Search and Selection Associate’s Purpose:
Endeavor Egypt country office is seeking to hire a "Search & Selection Associate" to help identify potential Egyptian high-impact entrepreneurs to present at the Endeavor International Selection panels.
Key Responsibilities:
Under the supervision of Search and Selection Officer,
Participate in developing the "High Impact" criteria of Entrepreneurs based on the Global model and tailoring it to match the Egyptian local market.
Proactively seek out and screen high-potential entrepreneurs based on the selection criteria by attending trade-fairs and following business publications.
Leverage Endeavor’s network of business leaders, investors, entrepreneurs, academics and journalists to “nominate” potential candidates
Recruit key members of the business, consulting, finance, industry and marketing communities, to volunteer as pro bono screeners of entrepreneur candidates and mentors of selected entrepreneurs
Conduct in-depth interviews with entrepreneur candidates per selection cycle
Assess companies’ growth potential, critical challenges, and entrepreneurial capacity of the team
Draft company overviews and detailed profiles to be used at Endeavor’s Local Panel and International Selection Panel, analyzing: business concept, innovation, growth potential and management team
Prepare and coach final candidates for Local and International Selection Panels
Keep up-to-date statistics on Endeavor’s Selection Process and maintain an ongoing pipeline of potential entrepreneur candidates
Coordinate other related Search and Selection activities such as: Endeavor’s Innovation & Idea Competition (manage the design of business-case studies, advertising of the competition, event-planning, etc.)
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree business related field, with ideally 2 years of relevant work experience (banking, private equity, management consulting, strategic planning, business development, organizational strategy, sales and marketing, start-up)
Good business judgment: ability to identify and evaluate world-class entrepreneurial leaders and role models, companies and projects
Basic financial knowledge (balance sheet, cash flow, basic accounting) (preferred)
Excellent English as well as Arabic written and oral communication skills
Knowledge of Egypt's economic and business climate
Ability to travel internationally on occasion
Experience working in an international capacity
Highly motivated, focused, creative, flexible, organized, able to balance multiple priorities
Strong computer software proficiency (Word, Excel, Power Point)
Application Instructions
Interested applicants are requested to sent a short motivation letter and their resumé to careers@endeavoreg.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need javascript enabled to view it , with a reference to the job they are applying to in the subject header.
