Position: Business Incubation Services Expert
Location: Libya, Benghazi
Application Deadline: 10th July 2022
Duration: Full-time
Start Date: As soon as possible
SPARK is an international development organisation with more than 28 years of experience in supporting entrepreneurship development in fragile states. Soon we will start implementing a new programme to support entrepreneurship development and MSMEs growth in the Benghazi region.
We are looking for a results-oriented and experienced Business Incubation Services Expert. The expert leads the component of the project that provides business skills training, mentoring & coaching, and facilitating access to finance to young entrepreneurs in Libya. He/she further develops SPARK’s incubation and business development services for clients. The position offers a great opportunity to be deeply involved in business development and (youth) job creation in conflict affected environments.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
The responsibilities and tasks include, but are not limited to:
● Support establishment of new incubators & development of the incubator strategy for outreach, scouting, attracting, and on-boarding entrepreneurs, and start-ups;
● Development of new and already existing business incubation services;
● Organise the capacity building of business incubation partners;
● Train and coach business support and other project staff on aspects of project management;
● Ensure quality and effectiveness of services through monitoring, learning, evaluation and reporting of business incubation services;
● Contribute to learning and expertise development across programmes and regions;
● Liaison with key stakeholders and partners;
● Execute monitoring and reporting tasks for the relevant program component
Requirements and Skills
● At least 3-5 years’ experience working with entrepreneurs, start-ups, Innovation hubs/centres, incubators, or incubation consultancy;
● Relevant active network required to implement the activities;
● Demonstrated ability to cultivate, build and maintain strong working relationships with start-ups, entrepreneurs, mentors, universities, business schools and research institutions;
● Bachelor’s Degree required, and master’s degree strongly preferred in business administration/MBA, international business, economic development and or relevant field;
● Good understanding of business development, marketing strategy and innovation;
● Familiarity with a broad range of innovation approaches and methodologies;
● Start-up experience and/or experience in business coaching and training including development of materials and toolkits;
● Fluency in spoken and written English and Arabic;
● Forward-thinking, proactive and service minded;
● Available and willing to very frequently travel between project locations in Libya.
SPARK Offers
● A challenging and exciting field position in an international environment and an opportunity to contribute to impact full interventions for youth in Libya;
For questions about the vacancy, please contact Imen Ben Ammar through [email protected]@spark-online.org with reference Libya: Business Incubation Services Expert.
All applications will be assessed on a rolling basis; interviews can therefore take place before the application deadline. However, due to the large volume of applications we receive, we cannot respond to every applicant individually. There may be a delay between the deadline and the moment we contact selected applicants.
If you have not received a reply, we regret to inform you that we have continued with other candidates.
At SPARK, we embrace diversity in thoughts, opinions, and backgrounds. We’re open-minded and committed to creating a work environment of mutual respect. That’s why your gender, age, religious beliefs, race, sexual orientation, skin color, or any other difference in your background doesn’t influence our hiring decision.
About SPARK
SPARK develops higher education and entrepreneurship, so that young ambitious people are empowered to lead their conflict-affected society into prosperity. SPARK is a dynamic and growing not-for-profit development organization with 100+ staff members, which supports young entrepreneurs to start or grow their own businesses. SPARK provides displaced youth and women with access to higher education in fragile areas. SPARK specifically focuses its intervention on localization through building the capacities of local partners and stakeholders, green entrepreneurship, digitalization, and women entrepreneurship.
