UNDP is hiring E-Commerce Coordination Associate 2024 in Dhaka
Job responsibilities:
The E-commerce Coordination Associate will be responsible for the digital transformation of existing and new entrepreneurs of the project. S/he will be primarily responsible for promoting digital entrepreneurship development, creating a digitally enabled environment for SMEs, and managing the Anondomela digital marketplace. S/he will report on work progress and work plans accordingly.
Summary of Key Functions:
The incumbent shall carry out the duties given below to achieve the mission:
Capacity development on digital literacy :
- Design and plan for digital literacy and develop modules for capacity building of beneficiaries and women entrepreneurs.
- Capacity development of the entrepreneurs on e-commerce operation, business promotion, and customer acquisition and aware them on digital risk and risk mitigation initiatives
- Monitoring and effective follow-up for credentialing/certifications/acknowledgment linked with capacity development.
Strategy development for e-payment, partnership development for payment gateway :
- Identify the right organizations and develop partnerships to process digital wage payment (G2P) for beneficiaries, manage the partnership and facilitate the payment process, and ensure disbursement.
- Maintain strong collaboration within the team, internal and external stakeholders, and digital service providers to ensure the wage payment and minimize all kinds of associated.
- Establish a digital payment gateway for the eCommerce platform and ensure the financial services for the SMEs to boost sales.
Provide strategic support and facilitate digitally enabled small business environment:
- Engage with policymakers, key policy influencers, and ecosystem stakeholders to advance policies enabling marginalized women and disadvantaged entrepreneurs’ easy access to eCommerce which will benefit the project.
- Develop and advocate facilitating mechanisms for effective use of gender-sensitive budgeting at the local government level.
- Provide inputs to key operational stakeholders to increase efficiency in enabling women-led businesses’ participation in e-trade.
Develop the growth strategy of the eCommerce platform of UNDP and establish a competitive social business digital hub for women SMEs:
- Identify the gap and prepare an effective growth strategy to establish a most vibrant digital marketplace for women SMEs.
- Provide the right direction and initiate capacity development to the stakeholders to achieve the business plan and SME’s aspiration.
- Follow up with the stakeholders and entrepreneurs, provide business development service, troubleshooting, increase digital efficiency, customer acquisition and entrepreneurs profit maximization.
The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Bangladesh works on sustainable human development, focusing on poverty reduction, democratic governance, and crisis prevention and recovery.
Location:
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Eligibilities
Job Requirements:
- Secondary Education is required.
- University degree (bachelor’s degree) in Business studies/Finance/MIS/Business Information Technology or any other related field from any recognized University will be given due consideration but is not a requirement
- Minimum 7 years (with Secondary education) or 4 years (with Bachelor´s degree) of experience in E-commerce website development, IT system management, Social media marketing, E-commerce operation, E-commerce product content
- Experience in capacity building initiatives in the area of e-commerce, digital trade /online marketing is an asset.
- Experience in stakeholder engagement, including working with SMEs, private sector in the area of e-commerce is an asset.
- Experience in proactively organize and manage entrepreneurial skill development activities to support economic empowerment is an asset.
- Experience in high quality report preparation is an asset.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Power-point and other relevant software.
- Experience in working with women entrepreneurs in e-commerce sector is an asset.
- Good communication, coordination, and facilitation skills.
- Consistently ensures timeliness and quality of Project work.
- Establishes lasting relationships and substantive dialogue with clients.
- Treats all people fairly without favoritism.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality, and age sensitivity and adaptability.
- Demonstrates integrity by modelling ethical standards.
Required Competencies:
- English and Bengali
Application Process
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Application Deadline: February 21, 2024
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