Village Enterprise East Africa Regional Director

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The East African Regional Director oversees the management, delivery and monitoring and evaluation of Village Enterprise
Village  Enterprise  East  Africa  Regional  Director     Summary:  Oversee  all  aspects  of  delivering  innovative  business  development  programs  to  increase   incomes  and  reduce  extreme  poverty  in  rural  East  Africa  (Kenya  and  Uganda)     Employer:  Village  Enterprise  (a  U.S.  non-­‐profit  based  in  San  Carlos,  CA)   Industry:  Microenterprise/Microfinance/International  Development/Social  Entrepreneurship   Job  Title:  East  Africa  Regional  Director     Function:  Management  of  Field  Programs  and  Operations   Reports  to:  President/CEO   Job  Location:  Based  in  East  Africa  (Hoima,  Uganda;  Kitale,  Kenya;  or  Kampala,  Uganda);  involves   travel  in  East  Africa   Duration:  Minimum  of  two-­‐year  commitment;  preference  to  candidates  willing  to  commit  to  three   years;  opportunity  to  extend   Website:  www.VillageEnterprise.org   Start  Date:  As  soon  as  possible         Job  Description       We  are  seeking  an  exceptional  professional  with  leadership  and  management  experience  and  a   passion  for  microenterprise  development,  poverty  reduction  and  social  entrepreneurship  in  Africa  to   become  the  East  Africa  Regional  Director.       Duties  and  Areas  of  Responsibility     The  East  African  Regional  Director  oversees  the  management,  delivery  and  monitoring  and   evaluation  of  Village  Enterprise’s  Microenterprise  Development  Program;  for  FY  2015,  this  will   involve  starting  up  to  3,000  microenterprises  and  identifying,  training  and  supporting  9,000+  new   clients;  we  anticipate  that  this  number  will  grow  each  year.   1. Manage  and  lead  all  facets  of  our  current  field  operations  (70%  of  the  position);   • Oversee  the  delivery  and  monitoring  of  our  field  programs   • Hire,  train,  and  manage  the  Programs  and  Operations  Team,  which  currently  consists  of  a  US-­‐ based  Director  of  Africa  Operations,  a  Uganda-­‐based  Program  Director,  Kenya  and  Uganda   Country  Directors  and  Assistant  Country  Directors,  a  M&E  Director,  associated  field   operations  staff,  70+  community-­‐based  business  mentors  and  field  coordinators,  a  SMART   consultant,  and  three-­‐four  East  Africa-­‐based  fellows.   • Prepare  annual  field  operations  budget,  and  manage  that  budget   • Manage  partnerships  with  other  key  community  based  organizations  (examples  include   USAID/FHI360,  Budongo  Conservation  Field  Service  (BCFS),  and  Elevate  Africa)    

    2. Define  and  implement  forward  looking  strategic  plans  for  East  Africa  (5%)   3. Oversee  and  manage  our  extensive  Monitoring  and  Evaluation  programs  and  team  (5%)   4. Lead  the  development  and  delivery  of  new,  innovative  pilot  projects  and  programs  to  increase   our  impact  and  scalability  (10%)   5. Support  the  US  Development  team  in  creating  workable  proposals  and  donor  materials  (10%)     Minimum  Requirements     Significant  (two+  years)  leadership  and  management  experience;  we  are  looking  for  an  individual   who  can  think  operationally,  innovatively  and  strategically,  and  oversee  all  phases  of  our  field   program,  prepare  the  budget,  mentor  senior  field  staff,  and  work  both  independently  and  as  a   member  of  a  team.     • Significant  leadership  experience  required   o Two+  years  demonstrated  success  in  a  leadership  role  managing  a  staff  and  directing  an   organization,  a  program,  or  an  enterprise,  in  either  the  for-­‐profit  or  not-­‐for-­‐profit  sector   o Demonstrated  success  in  a  start  up  environment;  experience  creating  and  managing  a   business,  a  non-­‐profit,  a  new  program,  or  a  large  project     • Five  to  seven  years  of  related  work  experience  required   o Proven  ability  to  manage  programs  and  people,  and  to  mentor  staff     o Experience  working  in  a  developing  country  or  emerging  economy  required;  experience  in   Africa  required;  experience  in  rural  East  Africa  preferred.   o Experience  in  the  international  development  field  required;  experience  in  the  poverty   reduction,  microenterprise  and/or  microfinance  fields  preferred     • Time  Commitment   o We  require  a  minimum  two  year  time  commitment;  three  years  preferred     o Willingness  to  live  and  work  in  rural  East  Africa       • Critical  Thinking  and  Analytic  Skills   o Must  be  a  very  strong  critical  thinker  with  the  ability  to  both  analyze  organizational  dynamics   and  contextual  threats,  changes,  and  opportunities,  and  to  develop  and  apply  performance   metrics   o Experience  developing  and  analyzing  business  and  program  effectiveness  data,  budgets  and   financial  models  is  required     • Communication  Skills   o Strong  writing  and  communication  skills  required,  as  this  role  will  involve  preparing  reports   and  presentations   o Experience  communicating  with  and  managing  cross-­‐cultural  teams  is  required   o Fluency  in  English  is  required;  working  knowledge  of  Swahili  is  helpful          

