The Funding Liaison Officer will be responsible for facilitating access to funding for women entrepreneurs. This role involves developing strong relationships with funding institutions and providing tailored support to our entrepreneurs to ensure they successfully secure the necessary financial resources to grow their businesses.
Key Responsibilities:
- Relationship Building: Establish and maintain relationships with banks, venture capitalists, angel investors, and grant agencies. Act as the primary point of contact between these institutions and our partner.
- Entrepreneur Support: Work directly with trained women entrepreneurs to understand their business plans, financial needs, and specific challenges in accessing funding.
- Tailored Guidance: Provide personalized advice and support to entrepreneurs, including assistance in preparing funding applications, business plan refinement, and pitch coaching.
- Market Analysis: Regularly research and stay informed about the latest funding opportunities, trends in women's entrepreneurship, and financial products suitable for startups and MSMEs.
- Compliance Management: Ensuring WSMEs are compliant with funding partners' requirements. Regular reports submission detailing the impact of funds on WSMEs to funding institutions, and ensuring no default in loan payments.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Coordinate workshops, meetings, and networking events that bring together entrepreneurs and funders.
- Reporting & Feedback: Prepare regular reports on engagement activities, funding success rates, and provide feedback to both the entrepreneurs and funding institutions.
- Program Improvement: Continuously evaluate and refine engagement strategies to improve success rates in securing funding.