Senior Business Advisor – Plastic Recycling Programme

About the role

TechnoServe is seeking a Senior Business Advisor to lead business advisory and market‑strengthening activities for its Plastic Recycling Programme in Nigeria (PReP). The role focuses on supporting plastic waste collectors and aggregators, improving their operations, and fostering sustainable value‑chain relationships.

Key responsibilities

• Identify, mobilise, enrol, profile and cluster plastic waste collectors in designated locations, ensuring alignment with programme criteria.
• Provide oversight and field‑level guidance to Business Advisors, ensuring consistent, high‑quality advisory services to aggregators and collectors.
• Facilitate business planning, financial management, inventory control, and market linkage support to improve beneficiary performance.
• Coordinate data collection, verification and timely entry into the programme’s digital platform, working closely with the MEL team.
• Build and maintain relationships with aggregators, collectors, recycling companies, government actors and other stakeholders, and organise meetings, trainings and workshops.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Management or related field with at least 5 years relevant experience (or Master’s with 3 years).
• Proven experience in business advisory, diagnostics, financial management and supporting MSMEs or informal‑sector enterprises.
• Experience coordinating field activities, beneficiary mobilisation, enrolment, training and data collection.
• Fluency in English; ability to communicate in Hausa is a plus.
• Willingness to travel up to 40% across programme locations.