   

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Education:    BA/BS  required;  MA/MS/MBA  desired   Passion  for  innovative  approaches  to  poverty  reduction  around  the  world,  including  but  not   limited  to  social  entrepreneurship  and  business  development  in  Africa    

  Compensation     Competitive  compensation  package  based  on  education  and  experience;  includes  the  following   benefits:     • Comprehensive  health  insurance  in  Kenya/Uganda,  International  travel  and  Emergency   evacuation  insurance,  Flying  Doctors  insurance  coverage  in  East  Africa   • Kenya  and  Uganda  visas   • All  in-­‐country  travel,  phone,  internet  and  accommodations  related  to  work   • Four  weeks  of  paid  time  off/year   • Two  international  roundtrip  flights  to/from  East  Africa  and  the  U.S.  each  year       Career  Development   This  is  a  career-­‐track  role  in  economic  development  and  social  business,  offering  significant   opportunities  for  advancement  at  Village  Enterprise  and  other  organizations  working  in  the  fields  of   poverty  reduction,  international  development,  microenterprise  and  Small  to  Mid-­‐Sized  Enterprise   (SME)  development,  microfinance  and  social  entrepreneurship.         To  Apply   Email  a  cover  letter  and  a  resume  to  Anne  Olson  at  [email protected]  with  subject   “Village  Enterprise  EARD  Application”.       Your  cover  letter  should  address  the  following  topics:     1) Why  you  want  this  position   2) How  you  will  contribute  to  the  growth  of  Village  Enterprise   3) Note  where  you  found  this  job  posting     About  Village  Enterprise:   Village  Enterprise  is  an  innovative  microenterprise  development  organization  working  in  East  Africa.   Our  mission  is  to  equip  people  living  in  extreme  poverty  with  resources  to  create  sustainable   businesses.     Village  Enterprise  provides  business  skills  and  financial  literacy  training,  seed  capital,  on-­‐going   mentoring,  and  the  formation  of  business  savings  groups  to  new  entrepreneurs.  This  year  we  have   helped  9,000  East  Africans  start  over  3,000  new  businesses.       Village  Enterprise  began  in  1987  and,  since  then,  has  started  over  30,000  microenterprises  and   impacted  over  660,000  lives.    During  the  next  five  years,  we  plan  to  significantly  expand  our  program,   evaluation  and  innovation  efforts  to  increase  the  impact  of  microenterprise  development  in  rural   East  Africa.  

    Organizational  strengths:   • Innovation  and  continuous  improvement  at  the  core  of  our  program  delivery—  Village   Enterprise  was  recently  nominated  as  one  of  Rockefeller  Foundation's  100  Next  Century   Innovators  (among  1000+  applicants).   • Exceptionally  strong  and  rigorous  monitoring  &  evaluation  (M&E)  processes  in  the  field— Village  Enterprise  recently  launched  an  extensive,  three-­‐year  Randomized  Control  Trial  (RCT),   implemented  by  BRAC  research.   • Highly  qualified  and  dedicated  management  and  program  delivery  teams—Village   Enterprise’s  local  leadership  model  was  recently  highlighted  in  the  10th  anniversary  issue  of   The  Stanford  Social  Innovation  Review.