CARE is a leading humanitarian organization dedicated to fighting poverty and social injustice with a special emphasis on women and girls. CARE began working in Zimbabwe in 1992 in response to severe regional drought and has since expanded programming to address longer-term development issues. The organization seeks to recruit outstanding candidates who are known for their excellence, professionalism, integrity and who are committed to providing support to the country office. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply for the position posted.

The Business Development Officer role entails:

1. Capacity Strengthening & Training

• Provide technical leadership including training materials, toolkits, and mentoring support to consortium partners on enterprise development, value chain upgrading, and financial inclusion.
• Facilitate Training of Trainers (ToT) sessions for partner field officers to cascade business development skills to communities.
• Design and deliver tailored training modules on entrepreneurship, business planning, financial literacy, and marketing.
• Build technical capacity of farmer organizations, VSLAs, youth and women-led enterprises to operate as viable business entities.
• Provide coaching and mentorship to community enterprises and MSMEs on governance, record-keeping, costing, and pricing.
• Facilitate peer-to-peer learning platforms, exposure visits, and exchange programs.

1. Enterprise & Value Chain Development

• Guide RECLAIM partners on how to integrate climate-smart and nutrition-sensitive value chains (traditional grains, horticulture, livestock, aquaculture) into their programming.
• Provide technical advice on aggregation, bulking, contract negotiations, and strengthening producer–market linkages.
• Strengthen producer groups on aggregation, quality management, and collective marketing.
• Build skills of farmers and enterprises to engage effectively with off-takers, input suppliers, and service providers.
• Support adoption of improved technologies and innovations in production, storage, and processing.
• Facilitate training on value addition and post-harvest handling to reduce losses and increase income.

1. Financial Inclusion & Business Support Services

• Support partners to train VSLAs, producer groups, and MSMEs in financial literacy, savings mobilization, loan utilization, and enterprise governance.
• Mentor partner staff in business planning and record-keeping methodologies to be applied in the field.
• Train VSLAs, farmer groups, and MSMEs on savings, loan management, and investment planning.
• Strengthening capacity of enterprises to access finance through proposal writing, business pitching, and credit management training.
• Link community groups to financial institutions, providing technical guidance to improve readiness for financing.

1. Monitoring, Learning & Knowledge Sharing

• Jointly with MEAL Teams, provide technical oversight to ensure that enterprise development interventions by consortium partners meet quality standards and align with RECLAIM outcome indicators.
• Conduct joint field visits with partner staff to identify gaps and provide corrective technical support.
• Track capacity-building activities and measure improvements in enterprise skills and performance.
• Document and disseminate best practices, lessons learned, and success stories on capacity development.
• Provide technical input into project learning events, reviews, and planning sessions.

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in business, economics, agriculture, development studies, or related field.
• At least 3–5 years of experience in enterprise capacity strengthening, farmer group training, or MSME development.
• Demonstrated experience in designing and facilitating participatory training.
• Knowledge of value chain development, financial inclusion, and agribusiness promotion.
• Strong facilitation, coaching, and mentoring skills.
• Excellent report writing, communication, and analytical skills.

Why Join Us?

At CARE Zimbabwe, you will be part of a mission-driven organization dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of vulnerable communities. We offer a supportive work environment, opportunities for professional growth, and the chance to contribute to impactful programs.

CARE does not use recruiting or placement agencies that charge candidates an up-front fee of any kind. Occasionally, CARE does employ recruiting or placement agencies to help us identify candidates for specific employment within CARE. If you’re contacted by a legitimate recruiting or placement agency, there should be no charge for you. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, ancestry, national origin, handicap, disability, marital status. CARE is committed to preventing any type of abuse, exploitation and harassment in our work environment and programming, including sexual abuse, exploitation and harassment.