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Responsibilities or duties

Supporting the Country Management team (CMU) and the Business Coaches with the 2026 workplan.

Facilitating the national ToT refresher and supporting Business development providers with contextualisation of curricula.

Supporting the Country management Team with selection and onboarding days of programme participants.

She/he will visit the implementing locations quarterly for observations and quality assurance, specifically the Entrepreneurship track and Milestone Based Funding.

An advisor for the Business development providers while running the WCW Academy, together with the Academy coordinator.

Attending monthly community of practice to exchange cross-country learnings with all Entrepreneurship Advisors and bimonthly conducting community of practice with Business development service providers.

Leading the capacity strengthening strategies of Business service providers, together with DIAs, based on DISCs and action plans.

Supporting alumni with referral pathways and building bridges to foster transitions to work after the Entrepreneurship track (START & GROW).

Leading mapping and engagement with financial institutions, VSLAs, microfinance providers, and youth-serving organisations.

Supporting CMU with learning agenda - depending on focus chosen in yearly action learning framework.

Supporting the after-action review, 6/12 months after outcome data synthesis for recommendations and future workplan(s) for Pillar 1.

Specific Activities: Preparation Phase

Ahead of the training, the Entrepreneurship Advisor is expected to:

Responsible for selecting business development service providers who are experienced, competent, and possess adequate entrepreneurship skills to effectively support persons with disabilities

Ensure that the Business development service providers follow all Mastercard Foundation Child and Youth Safeguarding Guidelines. Namely: Prevention measures will include detailed screening procedures for all Organization Personnel who will come into contact with Children and Youth, including the following, as may be applicable in each country: certificate of good conduct, police reference checks or equivalent, verification that applicants are not listed in national registries of Child offenders; a detailed application and interview process; references who support the applicant’s suitability to work with Children and Youth. The certificates must be provided to CMU.

Indicate when the Business development service providers require more Safeguarding and/or Disability Inclusion training.

Host and conduct the national ToT for the Business development service providers with a specific emphasize on contextualisation of the training materials from a quality assurance perspective.

Support the Business development service providers and Academy coordinator with coordinating the timing of each Academy cohort and track to assure a timely delivery.

Phase B

The EA supported scoping of new locations related to Phase B in 2025 together with the CMU and BDS providers by executing the previously mentioned market assessment. The market assessment is relevant for Entrepreneurship track participants to understand market demand, to inform the technical skilling opportunities, as well as inform agri-value chain opportunities for the rural academy.

The EA with support of the CMU will discuss with existing partners (CLS providers as well as BDS providers) if and what role their responsibilities could expand to when starting Phase B.

The EA and ESO will support longlisting and Information and Enrolment days for the CLS providers if this is deemed necessary.

The EA will support the scoping with assessing possible new ESOs for the WCW (rural) academy.

The EA will support the scoping with assessing possible rural academy agri-experts.

The EA and BDS providers will support the identification of new technical skilling opportunities.

Participant Recruitment & Selection

Attend the information and enrolment days together with the CMU (including the WCW Academy Coordinator, Disability Inclusion Advisor, MERLA Officer) and BDS providers. Participants will be interviewed, a functional assessment conducted, participants will indicate which stream they may be interested in and consent forms will be captured by the CMU or the participant confirmation in both the rural and urban areas selected for training.

The EAs role during these days is focusing on explaining the Entrepreneurship track, managing expectations towards the Start-Up Support and share examples of alumni and/or opportunities within the ecosystem.

Core Life Skills Training

During the final session of CLS, the WCW Academy Coordinator, Inclusive Employment Advisor and EA will support the youth with disabilities to identify their preference for the entrepreneurship, technical skilling or employment streams at the end of the CLS training. The decision will rest solely with the participant.

Start Entrepreneurship

The EA will suggest entrepreneurs with disabilities, possibly WCW Academy Alumni, that can be approached by the BDS providers to join specific sessions as role models.

Technical Skilling

The EA supported by the WCW coordinator are expected to identify an 5-10 technical skilling partners per location, while mapping market opportunities in the urban and rural area. Technical skilling providers should ideally be small business owners or artisans. It’s important these opportunities are market driven and not solely based on participants’ preferences.

Start-up support

The EA is responsible for the overall quality assurance of the instrument; this relates to efficiency and effectiveness and so to the CMU responsibilities as well as the BDS providers responsibilities.

Technical skilling participants will also be eligible for up to 400 USD if the business plan includes in-kind contributions, such as buying stock, material or equipment necessary for the business. The EA will be responsible for agreeing to milestones and reviewing the business plans, whereas the CMU would be responsible for buying and providing the in-kind contributions.

