Trainer and Mentor for Women Economic Empowerment through Retail and Micro Entrepreneurship in Karak programme
Facilitate training and mentorship for women's economic empowerment initiatives.
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Overview
Facilitate training and mentorship for women's economic empowerment initiatives.
You have:
- Bachelor’s degree preferably specialized in law, local administration, entrepreneurship, social sciences, development, inclusive growth, gender inequalities or women empowerment.
- Experience in livelihoods and employment activities, with special focus on entrepreneurship and innovation development for women (three years minimum).
- Experience in conducting community engagement, with special focus on social cohesion, inclusion of refugees and other relevant activities in the vulnerable communities in Jordan (five years minimum).
- Past record and evidence of excellent performance and success stories in implementing sustainable entrepreneurship and Micro and Small Enterprises (MSE) and HBBs development activity.
- Experience in entrepreneurship and self-reliance for the poor/in poverty alleviation.
- Fluency in English, both written and spoken. Working knowledge of Arabic an asset.
Contract
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Background
To apply for this consultancy assignment, please check below link to veiw the terms of reference and other documents.
https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=69540
Duties and Responsibilities
UNDP intends to hire the services of an Individual Consultant. The IC will be responsible of mobilizing the implementation of the project, performing his/her duties under the supervision of the Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Livelihoods Team Leader. The IC will act as a focal point, ensuring smooth implementation of the project in accordance with the project document and UNDP procedures, undertaking the following tasks:
- Provide training for women in book-keeping, financial literacy, inventory management, commercial knowledge, and sales management.
- Provide legal and regulatory training workshop for Home Based Business licensing and incorporation (pros and cons)
- Provide training for women in entrepreneurial skills, home-based business establishment, and resilient business plans
- Provide training for women who want to establish their own Home-Based Business (HBB) in scale-up and diversify into after- sale and distribution networks
- Provide mentorship for women in groups (five women each) to provide support and answer all inquiries regarding products and how to sell them as frequent as needed.
- Conduct field visits twice a week for women to follow-up on their progress and performance.
- Produce weekly and monthly progress and performance reports (including sales sheet, financial statements, inventory and list of products for the next package)
- Coordinate between Unilever and women participants and facilitate technical support on branding, promotions, pricing etc.
- Guide and follow-up with each woman on their daily bookkeeping and inventory
- Prepare inventory list for each woman on excel on monthly basis
- Prepare progress report for each woman on weekly basis
- Prepare weekly plan with planned visits and mentorship sessions
Competencies
- Demonstrate integrity by modelling UN values and ethical standards;
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
- Treats all people fairly without favouritism.
Required Skills and Experience
Education
- Bachelor’s degree preferably specialised in law, local administration, entrepreneurship, social sciences, development, inclusive growth, gender inequalities or women empowerment.
Work Experience
- Experience in livelihoods and employment activities, with special focus on entrepreneurship and innovation development for women (three years minimum)
- Experience in conducting community engagement, with special focus on social cohesion, iinclusion of refugees and other relevant activities in the vulnerable communities in Jordan (five years minimum).
- Past record and evidence of excellent performance and success stories in implementing sustainable entrepreneurship and Micro and Small Enterprises (MSE) and HBBs development activity.
- Experience in entrepreneurship and self-reliance for the poor/in poverty alleviation
- Experience in retail sector and sales management
- Gender mainstreaming and inequalities
- Experience in marketing and promotion
- Excellent communication skills and experience in field work
- Experience in women economic empowerment and women owned home business licensing procedures and legal requirement
Other Qualifications
- Fluency in English, both written and spoken. Working knowledge of Arabic an asset.
- The post requires considerable cultural and political sensitivity.
Potential interview questions
| Can you describe a successful training program you led for women? | This question assesses your experience in developing and delivering training tailored for women. | Provide a specific example, including the training objectives, methodologies used, and outcomes achieved. |
| How do you approach mentoring women entrepreneurs to ensure their success? | The interviewer wants to understand your mentoring strategies and their effectiveness. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What challenges have you faced in promoting women's economic empowerment, and how did you overcome them? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe your experience with community engagement initiatives focused on women. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you ensure cultural sensitivity while providing training to diverse groups of women? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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