About Organisation:

Rural Uganda faces deep structural dependency challenges that undermine economic mobility and sustainable livelihoods. Although 75% of Ugandans live in rural areas with high entrepreneurial potential, most remain excluded from viable pathways to independence. Young women and youth, the backbone of these communities, are disproportionately locked out, with about 3 million classified as NEET (not in education, employment, or training).

This exclusion is driven by three reinforcing barriers:

• Financial Exclusion: Only 35% of women access formal financial services, which limits their access to startup and growth capital.
• Skills & Exposure Gaps: Limited entrepreneurial training and market exposure confine Enterprises to informal, low-margin activity.
• Ecosystem Isolation: Innovation hubs, accelerators, and investor networks remain concentrated in urban centers, leaving rural entrepreneurs disconnected.

Together, these barriers create a self-perpetuating cycle of exclusion, keeping rural young women and youth dependent rather than enabling them to participate as economic actors.

Imagine Her is building a rural entrepreneurial infrastructure in Uganda by preparing rural young women and youth to become thriving social entrepreneurs that launch, sustain, and scale social enterprises in Uganda’s two pressing sectors: Agrifood and Climate resilience. Our model combines entrepreneurial skills training, access to patient returnable capital, and tailored Enterprise development support, mirroring the discipline of an investment firm while being deeply rooted in community realities.

Job Summary:

The Enterprise Development Coach is a hands-on implementation role responsible for supporting the initial growth and operational formalization of 80+ early-stage women and youth social enterprises in the agrifood and climate resilience sectors within an assigned district or region. The Coach directly delivers Imagine Her’s foundational training and provides intensive one-on-one and group enterprise development support, primarily focusing on Enterprises in the ideation or early stage and transitioning them into sustainable ventures. The role is accountable for three core functions: Training and Capacity Strengthening, Enterprise Development Support and Coaching, and Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Reporting.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Training and Capacity Strengthening

To deliver practical, foundational, and gender-responsive social entrepreneurship training to equip entrepreneurs with essential business skills and ensure high retention within the training cohorts.

Key Responsibilities

• Mobilize and prepare cohorts of participants for training and mentorship sessions.
• Deliver social enterprise and innovation training sessions using participatory, inclusive, and gender-sensitive methodologies.
• Support participants to apply learned knowledge to daily business operations.
• Contribute to the design, localization (delivering in local languages), and improvement of training content and toolkits based on field insights.

Business Development Support and Coaching

To provide hands-on coaching and technical assistance in financial, marketing, and operational management, helping entrepreneurs formalize their business models and successfully transition from idea to viable, compliant, and revenue-generating Enterprises.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide one-on-one and group business coaching focused on MVP development, strengthening Enterprise operations, profitability, and sustainability.
• Guide entrepreneurs in developing/refining business plans, budgeting, pricing strategies, record-keeping, and operations.
• Support Enterprise s to improve product quality, packaging, and branding to meet market standards.
• Assist entrepreneurs to formalize their enterprises (registration, taxation, and compliance).

Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Reporting

To ensure that the impact of Enterprise support is continuously tracked and documented, enabling evidence-based decision-making and providing high-quality reports and insights for program improvement and stakeholder communication.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct regular business follow-ups, collect performance data, and assess Enterprise progress.
• Maintain accurate records on training attendance, coaching sessions, and enterprise outcomes, working closely with the Knowledge and Impact team.
• Timely submission of program reports with data and lessons learned
• Document high-quality success stories and field-level lessons learned for external communication and internal learning.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, or a related field.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in micro and small business development, entrepreneurship training, or enterprise coaching.
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating business training and providing advisory support to small business groups
• Familiarity with gender-responsive approaches and inclusive entrepreneurship.
• Fluency in the local language (Lusoga), both written and oral, is a MUST

Core Competencies

• Exceptional Training and Facilitation Skills with proven ability to deliver engaging, participatory, and gender-sensitive training to adult learners, translating complex business concepts into practical, field-applicable knowledge.
• Business Acumen and Coaching with a strong understanding of small business fundamentals (agrifood/climate Enterprise is preferred), including financial record-keeping, marketing, and operations, with the ability to provide empathetic yet results-oriented coaching.
• Results-Oriented Implementation and highly motivated to achieve quantitative targets (KPIs) for Enterprise formalization, compliance, and skill improvement, ensuring program goals are met at the field level.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and a disciplined approach to accurate data collection, record-keeping, and timely reporting from the field.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for building trust with entrepreneurs, community leaders, and local stakeholders while clearly documenting and communicating progress internally.
• Enthusiastic and adaptable with a positive attitude and willingness to be deployed and to work in rural communities that may not be familiar to you.

• Mobilize and prepare cohorts of participants for training and mentorship sessions.
• Deliver social enterprise and innovation training sessions using participatory, inclusive, and gender-sensitive methodologies.
• Support participants to apply learned knowledge to daily business operations.
• Contribute to the design, localization (delivering in local languages), and improvement of training content and toolkits based on field insights.
• Provide one-on-one and group business coaching focused on MVP development, strengthening Enterprise operations, profitability, and sustainability.
• Guide entrepreneurs in developing/refining business plans, budgeting, pricing strategies, record-keeping, and operations.
• Support Enterprise s to improve product quality, packaging, and branding to meet market standards.
• Assist entrepreneurs to formalize their enterprises (registration, taxation, and compliance).
• Conduct regular business follow-ups, collect performance data, and assess Enterprise progress.
• Maintain accurate records on training attendance, coaching sessions, and enterprise outcomes, working closely with the Knowledge and Impact team.
• Timely submission of program reports with data and lessons learned
• Document high-quality success stories and field-level lessons learned for external communication and internal learning.

• Exceptional Training and Facilitation Skills
• Business Acumen and Coaching
• Results-Oriented Implementation
• Strong organizational skills
• Attention to detail
• Disciplined approach to data collection, record-keeping, and reporting
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Enthusiastic and adaptable
• Fluency in Lusoga (written and oral)

• Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, or a related field.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in micro and small business development, entrepreneurship training, or enterprise coaching.
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating business training and providing advisory support to small business groups
• Familiarity with gender-responsive approaches and inclusive entrepreneurship.
• Fluency in the local language (Lusoga), both written and oral, is a MUST