Business Trainers and Facilitators at Skills Outside School Foundation

Job Descriptions
Headstart into Entrepreneurship Program Facilitator Competencies Profile:

• Are you an enthusiastic and a skilled Facilitator/ Trainer who is passionate about business and helping youth own a business?
• Skills outside school foundation is recruiting for the 2017/2018 training Instructors/ Facilitators in the Headstart into entrepreneurship program,
• The Headstart-into-Entrepreneurship is an entrepreneurship skills training program for youth aged 18-35 (post-secondary up to NYSC).
• The program will develop capacity of young entrepreneurs to develop, incubate, & scale-up sustainable enterprises that support Nigeria’s growth & development.

Facilitators Role

• Business idea generation and incubation
• Business skill
• Branding
• Unlocking Funding opportunities
• Technology and Operation Management
• Human Resource Management
• Financial literacy and Management
• Business role and cooperate governance

Primary Duties

• Coordinating and Administering the SOS headstart into entrepreneurship workshop professionally and effectively to meet the desired learning objectives.
• Prepare assignments and business games for Participants
• The design of the skills workshops - the selection of the techniques to achieve the goals and the steering of group processes
• Understanding the participants and the workshop content prior to planning the workshop
• Following a step-by-step process to clarify assumptions and focus the workshops on the specific objectives of the sessions
• Making adjustments to the workshop design structure and learning activities as needed for the situation
• Sharing first-hand practical experiences with the participants to extend their learning and understanding
• Leading follow-up and evaluation of the learning, collecting feedback on the event and tracking learning, during and after the workshop
• Providing additional examples of concepts and case studies to guide and support participants’ learning
• Relate to participants about their personal aspirations, business goals and skills for success in their business life.

Time Commitment of SOS Headstart into Entrepreneurship Facilitator’s:

• 1 day induction program
• Attending meeting once after each training cycle
• One training day to deliver a module for a cycle
• Submitting performance reports after administering a module
• 7 Hours a week (MINIMUM)
• A cycle lasts for 8 weeks and runs all through the year.

Assignment:

• Trainers will be assigned to Workshop venues based on proximity to the location every Saturday..

Other Abilities

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Proficiency in cloud software applications (Skydrive, DropBox, Google Docs)

Educational Qualifications

• A university degree in any field
• Previous experience in training or facilitating workshops, sessions etc. (this could be part time, as an intern, as a volunteer or full time)
• Experience in any of the roles listed above.

Skills Requirements

• Presentation - Communicating ideas, using visual and other aids, giving feedback, listing skills
• Facilitation - Managing activities, eliciting contributions and learning, creative and innovative thinker, ability to create an atmosphere of confidence among participants.
• One-to-one - Coaching, counseling, mentoring, advising, assessing
• Consultancy -Investigating, advising, evaluating
• Design - Designing activities, e-literate, knowledge of group development, including the ability to sense a group’s mood and change methods or adjust the program on the spot.
• Interpersonal - Building relationships, ability to handle conflict, trust in other people and their capacities, respect for the opinions of others, does not impose ideas on others, adaptable.
• Assertiveness - Confidence, challenging and supporting.
• Expertise and Interest - Knowledgeable, insightful, up to date, enthusiastic about being a trainer.

Remuneration

• Competitive remuneration.