Job Description

As an Innovation Catalyst, your job will be to help Outbox Hub's young entrepreneurship programs run smoothly in the area you have been given.The main goal is to help regional entrepreneurs and partners who are replicating youth employment programs.

 You will make sure that replication partners have the information and resources they need to follow standard programming, that entrepreneurs can get the help they need, and that important stakeholders like private firms and local government are involved on a regular basis.

 The job requires working closely with venture development associates every day Outbox Hub is looking for Innovation Catalysts to be the organization's voice across Western, Northern, Eastern, and Central Uganda Candidates must live full-time in the regions they want to work in.

Duties, Roles, and Responsibilities in Detail

1. Engaging Stakeholders and Managing Relationships

• Work with and manage relationships with other stakeholders, such as local governments, universities, partners who want to copy what you do, and others
• Be the link between the Outbox team and the people who are interested in it
• Plan and go to coordination meetings, inter-agency meetings, and other events in your area

2. Help with the Logistics of Entrepreneurship Programming

• Help with the logistical parts of entrepreneurship programs, such as booking accommodations for participants, talking to participants, and finding places to hold training

3. Support for Program Participants After the Program

• Give teams and young people who are accepted into programs/projects follow-up support as planned
• Make surprise visits to check on progress and make sure participants are sharing what they were asked to

4. Checking, Evaluating, and Reporting

• Help with monitoring work plans as part of monitoring and evaluation activities
• Help make activity reports according to the work plans and templates that were given

5. Training and Building Communities

• Help with training participants as needed
• Help with the growth and management of communities of practice in your area

6. More Duties

• Do other tasks that the company asks you to do

Qualifications, Education, and Skills

Important Requirements

• Knowledge of how to use modern digital technologies for project management and documentation, such as G-suite, Slack, and JIRA
• A deep understanding of MSME segmentation (from early-stage startups to growth-stage SMEs) and the structural problems that make it hard for them to expand in Uganda
• Experience helping programs that help young people find jobs

Preferred Qualifications

• Worked in at least two of the following areas: agribusiness, health systems, financial inclusion, tourism, education, or ICTs
• Experience helping with big donor programs, including those run by the UN
• Strong ability to tell coworkers about what you've learned and how your projects are doing
• Good at listening, writing down notes, and giving presentations
• Showed that they could handle relationships well
• Great at managing projects, even ones with many stakeholders
• Someone who can work on their own and with others
• Ability to be flexible, adaptable, and do a variety of tasks and priorities that change
• Be aware of cultural differences
• The ability to hold yourself and others responsible for work-related tasks and commitments
• You must live permanently in the proposed duty station
• Being able to speak local languages is a plus