Business Development Services- Mentors at Equity Bank Kenya

About The Role

• Reporting to the Business Development services (BDS) coordinator the BDS Mentor will be responsible for building the capacity of micro, medium and small enterprises through individual and group mentorship and coaching sessions in the assigned regions.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Identify, Mobilizing & enrolling MSMEs for BDS under Young Africa Works Program.
• Carrying out in-depth diagnosis of the MSMES businesses using tools provided to establish the business gaps.
• Conducting baseline survey to capture the status of the MSME business before commencing the BDS support.
• Conducting demand driven individual mentorship to MSMES allocated under Young Africa Works Program.
• Conducting group mentorship sessions to group of MSMEs allocated under Young Africa Works Program.
• Conducting end line survey of the MSMEs supported to capture the status of the business after the BDS support.
• Ensuring that the MSMEs under the BDS support access financial services from Equity Group.
• Facilitating market linkages and business networks for the Micro, Small &medium and Small Enterprises.
• Providing periodical BDS support reports as required.
• Documentation and dissemination of success stories & lessons learnt in the BDS support.
• Monitoring, reviewing, and documenting of the BDS through the implementation process.
• Participating in the development, review, and update process of the BDS support materials.
• Organize MSMEs workshops and webinars.

Qualifications
Qualifications Knowledge and Experience

• Must have worked with MSMEs in entrepreneurship training, mentorship, coaching and Business Development services delivery.
• Must be a certified trainer, business mentor and coach priority given to ILO SIYB training certification.
• Must have above 4-year proven practical experience in supporting Micro, Small and Medium sized enterprises with training, mentorship, coaching, advisory services, and linkage to access finance & markets.
• Prior experience in organizing MSME workshops and training forums both face to face and virtual [webinars]
• Practical experience in running and managing a business management will be an added advantage.

Desired Skills And Ability

• Good communication skills and application of adult learning principles.
• Good interpersonal, listening and questioning skills.
• Demonstrated Training and facilitation skills with ability to work with diverse business audiences at a group and individual level.
• Demonstrate understanding of ICT use by the MSMEs.
• Personal discipline and self-initiative.