Business Development and Training Manager Job at Komera - Career Opportunity in Rwanda
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Vacancy title:
Business Development and Training Manager

Jobs at:
Komera

Deadline of this Job:
26th of March 2018.

Duty Station:
Rwinkwavu. Kayonza district, Eastern Rwanda

JOB DETAILS:
Komera Rwanda is a registered 501(c) (3) non-profit organization that develops self-confident young women through education, Community and sport. We created the Komera Project to assist girls in rural Rwanda who have the courage and desire to pursue secondary education, but who lack the resources to do so. During school holidays, Komera scholars receive extensive training on how to be an agent for social change within her community. We believe that she will begin her own non-profit project and become a community leader.


Komera builds a local community of support around the scholars because we believe in the power it has towards the scholars’ success. While at school each student will meet with a Komera mentor and fellow scholars once a week. These mentoring sessions follow a curriculum that addresses health, leadership, human rights and local development. At home her parents are part of the Komera Parent Co-operative where they receive training on how to launch their own small businesses to help support their families and subsidize some modest materials for the scholar. In addition to entrepreneurship training, each young woman also attends conferences with her Komera Scholar family. During school breaks, they learn about leadership skills, career goals, computer skills and health related issues.
The job description is an estimation of what we believe this position will entail. The Komera Project is a small organization and the Business Development and Training Manager must be open to changes and additional tasks as they arise. We strongly encourage female applicants.


Major Responsibilities:
Programmatic
Guardian Cooperative

  • Meet with Parent Cooperative on a monthly basis
  • Develop business plan for growth of Komera Parent Cooperative
  • Establish monthly training curriculum for Parent Cooperative
  • Meet with parent sub committees ( small business groups) every after two weeks
  • Evaluate effectiveness of parent cooperatives and make monthly evaluation report.
  • Represent Komera at meetings related to Komera Cooperatives
  • Build a strong relationship with parents where they feel they are Komera Stakeholders
  • Prepare a program budget for the monthly cooperative activities.
  • Make a follow-up on financial loan circulation of the cooperative on monthly basis.
  • Evaluate effectiveness of businesses and be able to adjust accordingly
  • Monthly reports on parent and student businesses
    Training program
  •  Map out training plans, design and develop training programs.
  • Maintain updated curriculum database and training records.
  • Design and prepare educational aids and materials.
  • Develop annual budget for training program Monitor and maintain updated database regarding training, guardian cooperative and post -secondary programs in Komera
    Post-Secondary Programs
  • Work with the training team to develop business training curriculum for post-secondary program.
  • Train Post -Secondary Students on business development
  • Make a follow-up on post –secondary businesses.
  •  Monthly evaluation and report on post- secondary business activities
    Administrative:
  • Work with the other program managers and staff to prepare annual work-plans.
  • Prepare bi-weekly stories and pictures for Komera Social Media
  • Advanced organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple assignments.
  • Attend weekly staff meetings.
  • Prepare and submit weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual program progress reports to the program director.
  •  Monitor and maintain updated database regarding training, guardian cooperative and post -secondary programs in Komera


Other Competencies/Attributes:

  • Demonstrated ability to work with local government, parents and scholars professionally.
  • Demonstrate a positive behavior and good working relationships
  • Demonstrate the respect of national and international human rights


Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience
The following knowledge, skills and abilities may be acquired through a combination of formal schooling, self-education, prior experience or on-the-job training.

  • Must have a University degree in business administration and management or Education with experience in curriculum development, training and implementation.
  • Must have at least 2 years’ experience in rural development work
  • Must have good analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Should have excellent command of English language, both written and spoken.
  • Should have knowledge of financial management
  • Should be computer literate in Microsoft Word, Excel and other software packages
  • Must be able to communicate in a cross-cultural environment
  • Should have ability to maintain effective working relationships with all levels of staff and other stakeholders
  • Dedication to development of adolescent girls in rural Rwanda
  • Willingness to do whatever it takes to ensure safety and equality of young women
  • Ability to work on multiple projects at once
  • Willingness to go above and beyond their job description
  • Ability to teach students on business skills and business development
  • Proven working experience in coordinating multiple training events in a corporate setting
  • Extensive knowledge of instructional design theory and implementation Proven ability to complete full training cycle (assess needs, plan, develop, coordinate, monitor and evaluate

Job application procedure
Interested candidates should send their applications to jobs@komera.org  not later than the 26th of March 2018.

Job Info
Job Category: Corporate / Organisation Middle Management jobs in Rwanda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 26th of March 2018.
Duty Station: Rwinkwavu. Kayonza district, Eastern Rwanda
Posted: 20-03-2018
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 20-03-2018
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 20-03-2060
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