Business Enterprise and SMEs Officer II - 6 Posts at Nairobi City County Public Service Board

Job Requirement

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:

• Bachelor's degree in any of the following disciplines: - Commerce, Accounting, Marketing, Community development, Business management, Entrepreneurship, Economics, or its equivalent from a recognized institution;
• Demonstrated a thorough understanding of national goals, policies and development objectives and the ability to translate them into Enterprise development programs/projects.

Job Description

• Collecting, compiling and analyzing economic and MSEs related data; disseminating business information, facilitating trade promotion activities, participating and organizing trade interactive forum, exhibitions and/or fairs, conducting capacity building trainings and business counselling sessions, conducting surveys of various business activities, vetting of loans applicants, sensitizing the business community on sources of affordable credit available to Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs), promoting entrepreneurial venture creation, facilitating the growth and development of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs), and participating in management of business information and solution centers
• In addition, the officer will be required to participate in the implementation of trade related development projects, and mobilizing the business community to participate in trade and exhibitions
• vetting of Loans applicants, Vetting and recruitment of viable clients as a result of market drives done by the marketing team and
  • Facilitation of groups formation and clients training
  • Organizing and supervising clients and groups by attending monthly group meetings related to their projects
  • Loans appraisal and assessment
  • Loan repayment monitoring and savings mobilization (maintain healthy business loans portfolio)
  • Reporting on portfolio quality to the Director
  • Any other duty assigned by immediate supervisor