ASM Development Expert
Overview
Provide technical advice and lead capacity-building activities for artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) operators, focusing on entrepreneurship, governance, and sustainable practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical advice on ASM operator capacity-building strategy.
- Plan and coordinate ASM operator screening and selection.
- Contribute to the scoping and design of capacity-building packages.
- Lead scoping and design of a specialized entrepreneurship training program for ASM operators.
- Lead the screening and selection process of ASM operators for project support packages.
- Collaborate with the Skills Development Expert on TVET centres’ institutional capacity support programs.
- Lead the delivery of capacity-building activities to ASM operators.
- Identify equipment for sustainable practices and/or value addition for grant support.
- Support ASM operators in linking up with financial services and market development mechanisms.
- Support the dissemination of entrepreneurship and capacity-building achievements.
- Contribute ASM-sector technical content to project visibility and knowledge products.
- Represent the project in ASM-sector forums and stakeholder consultations.
- Lead capacity-building (training and technical assistance) delivery to selected ASM operators.
- Support ASM operators in aligning their internal systems and processes with ESG and business standards.
- Facilitate ASM operators' access to, and effective use of, equipment/tools grants and financial mechanisms.
- Provide technical inputs on ASM entrepreneurship and operator capacity-building indicators for project reports.
- Report on ASM operator selection, screening and support package delivery progress.
- Maintain accurate records of ASM operator engagement, training and grant/support package delivery.
- Undertake missions to ASM operator sites and project provinces as required.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Experience
At least five (5) years of professional experience in entrepreneurship development, business advisory services or organizational capacity building for micro or small enterprises, including the ASM sector, is required. Experience in projects or programs with technical assistance or training packages targeting ASM operations in terms of formalization and sustainable mining practices, is required. Experience designing and delivering entrepreneurship or business capacity-building programs with gender-responsive strategies, is required. Experience in evaluating the needs, conditions and problems of the Copperbelt and North-Western provinces or a similar province/region in Zambia is desirable. Experience in working with government and development agencies in the province and in Zambia is desirable. Experience linking micro or small enterprises to financial services, markets or buyers is desirable. Experience conducting beneficiary selection or screening processes for grant or capacity-building programs is desirable. Experience working with UN agencies or international development organizations is desirable.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent) in engineering, sciences, environment, business administration/economics, or other relevant discipline is required. Specialization in mining/extractive industries, industrial development, vocational/technical education, or a related field, is highly desirable. A first level university degree or an advanced technical college diploma may be acceptable provided it is combined with additional 5 years of professional hands-on experience that is directly relevant to the expertise required by the specific assignment.
