Program Manager – National Entrepreneurship Network

Job Category: NGO, Project Management 

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. The successful candidate MUST have experience interfacing with entrepreneurial ecosystem, higher educational institutes, government departments and other entities.

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.

Qualification;

• 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.

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