Business Mentor - West Pokot County (Pokot North Subcounty) job at Village Enterprise
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Business Mentor - West Pokot County (Pokot North Subcounty)
2026-03-30T11:15:05+00:00
Village Enterprise
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FULL_TIME
West Pokot County (Pokot North Subcounty)
West Pokot
00100
Kenya
Nonprofit, and NGO
Social Services & Nonprofit, Business Operations, Education, Management
KES
MONTH
2026-04-06T17:00:00+00:00
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Village Enterprise is a 501 non-profit organization that equips rural Africans living in extreme poverty with the resources to create sustainable businesses.

  • Develop micro-enterprises according to the Village funding cycle, start microenterprises in your region.
  • Fill out proper Village forms for each micro enterprise as specified in the Business Mentor manual.
  • Mobilize qualified groups to participate in Village Enterprise program
  • Responsible for quality Village Enterprise Program implementation in entire sub-county
  • Properly train all new Village Enterprise business owners under Nourish RCT according to training process detailed in the projects Training Manual
  • After pre-funding training sessions are complete, work with Village Enterprise staff to carry out grant disbursement for all business groups
  • Conduct supplemental training sessions and evaluate micro-enterprise performance after grant disbursements.
  • Provide mentoring on choosing and running a business using methods outlined in Mentoring Manual. Mentoring will require at least one visit to each business per month
  • Provide advice and support in designing business-mentoring methodologies that are the most appropriate for the type pf enterprises supported.
  • Prepare a monthly report detailing progress of business groups including successes and challenges, general observations and changes to business groups (industry, composition)
  • Help Business owners in producing credible business and marketing plan including how to balance positive cash flow and maintain accounts.
  • Connect enterprises up and down the value chain by identifying relevant stakeholders, suppliers etc. and creating sustainable commercial relationships between the parties.
  • Organize BSGs of at least 18 participants in respective village clusters
  • Train business groups on BSG formation for self-directed savings and loans
  • Attend Monthly Savings Group Meetings for the first nine months providing assistance as needed.
  • Provide information and material, which may be of use to the business owners for marketing, value addition, business development, motivation and value chain maintenance.
  • Assist Field Associate, Regional Manager / Project Manager to introduce Village’s program to local government agencies
  • Work with Field Associate and County Lead to help identify most viable businesses in your region
  • Consult with other Business Mentors to determine best practices and share information
  • Attend Business Mentor Training and participate in County Business Mentor meetings, usually monthly meetings
  • Organize business visits as requested by Country Office.
  • Teach and show business owners how to conduct engaging presentations to visitors.
  • Organize and facilitate peer to peer and lesson learning exchange events between the different enterprises supported in the program.
  • Submit a Monthly report according to the Village Enterprise form in the BM training manual
  • Submit Business Profiles once a quarter
  • Continuously sensitize program participants on safeguarding.
  • Ensure compliance with VE’s safeguarding policies
  • Report any incident of safeguarding in program operations for appropriate action/follow up.
  • Fluent in local Language, Kiswahili and English.
  • Dedicated and hardworking.
  • Highly self-motivated.
  • Easy to interact and engage with various community groups.
  • Confident and proactive in pursuing organization goals.
  • A minimum certificate in community development, business management, education and or other related to rural development.
  • Experience with teaching, training, mentoring and/or community service.
  • Served in a comparable and relevant position for a minimum period of one (1) year.
  • Shown merit and ability in work performance and results.
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Vacancy title:
Business Mentor - West Pokot County (Pokot North Subcounty)

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Social Services & Nonprofit, Business Operations, Education, Management]

Jobs at:
Village Enterprise

Deadline of this Job:
Monday, April 6 2026

Duty Station:
West Pokot County (Pokot North Subcounty) | West Pokot

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, March 30 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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Village Enterprise is a 501 non-profit organization that equips rural Africans living in extreme poverty with the resources to create sustainable businesses.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: professional certificate

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Job Info
Job Category: Management jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Monday, April 6 2026
Duty Station: West Pokot County (Pokot North Subcounty) | West Pokot
Posted: 30-03-2026
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 30-03-2026
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 10-10-2076
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