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EGF aims to transform the lives and livelihoods of the people of Africa socially and economically by equipping them, capacity building and linking them to modern, inclusive financial services that maximize their opportunities. Since its inception, EGF has led high-impact development programs in East and Central Africa in the fields of Education and Leadership Development; Food and Agriculture; Enterprise Development and Financial Inclusion (ED&FI); Energy, Environment & Climate Change; Social Protection; and Health. EGF has adopted Innovation & Technology as a leverage to expand its reach, efficiency in program delivery and impact at scale, as well as Advocacy to advance social change through awareness, mobilizing partnerships and championing relevant policy change.\nThe Role Purpose.\nReporting to the Program Manager, the Program Coordinator is responsible for leading day-to-day implementation, coordination, performance monitoring, and governance of Enterprise Development & Financial Inclusion (ED&FI) programs within an assigned region. The role provides technical supervision and support to field teams, ensures quality delivery of enterprise development, financial inclusion, innovation, digital capability, and entrepreneurship interventions, and drives achievement of program targets.\nThe Program Coordinator serves as the primary regional focal point for program execution, stakeholder engagement, ecosystem development, and beneficiary support while ensuring strong program governance, compliance, risk management, internal controls, and operational integrity. The role leverages technology, partnerships, and data-driven decision-making to improve program effectiveness, participant outcomes, and sustainable enterprise growth.\nThe Key Responsibilities\nLead the planning, coordination, implementation, and monitoring of ED&FI programs and initiatives within the assigned region.\nSupervise, coach, and performance-manage Enterprise Development Officers and other field teams to ensure effective program delivery and achievement of targets.\nDrive beneficiary mobilization, enrollment, participation, and progression across enterprise development, financial inclusion, digital capability, and entrepreneurship interventions.\nProvide technical oversight and quality assurance for training, mentorship, coaching, business advisory, and enterprise support services.\nPromote access to finance, market linkages, digital solutions, and business development services for MSMEs and target beneficiaries.\nStrengthen regional partnerships and ecosystem relationships with Equity branches, government agencies, development partners, business associations, training institutions, innovation hubs, and other stakeholders.\nSupport deployment and adoption of technology-enabled program solutions, digital learning platforms, and data management systems.\nMonitor program performance, utilization of resources, beneficiary outcomes, and implementation risks and initiate corrective actions where required.\nEnsure compliance with approved work plans, budgets, policies, donor requirements, audit recommendations, and organizational standards.\nMaintain a strong control environment through regular field monitoring, data quality reviews, governance checks, and adherence to internal control procedures.\nCoordinate regional monitoring, evaluation, learning, reporting, success story documentation, and knowledge management activities.\nRepresent the ED&FI pillar in regional stakeholder engagements and support continuous improvement, innovation, and program growth initiatives.\nCore Accountabilities & Deliverables\nProgram: delivery of enterprise development, financial inclusion, entrepreneurship, innovation, and digital capability programs against approved targets.\nFinancial: Program Loans pipeline generation, financial services, approval of budgets within set limits.\nPeople: Supervision, performance management, coaching, and development of regional implementation teams.\nProcesses: Workplan approvals and monitoring.\nSystems: Program Financial and HR reporting approval.\nCustomers/Clients: beneficiary outreach, training, financial inclusion, access-to-finance, and enterprise growth targets.\nAbout the Equity Group Foundation\nEquity Group Foundation (EGF) is the social impact implementing arm of the Equity Group Holdings. EGF aims to transform the lives and livelihoods of the people of Africa socially and economically by equipping them, capacity building and linking them to modern, inclusive financial services that maximize their opportunities. Since its inception, EGF has led high-impact development programs in East and Central Africa in the fields of Education and Leadership Development; Food and Agriculture; Enterprise Development and Financial Inclusion (ED&FI); Energy, Environment & Climate Change; Social Protection; and Health. EGF has adopted Innovation & Technology as a leverage to expand its reach, efficiency in program delivery and impact at scale, as well as Advocacy to advance social change through awareness, mobilizing partnerships and championing relevant policy change.\nThe Role Purpose.\nReporting to the Program Manager, the Program Coordinator is responsible for leading day-to-day implementation, coordination, performance monitoring, and governance of Enterprise Development & Financial Inclusion (ED&FI) programs within an assigned region. The role provides technical supervision and support to field teams, ensures quality delivery of enterprise development, financial inclusion, innovation, digital capability, and entrepreneurship interventions, and drives achievement of program targets.\nThe Program Coordinator serves as the primary regional focal point for program execution, stakeholder engagement, ecosystem development, and beneficiary support while ensuring strong program governance, compliance, risk management, internal controls, and operational integrity. The role leverages technology, partnerships, and data-driven decision-making to improve program effectiveness, participant outcomes, and sustainable enterprise growth.\nThe Key Responsibilities\nLead the planning, coordination, implementation, and monitoring of ED&FI programs and initiatives within the assigned region.\nSupervise, coach, and performance-manage Enterprise Development Officers and other field teams to ensure effective program delivery and achievement of targets.\nDrive beneficiary mobilization, enrollment, participation, and progression across enterprise development, financial inclusion, digital capability, and entrepreneurship interventions.\nProvide technical oversight and quality assurance for training, mentorship, coaching, business advisory, and enterprise support services.\nPromote access to finance, market linkages, digital solutions, and business development services for MSMEs and target beneficiaries.\nStrengthen regional partnerships and ecosystem relationships with Equity branches, government agencies, development partners, business associations, training institutions, innovation hubs, and other stakeholders.\nSupport deployment and adoption of technology-enabled program solutions, digital learning platforms, and data management systems.\nMonitor program performance, utilization of resources, beneficiary outcomes, and implementation risks and initiate corrective actions where required.\nEnsure compliance with approved work plans, budgets, policies, donor requirements, audit recommendations, and organizational standards.\nMaintain a strong control environment through regular field monitoring, data quality reviews, governance checks, and adherence to internal control procedures.\nCoordinate regional monitoring, evaluation, learning, reporting, success story documentation, and knowledge management activities.\nRepresent the ED&FI pillar in regional stakeholder engagements and support continuous improvement, innovation, and program growth initiatives.\nCore Accountabilities & Deliverables\nProgram: delivery of enterprise development, financial inclusion, entrepreneurship, innovation, and digital capability programs against approved targets.\nFinancial: Program Loans pipeline generation, financial services, approval of budgets within set limits.\nPeople: Supervision, performance management, coaching, and development of regional implementation teams.\nProcesses: Workplan approvals and monitoring.\nSystems: Program Financial and HR reporting approval.\nCustomers/Clients: beneficiary outreach, training, financial inclusion, access-to-finance, and enterprise growth targets.\nMinimum 5 years' experience in enterprise development, entrepreneurship, financial inclusion, economic development, or related programs.\n\nMinimum 3 years' experience supervising field teams, projects, or regional program operations.\n\nDemonstrated experience coordinating multi-stakeholder programs and partnerships.\n\nExperience supporting MSMEs 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