Mentors Manager
Who we are
Bloom is a non-governmental initiative where the team comes from diverse communities and backgrounds, creating a community with strong ties. Bloom was founded in 2018, while being affiliated with a team that has been running entrepreneurship programs since 2008, and is currently running 5 programs supporting startups and accelerators across the Middle East & Africa, has more than 50 partners, and is growing. Bloom programs to help individuals, businesses, and accelerators create jobs and grow, while building a new training methodology and software to support startups, small and medium businesses, and entrepreneurship support programs. Many issues, including education, health, telecoms, financial inclusion, migration, sanitation, food/agriculture, conflict/crisis response, and more, are being handled throughout specific programs.
Values
We are searching for experienced and enthusiastic people to join Bloom’s team. We are a team that knows no borders, believes in remote work, and collaborates with the best people worldwide, wherever they are. We value each team member’s personal growth and ambitions, just as they support the growth and ambitions of our organization. We see ourselves as a family, help and look after each other; we are interested in someone who can add their positive vibes to the team! Please see our mission, vision, and values on our About page, and how we’re building a culture built on respect, fun, kindness, impact, and more, and if you’re as excited about those as we are, then we look forward to connecting with you about possibly joining the team!
Job Brief
We are currently in search of a Mentors Manager who will be conducting mentorship-related program activities that we aim to relaunch soon to further our efforts to support business development and job creation in Lebanon, the MENA region, and Africa.
The mentors’ manager will be responsible for developing targeted outreach and engagement campaigns to activate and grow our database of mentors, developing a robust set of reusable onboarding and training modules, and launching direct mentorship programs matching enterprises in our programs to mentors.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Research relevant programs and approaches, and provide a list of references and examples
- Develop a list of best practices and strategies for each set of program activities
- Outline and develop the end-to-end mentors’ process: from outreach/sourcing and selection to matching with enterprises and post-program feedback and engagement activities.
- Ideate activity-based onboarding and training content and approaches that could be appropriate for mentors and enterprise accelerator programs including strategies to nurture the mentors’ community
- Develop a list of potential contacts, mentors, experts, and partners
- Facilitate a mentor introductory info session and a mentor onboarding session
Requirements
- Minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in managing mentors and programs in the Entrepreneurial ecosystem.
- Experience in designing, implementing, and operating projects from project initiation to closeout stages.
- Excellent interpersonal skills as well as demonstrated ability to interact with and motivate people.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Effective oral and written communications
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and proactively in a flexible, remote work environment.