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.
The Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance is a network of African innovators committed to 'working together as one' to build Africa's future. Over the past decade, Harambeans have founded and scaled tech-enabled companies including Andela, Flutterwave, and Go1, which have collectively raised over $2 billion from major venture capital firms like Google Ventures, CRE Ventures, and Accel. The organization recruits principled young African leaders with entrepreneurial mindsets and provides them with knowledge, network, and capital recycled within the Alliance to scale their impact. The Alliance operates a comprehensive admissions process designed to identify and develop the next generation of African entrepreneurs.
