About the role

To design and deliver practical entrepreneurship and agricultural training, and to provide structured enterprise-development support. This enables UBORA beneficiaries and trainees to move from learning → business development → enterprise establishment → growth and sustainable income generation.

Reports to: Business & Internship Hub Manager

Overall accountability: The Entrepreneurship & Business Lead is accountable for the quality, relevance, delivery and measurable outcomes of UBORA’s entrepreneurship, business and agricultural training and enterprise-development activities.

Accountability question: Are UBORA’s business and agricultural training participants developing the skills, networks and support they need to establish, strengthen and grow sustainable enterprises?

Key responsibilities

Business Start-up Training

• Design structured Business Start-up Training programmes covering business ideation, opportunity identification, business planning, marketing, financial management, customer development and operations.
• Deliver training according to approved annual and quarterly plans.
• Track participant attendance, completion and learning outcomes for every cohort.

Agricultural Training

• Plan and coordinate practical agricultural training aligned with market opportunities and local economic realities.
• Integrate technical agricultural knowledge with business, financial and market-development skills.
• Track how participants apply the training after completion.

Business Incubation

Business incubation means giving structured, ongoing support to help an emerging business move from an idea or early-stage operation to a viable and sustainable enterprise. The Lead will:

• Identify participants with viable business ideas or early-stage businesses.
• Develop individual or cohort-based business-development support plans.
• Provide or coordinate business coaching, technical support, mentorship, market linkages and business-networking opportunities.
• Monitor business milestones such as registration, product or service development, customers, revenue, profitability and job creation.
• Graduate businesses from incubation when they reach defined levels of sustainability and independence.

Business Mentorship & Coaching

• Identify and engage experienced entrepreneurs and business professionals as coaches, trainers and mentors.
• Match entrepreneurs with suitable business mentors where needed.
• Monitor mentoring and coaching engagement and outcomes.

Business Networking

• Connect UBORA trainees and emerging entrepreneurs with successful business owners, markets, service providers, financial institutions and other relevant networks.
• Build relationships that can generate business opportunities, partnerships and market access.

Enterprise Follow-up

• Maintain a database of participants who complete business and agricultural training.
• Conduct structured follow-up at defined intervals after training.
• Track business establishment, survival, growth, revenue and income, employment creation and major challenges.

Business Impact Assessment

• Conduct periodic assessments of businesses supported through UBORA programmes.
• Document measurable outcomes and lessons learned.
• Recommend improvements to future training and incubation programmes.

Business Success Stories

• Identify and document high-quality business success stories.
• Provide verified stories, photographs, data and other relevant information for UBORA communications and donor reporting.

Entrepreneurship Pathways

• Identify entrepreneurship opportunities for UBORA graduates who may not immediately enter formal employment.
• Develop pathways involving business incubation, coaching, networking, agricultural enterprise and other suitable income-generating opportunities.

Link Entrepreneurship to Employment & Internships

• Identify businesses with potential to provide internships, field attachments, employment or practical learning opportunities.
• Share relevant opportunities with the Hub Manager and the Internship & Ambassador Lead.
• Help build a wider ecosystem in which successful businesses become UBORA partners.

Minimum qualifications

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Entrepreneurship, Business Administration, Economics, Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics or a related field

Experience: 3+ years

Languages: English, Kiswahili

At least 3 years’ experience in enterprise development, business training or agribusiness

Fluent written and spoken English and Kiswahili

Added advantage: Experience working in a cross-cultural setting

Added advantage: At least 3 years’ experience working with a donor-funded organisation

Added advantage: A professional qualification or certificate in Entrepreneurship, Business Development, Agribusiness or Enterprise Development

Added advantage: Training or certification in Business Coaching, Mentoring, Project Management or Training of Trainers (ToT)

Core competencies & skills

Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Development

Business Coaching, Mentoring & Incubation

Training Facilitation & Adult Learning

Business Networking & Market Development

Business Analysis, Monitoring & Impact Assessment

What we offer

2-year fixed-term contract, including a 3–6 month probation period

Start date: January 2027

Competitive remuneration set by UBORA’s Board-approved Compensation Schedule

A clear career pathway with defined grades, Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and promotion based on merit

Starting grade depends on verified qualifications and experience, in line with UBORA’s Scheme of Service

Openings

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• Design structured Business Start-up Training programmes covering business ideation, opportunity identification, business planning, marketing, financial management, customer development and operations.
• Deliver training according to approved annual and quarterly plans.
• Track participant attendance, completion and learning outcomes for every cohort.
• Plan and coordinate practical agricultural training aligned with market opportunities and local economic realities.
• Integrate technical agricultural knowledge with business, financial and market-development skills.
• Track how participants apply the training after completion.
• Identify participants with viable business ideas or early-stage businesses.
• Develop individual or cohort-based business-development support plans.
• Provide or coordinate business coaching, technical support, mentorship, market linkages and business-networking opportunities.
• Monitor business milestones such as registration, product or service development, customers, revenue, profitability and job creation.
• Graduate businesses from incubation when they reach defined levels of sustainability and independence.
• Identify and engage experienced entrepreneurs and business professionals as coaches, trainers and mentors.
• Match entrepreneurs with suitable business mentors where needed.
• Monitor mentoring and coaching engagement and outcomes.
• Connect UBORA trainees and emerging entrepreneurs with successful business owners, markets, service providers, financial institutions and other relevant networks.
• Build relationships that can generate business opportunities, partnerships and market access.
• Maintain a database of participants who complete business and agricultural training.
• Conduct structured follow-up at defined intervals after training.
• Track business establishment, survival, growth, revenue and income, employment creation and major challenges.
• Conduct periodic assessments of businesses supported through UBORA programmes.
• Document measurable outcomes and lessons learned.
• Recommend improvements to future training and incubation programmes.
• Identify and document high-quality business success stories.
• Provide verified stories, photographs, data and other relevant information for UBORA communications and donor reporting.
• Identify entrepreneurship opportunities for UBORA graduates who may not immediately enter formal employment.
• Develop pathways involving business incubation, coaching, networking, agricultural enterprise and other suitable income-generating opportunities.
• Identify businesses with potential to provide internships, field attachments, employment or practical learning opportunities.
• Share relevant opportunities with the Hub Manager and the Internship & Ambassador Lead.
• Help build a wider ecosystem in which successful businesses become UBORA partners.

• Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Development
• Business Coaching, Mentoring & Incubation
• Training Facilitation & Adult Learning
• Business Networking & Market Development
• Business Analysis, Monitoring & Impact Assessment
• Fluent written and spoken English and Kiswahili

• Bachelor's Degree in Entrepreneurship, Business Administration, Economics, Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics or a related field
• At least 3 years’ experience in enterprise development, business training or agribusiness
• Fluent written and spoken English and Kiswahili
• Experience working in a cross-cultural setting (Added advantage)
• At least 3 years’ experience working with a donor-funded organisation (Added advantage)
• A professional qualification or certificate in Entrepreneurship, Business Development, Agribusiness or Enterprise Development (Added advantage)
• Training or certification in Business Coaching, Mentoring, Project Management or Training of Trainers (ToT) (Added advantage)