What you need to be successful:

• You are an effective communicator with strong writing skills, capable of synthesizing information, drafting compelling proposals, and communicating ideas across diverse platforms.
• You are energized by networking events and thrive at building rapport and trust with partners.
• Experience working with diverse actors from development, private sector, and the government. You listen and understand different perspectives and can connect the dots to build consensus.
• Comfort working in fast-paced and ambiguous environments.
• You are meticulous and highly organized in planning, executing, and monitoring multiple proposals under tight deadlines.
• You are a team player, you are able to get buy-in, input, and approval across internal teams as needed for proposals.
• You are driven by impact. You are motivated by Pula’s goal of empowering smallholder farmers.

Qualifications:

• University degree with First Class or Upper Second honors
• 3-5 years of experience in business development, partner management, consulting, or related fields.
• Experience in writing proposals, concept notes, and creating budgets in response to tenders.
• Understanding of agriculture and/or fintech sectors.
• Strong interpersonal skills, high motivation, ownership, and willingness to learn.
• Experience with Google suites, Excel, and CRM tools.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced qualifications or degree in Development, Agriculture Economics, Sociology, or related field.
• Project management experience
• Experience working in a startup or growth environment

• Strong writing skills
• Effective communication
• Networking
• Building rapport and trust
• Consensus building
• Organization
• Proposal writing
• Teamwork
• Interpersonal skills
• Google suites
• Excel
• CRM tools

• University degree with First Class or Upper Second honors
• 3-5 years of experience in business development, partner management, consulting, or related fields.
• Experience in writing proposals, concept notes, and creating budgets in response to tenders.
• Understanding of agriculture and/or fintech sectors.
• Strong interpersonal skills, high motivation, ownership, and willingness to learn.
• Experience with Google suites, Excel, and CRM tools.
• Advanced qualifications or degree in Development, Agriculture Economics, Sociology, or related field (Preferred).
• Project management experience (Preferred).
• Experience working in a startup or growth environment (Preferred).