed upon, MCC compacts must be implemented by those partner countries within terms of not more than five years. 

About the project

The PRIA project intends to promote commercial agriculture while integrating small-scale producers into commercial value chains. The two activities of PRIA include a fiscal reform activity that addresses business environment constraints that hinder the coordination of commercial transactions among small-scale producers and agribusinesses (PREFIA) and a results-based finance and technical assistance platform for aggregators, defined as private sector entities that aggregate/purchase from small-scale producers and are willing to invest in input provision, to engage more actively with small-scale producers (Z-CAP). Together these activities will promote the development of input and output markets and subsequent investments in agribusiness, as well as increase the productivity and incomes of small-scale producers.

Key Expert 5: Transactional Business Development Officer

Required expertise and experience

• Master’s degree in business administration, economics, finance or similar;

• At least 5-6 years’ practical hands-on experience in agricultural value chain development, small business development, agricultural financing, or a related area, including specific experience with small-scale producers and tax responsibilities;

• Experienced with providing technical assistance to private sector agriculture operators, including on tax matters;

• Experience in due diligence exercises, financial analysis and structuring of debt transactions;

• Proven prior engagement with Mozambican commercial banks and other financial sector institutions;

• Fluency in English and Portuguese is required.

Please send an up-to-date CV, to [email protected] as soon as possible. We are considering applications on a rolling basis so would advise early CV submission. Please send any queries regarding these roles to the same email address.