Action Africa Help International (AAH-I) is a regional African-led non-governmental organisation that supports livelihood-challenged communities in East and Southern Africa to sustainably improve their well-being and standard of living. With Country Programmes in South Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, Somalia, and Kenya

Entrepreneurship Officer Job Responsibilities

• Conducting training needs assessment for capacity building of organizations staffs and committees on business skills including online marketing strategies.
• Provide technical support and quality assurance oversight to livelihood producer groups, vendors and implementers involved in livelihood activities.
• Support entrepreneurs in the community and livelihood groups in product development, manufacture and marketing
• Provide online day to day support to customers and vendors through relationship management
  as they access the online marketing platform
• Logistical planning, stock movement and Inventory management of products supplied by
  vendors for sale.
• Mobilization and organization of livelihood groups, entrepreneurs, staffs and vendors for the
  development of unified market penetration strategies.
• Monitoring and reporting on progress of the online marketing platform (Kilimall) including other
  complementary marketing strategies employed.
• Coordinate activities at the Entrepreneurship Hub (E-Hub), while linking all capacity building
  initiatives (KUZA, UNTU, UoN) with the trainees

Qualifications for the Entrepreneurship Officer Job

• Bachelor’s degree in business related studies with specialization in either Entrepreneurship, Marketing or Information Technology.
• At least 3 years’ experience in working with youth programmes including microfinance institutions; NGO’s experience in a similar environment will be an added advantage.
• Excellent report writing skills
• Solid foundations in entrepreneurship and marketing
• Qualification in project planning and management will be an added advantage
• A broad contextual understanding of implementing activities in a humanitarian environment.
• Good training and facilitation skills.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a number of teams, in a multi-cultural context where teams
  may be geographically dispersed.
• Knowledgeable in customer relationship management.
• A minimum working experience of 4 years in a similar role.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Considerable problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Flexible, adaptable and able to effectively execute a range of job duties.

How to Apply
Interested candidates should email application letters and CVs (with 3 referees) addressed to
recruitke@actionafricahelp.org to be received by 3
rd October, 2017. The email Subject Line must show the job title of
the position applied for. AAH-I is an equal-opportunity employer.