Venture Builder

**Job Number**
- 68663

**Job Type**
- Permanent

**Job Title**
- Venture Builder

**Computer Skills**
- MS Office Suite

**Industry**
- Financial Services

**City**
- Johannesburg (Incl. Northern Suburbs)

**Province**
- Gauteng
- Role Overview:- Key Responsibilities:
- Act as first and primary contact for assigned Pathways participating businesses.- Participate in Pathways Selection Panels.- Participate in Pathways alignment sessions.- Support, review & critique Pathways participating businesses within the assigned portfolio.- Recommend, align with, and periodically review deliverables for independent experts and Service Providers assigned to Pathways businesses.- Create and implement simple and systematic processes and frameworks that can be adopted by early stage and growing businesses to drive operational strength and efficiency.- Critique the operational and organisational capabilities of investee businesses in the Pathways portfolio of the company, and to assist founding teams through the provision of point-in-time practical interventions, tools, and other appropriate support to enhance operational efficiency and reduce operational risk in these ventures.- Partner with founding teams to trouble shoot specific wasteful, inefficient and risk areas in the businesses.- Enhance commercial and operational success of early stage and growth helping them to build robustness and sustainability- Contribute to the improvement of the Search & Pipeline Programmes team in enhancing overall effectiveness of Pathways and other initiatives and participants experience.- Create and /or introduce best practice frameworks that will include continuous review of the operational robustness of investee businesses.- Identify key risks and /or deficiencies and co-creating solutions with the support of the Programmes and Investment team heads-
**Inherent Requirements**
- Qualifications, skills, and experience:
- Relevant business-related qualification.- 5 years practical experience in start-up development.- Understanding and/or exposure to the SA investment landscape will be beneficial.- Proficient with the Microsoft suite of products, apps, and services.- Key Attributes/Competencies:
- Passion for contributing to making a positive difference to South Africa.- Team player with strong interpersonal skills.- Ability to work successfully with young entrepreneurs and build relationships with key service partners and other stakeholders.- Emotional maturity and professionalism.- Ability to work independently with limited supervision.- Willingness and ability to work on various corporate widespread projects.- Highly reliable and organized.- Ability to handle confidential information with discretion**What Qualification**
- Business related

**Minimum Qualification**
- Diploma

**Status**
- Pending / Unavailable