Programme Manager - Cape Town, South Africa - Fetola

Description

Fetola is hiring

Programme Manager - Business Acceleration

Salary:
R R plus benefits)

Closing date - 15 August 2023
- "Our purpose is simple: we help people to grow the economy and create jobs by building businesses that last"._


Our dream applicant is a proven leader to head a national acceleration programme; someone with commitment and advanced skills for enterprise development. You should be driven to make a massive and lasting difference in the world, by helping people build businesses that last This is an opportunity to play an important role in contributing to our goal of
impacting billion better lives.

Hands-on experience in complex national project management, building long-term relationships with clients, develop and manage multi-facet budgets, utilisation of performance data, and the ability to engage and manage a team to deliver programme results to ensure high customer satisfaction is essential.

Company Overview:

We are different. Probably very different from anywhere else you have worked. We are agile, inclusive, challenging, and innovative. We dislike hierarchies and titles and like simplicity and transparency. When we say we work as a team we really mean it. Everyone from the newest intern to the CEO is included in strategic planning and weekly team sessions.

Fetola is a social enterprise that trains and supports leaders in small businesses. Our mission is to work with our partners to deliver sustainable solutions to help solve unemployment, inequality, and poverty.

We do this by helping people build thriving, and environmentally sound businesses that grow the economy, create inclusive wealth, and generate jobs.

We are best known for our four business accelerators that focus on youth, rural & township sectors, the circular economy, and social enterprise, and for our impact - 87% of businesses that graduate from our accelerators are still in business ten years later.

This is 9 times the national average.


Summary of the job:

This is a challenging opportunity for a skilled individual to head up one of our flagship business acceleration programmes.

This high-profile programme identifies, and scales promising South African Enterprises and ultimately seeks to resolve the burning challenges of poverty, inclusive economic growth, and sustainable job creation.

The programme manager will lead, project manage and continually improve the programme, working alongside the SME support team (mentor, training and development, media, and access to market) to successfully grow the enterprises and make a lasting and visible impact in the economy.

Job duties:

• Programme Management in small business development sector
• Design, planning & implementation of SME acceleration initiative, including risk management to deliver project outcomes (KPIs)
• Project & Stakeholder Relationship Manager liaison & building relationships with clients, partners & funders.
• Team leadership inspire and manage a diverse team
• Financial Project Management budget development and project financial planning
• Contract Management: identification, contracting and management of part time consultants.
• Agile Project Management work with agile team to deliver on projects.
• Monitoring and Evaluation: oversee tracking and analysis of project performance.
• Project Administration: including requisite reporting for programme, department & projects

- internally & for external stakeholders.

• Support with Strategic Communications sharing / contributing to content stemming from projects.

Job requirements and experience:

• Tertiary degree in Project management, Business Management, Entrepreneurship, Economics or related
• 7+ years Project management with excellent organisational skills, delivering project outcomes and managing cross functional teams and performance management abilities.
• Knowledge and achievement in the field of entrepreneurship & SME acceleration
• Financial understanding demonstrated budget management and business planning.
• Innovative and forwardthinking solutions to complex problems
• Excellent spoken, written and interpersonal communication.
• Leadership, confident, ambitious, and forwardthinking
• Advanced computer skills and enthusiasm for technology including MS Office Suite and effective project management tools essential
• Agile Project Management advantageous
• Entrepreneurial / own business experience/ understanding of the small business within the township economy advantageous.