Business Mentors - WEEK project at Practical Action Kenya

We have an exciting opportunity for fourteen (14) Business Mentors under our Women in Energy Entrepreneurship in Kenya (WEEK II) Project in our Kenya Office.

Practical Action currently has funding from ENERGIA, International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy and is implementing a project that seeks to economically empower 500 Women Entrepreneurs in 7 counties in Kenya (Nairobi, Kisumu, Kakamega, Siaya, Machakos, Kiambu and Makueni) through renewable energy businesses. The women entrepreneurs will in turn reach 1.4 million beneficiaries with modern energy products and services.

The project rates mentorship to women entrepreneurs as one of its most effective and valued intervention areas in helping the women realize the full capacity they need to confidently run their enterprises for success; hence the motivation to recruit for this position

Based either in Nairobi, Kisumu, Siaya Kakamega, Vihiga, Machakos and Makueni Counties, the Business Mentors are responsible for providing customized one-on-one business mentoring support to women entrepreneurs in micro and small renewable energy enterprises in the project area. Using participatory approaches, the business mentors will train women entrepreneurs on: basic business skills, business records and book keeping skills, costing and pricing of the energy products being produced and sold by the entrepreneurs, marketing skills and market linkages etc.

An experienced professional, you will be a holder of a graduate degree in a business related discipline, sales and marketing or any other relevant field with at least 2 years’ working experience or a Diploma with at least 3 years working experience in business development services for small and micro enterprises. Experience in household energy value chains (Solar, Briquettes and Improved Cookstoves) and Agency Empowerment programs for women entrepreneurs will be an added advantage.

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