Summary
Date Posted: Friday, August 16 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Position Summary:
The Entrepreneurship Training Officer is responsible for coordinating, planning, designing, implementing, and evaluating a comprehensive entrepreneurship skills development program for students at Young Africa. Answering and reporting to the Programs Manager, He/she should understand the central concepts and methods of inquiry; using a variety of instructional strategies to encourage the development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills; creating learning experiences that make content meaningful to all.
Minimum Requirements/ Qualifications:
• First degree in Business Management and Entrepreneurship from a recognized university.
• Minimum of Degree in Business Studies or Degree in Entrepreneurship Skills from a recognized institution or polytechnic will be an added advantage.
• Business/Entrepreneurship Counselling skills
• Certified Entrepreneurship Skills Trainer (preferably ILO or Ideialab)
• Teaching Qualification and experience will be an added advantage.
• A minimum of 3 years proven active Entrepreneurship Training experience.

Responsibilities:
• Source out, arrange and facilitate training that will raise the capacity and increase the self-esteem and wellness of youth; providing activities that develop business and entrepreneurship skills; building capacity and independence in students.
• Preparation of a detailed implementation plan for the business development skills component with a monthly and weekly breakdown of activities.
• Lead in delivery of the course throughout the year.
• Evaluates training after every cohort to ensure that it meets required learning outcomes and prepares students for onward progression.
• Integration with programs and training teams for planning, implementation, and execution.
• Deliver entrepreneurship skills training as required, based on direction and curriculum developed/ adopted by Young Africa.
• Keep record of all required documents related to Entrepreneurship Skills training program, beneficiary selection, training, and post training evaluation.
• Coordinate with Business Development Officer, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer and Vocational Training Principal for parallel monitoring of activities as well as post training evaluation.
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with other organizations offering entrepreneurship training, SIYB, ILO and Ideialab entrepreneurship model for youth empowerment programs.
• Promotes integration and programme linkages for entrepreneurship activities across projects
• Participate in YA dissemination activities of its programmes and courses including developing interactional material as required.
• Build teams for outreach facilitation of entrepreneurship skills in consultation with the Programs coordinator to ensure that program activities are in line with set objectives.
• Establish and maintain contact and productive working relationships with community representatives, local and international organizations, beneficiaries, and employers as related to business entrepreneurship development.
• Work collaboratively with immediate supervisor and YA’s Finance and administration staff as required to process Purchase Requests (PR) for the entrepreneurship training component.
• Keep abreast of current national initiatives and activities, develop a network of resources and contacts to further expand the Entrepreneurship Skills program.
• Explore ideas and opportunities to personalize training to increase students’ participation.

Relationships
• Reports to Business Development Officer.
• Coordinates closely with individual Programs Manager, Business Development Officer and TEVET Principal.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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