Senior Project Coordinator – SME Acceleration

About the Opportunity

Join Fetola and Make a Difference as a Project Coordinator in SME Acceleration! Apply now for a full-time opportunity based in Cape Town. Salary: R20,000 - R29,775 (plus benefits). Closing date: 29 August 2025. "Our purpose is simple: we help people to start, grow & scale successful businesses."

About Company

Who are we? Fetola is a social enterprise dedicated to sustainable SME development as a means to tackle unemployment, inequality, and poverty. With a strong track record in business start-up and acceleration, we help entrepreneurs build thriving, environmentally sound businesses that drive economic growth and job creation. Our innovative approach, diverse programs, investment funds, and strategic partnerships position us at the forefront of impactful change in South Africa.

Agile, inclusive, and results-driven, we foster a collaborative culture where every voice matters. With 87% of our accelerator alumni still in business after ten years, this is nine times the national average as we are committed to creating deep, lasting impact. True to our name, which means "change" in Sesotho, we believe that together, we can ‘Fetola’ the world!

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to People, Planet and Profitability — ensuring a future where businesses thrive while making a meaningful difference.

About You

The role requires strong project coordination experience, good relationship building skills, and strong analytical abilities. The ideal candidate:

• Has strong numerical skills and a background in finance and accounting due to the nature of the projects (critical).
• Is comfortable working with data to draw insights and make evidence-based decisions.
• Is excellent with written and verbal communication skills - able to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Understands the South African SME ecosystem.
• Is ambitious, self-motivated, and driven individuals who are ready to take on new challenges and grow professionally.
• Experience working in hybrid environments using collaboration tools like ZOHO, Teams, Zoom etc.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with a Programme Manager to successfully deliver on our financial and investment readiness business incubation programme, from programme execution to monitoring and evaluation.
• Engage with entrepreneurs to build relationships; use technology and innovation to problem solve and continuously improve the delivery of the programme.
• Support the success of allocated Accelerator programme/s and their Investment Readiness initiatives across the business.
• Ensure programme targets are achieved - coordinate and manage project activities, ensuring adherence to timelines and budgets.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders and project teams.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and manage all internal and external communications.
• Build, maintain and manage stakeholder relationships – entrepreneurs, industry partners, mentors, alumni etc.
• Support with development of project reporting and data analysis.
• Identify risks and propose solutions to improve project efficiency.

Eligibility

Qualifications and Requirements:

• University Degree (Project Management, Commerce, Business analytics, Economics, Enterprise Development or similar).
• At least 2 years of working experience as a project coordinator role that required coordinating activities to achieve project goals.
• Top performing individuals in specialised areas (Commerce, Enterprise Development, Project management or similar) and who are passionate about making a positive impact on society.
• Strong project management and coordination skills, is agile, organized and results orientated and has a proven track record of successfully coordinating and executing projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Interest and understanding of financial management as it relate to small business.
• Keen interest and ability to build trusted support relationships with entrepreneurs.
• Identify and flag programme risks and bottlenecks early and work with the programme manager and team to mitigate them.

Benefits

How to apply? Submit your application HERE please include your CV and a motivation letter by closing date. Indicate your top and relevant skills in your application. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview, if you do not hear from us in 4 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.