Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development Manager

Job Description

In preparation for an anticipated private sector support project by the World Bank and the Ministry of National Economy, known as the Innovative Private Sector Development (IPSD) Project, BA/Levant Gulf HR is mandated by a bidding consortium to allocate profiles for highly-motivated professionals, as described below.

The project aims to:

• Develop a Palestinian entrepreneurship ecosystem.
• Build linkages with regional entrepreneurial ecosystems.
• Design and implement a start-up finance system.
• Develop frameworks for home-based businesses.
• Extend grant monies and technical assistance to beneficiary start-ups.
• Build and operate an outsourcing hub in Gaza.
• Design automated systems to manage private sector development initiatives,
• Extend technical assistance and capacity building to a wide range of beneficiaries, covering entrepreneurship, start-up finance, and home-based businesses/outsourcing.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage market linkages activities, with a focus on building linkages between Palestinian and regional entrepreneurship ecosystems.
• Manage relationship with key organizations, high growth entrepreneurs, and investors in regional ecosystems.
• Undertake regional travel, as and when required by the project.
• Manage procurement and grants to beneficiaries.
• Transfer skills and technical knowledge on entrepreneurship development, investments and alliance-building.
• Maintain open and timely communications with project stakeholders, including international donors and Ministries.

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Required Qualifications:

• Relevant postgraduate qualification.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in entrepreneurship development and investments, including international experience.
• Proven experience in market-based services, with demonstrated ability in building alliances. 
• Experience in grants management.
• Demonstrated ability in building effective working relations with high-level government officials, donor partners and multitude of local stakeholders.
• Fluent in Arabic and English.
• Willingness to travel, particularly to the Gulf.
• Commitment to multi-culturalism.

Interested and qualified candidates can apply online through Apply Now - تقدم الآن لهذه الوظيفة