Junior Venture Partner

About Harambeans

The Harambe Entrepreneurship Alliance is a network of highly educated, principled, young African CEOs and entrepreneurial leaders known as Harambeans, who are scaling social and business ventures across sectors. Our vision is to realize the potential of exceptional leaders and leverage their skills and passion to build a peaceful, prosperous and equitable Africa. Our goals are to propel the continent forward through high-growth entrepreneurship by identifying promising young African leaders and connecting them with access to markets, education, capital, and support networks. With the help of exceptional corporate partners, Harambeans is now transitioning itself from an all-volunteer effort to a fully staffed and institutionalized entity. Harambeans intends to write its next chapter by restructuring, expanding and scaling the value proposition to its members and the communities it operates in.

Collectively Harambeans have generated over 3000 jobs, raised over $400m from Google Ventures, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Alibaba and in the process established a pan-African network of startups valued at over $1bn.


Overview

Working directly with the Venture Support team, Harambeans is seeking a Junior Venture Partner to manage and execute on the planning of programs for exceptional Harambeans. The aim of these programs is to accelerate the growth of our entrepreneurs by recycling the knowledge within the Alliance by connecting them to Harambe’s network and extended ecosystem of investors, customers and supporters.
It is an opportunity to work with multiple African start-ups in different growth stages. Through the learning and networking events, you will organize, you will have exposure and access to a global network of seasoned entrepreneurs, investors and thought leaders.
You are an operational Swiss Army knife who gets excited about creating and owning new initiatives and thrive in fast paced environments. You excel at empowering everyone around you as you’ll be working directly with management, cross-functional team members both in-person and across geographies. You will be supporting the successful execution of the program, including administrative duties, recruitment, budget management and planning. Experience with incubator and/or accelerator program management, as well as familiarity with the early stage startup ecosystem across Africa is preferred.

Key Skills and Responsibilities

Event Implementation
Provide program coordination, oversight, and technical assistance in monitoring the Programs
Using a rigorous process, identify and select Harambeans who meet criteria and will thrive through these accelerator programs
Determine areas of need of the Harambeans and create avenues to address them through the programs
Ensure there is value in the support provided by the Harambeans-in Residence and Experts-in-Residence
Own the overall logistics and programming of the programs, including managing relationships of global network program sponsors, investors and corporate partners
Ensure programs are following best practices and delivering the best possible experience
Plan and coordinate all learning and networking events in East and West Africa, Cape Town, San Francisco, Vatican and British Parliament

Communications

Write progress reports for internal and external use according to the standard or
specifications required by donors and fund managers
Provide qualitative and quantitative content to Harambe marketing team for impact magazine and website/blog updates
Support the Partnership team with sourcing leads and preparing for
Speak confidently in settings ranging from large group events to meetings with senior government, industry, and startup leaders

Monitoring and Evaluation

Develop and track operational and program implementation goals aligned with business strategy
Track feedback provided by Harambeans, Harambeans-in-Residence, Experts-in-Residence and pivot accordingly

Qualifications

Entrepreneurial spirit and ability to be flexible and deal with a certain amount of unpredictability
The ability and willingness to go above and beyond to help support the Alliance goals
5+ years of relevant work experience, ideally within high-growth companies within the social and private sector
A team-player attitude with a strong sense of personal accountability
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Demonstrated experience implementing complex programs
Previous working experience in working in the African entrepreneurship space is a plus
Strong ability to manage internal teams and external consultants/agencies to execute on a strategy
Experience in program, project and event management

Perks

Ongoing professional development opportunities
Opportunity to be mentored by global thought leaders
Frequent business travel opportunities
International exposure and access to a global network of investors, business leaders and corporates and foundations through events your will organize
Remote work opportunity or work from our office in Accra
Exposure to the operations of some of Africa’s most impactful start ups
A chance to change the world


How to Apply

Please submit resumes to [email protected]