Entrepreneurship Support – Program Manager
Please send your CV to [email protected] with a cover letter explaining why you fit the profile; make sure to add the job title in the subject line of your email. Deadline to apply: October 15, 2020
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & JOB TASKS
Implementation and completion of the projects within the budget and the scope of activities
- Prepare the implementation project plan in coordination with the direct manager
- Develop and implement project activities
- Manage the activities implementations related to the projects, in coordination with concerned departments including: planning, execution, follow up, outreach and mobilization of stakeholders, monitoring and reporting
- Ensure that all activities are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget, Direct follow up with client, partners and donors to understand project requirements and liaise for activities implementation and startups/SMEs growth
- Add value and explore opportunities through researching new practices and improving existing tools of the project
Business and technical support
- Assist in the development, management and disbursement of a grant award program for entrepreneurs
- Develop and implement project’s business support activities for entrepreneurs in collaboration with experts and consultants
- Lead on the innovation camps development and implementation in collaboration with outreach officer
- Map the green funding and green support entities in Lebanon
- Assist entrepreneurs in investment readiness and facilitate linkages and access to investment networks
- Facilitate access to potential investors, donors, and others for financing or co-financing SWM initiatives and facilities implemented by the Activity
- Facilitate SWM Prototype development for entrepreneurs’ support through the Fablab facility when requested
Prepare reports for upper management and donors regarding status of project
- Produce reporting on the progress and status of projects ensuring that issues are escalated and managed as required
- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
- Prepare the projects’ reporting following the templates shared by the donors
Oversee project admin tasks
- File all the required documents and sheets on a common platform
- Support in the research needed
- Support in handling the logistics of the events
Other responsibilities
- Support the team in specific events, bootcamps where required and applicable
- Participate in Berytech-related events and networking opportunities when called upon
- Assist in tasks required by the organization
EDUCATION & SKILLS REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s degree in economics, business, engineering or similar
- At least 4 years of relevant work experience in incubator/business support and investment readiness and facilitation, ideally with an incubator or accelerator
- Strong project coordination and/or management experience, preferably with international donor agencies
- Expertise in providing business support for small businesses
- Fluency in Arabic and English, French is a plus
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Coordination experience or management of projects
- Good interpersonal skills, keen to work in a team environment and customer oriented
- Computer literacy, including knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, basic software applications and familiarity with the internet and email communications
- Self-starter, resourceful, Initiative taker, able to make decisions
- Able to work effectively in a fast-paced professional environment with multiple tasks and deadlines
- Critical thinking and attention to details
- Present a positive, professional image of the company with all customers and suppliers, internal and external
- Knowledge of or experience in the SWM sector a plus
APPLICATION PROCESS
Please send your CV to [email protected] with a cover letter explaining why you fit the profile; make sure to add the job title in the subject line of your email. Deadline to apply: October 15, 2020
NOTE:
Daleel Madani, the civil society network, serves as a platform for organisations to post their professional opportunities, but is not involved in the recruitment process. The hiring organisation is solely responsible for the job and candidate selection.
- Lebanon