Duma Works is recruiting Seed Transformation Program Facilitators for
Stanford University Global LLC.
Stanford University Global LLC is pleased to announce its expansion to Nairobi, Kenya, and seeks qualified candidates for the position of Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies (Seed) Transformation Program Facilitator.
Building on Stanford’s decades-long history of educating innovators in Silicon
Valley, Seed is now bringing this innovative mindset and practical business
training to entrepreneurs in Africa.Stanford University Global LLC is pleased to announce its expansion to Nairobi, Kenya, and seeks qualified candidates for the position of Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies (Seed) Transformation Program Facilitator.
The 6-month-long Seed Transformation
Program (STP) curriculum is customized for founders and senior leaders of
high-potential small and medium-sized companies in developing economies who
have the potential to, and are committed to, growing and scaling their
businesses.
During a 4 individual week-long, highly interactive sessions over six months, leaders/founders will be exposed to, and deploy, tools and methodologies to help grow and transform their businesses.
In seeking transformative growth of businesses, traditional classroom learning is not enough.
During a 4 individual week-long, highly interactive sessions over six months, leaders/founders will be exposed to, and deploy, tools and methodologies to help grow and transform their businesses.
In seeking transformative growth of businesses, traditional classroom learning is not enough.
That is why the STP program is built
to be highly interactive, and to allow leaders to both discover and apply the
tools and methodologies that will help them transform their businesses.
Following each of the 4-week long curriculum sessions, leaders/founders will share their learning with their management teams through Stanford Seed facilitated workshops.
Following each of the 4-week long curriculum sessions, leaders/founders will share their learning with their management teams through Stanford Seed facilitated workshops.
Leaders and their teams will also
work on projects designed to plan for the growth and scale of their
companies.
By the end of the 6 months, each
leader/founder will complete a Transformation Capstone: a plan for growth and
scale of his/her business.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Translate the intensive curriculum of value
chain operations, accounting, strategy/ organizational design, finance,
marketing, governance and other related fields delivered during the
Stanford Transformation program (STP) into practical insight for leaders
and management teams of small to mid-sized companies based in East Africa
- Lead Stanford-designed innovative workshops
and integrate curriculum related to growth and scaling with Seed
participant leaders and their team members
- Organize and facilitate frequent Seed leader
network meetings, comprising of 7-14 business leaders.
- Collaborate with Seed to maximize the impact
of meetings over time and help assess program efficacy.
- Monitor productivity and progress of Stanford
STP participants and evaluate performance
- Provide strategic, and pragmatic advising
related to assigned projects (curriculum based) that business leaders and
their teams complete and that build to a holistic plan for growth and
scale of their business.
- Advise clients and provide feedback on
projects to assigned company leaders.
- Manage relationship development with company
leader participants.
- Utilize a tool box developed by Stanford
faculty and Seed coaches, inspire and motivate company owners and leaders
to develop a plan to transform their companies to the next level of
success
Qualifications:
Education and Experience
- Four-year college degree in management,
business administration, economics, statistics or related field at an
accredited university required
- Master’s degree in business, organizational
design, leadership, or project management at an accredited university
strongly preferred
- 10 or more years of relevant business management
experience in a small to mid-sized company, or within a division of a
large company, preferably in East Africa
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Must be passionate about transforming small to
mid-sized companies in East Africa
- Ability to inspire others to act boldly to
succeed in their chosen business or industry
- An advanced level of fluent English skills
both oral and written, including active listening and interpersonal skills
needed to work with a broad range of individuals
- Must have strong facilitation skills
- Advanced knowledge of East Africa culture,
history and business etiquette
- Ability to remain effective under extreme
pressure with multiple priorities and tight deadlines
- Demonstrated leadership skills, ability to
influence and motivate communities across multiple organizational
boundaries
- Highly collaborative style that encourages
others to work in partnership with staff, company leaders, and their teams
Employment Conditions:
- Salary will be commensurate with experience.
- At the time of hire must be legally authorized
to work in Kenya.
- Must comply with all visa, work authorization,
and tax related laws and regulations as a condition of employment.
- Position is benefits eligible subject to
applicable Kenya/US laws, regulations and Stanford University policy.
How to Apply
Applications letters and detailed CV are to be sent by email to apply@dumaworks.com marking the subject as “ 1972”, Your Full name & Phone number e.g. 1972, Barack Obama, 07xxxxxxxxx.
Applications letters and detailed CV are to be sent by email to apply@dumaworks.com marking the subject as “ 1972”, Your Full name & Phone number e.g. 1972, Barack Obama, 07xxxxxxxxx.
If you don’t follow these
instructions, your application will not go through
Deadline for receiving applications: 3rd Jan 2016
Starting Date: 1 March 2016
N.B.* When applying to any job through Duma Works, you can expect that after you apply, you will receive a confirmation email, and then an SMS alert asking you to take a basic screening test over SMS. The SMS with the test may not arrive immediately. Please be patient. The SMS test will typically be 5-8 questions to help us understand your background. Regular SMS rates apply to the test, and if you ever have any issues with the process, please reach out to 0702093793.
Deadline for receiving applications: 3rd Jan 2016
Starting Date: 1 March 2016
N.B.* When applying to any job through Duma Works, you can expect that after you apply, you will receive a confirmation email, and then an SMS alert asking you to take a basic screening test over SMS. The SMS with the test may not arrive immediately. Please be patient. The SMS test will typically be 5-8 questions to help us understand your background. Regular SMS rates apply to the test, and if you ever have any issues with the process, please reach out to 0702093793.