REPORTS TO: Program Manager – Entrepreneurship Development - TechnoServe Kenya
April 2011
GENERAL INFORMATION
TechnoServe, Inc. is an international non-profit economic development organization founded in 1968. Its mission is to help entrepreneurial men and women in poor rural areas of the developing world to build businesses that create income, opportunity and economic growth for their families, communities and countries.
I. Primary Purpose
The primary objectives of this project are to:
a) Increase economic prospects for youth through skills development and access to finance to create: economically viable microenterprises; self-reliant community level economic development projects, and; employment opportunities
b) Improve youth voice in local, regional, and national policy dialogue through enhanced advocacy capabilities and inter-ethnic dialogue
c) Expand youth access to essential services that are more youth-friendly
d) Establish new institutional arrangements that can leverage public and private resources through youth-managed organizations
e) Create a new approach to empower youth through youth-owned, youth-led and youth-managed actions.
II. Duties and Responsibilities
1) Project management
- Work with identified Youth groups and other stakeholders in coordination with the lead project implementing partner
- On behalf of TNS, lead coordination of project activities in Kenya with key partners
- Produce financial and narrative reports for partners and donor, as required by the
- contract and requested on an ad hoc basis, and for TechnoServe management
- Report internally and externally on progress and status of project activities
- Proactively identify successful strategies and tactics, or bottlenecks to effective
- execution of the project objectives, and raise those to the larger project team
- Ensure adherence to project budget
- Oversee collection and reporting of data on impact, progress and outcome indicators
- Develop annual project plans and project inputs into TechnoServe country plans
- Collaborate closely with the lead project partner and the Entrepreneurship Program
- Manager in the implementation of business activities, including timely execution of set goals and deliver on all targets
- Develop and track project budget requirements; prepare monthly quarterly and annual
- reports on prescribed projects and businesses.
- In conjunction with the Entrepreneurship Program Manager, update the project
- knowledge base for the industry, keep abreast with economic and business trends that
- impact the specified business sector and the country’s economy as a whole;
- Develop effective and strong working relationships with partners, identify areas of
- collaboration, participate in project planning and make regular presentations to high-level audiences, business owners, donors and policy-makers
- Provide technical direction to team members. Supplies needed information to team on
- prospective and existing businesses and programs;
- Communicate internally and externally with team members and clients respectively;
- In consultation with the Entrepreneurship Program manager, liaise with government
- agencies and consultants on issues that promote the project.
- An advanced Degree in Business, Commerce, Entrepreneurship or a related field.
- A minimum of 5 years experience in business development/management, business plan design/execution, program design/management
- Expertise in working with the youth in various industries. In particular market development and business development services
- Strong interpersonal/people management skills and excellent oral and written communication skills a must; strong passion for helping the needy.
- Proven project and/or business unit management skills
- Proven track record of developing complex client business plans
- Ability to develop well written, cohesive reports that are responsive to the needs of partners, donors and regional management
- Strong private sector experience and entrepreneurial skills;
- Strong financial analysis and management skills
- Willingness to travel domestically
- Be in possession of a clean drivers license with over three years driving experience
- Qualified candidates should submit their applications by email (letters and CV’s as one document- Not separate) addressed to the Country Director. Your application should include your current monthly/previous salary and benefits, your expected salary and three professional referees.
26th April 2011.
TechnoServe is an Equal Opportunity Employer
www.technoserve.or.ke
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