Job Title: Entrepreneurship Training officer
Reporting to: Business Development Officer
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.
If you meet the experience and qualification, please apply for the position that perfectly fits you by sending your CV and cover letter (combined in one document) to
s2lzambia@youngafrica.org by 23rd August 2024. The reference of the email should be the position you are applying for. Do not attach certificates at this point.
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