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The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) is a membership-based pan-African Non-Governmental Organisation that operates through 34 National Chapters in sub-Saharan Africa to promote girls’ and women’s education. FAWE’s vision, mission and goal are all resolute on the well-being of girls’ education. In order to accomplish its mission of ‘p...

Responsibilities or duties

Programme Management – Entrepreneurship Programming (60%)

• Lead the design, planning, implementation and evaluation of entrepreneurship and business development interventions across 10 African countries.
• Coordinate delivery of entrepreneurship and business skills training with implementing partners, ensuring quality, relevance and inclusion in FAWE programmes.
• Manage the entire competitive start-up grant process—from advertisement, selection, due diligence to disbursement—to ensure transparent and efficient support to young entrepreneurs.
• Support participants to develop viable business proposals, particularly in priority economic sectors, with attention to marginalized groups, especially young women, youth with disabilities and refugees
• Strengthen and foster innovative entrepreneurship approaches that build sustainable, job-creating enterprises grounded in gender equity and inclusive economic empowerment.
• Monitor quality assurance processes, business performance indicators, risks & mitigation factors, and job creation outcomes, ensuring accurate reporting and documentation. creation outcomes, ensuring accurate reporting and documentation.

Capacity Building and Programme Development (20%)

• Provide technical support in assessing entrepreneurship capacity gaps within FAWE national chapters and recommend capacity-strengthening interventions aligned with programme objectives.
• Strengthen alliances and develop partnerships with entrepreneurship hubs, financial institutions, private sector actors, and organisations supporting youth, PWDs and refugees.
• Support National Chapters in localized co-creating, designing and implementing entrepreneurship curricula (i.e., business planning, pricing, record management, compliance, marketing, performance tracking etc.) ensuring harmonized approaches and adoption of best practice across countries.
• Support and ensure inclusivity and accessibility in the content delivery.

Building and Strengthening Partnerships – Global, Regional & National (10%)

• Build and maintain partnerships between FAWE Chapters, entrepreneurship partners, financial institutions, inclusion experts and other strategic actors to enhance business support pathways for young entrepreneurs.
• Coordinate entrepreneurship mentorship programmes, including mentor–mentee linkages, tracking, and reporting structures.
• Collaborate closely with other FAWE team’s advocacy, partnerships, communications to amplify the voices and achievements of young entrepreneurs and enhance programme visibility.

Resource Mobilisation (10%)

• Lead and contribute to resource mobilisation efforts aimed at expanding entrepreneurship support initiatives, including pitching new ideas to development partners and supporting proposal development mobilisation efforts aimed at expanding entrepreneurship support initiatives, including pitching new ideas to development partners and supporting proposal development.
• Provide technical input to funding proposals, concept notes and partner engagement processes related to entrepreneurship, business development and youth economic empowerment.

Expected Deliverables

• Annual entrepreneurship training & support plan.
• Database of applicants and supported entrepreneurs.
• Quarterly business performance & job creation reports. . creation reports.
• Documented success stories and key learnings.
• Updated partnership & mentorship tracking reports.
• Entrepreneurship manual/guidebook

Qualifications or requirements

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in business related studies, Education, Social Sciences, Entrepreneurship, Development Studies, Economics or related field.
• A Masters' degree will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of 7 years’ working experience in Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) support, youth entrepreneurship, incubators/accelerators.
• Experience in education sector and interlinkage with entrepreneurship.
• Experience in training delivery & business-plan assessment.
• Strong partnership development skills.
• Experience working with marginalized groups, especially young women, PWDs, and refugees.

• Lead the design, planning, implementation and evaluation of entrepreneurship and business development interventions across 10 African countries.
• Coordinate delivery of entrepreneurship and business skills training with implementing partners, ensuring quality, relevance and inclusion in FAWE programmes.
• Manage the entire competitive start-up grant process—from advertisement, selection, due diligence to disbursement—to ensure transparent and efficient support to young entrepreneurs.
• Support participants to develop viable business proposals, particularly in priority economic sectors, with attention to marginalized groups, especially young women, youth with disabilities and refugees
• Strengthen and foster innovative entrepreneurship approaches that build sustainable, job-creating enterprises grounded in gender equity and inclusive economic empowerment.
• Monitor quality assurance processes, business performance indicators, risks & mitigation factors, and job creation outcomes, ensuring accurate reporting and documentation.
• Provide technical support in assessing entrepreneurship capacity gaps within FAWE national chapters and recommend capacity-strengthening interventions aligned with programme objectives.
• Strengthen alliances and develop partnerships with entrepreneurship hubs, financial institutions, private sector actors, and organisations supporting youth, PWDs and refugees.
• Support National Chapters in localized co-creating, designing and implementing entrepreneurship curricula (i.e., business planning, pricing, record management, compliance, marketing, performance tracking etc.) ensuring harmonized approaches and adoption of best practice across countries.
• Support and ensure inclusivity and accessibility in the content delivery.
• Build and maintain partnerships between FAWE Chapters, entrepreneurship partners, financial institutions, inclusion experts and other strategic actors to enhance business support pathways for young entrepreneurs.
• Coordinate entrepreneurship mentorship programmes, including mentor–mentee linkages, tracking, and reporting structures.
• Collaborate closely with other FAWE team’s advocacy, partnerships, communications to amplify the voices and achievements of young entrepreneurs and enhance programme visibility.
• Lead and contribute to resource mobilisation efforts aimed at expanding entrepreneurship support initiatives, including pitching new ideas to development partners and supporting proposal development.
• Provide technical input to funding proposals, concept notes and partner engagement processes related to entrepreneurship, business development and youth economic empowerment.

• Strong partnership development skills.
• Experience in training delivery & business-plan assessment.

• Bachelor's degree in business related studies, Education, Social Sciences, Entrepreneurship, Development Studies, Economics or related field.
• A Masters' degree will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of 7 years’ working experience in Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) support, youth entrepreneurship, incubators/accelerators.
• Experience in education sector and interlinkage with entrepreneurship.
• Experience in training delivery & business-plan assessment.
• Strong partnership development skills.
• Experience working with marginalized groups, especially young women, PWDs, and refugees.