Business Development Expert
Terms of Reference
Request for Business Development Expert
“Reducing Gender Inequalities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” funded by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID).”
For the 4th consecutive year, the Palestine Information and Communications Technology Incubator (PICTI) in partnership with the Women’s Technical Affairs Committee (WATC), Alianza Por La Solidaridad (APS), Palestine Family Planning and Protection Association (PFPPA) and Culture & Free Thought Association (CFTA) are currently implementing the project “Reducing Gender Inequalities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” funded by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID).
Under this project, PICTI aims to support 5 Palestinian women entrepreneurs and innovators in the information & communication technology sector from the West Bank & Gaza Strip. By providing them with the needed guidance, mentoring, and training in the areas of innovation & entrepreneurship before and during the incubation phase.
As such, PICTI is to select a highly qualified Business Development Expert, where he/she will follow up and keep track of the full entrepreneurship program for a period of 4 months. The expert will provide guidance to the selected 5 female-led enterprises, who are leading an innovative start-up idea. Throughout the incubation period at PICTI, the expert is to help them expand and improve their business ideas to reach sustained growth through understanding their vision and goals, assessing strengths and weaknesses, and also helping optimize current business practices while developing new and improved management methods.
Scope of work:
- Full guidance along the 4 months incubation program.
- Introduce new business methods and systems.
- Educate, lead, and supervise to ensure achievement.
- Help with implementing suggested plans and strategies.
- Identify problems - contribute to problem-solving or minimize the negative impacts on the business.
- Collaborate with the assigned technical expert to provide technical assistance to startups.
- Perform a Gap analysis regarding the capacity strengths and weaknesses of the startup.
- Help entrepreneurs/women overcome challenges in order to increase revenue or growth.
- Improve the way entrepreneurial women manage their resources (Both financial and technical).
- Organization & supervision of training sessions for startups for the duration of incubation.
The Expert must ensure delivering the following:
- Evaluation report of beneficiaries of the entrepreneurship program.
- Record of benefits template, including seed funding.
- Testimonies of success and empowerment stories: including interviewing the 5 startups in the incubation programme and conducting focus group discussions for the 5 startups altogether at the end of the programme.
- Training report template for the training offered to the startups (including methodology, content, attendance, pictures, training material, etc.).
- All documents, required by the beneficiary, are delivered and/ or filled as requested.
Important Notes:
- The above activities for the Business Development Expert are estimated to consist of 40 hours (including preparation hours) over the 5
- The 5 selected women are divided as such; 4 reside in the Gaza Strip, and 1 in the West Bank (which will participate virtually in the incubation program).
The Expert will be expected to have the following competencies:
- Experience in training, coaching, and mentoring especially for start-ups.
- Good knowledge of the entrepreneurial echo system including Venture Capital and fundraising and teaching.
- Proven innovation and design thinking skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent problem-solving skills.
- Proven project management skills.
- Experience in training and teaching.
- Ability to influence and inspire.
For further details, please visit the following link: Terms of Reference (ToR).
