POSITION TITLE:    Entrepreneurship Development Lead for Enabling Ethiopia (EE) Project

DEPARTMENT:        Innovative Jobs and Projects (IJP) Directorate

REPORTS                   Innovative Jobs and Projects Director on general functions and operations of the Directorate and to the Innovative Jobs and Projects Senior Manager on all activities related to the Enabling Ethiopia Project.

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The Jobs Creation Commission of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is established under the Office of the Prime Minister to advance the government’s goal around employment and job creation as per proclamation 1097/2018 which determines the powers and duties of the executive organs. Subsequently, the regulation 435/2018 promulgated by the Council of Ministers mandated the commission with the authority to govern and coordinate the jobs creation agenda at the national and subnational levels.

The Jobs Creation Commission has set a clear goal of creating 3 million jobs by 2019/2020, 14 million by 2025, and 20 million jobs by 2030 through guiding the investment of government, the private sector and development partners to high-growth sectors and implementing innovative programs and targeted policy interventions in the labor market to align skills development with market needs and incentivize and support entrepreneurship and enterprise creation. In accordance with its operational mandate, the Jobs Creation Commission is organized in five departments that include Policy and Strategy, Partnerships and Investments, Data & Analytics, Innovative Jobs & Projects, Delivery Assurance and Capacity Building teams. Accordingly, the Enabling Ethiopia (EE) project is one of the initiatives in achieving the above stated goals. The successful candidate will join a team during its takeoff and have a unique chance to shape and empower the team from the very beginning. Ultimately the role will be an opportunity to ensure the success of an organization and delivery of a program that is a crucial component in the future of Ethiopia.

 JOB SUMMARY:

The Entrepreneurship Development Lead for EE project is a subject matter expert with a proven-track record of entrepreneurship and business development support. The Entrepreneurship Development Lead will have the unique opportunity to actively contribute to the job creation agenda and the economic development. He or she will be in the middle of managing a wide range of initiatives, activities and programs within the Commission. The Entrepreneurship Development Lead will have the opportunity to shape the business operating environment, ensuring the jobs and livelihoods for millions in the labor market.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

 Job Responsibility #1: Planning and Management

• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual and long-term plan of IJP Team in line with the EE project activity plans
• Review the existing National Entrepreneurship Strategy and design and integrate strategic goals and outputs for supporting entrepreneurs through existing JCC programs and initiatives
• Lead the implementation of strategies and interventions in National Plan of Action for Job Creation, under the umbrella pillar, “Encourage entrepreneurial mindset”:
  • Establish entrepreneurship guidance services within career development centers and youth centers for all secondary schools, universities, and TVET to function in a more competitive, complex, and continuously changing work-environment
  • Implement flexible skilling (re-skilling and up-skilling) scheme to equip potential and early-stage entrepreneurs with adequate managerial skills, and business know-how
  • Develop an entrepreneur-friendly ecosystem, including by fostering social entrepreneurship in and out of schools
• Develop clear success pathways for entrepreneurs to become successful enterprises by linking current initiatives underway within the entrepreneurship and enterprise development spaces.
• Lead the establishment and operationalization of an innovative challenge fund/competition to identify and support potential entrepreneurs with viable and scalable business ideas.
• Overseas studies targeted at youth behavioral change towards entrepreneurship and subsequent behavioral change campaigns
• Support in setting up an Entrepreneurship Fund that will avail risk capital to “startups” and high-growth innovative firms
• Map all key players in the entrepreneurship support ecosystem in Ethiopia including incubators, accelerators and co-working spaces and develop a living document to be made available for public consumption
• Organize various coordination platforms among entrepreneurship support ecosystem players and ensure alignment across activities and appropriate allocation of funds and support to enterprises nationally.
• Develop standard operating guidelines for the team to evaluate business ideas, provided consistent feedback to entrepreneurs and manage the business idea appraisal process effectively.
• Track the progress of entrepreneurs in their development towards job-creating enterprises and develop analysis and insights to inform policy making and program designs within the JCC and nationwide
• Provide counselling and guidance to budding entrepreneurs seeking advisory support from JCC on a rolling basis
• Execute monthly ,quarterly semiannual and annual reports  within the scope of his/her team and work in collaboration with other project team and stakeholders.

Job Responsibility #2: Staff Management

• Direct, lead, guide, support, orient, mentor, assign responsibilities and control staff responsible to him/her to ensure that they are appropriately motivated and trained to meet all unit targets and that they carry out their responsibilities to the required standards;
• Ensure that skills and knowledge are properly transferred to the staff of JCC under his/her supervision

Job Responsibility #3 Monitoring, Evaluation, Networking

§  Monitor the timely execution of planned activities and budget relating to the EE Project as well as the IJP directorate along with monitoring the effectiveness and efficiency of the team coordination with other teams and units in JCC.

• Engage with stakeholders, build networking and share networking resources within the scope of the responsibility of the Innovative and Project team.

 Job Responsibility # 4 Reporting

• Submit on his/her weekly plan and weekly personal performance reports
• Prepare and submit performance reports on a quarterly basis with regards to the EE Project and IJP directorate, in addition to weekly and monthly planning and performance reports which may be required by the team director, the Commissioner’s Office and Innovative Jobs and Projects Senior Manager.

Job Responsibility #5: Others

• Collaborate with other project team members and JCC staff.
• Execute other activities assigned by the Commissioner, team Director and Enabling Ethiopia Project Manager

Education/Training

BA degree or Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Marketing, Entrepreneurship and/or another relevant field of study

Experience

• At least six years (for Bachelor’ Degree) / four years (for Master’s Degree) of relevant experience required

• At least 5 years of experience in business development working directly working in enterprise creation and support
• Considerable knowledge of sound entrepreneurship development policies, procedures including range of business support services such as business, financing, sales and marketing;
• Understanding of range of enterprise business opportunities supporting business start-ups and business expansions
• Demonstrated interest and experience in the development sector or public sector
• Experience in the private sector preferably as an entrepreneur a plus 
• Highly collaborative management style and demonstrated success in managing and developing high-performance teams, including a clear passion and talent for training, coaching, and capacity building
• Stakeholder and people management skills with evidence of work with senior management

Values, Technical and Other Skills

• Innovative: always curious, creative and courageous
• Excellence: gives his/her best, builds/improves and ruthlessly prioritizes
• Collaborative: team player, careful listener and always speaks up
• Ownership: accountable, has integrity and is decisive
• Strong stakeholder and people management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication, in Amharic and English.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-moving, start-up environment