Time Commitment: Approx 70 days for the Uganda-based Business Coach, and 110 days for the Tanzania-based Business Coach between Jan 26th - Sep 30th 2026 (with increased commitment between Feb - Jun 2026)
Contract type: Freelance (9 month contract)
Rate: €380.00 - €450.00 / day
Deadline: Tue 16th Dec 2025
Location: The role will require frequent travel to Innovation Hub locations (Kasulu, Kigoma, and Kibondo in Tanzania, and Jinja and Adjumani in Uganda)
Working hours: Flexible but with the ability to work with teams in multiple timezones in-person and online (East Africa & UK)
As part of Brink’s partnership with Enabel (Belgium’s agency for development and cooperation), we are exploring how Innovation Hubs, located in communities across Uganda and Tanzania, might generate revenue.
These Innovation Hubs, built with investment from Enabel, are located alongside schools and teacher training colleges. Equipped with digital devices and internet connectivity, they are a valuable resource for teachers. Now, Brink and Enabel are working with each Innovation Hub to explore commercial propositions that harness a Hub’s existing assets to provide value to the local community while securing the Hub’s financial sustainability.
To support this mission, we are searching for two Business Coaches. You would work closely with a portfolio of three Innovation Hubs, supporting the Hub Manager and team to develop and test value propositions, provide training in basic entrepreneurial concepts, and hold them accountable to their goals.
An entrepreneurial, practical Business Coach who understands the realities of economic activity in diverse contexts. You will work closely with the Hub Manager to:
Build entrepreneurial capability: Support the Hub Manager and wider team to understand and apply core entrepreneurial concepts.
Proposition development: Develop and refine value propositions relevant to the Hub’s local community, building on Enabel/Brink’s initial research and ideas.
Proposition testing: Support the Hub Manager and wider Hub team to test the propositions over a 6-8 week cycle. This includes setting a clear goal and success metrics, implementation timeline, that maximises real-world learning about the proposition.
Monitor progress and hold accountability: Understand the best way to motivate and hold the Hub Manager and wider Hub team accountable to their goal
Hands on support in key areas: Dive into the detail in key areas, supporting the Hub Manager and modelling good practice. This might include: developing marketing materials, building basic financial models, developing minimum viable versions of the proposition, and solving problems together. This will include in-person work - we envisage a minimum of one week spent in person in each Hub.
Stakeholder engagement: You will build a strong relationship with the Hub Managers, the Brink team, and Enabel colleagues based in Uganda/Tanzania and Brussels.
Ideal candidates will have demonstrable expertise in the following technical areas, with deeper expertise in at least one of them:
Business acumen: A practical understanding of how businesses operate and make money, in low-income contexts, whether from running or leading a business yourself or supporting others. You are fluent in business concepts such as: market analysis, customer segmentation, marketing, business governance, and so on.
Financial understanding: An ability to support non-expert Hub teams in financial planning, budgeting, record keeping and reviewing financial assumptions. You can translate these approaches into simple, accessible messages and tools.
Teaching skills: An ability to translate business and financial concepts for non-experts, making them easy to understand and apply.
Coaching skills: An understanding of when to encourage, guide and challenge to ensure the Hub teams achieve their goals. This requires very strong communication skills (spoken and written), and the ability to build trust and cultivate empathy.
Self-management: You work effectively with minimal supervision, take initiative to solve problems independently, and consistently meet deadlines while maintaining high-quality standards in your deliverables.
Operational mindset: You can manage competing priorities, stay organised, track progress to make sure your time spent working with Hub Managers and teams is as catalytic as possible.
In addition, to the above an understanding of innovation methods is desirable but not essential. Specifically, you may be comfortable with innovation methods like lean startup and rapid prototyping, enabling you to support the Hub teams to test, validate and iterate their value propositions.
This role requires access to a laptop and stable internet connection. You will be expected to work independently and be regularly available for video calls.
If you’re interested in joining us, please click on our ‘apply here’ button. This will take you to an online application form where we will ask you to upload your CV as well as a response to the following questions:
Why do you believe this is the right role for you?
What’s one achievement, linked to the themes in this role, that you are proudest of?
