Internships
The Interns will support
the assigned Business Incubation Hubs (BIHs) with business advisory services to
entrepreneurs (KCIC clients) to become bankable or investor ready through
client tailored technical assistance. The main duties include supporting
Start-ups, SMEs and Community Based Organizations by providing advisory
services, organizing business training, coaching clients and linking clients to
financiers, markets and relevant resources.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Support the Hub Manager and
Business Analyst at the Hub in the provision of business advisory and
financial analysis support to clients in the context of supporting
agribusinesses.
- Support the Hub teams to develop
market feasibility studies, product development, customer acquisition and
revenue generation models
- Support the Business Analyst in
Identifying business training needs for clients and develop user friendly
and practical training modules to close the identified needs
- Assist in managing AgriBiz county
hub client tracker, updating client information, and adding new clients as
they are on boarded into KCIC incubation program.
- Assist in actively managing
client feedback emails on a weekly basis with support from Front Office
Admin providing prompt feedback to queries regarding call for
applications, Rollout of county Hubs, and service offering under the
Program.
- Support in the sensitization
forum and mobilization of the call for applications for the 3rd year of
implementation for the Agribiz program at the county level.
- Support the Hub manager and
Business Analysts with the evaluation process for total applications
received, sharing a final shortlist of eligible clients for consideration
into the program.
- Support in the development,
printing, signing, coordination and custodian of letters of agreement for
newly and existing clients in the agribiz program at the hub level
- Assist in mapping out due
diligence visits for data verification prior to onboarding of the final
clients
- Support the Hub manager and
Admin. Assistant in planning and organizing of the mentorship bootcamps at
the ATCs, in line with the roll out of the mentorship program for county
cohorts. Offer Logistical support to all planned events at the BIH
- Any other duties as delegated by
the Departmental Managers and Hub Manager
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
degree in a Business-Related field
- Experience
in data entry and analysis
- Excellent
computer and information technology skills
Functional Skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills with an
ability to work with a diverse mix of professionals
- Ability to solve problems and
make critical decisions
- Ability to lead in an environment
of constant change
- Excellent organizational and
time-management skills.
Other Requirements
- Must have a working laptop
How to Apply
Interested candidates are
invited to send their up-to-date CV with their contact details, details of
current and expected remuneration, the names of three professional referees and
a cover letter demonstrating how you meet our requirements to hr@kenyacic.org.
The email subject should be the position being applied for and the PREFERRED
HUB. Closing date for applications is Friday, 9th December 2022. Only
short-listed candidates will be contacted.
