Global Summit Fellow

This is a remote position.

About Harambeans Global Summit 

• Announced at the Vatican the Harambeans Global Summit is the annual retreat of the entrepreneurs, investors and HNIs assembled in the Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance. With 3 out  of 5 African Unicorns in 2021 being founded by Harambeans and 3 out of the top 6 most active venture capital firms in Africa being led by Harambeans, Harambeans are the entrepreneurs and investors shaping Africa’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.  Watch Harambeans Global Summit Highlights
  

3 KEY STATS ABOUT THE SUMMIT

• $148 Billion - Combined Net Worth of Summit Attendees Since 2020.
  

• 58% / 42% - Male/Female Summit Representation in 2024.
  

• 91.3% - Attendees in 2024 Reported Starting Collaborations at the Summit
  

The Summit assembles the key figures shaping market-creating innovation across Africa to achieve the following objectives:

• Assess the Progress of Market-Creating Innovation.
  

• Share Learnings and Best Practices Pioneered by Leading Entrepreneurs and Investors.
  

• Build Friendships and Strengthen Partnerships in the New Coalition of Market-Creating Innovators.
  

• Harvard Business School Case Study on Harambeans
  

• Stanford Social Innovation Review Case Study on Harambeans
  

Requirements

• Entrepreneurial spirit and ability to be flexible and deal with a certain amount of unpredictability
  

• The ability and willingness to go above and beyond to help support the Alliance goals
  

• A team-player attitude with a strong sense of personal accountability
  

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  

• Strong ability to manage internal teams and external consultants/agencies to execute on a strategy
  

• Attention to the detail and ability to work in a high pressure environment
  

Experience required:

• 5+ years of relevant work experience, ideally within high-growth companies within the social and private sector
  

• Demonstrated experience implementing complex programs
  

• Previous working experience in working in the African entrepreneurship space is a plus
  

• Experience in program, project and event management
  

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  

• A team-player attitude with a strong sense of personal accountability
  

Desired core professional technical capabilities

• Strategic Impact - Implements the Harambeans strategy through a detailed plan including teamwork stream milestones and metrics of evaluating impact
  

• 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 advise team on key risk decisions
  

• Network Development – Oversees the growth of talent pipeline for fellowships, ecosystem partners and the ‘friends’ circle of Harambeans
  

• 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
  

• Influence - Builds deep relationships across a diverse network and uses a flexible influencing style to gain buy-in and drive impact
  

• 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
  

• Strategic direction - Translates broader strategy into a compelling team vision and goals; aligns the team and sets priorities to achieve objectives
  

• Talent development - Actively contributes to building the talent pipeline; creates a talent experience that attracts, develops and retains top talent and a high performing team
  

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