Business Trainers - Young Women in Enterprise
General Information
General Information
TechnoServe is an international, non-profit economic development
organization founded in 1968 out of a conviction that a vibrant private sector is
an essential foundation for economic growth and poverty reduction.
TechnoServe operates in 26 developing countries with over 1000
employees.
For more information, visit www.technoserve.org
Program Description
Program Description
TechnoServe’s Young Women in Enterprise and its implementing
partners propose an adolescent girls’ (14-24years) economic empowerment project
in Nairobi, Eldoret and Kisumu.
The project’s goal is to increase disadvantaged girls’ economic
resilience, thus reducing their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS and contributing to
the reduction of HIV infection by 50% among them.
In this regard the Young Women in Enterprise Program is seeking to engage a Trainer who will be based in Eldoret or Kisumu whose work will be to implement the program in these two regions.
In this regard the Young Women in Enterprise Program is seeking to engage a Trainer who will be based in Eldoret or Kisumu whose work will be to implement the program in these two regions.
This will be a contract work for six months with potential for
extension to one year upon availability of funds.
General Job Description
The Trainer will provide training and aftercare support to YWE
girls in the program.
The trainer will mobilize and recruit girls to join the
enterprise clubs, provide training, and facilitate linkages to financial
institutions, employment and internship.
He/she shall manage all the aspects of their girl’s enterprise
clubs including experiential business, mentorship, HIV messaging, ID card
acquisition and savings.
The trainer will be expected to be a good role model to the
girls and maintain good relationships with girl’s families, the local community,
partners and all key stakeholders.
The specific responsibilities for the trainers will be:-
i. Mobilize and recruit girls to join YWE
i. Mobilize and recruit girls to join YWE
- Develop and
implement an innovative strategy for recruiting the target group in the
allocated project area through actively engaging girls, the community and
key stakeholders.
- Enroll girls
into the program and form enterprise clubs.
- Support
identification of appropriate and safe meeting venues within the target
areas within a walking distance to the venues.
ii. Training
- Ensure
availability of all training materials required for training sessions
- Implement the
training program in entrepreneurship, employability, agribusiness, and
financial literacy as per the program curriculum
- Ensure
dissemination of HIV messaging, services and information.
- Identity and
train girls as peer educators to provide community outreach HIV/AIDS
prevention programs.
- Assist girls to
open bank accounts with credible banking institutions and make savings.
- Support the
identification of alumni girls and business women to provide mentorship
support to the girls.
- Retain updated
demographic database of the girls consisting their name, family
background, skill set, location, mobile phone contacts.
iii. Managing the Enterprise clubs
- Support girls to
start and run experiential businesses
- Plan and
roll out club level competitions
iv. Aftercare Support
- Provide linkages
for continuous learning in business, vocational skills and agribusiness
- Help girls
establish growth oriented business and micro franchises, Link girls to
employment and internship opportunities, and basic computer training
- Help girls
access credit facilities from credible financial institutions e.g. banks,
MFIs
v. Other Duties
- Any other duties
that may be assigned by the supervisor(s) from time to time
The Trainer will report directly to the Business Advisor, or to
any other person designated by the Program Manager.
Minimum Requirement
Minimum Requirement
The trainer shall possess the following qualifications:
- Hold a
university degree in Education, Social Sciences or Business related
disciplines
- Have field work
experience working in the community with young and dynamic people.
- At least 1
year working experience as a trainer/teacher
- Competence in
computing skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point
- Excellent
written and communication skills in English and Kiswahili.
- Must be social
and approachable
- Must be a good
team player
Monitoring & Evaluations Associate - Young Women in Enterprise
General Job Description
The M&E associate will support management of the Monitoring
and Evaluation (M&E) components of the Young Women in Enterprise (YWE)
Program in Kenya.
Reporting to the M&E Manager the M&E Associate will work
closely with the YWE Program Manager, BAs and Trainers
S/he will be responsible for enabling evidence-based
decision-making processes by project leadership, maintenance of YWE M&E
systems, and effective implementation of YWE M&E activities.
