Rise Technical Assistance Manager (1 Position)
Position Summary Expectations - Duties, Responsibilities
Employment start: August 2020 - August 2021
Reports to: RISE Team Leader
- Build and manage partnership with relevant stakeholders such as incubators and accelerators, investors, advisory firms, strategic partners, and other NGOs in the region;
- Track key performance indicators (KPIs) of partners and;
- Relationship-building with the boarder ecosystem of impact funds, small medium enterprises (SMEs), ecosystem players, TA providers, and strategic partners.
- Manage administration of TA delivery, including agreements, MOUs, contracts, due diligence, and other documentation.
- Conduct TA diagnostic for SMEs to select the type and level of TA required;
- Manage and monitor services delivery to ensure TA is used and delivered as envisaged, and that the quality of service is high;
- Contribute to the development of a pool of TA providers in the region to provide general and specialist TA to SMEs;
- Generate TA delivery report and track KPIs of TA recipients; and
- Mange financial leadership and coordination, including management and collection of repayable grants to ensure the fiscal sustainability of RISE Platform and reporting and administrative progress of activity implement.
- Support production or RISE communication and marketing materials such as Facebook posts, website articles, case studies, and newsletter articles;
- Contribute to produce the project learning documents;
- Support engagement with the program sponsor (USAID), including regular contributions to donor report writing;
- Contribute to the conceptual development of fundraising concept notes and grant proposals and write sections for such documents as needed; and
- Perform other duties as required by RISE Team leader.
- At least 3 years’ experience working in a manager role (favorable if within the context of SME development, business management, TA provision or a related field);
- Experience working in the entrepreneurial ecosystem and has good knowledge of ecosystem actors – experience participating in a start-up a plus;
- Experience managing and coordinating stakeholders across the public and private sector, and other local/regional stakeholders, in an inclusive development context would be preferred;
- Ability to work independently with motivation for delivering program activities to a high standard;
- Good team player – functions well in a multi-cultural, multi-country team;
- Comfortable with adaptive management, innovation, and “outside of the box” thinking;
- Good relationship management skills and ability to generate a network of clients and TA providers across the impact investment ecosystem;
- Advanced English fluency in any of the following languages is also favorable (Khmer, Vietnamese, Burmese, Bahasa Indonesia, Tagalog, or Phasa Lao);
- Computer literacy especially on Microsoft Word, Power Point and Excel and;
- Commitment to the sustainable and inclusive economic development of Southeast Asia.
