Business Coach

Makhzoumi Foundation and Positive Planet International are currently looking for a coach in entrepreneurship to support about 80 vulnerable beneficiaries creating and maintaining their income-generating activities.
> Coach beneficiaries
 Hold introductory sessions with 12 beneficiaries to welcoming beneficiaries, introduce them on the project and on the opportunity
 Provide technical inputs into the materials development and digital solutions development
 Support the technical experts and provide some technical expertise in digital platforms mechanisms and set-up
 Test the digital solutions
 Facilitate face-to-face sessions with beneficiaries on
 Facilitate and conduct remote coaching sessions of beneficiaries via web-based and mobile platforms
 Train or reinforce learnings on life skills, communication skills, business management, entrepreneurship, financial capability and employability skills
 Follow-up on beneficiaries’ business models, including financial projections
 Follow-up on beneficiaries’ market research: characteristics of products / services, sectors, competition, clients, suppliers, etc.
 Provide other coaching, facilitation and support activities to help the beneficiaries realise their income generating activities and benefit from the second phase platform and available support activities
 Score assignments
 Coordinate and supervise the implementation of the blended coaching activities
 Provide beneficiaries testimonies
> Promote entrepreneurship
 Propose, organise and facilitate workshops and promotional events on entrepreneurship and livelihoods
 Participate to entrepreneurship and livelihood fairs and events in Lebanon to promote PPI and MF
> Report administratively and monitor beneficiaries’ progress
 Follow-up on beneficiaries’ progress and track results
 Capture information on beneficiaries’ progress via the digital solutions provided in real-time
 Report progress, challenges and potential new solutions to PPI Project Manager and the MF Microfinance Unit Manager.
REPORTING
The Coach’s Line Manager will be the IDEA.LS PPI Project Manager who is based in Dubai, UAE. The Coach will also be asked to report to the MF Microfinance Unit Manager.
Besides reporting lines, the Coach will be collaborating closely with MF Local Coordinator and with the Financial Education Coordinator and former PPI Local Project Coordinator who is based in Paris, France.