Training Consultant –Training and Skills for Kenyan Micro-Entrepreneurs at Institute for Small Business Initiatives (ISBI)

The position

Reporting to the course manager, the training consultant supports the entrepreneur towards the new vision of their business. The training consultant will have knowledge in entrepreneur business and demonstrate the capacity to get involved in the business transformation process while acknowledging the particularities of each entrepreneur.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Understands the entrepreneur journey and supports them towards the new vision of their business. You will nurture the client’s business through offering support in market feasibility studies, product development, customer acquisition and revenue generation support.
• Working closely with the project team members, participate in Seedbed and MicroMBA participant selection and training.
• Identify business training needs for Seedbed and MicroMBA entrepreneurs and develop user friendly and practical training modules to close the identified needs in consultation with the programs team.
• Train and coach entrepreneurs through transmission of new concepts and knowledge.
• Identify mentoring and coaching areas and continuously coach the Seedbed and MicroMBA entrepreneurs by promoting and mobilizing all the entrepreneur’s internal potential to achieve growth and transformation.
• Participate in the selection process of new entrepreneurs joining Seedbed and MicroMBA programs.
• Carry out other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Over 3 years of experience in strategic or management consulting, business development services or in providing technical business assistance ideally working with micro-entrepreneurs, early-stage entrepreneurs, Community based organizations and self-help groups
• Experience working with entrepreneurs in the informal sector is an added advantage
• Ability to lead in an environment of constant change
• Ability to solve problems and make critical decisions
• Analytical, excellent data mining ability.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and report writing.
• Results and detail orientated with a very hands-on approach.
• Intelligent, motivated self-starter with strong interpersonal skills and work ethic