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Position Objectives:
- The Entrepreneurship Manager will be responsible for the design, development and delivery of all entrepreneurship program components in line with the project implementation plan.
- The incumbent will be reporting to the Senior Program Manager and working in close collaboration with other program managers and experts/consultants to Enhance access to sustainable enterprise, self-employment and social entrepreneurship opportunities among young men and women in Aswan and Kom Ombo.
Main Responsibilities:
- Overall responsibility for the entrepreneurship component of the project; designing, developing, delivering, and managing an integrated entrepreneurship program.
- Promotion and advocacy of entrepreneurship amongst youth of Aswan.
- Liaison and relationship building with local, national, and international stakeholders.
- Working with community-based and private organizations and individuals to start-up, develop, maintain and grow profitable/sustainable businesses.
- Working collaboratively with other project teams to effectively and efficiently deliver program components.
Accordingly, the Entrepreneurship Manager will be expected to:
- Develop a strategy to promote entrepreneurship amongst the youth of Aswan, in close coordination with internal and external stakeholders.
- Design, develop and deliver an integrated entrepreneurship program based on best practice and existing tools.
- Identify the economic /income-generating activities that could be promoted especially in the agriculture value-chain.
- Manage and develop cohorts of young cohorts by providing technical, financial, and non-financial assistance.
- Deliver and/or assist to deliver coaching and mentorship for entrepreneurs.
- Manage the ‘competitive grants’ process and implementation.
- Develop and manage relationships with funding organizations and manage the process of establishing linkages for entrepreneurs.
- Engage and work collaboratively with national government and non-governmental organizations working in the field of enterprise business development and support.
- Facilitate in forging business partnerships between start-up enterprises, local financial institutions and private entrepreneurs—key feature of these partnership should be that all involved partners are able to gain something out of the business ventures around which the partnership is developed.
- Work with the local CSO and Agriculture Teams at OHF to promote and develop social-enterprises.
- Prepare quarterly progress reports in the area under his/her responsibility, and manage the budget elements respectively in compliance with donor guidelines.
- Develop a systematic database on the entrepreneurial activities as they relate to the overall scope of the project;
- Develop and manage the Entrepreneurship Officer.
- Contribute to the project research and learning agenda.
Job Requirements
Qualification and Experience:
- A relevant bachelor degree, preferably in business administration with at least 3 to 5 years of practical experience in business incubators, or enterprise development. 5 to 7 years of relevant professional experience working in TVET projects
- Experience and/or solid understanding of business development.
- Excellent written and verbal English and Arabic language skills.
- Demonstrated ability to manage quality, people, and resources:
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal, communication skills.
- Strong Analytical and problem solving skills.
- Ability to work, build trust, motivate and work under pressure
- Demonstrated capacity to multi-task, work independently and take initiative
- Energy and willingness to work in the field in diverse locations and diverse lines of business.