Global Summit Fellow
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Assess progress of market-creating innovation across Africa and share learnings from leading entrepreneurs and investors. Build friendships and strengthen partnerships within the coalition of innovators while implementing detailed strategic plans with teamwork stream milestones. Lead projects to deliver a superior network experience, manage internal teams and external consultants, and influence key risk decisions. Oversee the growth of the talent pipeline for fellowships and ecosystem partners, facilitating innovative solutions to team and market problems. Drive continuous improvement by applying deep knowledge of disruptive trends and competitor activity to build a high-performing team that lives out the Harambeans purpose.
Required 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
- A team-player attitude with a strong sense of personal accountability
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong ability to manage internal teams and external consultants/agencies to execute on a strategy
- Attention to the detail and ability to work in a high pressure environment
- 5+ years of relevant work experience
- Experience within high-growth companies within the social and private sector
- Demonstrated experience implementing complex programs
- Previous working experience in working in the African entrepreneurship space
- Experience in program, project and event management
Desired Qualifications
- Prior working experience in the African entrepreneurship space is a plus
- Strategic Impact - Implements the Harambeans strategy through a detailed plan including teamwork stream milestones and metrics of evaluating impact
- Delivery Excellence - Able to lead projects and provide strategic direction across the core initiatives to deliver a superior network experience
- Executive Presence - Able to project confidence, establish credibility with, and influence Harambeans and the partner ecosystem at all levels
- Global Mind-set - Able to adopt a global approach to networking, building eminence for the Alliance, and assembling stakeholders to best deliver on key Alliance milestones
- Risk Strategy - influence and advise team on key risk decisions
- Network Development – Oversees the growth of talent pipeline for fellowships, ecosystem partners and the 'friends' circle of Harambeans
- Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving - Facilitates innovative solutions to team and market problems and drives changes to processes or ways of working based on new trends/recent developments
- Good understanding of entrepreneurial business principles
- Living the Harambeans Purpose - Acts as a role model and inspires others to embrace and live out the Harambeans purpose and values
- Competitive Edge - Applies deep knowledge of disruptive trends and competitor activity to drive continuous improvement
- Influence - Builds deep relationships across a diverse network and uses a flexible influencing style to gain buy-in and drive impact
- Performance drive - Creates opportunities to drive impact; anticipates Alliance and Ecosystem needs and delivers superior results by leveraging each person's strengths to build high a performing team
- Strategic direction - Translates broader strategy into a compelling team vision and goals; aligns the team and sets priorities to achieve objectives
- Talent development - Actively contributes to building the talent pipeline; creates a talent experience that attracts, develops and retains top talent and a high performing team
- Inspirational Servant leadership qualities - Establishes a strong leadership brand and inspires follower-ship through passion, integrity, and appreciation of others
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