Agri-Business & Investment Specialist

Finance & Economy

Overview

Lead enterprise development and investment support for youth-led agro-enterprises.

You have:

• Bachelor's or Master's in Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Finance, Business Development, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in business development, financial advisory, or investment-readiness support for agricultural enterprises.
• Proven expertise in market analysis, value-chain development, financial modelling, and preparing entrepreneurs for investor engagement.
• Strong knowledge of agricultural production, processing, and marketing challenges in developing contexts.
• Analytical and advisory skills with ability to simplify complex financial concepts.
• Effective facilitation, coaching, and relationship-building.
• Results-oriented with sound judgement on business viability and risk.
• Collaborative team player who models integrity and inclusion.

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

This position is contingent upon the successful securing of project funding. Please note that any offer of employment will be contingent on the successful award and receipt of funding.

Role Summary

RETRAP Agro Incubator is seeking an Agri-Business & Investment Specialist to lead enterprise development and access-to-finance support for 30 youth-led agro-enterprises. The role will design and deliver business development services, financial-planning training, and investor-readiness support, ensuring enterprises are equipped to access seed-funding, co-financing, and long-term investment opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Business development: Deliver investment-readiness curriculum and coaching.
• Financial planning: Train and support enterprises in financial management and investor-readiness plans.
• Market analysis: Assess value chains, business viability, and growth potential.
• Access to finance: Broker linkages with banks, investors, and microfinance institutions.
• Seed funding: Support design and management of co-financing mechanisms.
• Investor pitch/demo day: Co-lead event and facilitate follow-on finance and market linkages.
• Gender-responsive support: Ensure women-led ventures access finance equitably.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Finance, Business Development, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in business development, financial advisory, or investment-readiness support for agricultural enterprises.
• Proven expertise in market analysis, value-chain development, financial modelling, and preparing entrepreneurs for investor engagement.
• Strong knowledge of agricultural production, processing, and marketing challenges in developing contexts.

Competencies

• Analytical and advisory skills with ability to simplify complex financial concepts.
• Effective facilitation, coaching, and relationship-building.
• Results-oriented with sound judgement on business viability and risk.
• Collaborative team player who models integrity and inclusion.

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Location: Country Office, Monrovia

Type of Role: Fixed Term

Reports to: Team Lead/ Programme Manager

Grade: 15

Closing Date: 24th July 2026

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.

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