Our
client, a global organisation with its inception in the USA and with a 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.
The
successful candidate MUST have experience interfacing with entrepreneurial
ecosystem, higher educational institutes, and government departments and also
have experience in a start-up, small business, as a mentor or coach to
start-ups.
- Project
Management of the National Entrepreneurship Network Program.
- Scope
the Entrepreneurship and SME development stakeholders and framework in the
country.
- Responsible
for developing and managing the NEN institutions and other partner
organisations.
- Initiate
and lead collaborations, networking and training programs on ground.
- Identify
and develop local resource teams including key faculty, mentors and
entrepreneurs.
- Catalyse
interest in entrepreneurship amongst students on campuses.
- Work
with central team in mapping the market training needs and help implement
programs on 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.
- Identify
high potential start-up entrepreneurs in the region.
Qualifications:
- 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 10 years of work experience with 3-5 year as an entrepreneur or at a
high-growth start-up.
- MUST
have experience interfacing with Entrepreneurial ecosystem and higher
educational institutes.
- MUST
have experience interfacing with government departments.
- Ability
to deploy training programs, monitor effective program implementation and
provide feedback.
- Ability
to strategically interface with academic institutes and ecosystem
partners.
- Worked
in vocational training and skilling sector;
- Must
have mastery of MS Office and e-learning tools.
- Worked
in vocational training and skilling sector is desirable.
Monthly
gross salary: Ksh.
140,000 /= (Approx. 1,400 USD) depending on skills and
experience
Deadline: 10th October
2016
Applications:
To
apply, please follow the link:
Summit
Recruitment & Search,
Blixen
Court, Karen Road,
Karen
We endeavour to make contact with all of our applicants, but unfortunately high
volumes of applications make this unrealistic. If you do not hear from us
within two weeks your application has not been successful on this occasion.
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