Business Associate – Bambasi

Inkomoko is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.  Refugees, women, and persons who reflect the diverse communities we serve are strongly encouraged to apply.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY & RESPONSIBILITIES

Inkomoko in Ethiopia seeks highly talented, organized, and motivated Refugee staff to coordinate and work directly with entrepreneur clients in Bambasi.

The position holder will be based in Bambasi and will report directly to the Business Development Advisor with core responsibilities as follows:

Clients sourcing  (25%)

• Select, identify, map their location and  Recruit potential clients by aligning  the company goals
• Ability to communicate and to make an alignment with different partners, business owners to recruit potential clients

Business Consulting, training  & Client Relationship Management (50% time)

• Intake process of program entrepreneurs and conducting monthly site visits to assess business needs and opportunities
• Generate cash flow statements and profitability analyses
• Provide informed, strategic, and realistic advice to help clients meet their objectives, or shift their objectives toward better sustainability/profitability
• Ongoing one on one  visits to provide real-time advising to solve business changes and grow businesses
• Connect clients to other Inkomoko services, including training and access to finance
• Keep up-to-date the clients’ business information in an accurate manner in the system
• Serve as the lead through the enrolment process program entrepreneurs
• Serve as the financial literacy advisor to program entrepreneurs

Market linkage and investment engagement (10%)

• Train clients on market linkage and investment readiness
• Training clients and make clients ready to prepare investment plan
• Capacitate clients to fulfill potential criteria for investment and market linkage process

MEL and General collaboration and communication (10%)

• Develop a good relationship with all partners in the camp
• Provide weekly and monthly reports on time
• Collect quality data, provide quality service
• Represent Inkomoko in Camp and stakeholder meetings
• Work closely with the Business Development Advisor to organize activities such as training, tracking  training attendance and consultation data, logistics and delivery, refresher training, one-on-one consulting, focus group consulting, etc…
• Ensure high turn-up of program participants during training delivery sessions
• Assist Inkomoko staff with all in-camp communications
• Make sure activities at the Camp are done in a timely manner
• Assist the M&E team with surveys and data collection at the camp
• Provide administrative support as needed
• Coordinate all the logistics and organization of Inkomoko activities in camp and host community

Communication and  (5% time)

• Make a follow-up to ensure all messages are sent to Camp refugees and confirm messages have been received
• Communicate program details to refugee participants, as requested by Inkomoko
• Communicate about any challenge faced by participants during program implementation
• Perform any other duties as assigned.

Competencies

COORDINATOR
We are looking for someone who;

• Optimizes Work – Is effective and efficient in completing the work and using resources for this work
• Demonstrates Resilience – Rebounds from setbacks and uses feedback for continuous improvement and as a motivator for learning more
• Demonstrates Self Awareness – Reflects on personal strengths and weaknesses toward improvement
• Communicates Effectively – Actively listens and is able to deliver information clearly

The ideal candidate will fulfill the following requirements:

• Should have minimum, a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or any other relevant field
• Minimum of 2 years of work experience in relevant or applicable field
• Shows perseverance, personal integrity, and critical thinking skills
• Able to work under pressure
• Should be outgoing and Social, honest and professional
• Excellent communicator to audiences in Somali, Amharic and English.
• Must be a refugee based in Bambasi full time and have access to a smart phone 24/7
• Experience in consulting, business planning, and providing business advice
• Strong financial and accounting skills familiarity with Ethiopia’s tax & financial policies
• Excellent computer skills, especially with MS Excel, Word and Google Drive
• Good written and oral communications skills
• Good presentation skills

WHAT YOU’LL GET

This role is inside a high-growth, mission-driven social enterprise. By joining, you’ll access:

• Meaningful work that directly contributes to sustainable livelihoods and job creation across East and Central Africa.
• Competitive salary, and potential Performance-based bonus
• Incredible company culture, with opportunities for learning and growth
• Diverse colleagues across the region, and policies that demonstrate commitment to equity and inclusion
• A dynamic and entrepreneurial team environment committed to innovation and social impact
• Health insurance for self and family
• Staff savings and provident fund, negotiated bank rates for long-term employees
• Generous annual leave, parental leave, and sabbatical options.

 

HOW TO APPLY

If you’re excited about this role, please submit: >>HERE your CV, and tell us why you are the right fit for this opportunity.

Inkomoko is committed to justice, diversity, equity and inclusion.  As we seek to reflect the communities we serve, refugees and women are strongly encouraged to apply. As a company we have policies that ensure fair treatment in the application process.

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Employment is conditional upon successful background checks and other verification as needed.