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Business Development Advisor - Garissa (17/8)

Inkomoko

Full_time Garissa, Garissa County, KE
Posted 1 week, 6 days ago 103 views 0 applications

Job Description

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    ABOUT INKOMOKO 

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    ABOUT INKOMOKO 

    Inkomoko supports entrepreneurs to grow their businesses in order to improve livelihoods, create jobs, and help communities thrive. 

    In 2025, Inkomoko was listed by the Financial Times as the 8th fastest-growing company in Africa, supporting entrepreneurs across East and Central Africa to grow thriving businesses and build inclusive, resilient economies. 

    Founded in 2012, Inkomoko has worked with more than 100,000 entrepreneurs, including thousands of refugee entrepreneurs. Inkomoko provides a combination of training, consulting, access to finance, and market-level systems change.  We are the largest investor to refugee entrepreneurs in Africa.  

    Inkomoko has 750+ staff in 40 offices across Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and South Sudan. Through Inkomoko’s 2030 strategic plan, we are adding 3 additional countries to serve more than 550,000 entrepreneurs and growing our $30M loan fund to impact 7M lives. 

    INKOMOKO VALUES  

    All staff at Inkomoko are connected to a shared set of organizational values:

    • Purpose: be solutions-oriented, produce high-quality work, be a global leader.
    • Achievement: push yourself to reach beyond what you previously thought possible. 
    • Improvement: be humble, engage in continuous growth through open & accurate feedback.
    • Bravery: willing to take risks, create a safe space for others, be compassionate, inclusive.
    • We Eat Goat:   we celebrate success and support each other in hard times. We do this work together in the spirit of turikumwe, tuko pamoja, abren nen, urang babarengan.

    Inkomoko reflects the communities we serve.  Displaced persons and women are strongly encouraged to apply.  

    ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY AND RESPONSIBILITIES

    This position provides you with the opportunity to work directly with our entrepreneur clients in Inkomoko communities.  As a member of the Business Growth Services team this role will contribute to the direct impact of Kenyan micro and small entrepreneurs to create thriving communities. 

    Specifically, the positions responsibilities include:

    CLIENT MOBILIZATION (10%)

    • Identify and enroll entrepreneurs based on the criteria to be enrolled in the program.
    • Communicate program details to the community participants and confirm messages have been received.
    • Represent Inkomoko as an Ambassador, outreach to existing structures in the communities.
    • Advise on participants’ criteria to fit the culture and existing businesses in the community.
    • Communicate to Inkomoko leadership about any challenge faced by participants during program implementation

    TRAINING (40%)

    • Ensure that all the entrepreneurs in the program are informed and attend all the training
    • Organize all the training logistics: printing training materials, setting up the training venue, recording attendance, and starting the training on time
    • Provide the training using Inkomoko training materials in Somali, Kiswahili and English
    • Review and advise the Senior trainer on necessary changes to the training modules.
    • Complete all the training programs in the due time and within budget.

    BUSINESS CONSULTING & CLIENT RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (40%)

    • The intake process for entrepreneurs, including baseline M&E and tracking in our electronic system
    • Conducting monthly site visits to assess business need and opportunity
    •  Generate cash flow statements and profitability analyses with clients
    • Provide informed, strategic, and realistic advice to help the client meet their objectives, or shift their objectives towards better sustainability/profitability
    • Ongoing site visits to provide real-time advising to solve business changes and grow businesses
    • Connect clients to other Inkomoko services, including training and access to finance
    • Keep up-to-date the clients’ business information in an accurate manner
    • Assist investment colleagues with investment applications, due diligence, and clients’ credit Payment

    COMMUNITY  ACTIVITIES COORDINATION AND ADMINISTRATION (10%)

    • Develop a good relationship with all partners and local authorities in Garissa.
    • Provide weekly and monthly reports on time.
    • Represent Inkomoko in Garissa.
    • Work closely with the Senior Business Development Advisor and Senior Trainer  to organize community activities
    • Assist Inkomoko staff with all in-county communications.
    • Make sure activities in the community are done in a timely manner.
    • Assist the M&E team with surveys and data collection in Garissa.
    • Provide administrative support as needed.
    • Perform any other duties as assigned
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