Product Scaling Officer - Busia

Village Enterprise’s mission is to end extreme poverty in rural Africa through entrepreneurship, innovation, and collective action. By empowering women, refugees, and youth to launch small businesses and savings groups, our cost-effective model provides dignified and sustainable pathways for individuals to lift themselves and their families out of extreme poverty for good. To date, Village Enterprise has trained 396,872 first-time entrepreneurs, 80% of whom are women, and supported the launch of 120,609 businesses and 9,309 Business Savings Groups (BSGs). These efforts have positively impacted 2,478,065 lives across Africa.

With operations in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda, and partnerships in other sub-Saharan African countries, Village Enterprise continues to expand its reach. As we scale our impact, our aim remains ambitious yet achievable: to lift 20 million people out of extreme poverty by 2035.

Project and Position Overview

DEPGM ( Digitally Enhanced Poverty Graduation Model-DEPGM) project provides an innovative blueprint that will drive rapid scale of VE program, while maintaining same or even higher level of impact. The Product Scaling Officer plays a crucial role in driving the expansion and growth of the VE business portfolio. Working in rural communities in Kenya, the PSO will be directly responsible for launching at least 300 businesses per year. In its approach, the project heavily utilizes digital technology in a new way that will ensure exponential scale of VE’s poverty graduation program, thereby helping to support tens of thousands of ultra-poor households to improve their income and well-being simultaneously within a short time frame.

S/he will represent Village Enterprise’s interest at the local government and community level and will take on any other responsibilities delegated by the supervisor or Country Director. The organization prides itself on supportive, positive work environment, and the PSO has a responsibility to foster this culture within Village Enterprise. S/he will implement a successful program and deliver on the project activities, outputs and outcomes.

Core Competencies

• Dedicated and hardworking
• Highly self-motivated
• Easy to interact and engage with various community groups

Confident and proactive in pursuing organization goals

• A Diploma in community development, business management, education and or any other course related to rural development.
• IT knowledge is an added advantage.
• Must have strong communication, organization and interpersonal skills.
• Experience in leading teams, teaching, training, community service and working in rural set ups.
• Served in a comparable and relevant position of mentoring and Coaching for a minimum period of three (3) years.
• Shown merit and ability in work performance and results.

To Apply

Interested and qualified candidates who meet the set criteria are invited to send their Cover Letter and CV (Maximum 3 pages) including 3 referees, on the online platform.

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