Duma Works is recruiting a Project Growth Catalyst for one of our clients. The client is one of Africa’s leading
impact accelerators.
About us
We are one of the continent’s leading
impact accelerator and we are looking for new talent to join our quest to grow
the continent’s promising impact enterprises into prosperous and successful
members of our societies, creating much needed job opportunities, economic
wealth and social transformation.
Through access to capital, markets,
technology and knowhow we have since 2002 supported over 1,800 businesses
flourish. We focus on innovative and scalable post-revenue startups and growth
SMEs led by ambitious entrepreneurs.
Headquartered in Nairobi, we
currently run activities across the region and are in an ambitious geographical
expansion phase. You will join a youthful, international and ambitious team. We
are now 20 and growing.
About the role
You will be joining a new team of
Growth Catalysts focused on developing, planning and executing acceleration,
incubation and entrepreneurial capacity building activities in a growing
portfolio of donor/foundation/NGO/corporate funded projects. Another team of
Growth Catalysts is working on delivering our own acceleration programmes.
As a member of the project Growth
Catalysts team, you will be involved in our dialogue with potential project
funders and subsequent development of winning proposals. The core of your
resources will be invested in delivering business development services to
entrepreneurs aimed growing their ventures. This could for example be in the
context of strengthening their leadership, develop or enhance their strategies,
foster market linkages and network, build financial literacy and investment
readiness.
You will be tasked to identify and
recruit high-potential early-stage ventures and growth SMEs into the respective
projects as participants. This may also include being part of the selection
process.
Given the individual project and
funder requirements you will be involved in the planning, management, documentation
and reporting of the projects. This also includes collecting and analysing data
on the impact created by the projects.
Your responsibilities will include:
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Respond to tenders/RFPs and
consortium requests
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Project planning, budgeting and
management
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Develop project concepts and content
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Identify, recruit and select ventures
and entrepreneurs to our projects
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Identify, recruit and prepare
externals where required for the projects (for example mentors)
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Planning and execution of project
activities, work with entrepreneurs and organisations we are building capacity
with
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Prepare project participants and
facilitate project activities
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Coordinate with Financial Modellers
in regards to the development of financial models (where and if required) and
assist in the collection of information and data relevant
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Reporting and documentation for
funders, investors and other stakeholders
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Collect data and information, develop
required reports and documentation for external stakeholders
Analyse and document activity impact
Analyse and document activity impact
Who we are looking for:
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You have 7-9 years of relevant work
experience, hereof at least 5 in developing businesses, e.g. as senior business
consultant/analyst/facilitator, senior manager or entrepreneur (successful as
well as failed)
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You have strong analytical skills and
ability to conceptualise and concretise ideas and hypotheses
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You are a people person – you love
interacting with new people and guiding them on a journey
·
You are a natural relationships
builder who doesn’t shy away from initiating conversations
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You are curious and naturally driven
to learn new things
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Natural problem-solver: You have
proven and documented results with minimal supervision
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Focused on professional and personal
development and achievement instead of titles
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While you can achieve a lot alone,
you proactively contribute with your strength to the team as well as
continuously seek for synergies
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You are not shy to approach big
executives to support our activities; nor to critique entrepreneurs even when
they disagree
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You are inspired by entrepreneurship,
harbour startup ambitions or have run a business venture before
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You keep yourself up to date and
tuned into business, socio-economics and politics in the region
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You have an MBA/EMBA or an
undergraduate degree in business, finance or entrepreneurship with
post-graduate courses
·
Past experience across different
sectors is an added advantage
You have the cultural fit if:
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You are excited to walk hand-in-hand
with entrepreneurs and businesses in and across Africa
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You are very interested in socio-economic
issues, entrepreneurship, business and innovation
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You are passionate about contributing
to Africa’s growth through business
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You thrive working in a fast growing
environment and are flexible to adapt to changes
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You are open to working when and where
the work needs doing (this occasionally includes weekends)
Why work with us?
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Purpose-driven organisation and role
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Join the growth journey of inspiring
and ambitious entrepreneurs ready to make a change
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Learn about entrepreneurship and
innovation across the continent
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Design your own personal and
professional learning journey
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Become a member of a highly
committed, international team
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Meet and work with successful
entrepreneurs, accomplished professionals and top executives
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Interact and connect with the investment
and funding community across Africa and globally
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Offering a competitive base salary
with performance-based incentives and basic benefits
Apply
Cover Letter and a detailed CV are to
be sent by email to apply@jobs.dumaworks.com marking
the subject as “2730”, Your Full name & Phone number e.g. 2730, Barack
Obama, +2547xxxxxxxxx. If you don’t follow these instructions, your application
will not go through. Applications without a Motivation Letter will not be
considered.
Deadline for receiving applications: 22nd March 2017
