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 & 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% of your time)
- Identify and enroll entrepreneurs in their location(s) based on the criteria and quota to be enrolled in the program
- Communicate program details to refugee participants, and confirm messages have been received.
- Represent Inkomoko Kenya as an ambassador and participate in outreach activities to existing structures in refugee communities.
- Advise on participants’ criteria to fit the culture and existing businesses.
- Communicate to Inkomoko Kenya leadership about any challenge faced by participants during program implementation.
Training (40% of your time)
- 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.
- Assist the Senior Trainer in the training using Inkomoko training materials in, Somali, Swahili 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% of the time)
- The intake process for entrepreneurs, including baseline M&E and tracking in our electronic system.
- Conducting monthly site visits to assess business needs and opportunities.
- Support and follow up on clients to ensure they are adopting the recommended business practices.
- Provide informed, strategic, and realistic advice helping 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 Kenya services, including training and access to finance.
- Keep up-to-date with the clients’ business information in an accurate manner.
- Assist the investment team with applications for finance, due diligence, and clients’ investment payments.
- Organize group consulting sessions and refresher training for clients?
Coordination and administration (10% time)
- Develop a good relationship with all partners and local authorities in Dadaab.
- Provide weekly and monthly reports on time.
- Work closely with the Senior Business Development Advisor and Business Development Manager to organize Dadaab activities.
- Assist other Inkomoko Kenya staff with all Dadaab communications.
- Make sure activities in Dadaab are done in a timely manner.
- Assist the MEL team with surveys and data collection at Dadaab.
- Provide administrative support as needed.
- Perform any other duties as assigned.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
The ideal candidate will fulfill the following requirements:
- 1+ years of work experience in a relevant or applicable field.
- Experience in consulting, business planning, and providing business advice.
- Strong financial and accounting skills; familiarity with business financial policies in Dadaab/Kenya
- Flexible and able to deliver results under pressure.
- Excellent computer skills, especially with MS Excel and Word.
- Good written and oral communication skills.
- Good presentation and training skills.
- Shows perseverance, personal integrity, and critical thinking skills.
- Outgoing and social.
- Honest and professional.
- University education or currently pursuing it.
- Excellent communicator to audiences in Somali, Swahili and English
- Access to a smartphone 24/7 is a plus.
- The candidate should not be employed by any other organization with camp/settlement activities.
COMPETENCIES
We are looking for someone who;
- Instills Trust - Follows through on commitments, builds credibility by being direct and truthful, and shows genuine care for staff members.
- Acts with Courage - Steps up to address difficult issues and speaks openly with bravery; takes the initiative to pursue new opportunities; takes full ownership of own work
- Makes Informed Decisions - Seeks relevant data and input when needed, takes appropriate action within their area of responsibility, and knows when to escalate issues or seek guidance.
WHAT YOU’LL GET
This role is a tremendous opportunity to work in a high-growth, mission-driven organization. Our compensation includes a great working environment and competitive compensation:
- Competitive salary, and potential KPI-based bonus
- Benefits including health insurance, annual leave, staff savings program, parental leave for men and women, sabbatical program, and more.
- Incredible company culture, including deep investment in your learning and growth, and opportunities for career growth;
- Opportunity to work with a talented team of professionals across the region;
- Ability to make a significant social impact and contribute to economic growth;
TO APPLY
If you’re excited about this role, please submit your cover letter and CV through the application portal.
Tell us about what you’ll bring to this growing company.
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. Application Deadline is Sunday 15th February 2026
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 submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.
