Uganda
Contract
Full time
Industry: Nonprofit/International Development
Function: Innovation, Digital Solutions
Job Title: Digital Solutions Implementation Coordinator
Position Type: Full Time
Reports to: Digital Product Manager
Location: Uganda, Kenya, or Rwanda
About Village Enterprise:
Village Enterprise’s mission is to end extreme poverty in rural Africa through entrepreneurship, innovation, and collective action. By empowering women, refugees, and youth to launch small businesses and savings groups, our cost-effective model provides dignified and sustainable pathways for people to lift themselves and their families out of extreme poverty—for good. To date, Village Enterprise has trained 287,000 first-time entrepreneurs, launched 87,000 businesses, and impacted more than 1.8 million lives across Africa. Village Enterprise has operations in four countries—Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda—and works with partners in other sub-Saharan countries. As Village Enterprise continues to scale, our aim is to lift 20 million people out of extreme poverty by 2030.
We are seeking to recruit a user-oriented Digital Solutions Implementation Coordinator to support our digitization journey through coordinating and supporting in developing digital solutions that grow our program.
About the Role
Reporting to the Digital Product Manager, the Digital Solutions Implementation Coordinator will support in coordinating activities for multiple product pilots within the organization. The role requires excellent communication skills, good report writing experience, and the ability to handle working on multiple agile projects. The holder of this role will support the development, rollout, and adoption of digital solutions for last-mile users, ensuring that the products meet user needs and contribute to the success of Village Enterprise's poverty graduation program. The position will be based in Uganda, Kenya, or Rwanda, depending on the location of the successful candidate.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
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Skills and Qualifications
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until September 25th, 2024, addressed to The People and Culture Manager.
Equal Opportunity:
Village Enterprise will provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals. Employment decisions at Village will be based on merit, qualifications and abilities. Village does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, gender identity, age, disability, marital status or any other characteristic protected by the law. Village will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in undue hardship to daily operations.