Mineke Foundation works in Liberia. Our goal is to help people - especially young people and women - to become economically self-reliant. We focus on education and entrepreneurship. We have three ...
Project leader social enterprise development
Contact person
Tonia Dabwe
#37185
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Summary
We are looking for a hands-on volunteer with practical commercial knowledge to help develop and grow our social enterprises in Liberia
Detailed description
We have used the Covid-19 lockdown to further develop our vocational training into social enterprises that will eventually be able to operate financially independently. In 2021 2-3 social enterprises / vocational training courses will start: soap production, sewing workshop, bread & pastry.
We are looking for a volunteer who keeps a finger on the pulse and acts as a sparring partner for our team in Liberia. Specifically, it concerns:
- Monitoring / monitoring progress in the development of social enterprises & vocational training
- Sparring & advising on the growth and further development of social enterprises, based on the existing business plans + budgets
- Contribution of practical management and commercial knowledge for this project
- Thinking about the development of the local pricing strategy
- Support in determining and improving the local market position
- Where necessary, identify questions or knowledge gaps from Liberia and link NL volunteers with substantive knowledge to them
- Coordinate with and manage the NL volunteers involved in the project with substantive knowledge
- Regular updates to and coordination with the board, possibly by participating in board meetings as a project manager
- Coordination with other volunteers, for example about social media communications
Time commitment
12-16 hours a month
Requirements
- You speak fluent English, Dutch is a bonus
- You are able to explain things at MBO level and you have to take into account that you have to explain often and a lot
- You have extensive experience in setting up & guiding a (social) enterprise or social / business projects
- You have work experience at higher vocational / university level
- Preferably you are a (former) SME entrepreneur with a commercial approach
- An advantage is experience with (working in) African or other non-Western countries
What we will provide to volunteers
🤝 Extra support
About Mineke Foundation
Mineke Foundation works in Liberia. Our goal is to help people - especially young people and women - to become economically self-reliant. We focus on education and entrepreneurship. We have three projects:
== The Damiefa School offers affordable private education from kindergarten through the first three years of high school. We use the national Liberian curriculum, supplemented with an Art Education program developed by Dutch/American teachers and a Reading Comprehension program specifically developed for Liberia by American teachers. Our ambition is to grow the school into a full-fledged high school.
== Our Women’s Club offers an entrepreneurship program and a social education program. The entrepreneurship program includes short vocational courses, business training & coaching, and microloans. The educational program offers monthly workshops on topics such as (reproductive) health, women’s rights, leadership and sexual violence against women. There is also a savings club with peer-to-peer lending.
== The Resource Center is a multifunctional space with a small library/computer room where employability training for young people is also given. Before Covid, we also offered digital skills training to surrounding schools and (young) adults in the area. We will offer this again in due course.
Check our Facebook page for recent updates: www.facebook.com/MinekeFoundation
Mineke Foundation is an award-winning foundation known for its quality and professionalism. We are an accredited local Liberian NGO, vocational school and private school. A small, committed and motivated local team carries out our projects in Liberia.
The Dutch foundation consists of international volunteers and supports our team in Liberia, including fundraising, social media & communication and knowledge transfer. Both teams work closely together.
Our fun and enthusiastic volunteers will make you feel at home quickly! We all work from home and have regular Zoom calls, also with our team in Liberia. Volunteers living in the Netherlands usually meet twice a year. Good to know: we speak both Dutch and English, but usually speak English during calls & meetings.
Mineke Foundation was founded in 2009 by Tonia Dabwe to build on the work her parents started in Liberia in the late 1960s. The foundation is named after Tonia's Dutch mother who has been missing since the civil war in Liberia.
