Youth Business Club Advisor
CurrentRoles:• Planning and executing business networking events for Youth Business Clubs in Kisumu County.• Provision of capacity trainings to green entrepreneurs on Business Development Services (BDS), including identifying business ideas generation, development of business plans, and coaching on pitching techniques.• Conduct Needs Assessment and delivering formalized training programs encompassing business development, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, life skills, waste management,… Show more Roles:• Planning and executing business networking events for Youth Business Clubs in Kisumu County.• Provision of capacity trainings to green entrepreneurs on Business Development Services (BDS), including identifying business ideas generation, development of business plans, and coaching on pitching techniques.• Conduct Needs Assessment and delivering formalized training programs encompassing business development, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, life skills, waste management, and group formation.• Support and promote awareness initiatives to ensure the successful adoption of sustainable waste management practices within the community and waste segregation at household level.• Developing collaboration and partnerships with partners to gather and disseminate learning experiences from green entrepreneurs, ensuring forward accountability.• Developing linkage programs with market actors to ensure green entrepreneurs have access to diverse markets for recyclable materials, fostering sustainable business opportunities. • Advocate for the adoption of waste laws safeguarding entrepreneurs on pricing and licensing requirements.• Safeguarding at all levels of community engagements to prevent harm to our primary actors and promptly reporting any safeguarding issues to the designated officer in charge.• Support the organization and facilitation of field visits for key stakeholders to showcase green entrepreneurs' success stories, challenges experienced and impact of the Waste to Work project.• Reporting on waste-related metrics, revenue, and assets in relation to VSO’s policies and guidelines.• Assist in procurement activities.• Ensure strategic partnerships and collaboration with other activities/projects and partners to escalate project systems activities. • Work in collaboration with VSO Monitoring and evaluation team in developing assessment, data collection tools and collection of youth and project related information and developing learning studies. Show less