Junior Entrepreneurship Associate BongoHive

Job Title: Junior Entrepreneurship Associate

Start Date: ASAP

Reporting to: Manager – Entrepreneurship Support

Job Type: Full-time, Renewable

Duration: 24 months

Location: Lusaka (Primary); Hybrid – Office/Remote

About the Entrepreneurship Unit:

As an entrepreneurship associate in the BongoHive – Entrepreneurship Unit, the associate will be a key member of the organisation contributing broadly in the following ways: Designing entrepreneurship programmes and providing consultation to clients, and entrepreneurs, and leading cross-functional teams to address business challenges. The associate will additionally provide recommendations and strategic/technical departmental plans based on business and market data.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Support entrepreneurship programmes, workshops, and innovation challenges
• Lead & manage the application & communications process across the entrepreneurship programmes
• Collaborate with the marketing team to ensure seamless, actionable campaigns are created which convert leads into applications & fills the programme with quality candidates
• Collaborate across other functional teams to support the integration of information into strategic planning recommendations..
• Lead project management and coordination/development of work plans, deliverables, and activities.
• Manage internal and external relationships and cultivate new relationships with clients, entrepreneurs, mentors and other community stakeholders to support BongoHive programs and events.
• Generate project reports, updates, and other resources for internal and external use.
• Collaborate with the finance team to ensure all project fees and costs are requested and reported on time.
• Be present for scheduled weekly and monthly staff meetings and provide updates on her/his learnings, achievements, lessons, identified opportunities, and challenges in the week prior and the week ahead.

Key Requirements / Competencies:

• Undergraduate-graduate education in a relevant field, or a combination of relevant education and experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge of fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures of strategic analysis, entrepreneurship (or intrapreneurship), design thinking, and/or innovation.
• Keen interest in technology and digital transformation (experience working in the field is a plus).
• Strong organisational skills and detailed orientation.
• Ability to analyse and interpret data, identify errors, and prepare presentations or reports.
• Ability to learn and effectively use new software and other technology to manage operational processes.
• Demonstrated project management, quantitative and analytical, oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, and work both collaboratively or independently as tasks require.
  Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to negotiate, influence, and collaborate with others.
• Ability to work well as part of a tech-first, fast-paced, asynchronous team.
• A positive attitude, professional appearance, and manner (in written and verbal communication).
• Excellent computer skills, not limited to Microsoft Office and Google Drive.

Working Conditions

• Required to use a laptop for this position but all files must be uploaded to shared documents.
• Ability to multitask within BongoHive’s collaborative team structure and open work environment with varied noise and distractions levels.
• This position requires flexible hours of work occasionally