Lead Business Coach Job Career – CORDAID
Job Vacancy: Lead Business Coach
Organization: CORDAID
Duty Station: Arua, Imvepi
Reports to: Program Manager Multi-Disciplinary Programs
About US:
CORDAID is a Dutch, international non-governmental organization which combines 100 years of experience and expertise in emergency aid and structural poverty eradication. CORDAID believes in a world without poverty and exclusion. We strive for a just and sustainable society where every person counts. We stand for knowledge and talent sharing between North and South, between farmers and businesses, between activists and policymakers. Where poverty, conflict and exclusion tear up societies, we connect people and communities. We also stand for professionalism, expertise and solidarity across borders, to make a difference where it is most needed. Together with more than 600 partner organizations in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America we structurally improve the living conditions of the poorest and most excluded populations – the bottom billion.
Purpose of the position
As the lead business coach, you are responsible for providing business coaching to existing and upcoming entrepreneurs in Imvepi from the refugee and host communities. You will lead a team of business coaches to provide support to the clients set up sustainable businesses. You will work with the Country Office in close collaboration with the project leader to develop the program, monitor and document progress made by the entrepreneurs, document lessons learnt and the process. You may also take on timely responsibilities as will be assigned to you.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Key Result Area 1: Develop ideas and business plan
- Support entrepreneurs identify their ambitions, goals and dreams
- Support intending entrepreneurs develop and implement their business plans
- Assess business plans for their market viability
- Manage the business plan competitions and support wining business plans grow into fruitful enterprises.
Key Result Area 2: Setting-up/starting and growing their own business
- Provide Support upcoming entrepreneurs with accountability
- Provide one on one individualized and dedicated solution oriented measurable support to small businesses in Imvepi
- Support micro entrepreneurs to set their own goals and work to achieve them
Key Result Area 3: Setting-up/starting and growing their own business Managing their business and growing to the next level
- Support entrepreneurs overcome challenges that impede growth of successful businesses
- Support entrepreneurs to foresee pitfalls and forestall disaster, while setting the stage for success.
- Advise entrepreneurs on putting in place long term and short-term strategies for their businesses
- Mentoring entrepreneurs on key competences, I.e. dealing with challenges, to blossom after hard times, being responsible and accountable
- Advise entrepreneurs on putting in place long term and short term strategies for their businesses
Key Result Area 4: Monitoring and Evaluation
- Monitor, document and report progress made by the entrepreneurs
- Support monitoring, evaluation and learning function
Key Result Area 5: Contribute to program development
- Provide regular updates on regional events, trends and development
- Participate in relevant Private Sector meetings
- Link Cordaid PSD with ongoing regional private sector initiatives
- Support documentation and development of information resources on PSD
Key Result Area 6: Representation
- Represent Cordaid in business working groups in West Nile
- Represent Cordaid in relevant sector working groups in Arua and Imvepi
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- At least a Bachelor’s degree in commerce, industrial and organizational psychology, business administration or a field related to business
- 2 to 5 years working experience as a coach or business mentor;
- experience working in settlements
- knowledge of development and delivery of trainings;
- experience with support to small and medium sized businesses, preferably in remote communities in Uganda
- excellent command of Microsoft Excel and office packages
Core Competencies:
- Integrity
- Team player
- Strong organizational development skills
- Good negotiating skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Problem analysis skills
- Strong people management skills
- Conflict management skills
- Ability to coach subordinates
What do we offer
Cordaid Uganda exist of a small but highly motivated team of different nationalities. There are different learning opportunities and opportunities to grow within the organization. Cordaid in Uganda aims at growing her project portfolio. We are jointly building our team and ambitious to deliver good quality. Team members are flexible and willing to take up other tasks if necessary. In addition to the technical qualifications, we are looking forward to welcoming an equally enthusiastic new team member who wants to contribute to this objective.
An integrity check will be part recruitment procedure
Deadline for submission will be 31/12/2019
All potential candidates should send their applications and CVs strictly via Email to Job.Uganda@cordaid.org
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
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