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With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith. Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories! Employee Contract Type: Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term) Job Description: Location: Shurugwi x1 Enterprise Development & Capacity Building • Facilitate entrepreneurship, business management and financial literacy training. • Support development of business plans, governance systems and growth strategies. • Conduct enterprise assessments and identify viable livelihood opportunities. • Promote market access and youth economic empowerment pathways. • Ensure compliance with World Vision safeguarding, child protection, and protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) policies. Report any safeguarding concerns in accordance with established procedures. Enterprise Monitoring & Mentorship • Conduct regular follow-up visits to schools, select SME groups, and individual entrepreneurs. • Provide mentorship and technical support on project implementation challenges. • Monitor business performance, record keeping, profitability, and sustainability indicators. • Track school enterprise performance and contribution towards school improvement priorities. • Support continuous business improvement and innovation among SBUs and youth enterprises. • Monitor business continuity and enterprise sustainability indicators Partnerships & Sustainability • Mobilize communities, local stakeholders, government departments, and private sector partners to support youth and school enterprises. • Facilitate market linkages and networking opportunities. • Promote community ownership and sustainability mechanisms. • Mobilise strategic partnerships with private sector actors, vocational training institutions, financial institutions and market actors to support youth transition pathways. • Facilitate access to business development services, financing opportunities and investment partnerships. • Lead the development and implementation of sustainability and exit strategies for school enterprises and youth businesses. Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning & Reporting • Collect project data and develop newsletters demonstrating impact. • Maintain beneficiary databases and monitoring tools. • Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports. • Contribute to project learning, documentation and scalability • Track programme indicators against targets. • Maintain accurate beneficiary records and evidence files. • Measure school income generation and contribution to School Improvement Plans. • Track youth transitions into employment, self-employment, apprenticeships, and further livelihood opportunities. • Support programme learning, knowledge management and evidence generation. • Generate case studies, success stories and learning briefs. KNOWLEDGE AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE • Degree in Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Economics, Economics, Development Studies, Rural Development, Education (with Enterprise Development focus), Youth Development, Business Management, Entrepreneurship, Community Development or related field. NB: The Organization does not accept any form of payment at any stage of recruitment. Everyone is encouraged to apply. Applicant Types Accepted: Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so. As a global Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith. Learn more about our work at wvi.org. Our organisational culture reflects a "Partnership" of World Vision offices in 100 countries and 31,000+ staff working towards one vision: life in its fullness for every child. A career with World Vision is a God-given calling, and we believe that every staff member has been brought to World Vision for God’s purposes. Whether working from home, in an office, or with children and community members, we celebrate and embrace each staff member’s diverse background and talents – knowing that together, we can make a difference. Together, #WeAreWorldVision. Learn more about our culture. Our people are our greatest asset. Each staff member brings their unique experience and God-given talents to the organisation – and in return World Vision provides employees a competitive "Total Rewards" package tailored to the context in which they work. Learn more about benefits. Have questions about applying to a job with World Vision? See our Frequently Asked Questions.
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Livelihoods & Enterprise Development Officer.
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