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

JOB DETAILS:
Refugee-Led Organization Program Manager
location_onRwanda, Kigali - Kenya, Nairobi - Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
About the Company
Inkomoko supports entrepreneurs to grow their businesses in order to improve livelihoods, create jobs, and help communities thrive.
Founded in 2012, Inkomoko has worked with more than 41,000 entrepreneurs across East Africa, including thousands of refugee entrepreneurs. 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.
Inkomoko has +250 staff in 20 offices across Rwanda, Kenya, and Ethiopia, and is expanding in 2023 into South Sudan. Through Inkomoko’s 2030 strategic plan, we are adding 4 additional countries to serve more than 550,000 entrepreneurs 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 to support refugee-led organizations (RLOs) in strengthening their organizations and accessing resources to implement, sustain and scale-up their work. As a member of the Business Growth Services team, this position will:

Responsibilities
This is a new position for Inkomoko to support refugee-led organizations (RLOs) in strengthening their organizations and accessing resources to implement, sustain and scale-up their work. As a member of the Business Growth Services team, this position will:
• Identify, engage, support and build the capacity of regional RLOs to sustain and scale their impact. Share our proven support models and proximate knowledge to help RLOs overcome the geographical and context-specific barriers to accessing funding and growing impact.
• Play a leading role in program designing and planning including identifying relevant activities factoring in feedback from the related refugee communities and corresponding budget allocations.
• Link and mentor RLOs to access additional opportunities to connect each RLO with relevant local networks, funding and advocacy initiatives in order to better sustain their work, foster mutual learning and grow their influence.
• Facilitate greater involvement of RLOs and their leaders in strategizing and decision-making processes that impact their communities, including those owned or facilitated by others, e.g. private sector initiatives, NGOs, public sector and funders.

Minimum Qualifications
For this role, the successful candidate will have these qualities;
• Strong understanding of the challenges faced by refugees and other marginalized communities in East Africa paired with fieldwork experience in challenging contexts
• A good understanding of the meaning of localization in development and successful implementation of community-based development models
• Experience working with a diverse team of people from different backgrounds
• Good all-around communicator – approachable, warm, honest, transparent, and able to manage up with confidence
• Shows perseverance, personal integrity, is objective, with critical thinking
• Experience handling confidential information with discretion and sensitivity, extreme trustworthiness
• Forward-looking thinker, who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions

Other requirements
• Experience in program development, training or facilitation for a diversity of learners
• 7+ years of relevant working experience
• 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 both a great culture and a competitive market-based package, including:
• Incredible company culture, including deep investment in your learning and growth, and a commitment to inclusion and diversity
• Opportunity to work with a talented, passionate, and committed team of professionals across the region
• Ability to make a significant social impact and contribute to economic growth
• Competitive salary, and potential KPI-based bonus
• Favorable policies like health insurance, staff savings program, parental leave, sabbatical program, and more.

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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