Principal Business Enterprise and SMEs at Nairobi City County Public Service Board

Job Requirement

• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines: - Commerce, Marketing, Business Administration, Business management, Entrepreneurship, Economics, International Trade/Business/Relations or its equivalent from a recognized institution;
• Certificate in Computer applications 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

• Supervise collecting, compiling and analyzing economic and MSEs related data; disseminating business information, facilitating trade promotion activities, participating in 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.
• Supervise in vetting of loans applicants, and recruitment of viable clients as a result of market drives done by the marketing team.
• 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.
• Loans repayment monitoring and savings mobilization (maintain healthy business loans portfolio).
• Reporting on portfolio quality to the Director.
• Any other duty assigned by immediate supervisor.