Sr. Consultant – Enterprise Development & Market Linkages
Role Summary
Heifer International seeks a Senior Consultant to drive business growth and develop sustainable goat enterprises in Bihar, India, until April 2029.
About the Organisation
Under JSPVAT Phase-2, Passing Gifts is providing specialized technical assistance to strengthen goat-based livelihoods and enterprises across Bihar. The project aims to develop commercially viable, women-centered goat value chains through strengthening existing Goat Producer Companies, supporting new GPC formation, promoting aggregation and market linkages, and establishing sustainable enterprise models.
The Senior Consultant will serve as a key field-based enterprise development resource responsible for driving business growth, market expansion, value chain integration, aggregation systems, and enterprise operationalization within project-supported geographies.
This is a results-oriented assignment requiring a highly entrepreneurial, self-driven, and execution-focused professional capable of translating business plans into commercially viable enterprise outcomes.
Minimum Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Rural Development, Enterprise Development, Agribusiness or a related field is required, plus 7 years of relevant experience including three (3) years in managing teams in an international organization, OR a master’s degree in a relevant field plus five (5) years of experience.
- Strong experience in agribusiness, livestock enterprises, producer companies, market systems, meat businesses, or value chain development.
- Proven experience in enterprise development, business growth, market linkages, and commercial operations.
- Strong understanding of goat, livestock, meat, feed, fodder, or allied rural enterprise sectors.
- Ability to work independently in challenging field environments.
- Strong networking, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with demonstrated ability to convert opportunities into business outcomes.
- Knowledge of strategic planning, program and project development and implementation processes (including planning, monitoring and evaluation).
- Demonstrated creativity, ability to think systematically, willingness and ability to incorporate innovative solutions.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work cooperatively, tactfully, and diplomatically with culturally diverse groups of people.
- Willingness and ability to assign and review the work of line-managed staff and to use participatory management skills with junior and senior staff.
- Knowledge of grant acquisition and management.
- Understanding of the Government schemes, projects, provisions and other facilities for project communities and groups.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible candidates will need to have relevant experience in enterprise development and can apply for this on-site position in Bihar.
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