The EA will lead in mapping and engagement with financial institutions, VSLAs, microfinance providers, and youth-serving organisations.

The EA will lead in the development of the graduate registry.

The EA will support the implementation of the Access to Finance strategy 2.0, helping in the coordination/design of VSLA pilots and explore other pilots (eg. asset sharing)

Alumni Engagement and Referral

The EA will support strengthening of post-graduation mentorship(s) and Alumni-led coaching initiatives.

The EA will support the youth-led alumni engagement activities by pro-actively building bridges within the inclusive entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

Education and Professional Background

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Entrepreneurship, Agribusiness, Economics, Community Development, or a related field from a recognized Kenyan institution.

Additional training or certification in Disability Inclusion, Agribusiness Development, Business Coaching, or Youth Empowerment is an added advantage.

Knowledge o

• Supporting the Country Management team (CMU) and the Business Coaches with the 2026 workplan.
• Facilitating the national ToT refresher and supporting Business development providers with contextualisation of curricula.
• Supporting the Country management Team with selection and onboarding days of programme participants.
• Visiting the implementing locations quarterly for observations and quality assurance, specifically the Entrepreneurship track and Milestone Based Funding.
• Advising for the Business development providers while running the WCW Academy, together with the Academy coordinator.
• Attending monthly community of practice to exchange cross-country learnings with all Entrepreneurship Advisors and bimonthly conducting community of practice with Business development service providers.
• Leading the capacity strengthening strategies of Business service providers, together with DIAs, based on DISCs and action plans.
• Supporting alumni with referral pathways and building bridges to foster transitions to work after the Entrepreneurship track (START & GROW).
• Leading mapping and engagement with financial institutions, VSLAs, microfinance providers, and youth-serving organisations.
• Supporting CMU with learning agenda - depending on focus chosen in yearly action learning framework.
• Supporting the after-action review, 6/12 months after outcome data synthesis for recommendations and future workplan(s) for Pillar 1.
• Responsible for selecting business development service providers who are experienced, competent, and possess adequate entrepreneurship skills to effectively support persons with disabilities.
• Ensuring that the Business development service providers follow all Mastercard Foundation Child and Youth Safeguarding Guidelines.
• Indicating when the Business development service providers require more Safeguarding and/or Disability Inclusion training.
• Hosting and conducting the national ToT for the Business development service providers with a specific emphasize on contextualisation of the training materials from a quality assurance perspective.
• Supporting the Business development service providers and Academy coordinator with coordinating the timing of each Academy cohort and track to assure a timely delivery.
• Supporting the scoping of new locations related to Phase B in 2025 together with the CMU and BDS providers by executing the previously mentioned market assessment.
• Discussing with existing partners (CLS providers as well as BDS providers) if and what role their responsibilities could expand to when starting Phase B.
• Supporting longlisting and Information and Enrolment days for the CLS providers if this is deemed necessary.
• Supporting the scoping with assessing possible new ESOs for the WCW (rural) academy.
• Supporting the scoping with assessing possible rural academy agri-experts.
• Supporting the identification of new technical skilling opportunities.
• Attending the information and enrolment days together with the CMU and BDS providers.
• Explaining the Entrepreneurship track, managing expectations towards the Start-Up Support and share examples of alumni and/or opportunities within the ecosystem during information and enrolment days.
• Supporting the youth with disabilities to identify their preference for the entrepreneurship, technical skilling or employment streams at the end of the CLS training.
• Suggesting entrepreneurs with disabilities, possibly WCW Academy Alumni, that can be approached by the BDS providers to join specific sessions as role models.
• Identifying 5-10 technical skilling partners per location, while mapping market opportunities in the urban and rural area.
• Responsible for the overall quality assurance of the instrument (start-up support), this relates to efficiency and effectiveness and so to the CMU responsibilities as well as the BDS providers responsibilities.
• Agreeing to milestones and reviewing the business plans for technical skilling participants eligible for up to 400 USD.
• Leading in mapping and engagement with financial institutions, VSLAs, microfinance providers, and youth-serving organisations.
• Leading in the development of the graduate registry.
• Supporting the implementation of the Access to Finance strategy 2.0, helping in the coordination/design of VSLA pilots and explore other pilots (eg. asset sharing).
• Supporting strengthening of post-graduation mentorship(s) and Alumni-led coaching initiatives.
• Supporting the youth-led alumni engagement activities by pro-actively building bridges within the inclusive entrepreneurship ecosystem.

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Entrepreneurship, Agribusiness, Economics, Community Development, or a related field from a recognized Kenyan institution.
• Additional training or certification in Disability Inclusion, Agribusiness Development, Business Coaching, or Youth Empowerment is an added advantage.