Entrepreneurship Specialist - Consultant

The Organization

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years, and are now active in more than 80 countries.

The Opportunity

• Input into Business Plan Competition Operations Manual to ensure gender inclusion across the programme design, dissemination, communication and monitoring;
• Shape selection criteria, and provide lessons learned from similar programmes;
• Support design of application forms to ensure accessibility/ gender & inclusion considerations;
• Support the design and rollout of the pilot competition covering Maputo city and Maputo Province with a focus on women & female led start-ups;
• Input on BPC pilot report gathering the experience of the various phase of the program, incorporating feedback from participants and partners and draw practical lessons learnt. 
• Support development of selection criteria to ensure equal access and opportunities;
• Ensure fair selection taking into account gender & inclusion considerations across all provinces and representativity of each of the targeted provinces; 
• Support design of a winners roadmap including coaching and grant utilization plans;
• Input into ongoing market analysis;
• Oversee the utilization of grants for winning projects, ensuring suitable protection and safeguarding mechanisms; 
• Provide ongoing coaching and mentoring, with a focus on women & female led firms; 
• Support the establishment of a professional network and networking events; 
• Input into the sustainability plan;
• Input into government capacity building strategy, providing a focus on gender & inclusion and protection;
• Support ongoing M&E activities and provide relevant input into mid -term and final reports.

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About You

• Degree or a Master`s in Business Administration and Management or a related field;
• Experience in training, advice and support for start-ups (including women led start-ups/ businesses), management of incubation and other start-up support programmes, and/ or in setting up and launching start-ups, preferably in sub-Saharan Africa and/ or similar regions
• Experience in designing/ advising on design of a business plan; Mentoring young entrepreneurs, including women entrepreneurs;
• Experience in organising Business Plan Competitions, including shaping selection criteria and designing application forms, would be an advantage;
• Experience in implementing or advising large-scale entrepreneurship/ start-up support programmes in developing country context, including experience in programme monitoring and developing sustainability plans;
• Understanding of the operational and economic environment in Mozambique, with preference for relevant experience in working with local actors in the business ecosystem, such as centres and incubators;
• Solid understanding professional networks in Mozambique; Experience in organising networking events, esp. with focus on women and female led start-ups;
• Experience working and collaborating with diverse sets of stakeholders, such as local businesses, NGOs, government officials, donor representatives, local and international staff
• Ability to represent project to various audiences;
• Strong communication skills (oral and written) in both Portuguese and English, including advanced report writing skills.

Location: Maputo

Type of Role: Permanent-project period (until December 2025)

Reports to: Program Director

Closing Date: April 2nd, 2024

• Equality, diversity, and inclusion are at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

• We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

• Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

• We foster an organizational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

• Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organization, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

• A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

• Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.