Leather Technician Assistant (4 Posts)

SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

LEATHER TECHNICIAN ASSISTANT

(4 POSTS)

Small and Medium Enterprises Development Corporation (SMEDCO), a parastatal organization established under section 3 of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Act of 2024 to regulate, promote and develop the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector in Malawi, intends to recruit well qualified and highly motivated individuals at its Leather Processing Factory that is located at Chatha in Chileka, Blantyre. The Leather Processing Factory operates with modern state-of-the-art machinery that produces various footwear and other leather products. It is operating under the Institution’s Chatha Enterprise Development Centre.

Interested applicants must be prepared to work even at odd hours to ensure around-the-clock production at the factory. Successful candidates shall be offered performance-based renewable employment contracts and shall undergo intensive on-the-job training in leather processing, including the production of footwear and other leather products using highly automated machinery.

Position: Leather Technician Assistant (4 Posts)
Duty Station: Chatha Enterprise Development Centre, Chileka, Blantyre

• Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE). Applicants with experience in shoe making, mechanical textile and industrial tailoring shall have added advantages;
• 20 – 35 years of age;
• Excellent hand-eye coordination skills;
• Excellent team player.

• Cutting and stitching leather hides according to designs and specifications;
• Carrying out lasting, cementing and sole-pressing operations while observing safety measures on both chemicals and machines;
• Handling production materials within the factory to ensure smooth and efficient processes;
• Always observing and complying with all factory safety protocol measures;

Applications with detailed curriculum vitae with at least three names of relevant and traceable referees including that of an immediate past employer, where applicable, should be sent to:

The Chief Executive Officer,
SMEDCO, Private Bag 393,
Lilongwe 3.

Alternatively,
The applications can be hand-delivered at any of the following SMEDCO Offices:

• Head Office in Area 6, Lilongwe
• Regional Office North in Mzuzu;
• Mponela Enterprise Development Centre in Mponela, Dowa;
• Regional Office Centre in Area 9, Lilongwe;
• Regional Office South in Chigumula, Blantyre;
• Chatha Enterprise Development Centre at Chatha in Chileka, Blantyre;
• Mangochi Service Centre in Mangochi Mall, Mangochi, and
• Phalombe Manufacturing Academy at Miseu Folo in Phalombe.

Closing date for receiving the applications is Wednesday 21st October 2026.

For enquiries call: 265 1 774 522
Website: www.smedco.mw

SMEDI IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER