Admissions Fellow

This is a remote position.

Harambeans Admissions Fellow

Location: Global – remote.

Total Duration: July - June

Position: Volunteer with Stipend

Dates: Ongoing recruitment cycles

Time commitment: 10 hours per week.

Sponsor Travel: Bretton Woods Symposium

About the Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance

Harambeans are African innovators who have pledged to “work together as one” to build Africa’s future. Over the last decade, Harambeans have spawned a series of tech-enabled unicorns such as Andela, Flutterwave, andGo1, which have collectively raised over $2 billion from Google Ventures, CRE Ventures and Accel.

Learn More About Harambeans

Harvard Business School Case Study on Harambeans

Stanford Social Innovation Review Case Study on Harambeans

About the Harambeans Admissions Process

The goal of the recruitment process is to identify principled young African leaders with entrepreneurial mindsets and help them scale their impact by recycling knowledge, network and capital within the Alliance.The process spans pre-screening, assessor review, defense committee deliberation, curation, interviewing, and the Chairman’s Interview, and is governed by a comprehensive Admissions Playbook that the Fellow is responsible for maintaining.

Role Description

The Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance is seeking an Admissions Fellow to execute on Harambe’s Admissions Process. You will be working with a lean, agile and high capacity team to provide guidelines and coordinate activities and programmes that support the Admissions Process Mission and Purpose. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the next chapter of the Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance and enable our future success.The incoming Fellow will inherit a fully documented Admissions Playbook, a structured onboarding outline, and a suite of AI-powered tools built to support the admissions workflow.

Responsibilities

Help recruit high caliber African Entrepreneurs from leading institutions globally

Ensure an efficient and responsive admissions cycle

Implement and effect the Admissions cycle

Coordinate communication with current Alliance Associates and prospective applicants regarding the admissions process

Coordinate global Admissions recruitment events

Continually update admissions collateral such as the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Alliance Application form, Email communication, Deadlines and Application feedback forms

Maintain and update the Admissions Playbook as the authoritative process document for each cycle

Review applications

Coordinate Interview Process

Collate, track and grade application data for each candidate

Short-list and finalize Associate pool each year

Thriving within a small and dynamic team:

Collaborating with the Harambe Dream Team to support the objectives of the Admissions Process.

Having the initiative and drive to work independently, but seeking input and guidance where necessary.

Attending the periodic (typically weekly) Check-ins with the Harambe Dream Team on the Admissions Process to consider new and ongoing applications

Qualifications

1-2+ years of combined experience in Admissions Management or other relevant fields.

Graduate of a top college/university, degrees such as an MBA are helpful, but not required.

Technical and analytical expertise, with extensive experience in management of admissions processes or executive leadership.

Technical proficiency across the admissions tool stack: Airtable, Mailchimp, Zoho Survey, Formstack, and Zapier

An ability to thrive in an autonomous environment with high levels of ambiguity and self-direction required.

Highly effective interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.

Track record of sustained success.

A passion for enabling African success and a fundamental belief in the massive potential that the continent has to offer.

Desired core professional technical capabilities

Delivery Excellence -Able to lead projects and provide strategic direction across the core initiatives to deliver a superior network experience

Executive Presence -Able to project confidence, establish credibility with, and influence Harambeans and the partner ecosystem at all levels

Global Mind-set -Able to adopt a global approach to networking, building eminence for the Alliance, and assembling stakeholders to best deliver on key Alliance milestones

Risk Strategy -influence and advice team on key risk decisions

Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving -Facilitates innovative solutions to team and market problems and drives changes to processes or ways of working based on new trends/recent developments

Good understanding of entrepreneurial business principles

Desired Leadership / Behavioural capabilities

Living the Harambeans Purpose -Acts as a role model and inspires others to embrace and live out the Harambeans purpose and values

Competitive Edge -Applies deep knowledge of disruptive trends and competitor activity to drive continuous improvement

Performance drive -Creates opportunities to drive impact; anticipates Alliance and Ecosystem needs and delivers superior results by leveraging each person’s strengths to build high a performing team

Inspirational Servant leadership qualities -Establishes a strong leadership brand and inspires follower-ship through passion, integrity, and appreciation of others.

Benefits

Ongoing professional development opportunities, frequent business travel opportunities, international exposure, and a chance to change the world.

Access to a network of African founders and venture capital investors.

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