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Entrepreneurship Advisor (EA)

Job Type

Contract

Qualification

BA/BSc/HND

Experience

Location

Nairobi

Job Field

Project Management

The Entrepreneurship Advisor (EA) supports the entrepreneurship stream of the Programme. This includes identifying, assessing and conducting quality assurance on the work of the Business Development Service providers (BDS providers).

Key Roles and responsibilities

• 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.

• 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.

• BA/BSc/HND