Program
Manager (National Entrepreneurship Network) - Nairobi, Kenya
Our
client a Global Organisation with its inception in the USA and with the primary
mission of accelerating economic development in emerging economies is looking
to fill the position of Program Manager - National Entrepreneurship Network for
their offices based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Key
Responsibilities
- Project
management of the national entrepreneurship network program.
- Scope
the entrepreneurship and SME development stakeholders and framework in the
country for a strong understanding of challenges and opportunities.
- Ensure
the organisation involvement is properly utilized and resulting in
valuable deliveries that meet the objectives.
- Responsible
for developing and managing the NEN institutions and other partner
organisations.
- Initiate
and lead collaborations, networking and training programs on the ground.
- Identify
and develop local resource teams, including key faculty, mentors and
entrepreneurs.
- Catalyse
interest in entrepreneurship amongst students on campuses.
- Work
with a central team in mapping the market training needs and help
implement these programs on the ground.
- Identify
and enrol high potential start-up entrepreneurs and SMEs for different
kinds of programs.
- Deploy
the NEN service offerings intelligently to the respective target customers
in each region.
- Monitor
the impact of the program through jobs created.
- Identify
critical needs of startup entrepreneurs in the region and provide
recommendation to program and product.
- Help
administer the surveys on campuses at regular intervals.
Qualifications
- Must
be a Kenyan National.
- Must
have a Master’s degree in business, social work or other equivalent
degree.
- Must
have a minimum of 8 years, with at least 3 years in roles leading projects
and people.
- MUST
have experience interfacing with entrepreneurial ecosystem, higher educational
institutes, government departments and other entities.
- Have
excellent oral and written English skills.
- Ability
to listen, understand and communicate effectively.
- Ability
to break up a complex deliverable into a project plan with realistic
tasks.
- Ability
to manage aggressive deadlines with ownership and required hard work to
keep to deadlines.
- Must
have strong program management skills.
- Must
have mastery of MS Office and e-learning tools.
- Worked
in vocational training and skilling sector is desirable.
Monthly
gross salary: Ksh.
100,000 - 140,000/= (Approx. 1,000 - 1,400 USD) depending on experience
Deadline: 10th June 2016
Applications:
To apply, please follow the link:
Summit
Recruitment & Search,
Blixen
Court, Karen Road,
Karen
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