Job: Business Consultant at Smithsonian Institution Company

Location: Yerevan, Armenia

Category:

Type: Full Time

Deadline: 5/4/2017 12:00:00 AM

Salary:

Description
"My Armenia" works with a broad range of community-based tourism enterprises, many of which require business planning support. To support the development of these enterprises and related tourism experiences, "My Armenia" is seeking a highly qualified Business Consultant with consultative and training experience in business planning and management, as well as development of business plans for small and medium-sized tourism enterprises. The incumbent will work with the program team to develop and conduct business planning and management training as well as have individual business consulting sessions with small and medium tourism enterprises in order to support them to develop their own business plans. "My Armenia" works in three target destinations in Lori, Syunik and Vayots Dzor.

Responsibilities
The Business Consultant should perform the following assignments in close collaboration with "My Armenia" Technical Team:
- Develop and/ or refine existing training modules on business planning and management for small and medium tourism enterprises;
- Develop and/ or refine existing templates of business plans for small and medium tourism enterprises;
- Conduct a 2-3 days' business planning and management training session in Yerevan for small and medium tourism enterprises (10-12 businesses);
- Provide individual business advisory (including legislative, financial and taxation) to small and medium tourism enterprises based on their needs;
- Provide personal assistance to the small and medium tourism enterprises to draft and finalize their own business plans;
- Prepare corresponding reports at the end of the assignment.

RequiredQualifications
- Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA);
- 5-7 years of experience in business and management consulting and trainings;
- Previous experience or familiarity with tourism sector (including Armenia) is highly desirable;
- Work experience with rural small and medium enterprises;
- Ability to develop or refine already existing training materials on business planning and management;
- Excellent knowledge in Armenian business, taxation and accounting environment, as well as tourism sector related business legislation;
- Work experience with international organizations is a plus;
- Ability to travel and work in rural regions of Armenia (Lori, Vayots Dzor and Syunik);
- Strong written and spoken knowledge of Armenian and English languages.

Benefits

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