Imagine Her Program Associate – Social Enterprise & Innovation Program Jobs in Uganda

Imagine Her Program Associate – Social Enterprise & Innovation Program Jobs in Uganda

Position Overview:

The Social Enterprise & Innovation Program Associate will be a core part of the Social Enterprise & Innovation team responsible for overseeing entrepreneurship training and supporting the growth of the program’s participants and Alumni. The program empowers women and youth through social enterprise training with a focus on thematic areas of food insecurity/Agribusiness, climate change, and rural housing

The Social Enterprise & Innovation Program Associate will take a lead role in the execution of the following objectives.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Program Implementation and Partnerships: Ensuring that the Social Enterprise and Innovation Program is implemented according to the work plan and organization goals

Supporting the program participants to come up with viable, research-based, and market-needed social ventures using design thinking methodologies.

Keeping updated on technical aspects of thematic areas above while sharing learnings with staff, participants, and program alumni

Conducting basic research and analyzing data to assess the effects of climate change and identify investment opportunities in the area/region of operation

Leading the development and implementation of strategies to address climate change challenges in the areas of operation through the business lense

Support the smallholder/medium entrepreneurs to conduct market studies, business planning, and product development for sustainability.

Developing strategic linkages with other value chain actors to create market access and collaborations that will be beneficial to the participants’ social ventures.

Supporting in fostering partnerships with key government departments and other stakeholders to promote collaboration.

Leading in the identification of communities where the program is implemented

Liaising with the local leadership teams to pitch and identify the right program participants according to the organization’s criteria

Ensuring that entrepreneurs’ launched start-ups are supported to survive beyond their first birthday by identifying potential risks and suggesting solutions to enable the entrepreneurs to nurture their ventures sustainably

Field Staff Management and Coaching

Supporting the recruitment process and leading training, and coaching of Community Coaches to help them become the best trainers and mentors in the areas of social enterprise development and management

Participating in the recruitment process of Community Coaches

Empowering Community Coaches through monthly refresher training in areas of social entrepreneurship, facilitation, and community leadership.

Providing one-on-one mentorship to Community Coaches for personal and professional development.

Ensuring Community Coaches are following program procedures and policies during program implementation.

Supporting Community Coaches to conduct Social enterprise and innovation sessions by co-training, session training observation, and giving feedback

Matching Community Coaches with the appropriate mentors and coaches based on the skills required

Request for Community Coaches’ facilitation and ensuring proper accountability

Social Entrepreneurs Support and Management of IH funds

Provide support to entrepreneurs to ensure that their ventures are sustainable, IH interest-free revolving funds are appropriately utilized and paid back on the agreed timelines, and tailored support is given in the form of

mentorship and coaching

Leading the due diligence process of individual social enterprises for possible funding by IH

Leading the recovery of lean startup interest-free revolving funds from individual entrepreneurs supported by the organization according to the agreed schedules

Leading in the identification of experts, mentors, and artisans and linking the social entrepreneurs to them for extra training or mentorship.

Supporting entrepreneurs to access external financial support for their social enterprises and other capacity-building opportunities like grants, fellowships, workshops, awards, competitions, and scholarships among others

M&E, Reporting & Documentation

Ensure that the data from Community Coaches are accurate and that all M&E activities are smoothly conducted by the Knowledge and Impact team

Ensuring regular accurate data collection, and reporting of the program sessions by Community Coaches with minimal errors

Support all the program assessments and learning processes by mobilizing target participants within the area assigned

Attending program review meetings, and documenting lessons and program impact to facilitate adoption in the process of program implementation.

Contextualizing and using reporting guidelines to track and develop quality, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and end-of-project reports.

Writing monthly and quarterly reports on the program activities and submitting such reports to the program lead in a timely manner

Recommending relevant improvements in the social enterprise curriculum that would enable the entrepreneurs to realize better returns on their investments

Disseminate program impact reports to local government and any local sponsors/partners.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

The applicant must hold a bachelor’s degree in Agriculture and related courses, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Management, Business Management, Education, or any other relevant field

A post-graduate qualification is a plus.

Must demonstrate at least 2 years of relevant experience in facilitating entrepreneurship and community training

Ability and willingness to ride a motorcycle (a MUST)

Possession of a class A (Motorcycle) driving permit is an added advantage.

Must demonstrate proficiency in the use of computers for word processing, presentations, excel, and e-mail

Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Strong communication and collaboration skills.

The ability to speak and write in the local language of the district is an added advantage

Personal Attributes

Willingness to work with the rural communities

Passion for social impact and the empowerment of women and youth.

Enthusiastic and adaptable with a positive attitude.

How to Apply

Please submit your resume/CV and a cover letter (as one file) to jobs@i-her.org indicating in the subject area the job title and district, for example, Program Associate-Kabarole

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