Senior Business Development Advisor – Kakuma

Inkomoko’s vision is an Africa with thriving communities where young people and refugees are engaged, communities have access to relevant innovations for self-determination, and where African solutions are unleashed to solve African problems. Founded in 2012, Inkomoko has provided business advisory and access to finance for thousands of entrepreneurs ac…

Senior Business Development Advisor – Kakuma

ABOUT THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Inkomoko Kenya seeks a highly talented and experienced Senior Business Development Advisor to work directly with our entrepreneur clients. The Senior Business Development Advisor will join a growing start-up team with core responsibilities as follows.

MANAGEMENT & GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (50% time)

• Serve as a coach, mentor, and advisor to Business Associates (BAs) and Business Development Advisors (BDAs) to help them improve their capabilities and skills

• Assist BDAs/BAs and review work as needed to ensure high-quality work is delivered to clients.

• Coordinate the BDAs and BAs activities with other department activities, ensuring the highest quality of organization and client services outcomes

• Work with the Business Development Manager and Executive team to develop annual goals for the BGS department

• Build the capacity of BDAs and BAs team to reach Inkomoko Kenya’s annual objectives, in particular providing training on matters related to Business Growth Services. Additionally, support BDAs/BAs assist Inkomoko Kenya and Inkomoko management in Micro Business Solutions projects, including recruitment,training, consulting and representation of our organization in Kakuma and attend different meetings, i.e. partners/county government meetings

• Represent Inkomoko Kenya in the local business community, conferences, and other events

• Maintain and develop relationships with business community leaders in Kakuma

• Keep up to date on the latest business and industry trends in Kenya and across East Africa

• Manage and supervise agreed upon  locations in and around Kakuma

• Ensure set KPIs are met in the locations under his/her supervision

STRATEGIC ADVISING & CLIENT RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (20% time)

• Regularly communicate with BDAs and BAs to conduct site visits as needed to keep clients engaged and deliver services as planned and promised to clients

• Connect clients to other Inkomoko Kenya services as appropriate

• Review weekly, monthly and quarterly reports to stakeholders in a timely manner

BUSINESS ASSESSMENT & BUSINESS/GROWTH PLAN DEVELOPMENT (30% time)

• Conduct site visits and client interviews to fully understand business needs, challenges, and opportunities

• Review BDAs & BAs consulting work that defines the strengths & weaknesses of the clients