ABOUT INKOMOKO
Inkomoko supports entrepreneurs to grow their businesses in order to improve livelihoods, create jobs, and help communities thrive.
Founded in 2012, Inkomoko has worked with more than 60,000 entrepreneurs across East and Central Africa, including thousands of refugee entrepreneurs. Inkomoko provides a combination of training, consulting, access to finance, and market-level systems change. We are the largest lender to refugee entrepreneurs in Africa.
Inkomoko has 650+ 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, and 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, and 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, Kula na sawa, On est ensemble.
Inkomoko is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Persons who reflect the diverse communities we serve are strongly encouraged to apply.
ABOUT THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Inkomoko Ethiopia seeks a highly talented, motivated, organized and experienced Social worker to work directly with entrepreneurs to help them develop the skills to scale their businesses.
The position holder will be based in either of the surrounding refugee camps in Gambella region including Jewi, Terekidi, Kule, or Nguenyyiel camps. The incumbent will report directly to the Senior Business Development Advisor with core responsibilities as follows:
Business Consulting, training & Client Relationship Management (60%)
- Intake process of program entrepreneurs and conducting monthly site visits to assess business needs and opportunities.
- Generate cash flow statements and profitability analyses.
- Provide informed, strategic, and realistic advice to help clients 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 in the system ensuring the highest level of standard in maintaining data quality
- Serve as the lead through the enrolment process program entrepreneurs.
- Serve as the financial literacy advisor to program entrepreneurs
Camp activities Coordination and Administration (30%)
- Develop a good relationship with all partners in the camp.
- Provide weekly and monthly reports on time.
- Represent Inkomoko in Camp and stakeholder meetings.
- Work closely with the Business Development Advisor, Training Support Associate and Senior team to organize activities such as training logistics and delivery, refresher training, one-on-one consulting, group consulting, etc…
- Ensure a high turn-up of program participants during training delivery sessions and facilitate proper attendance tracking
- Assist Inkomoko staff with all in-camp communications.
- Make sure activities at the Camp are done in a timely manner.
- Assist the M&E team with surveys and data collection at the camp.
- Provide administrative support as needed.
- Coordinate all the logistics and organization of Inkomoko activities in the camp and host community.
Communication (10%)
- Make a follow-up to ensure all messages and information are sent to Camp refugees and confirm messages have been received.
- Communicate program details to refugee participants, as requested by Inkomoko
- Communicate about any challenge faced by participants during program implementation.
- Perform any other duties as assigned.
CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS
We are looking for individuals who are passionate about entrepreneurship, and have the skills and experience to help entrepreneurs make lasting change to their businesses. We are seeking candidates who work quickly and thoroughly, collaborate, and are both kind and serious.
The ideal candidate is expected to fulfill the following requirements:
- Should have a degree in Business Administration or any other relevant field
- 2+ years of work experience in relevant or applicable field
- Shows perseverance, personal integrity, and critical thinking skills
- Able to work under pressure
- Should be outgoing and Social, honest and professional
- Preferably a refugee based in one of the refugee camps listed above
- Experience in consulting, business planning, and providing business advice
- Strong financial and accounting skills Familiarity with Ethiopia’s tax & financial policies
- Excellent computer skills, especially with MS Excel, Word and Google Drive
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Good presentation skills.
WHAT YOU’LL GET
- This role is inside a high-growth, mission-driven social enterprise. By joining, you’ll access:
- Competitive salary, and potential Goal-based bonus
- Incredible company culture, including deep investment in your learning and growth
- Diverse colleagues and policies that show our commitment to equity and inclusion
- Talented, passionate, and committed team colleagues across the region
- Ability to make a significant social impact to your community
- Generous health insurance, staff savings, parental leave, sabbatical, and more benefits.
TO APPLY
If you’re excited about this role, please submit your application through the jobs portal.
Tell us about what you’ll bring to this growing company.
DEADLINE: 8th April 2025. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, please apply as soon as possible!
Inkomoko is committed to justice, diversity, equity and inclusion. As we seek to reflect the communities we serve, refugees and women are strongly encouraged to apply. As a company we have policies that ensure fair treatment in the application process.
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Employment is conditional upon successful background checks and other verification as needed.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and background screening checks. Inkomoko also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme, In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual misconduct, fraud, or abuse. By applying, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.
