Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Head of Talent Development
location_onRwanda, Kigali - Kenya, Nairobi - Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
supervised_user_circleSenior
About the Company
Inkomoko supports entrepreneurs to grow their businesses in order to improve livelihoods and create thriving communities.
Founded in 2012, Inkomoko has worked with more than 41,000 entrepreneurs across East Africa, including thousands of refugee entrepreneurs, resulting in thousands of new jobs and more than $50M in new revenue in communities.
Inkomoko provides a combination of training, consulting, access to finance, and market-level systems change. We are the largest lender to refugee entrepreneurs in Africa, and seek both social impact and financial sustainability.
Inkomoko has +220 staff in 18 offices across Rwanda, Kenya, and Ethiopia. Through Inkomoko’s 2030 strategic plan, we are expanding to 5 additional countries to serve more than 550,000 entrepreneurs with our services and growing our $30M loan fund.

Company Values
All staff at Inkomoko are connected to a shared set of organizational values:
• Purpose: be solutions-oriented and produce high-quality work and be a global leader.
• Achievement: push yourself to reach beyond what you think is possible.
• Improvement: be humble and committed to continuous learning and growing through giving and receiving open and accurate feedback.
• Bravery: willing to take risks, create a safe space for others, be compassionate, inclusive.
• Turikumwe/Tuko Pamoja/ Abren Nen (“We are together”): appreciate your colleagues, celebrate success, and support each other in hard times.
About the Opportunity
This is a new position for Inkomoko, with the opportunity to design and implement organization-wide practices for Talent and People Development. As a member of both the People & Culture team and the Office of the CEO, this position will help the company attract, develop, motivate, upskill and retain awesome team members to become their happiest, most productive selves.
Specifically, the position's responsibilities include:

Responsibilities
• Develop and implement in-house Inkomoko Academies - training and development programs for various positions (Leadership, Management, Business Advisory, Investments, etc) - blending customized in-house content delivery and external expertise and perspectives. The multiple in-house training programs should aim to enhance skills and knowledge, motivate and retain employees, and strengthen collaboration and team dynamics in alignment with our values.
• Advise the leadership on Talent Development strategies, incorporating Learning, Development, and Succession Planning, and how inputs from aspects like Performance Management, business strategies & organizational goals, personal aspirations, and market imperatives drive these strategies.
• Provide ongoing coaching and guidance to managers on Talent Management, and mainly engage the Director of People & Culture and CEO to grow our teams. Coach and collaborate with people managers on how to bring out the best in their teams, crafting specific performance-enhancement strategies with people managers.
• Promote an authentic and compelling employer brand that is all about talent and growth so that we can draw in the best talent from across the region to meet our needs.
• Evaluate talent strategies and value-for-money approaches in people development. Provide relevant reports and analysis to measure effectiveness, and resources needed to budget for talent development strategies.

Minimum Qualifications
For this role, the successful candidate will have these qualities;
• Very strong organizational skills and the ability to build relationships
• Good all-around communicator – approachable, warm, honest, transparent, and able to manage with confidence
• Shows perseverance, and personal integrity, is objective, with critical thinking
• Demonstrated proactive approaches to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability
• Experience handling confidential information with discretion and sensitivity, extreme trustworthiness
• Forward-looking thinker, who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions

Other requirements
• A Bachelor degree in organizational development, HR, or substitutable experience
• Experience in program development, training, or facilitation for a diversity of learners
• 7+ years of relevant work in learning & development or as a training manager
• Advanced applied knowledge of the use of technology to enhance learning programs
• Proven experience designing complex processes and implementing them for organizational change.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build strong relationships, influence outcomes, and gain respect as a trusted advisor
• Demonstrable commitment to justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Willing to travel frequently

What You'll Get
This role is a tremendous opportunity to work in a high-growth, mission-driven organization. Our compensation includes a great working environment and competitive compensation:
• Competitive salary, and potential KPI-based bonus
• Benefits include health insurance, annual leave, a staff savings program, parental leave for men and women, a sabbatical program, and more.
• Incredible company culture, including deep investment in your learning and growth
• Opportunity to work with a talented team of professionals across the region;
• Ability to make a significant social impact and contribute to economic growth;">

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 84

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
If you’re excited about this role, please submit your cover letter and CV.
Tell us about what you’ll bring to this growing company.
Inkomoko is committed to justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Refugees and women are strongly encouraged to apply as we seek to reflect the communities we serve. As a company, we have policies that ensure fair treatment in the application process and once onboard as a team member.
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We do not employ staff whose background is not suitable. All employment is conditional upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks.

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