Duties & Responsibilities
Duties & Responsibilities
M&E Systems and Processes:
- Responsible for
monitoring and evaluating program performance and reporting requirements;
- Entering data
into and analyzing information from M&E systems for use throughout
project lifecycle;
- Undertake
regular visits to the field to support implementation of M&E
activities;
- Ensure quality
control and identify where adaptations might be needed;
- Ensure timely
completion of major M&E deliverables, regular periodic analysis of
data to identify and communicate lessons-learned, and regular periodic
presentation of data and analyses to management;
- Work with management
to integrate M&E data into program planning and decision-making
processes;
- Work with
project team members to collect and analyze data on a regular basis and
produce narrative reports;
- Provide
coaching, direction, and leadership support to program team members in
understanding the importance of M&E;
- Work with
program staff to identify M&E needs and provide training as
appropriate.
Minimum Requirement
- Bachelors degree
in business, economics, statistics or international development-related
studies;
- At least 3 years
of experience with M&E methods and approaches, including designing,
planning, and implementing M&E systems, analyzing and reporting using
a logical framework and other strategic planning approaches;
- Proven ability
to work with various M&E methods and approaches;
- Ability to
identify and measure social and health indicators is critical;
- Experience
working with youth training and/or mentorship programs preferred;
- Excellent
interpersonal and oral and written communication skills a must;
- Ability to work
independently and as part of a team.
Business Advisor - Young Women in Enterprise
General Job Description
General Job Description
Targeting 14-24 years girls and young women, the BA will
primarily work with a team of trainers and business counselors to introduce girls
to concepts of entrepreneurship, agribusiness, financial literacy and
employability.
They will support the girls to translate their training into
tangible economic and social outcomes to improve their lives, start and grow
individual or group enterprises, link them to employment/ internship
opportunities, linkages to financial institutions for savings and credit
opportunities, and assist them access HIV messaging.
Reporting to the Program Manager for the Young Women in
Enterprise and working as part of a larger team; the BA will:
- Lead an
innovative process of mobilization and recruitment of girls into the
program and ensure participation of key partners (including
parents/guardians and spouses) and stakeholders.
- Oversee
formation, development and management of girl’s enterprise clubs of 30 to
40 girls.
- Implement the
training programs for entrepreneurship, agribusiness, financial literacy,
employability and HIV messaging. Ensure quality delivery of training to
the girls, including co-facilitation with trainers, coaching and feedback
to trainers.
- Implement
experiential business model to ensure girls practice the skills they are
learning during the entrepreneurship training.
- Provide
oversight and support for all business start-up activities including vocational
skills training, mentoring, and micro franchises.
- Identify and
facilitate linkages to financial institutions to open bank accounts,
savings and/or borrow.
- Supervise and
build the capacities of the trainers and business counselors
- Identify and
build relationships high potential individuals, private and public sector
organizations and partners supporting youth related work in their regions.
- Identify a local
placement agency or agencies that will link the YWE girls to
employment/internships.
- Support the M
& E and reporting activities of the program as required.
- Support other
program tasks as part of the team and perform other assignments requested
by the Program Manager
Minimum Requirement
- Bachelor’s
Degree in Business or relevant field with at least of 3 years experience
in a role that involves training, business management and or capacity
building.
- Experience
facilitating/delivering training curricula to a variety of audiences
- Demonstrated
capability in managing people.
- Excellent
computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Strong
interpersonal and cross cultural skills
- Excellent
communication skills required
- Ability to
communicate effectively across a range of seniority levels
- Ability to work
independently and as part of a team
To Apply:
Please submit your application (by email only) to
ke-recruit@tns.org with the position title placed in the subject
line.
Please include
(1) cover letter describing your interest,
(2) curriculum vitae,
(3) salary history, and
(4) telephone contacts of three Professional
referees.
Please include all requirements in one document (Word or PDF).
Applications will be treated confidentially.
Deadline for applications is 25th January 2013.
Note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
TechnoServe is an equal opportunity employer
TechnoServe is an equal opportunity employer
