The Great Generation ,Business Consultant to Support Social Enterprises in Uganda

Volunteer
Opportunity description

THE
OBJECTIVE WE WANT TO SHARE

The Great Generation
is managing 21Biz: a consultancy project for community-based organisations in
Uganda who are seeking to use a business approach to achieve their long
sustainability and independence from international financial aid. Your business
skills and experience can help to solve their problems and take them a step
closer to successfully tackling poverty.

The Ugandan
Challenge –
24% of the population in Uganda lives on less than $2 per day. Many of the
local organisa
tions focused on tackling this issue are stranded by the
unpredictability of international aid & donations, and are looking to take
the matter in their own hands by starting social business ventures. They want
to generate their own resources, and at the same time bring improved household
income for their communities by creating employment opportunities. They lack
skills, business know-how and market knowledge to build and sustain success:
achieve significant results. But what they do have is motivation and a desire
to change lives.

JOB
DESCRIPTION

4th – 19th July,
2015 – a
group of senior professionals, graduates and business school students will
design and run a project for five local organisations from Kampala, Uganda.
These organisations come from the poorest areas in the city, in a country that
is one of the poorest in the world, and work hard to look after the poorest and
most vulnerable in the community. They focus on health, education, social
support and income generation for individuals living under extreme conditions
and affected by HIV/AIDSA, tuberculosis, malnutrition and other conditions
caused by severe poverty. So what will the programme look to achieve?

The need – In the community-based
organisations, the development of a range of management skills are a priority.
Precisely what is needed will depend on the individual organisation and will
range from basic financial and data management through to identifying business
opportunities and marketing strategies that can succeed in the particular
context. Your job is to work conjointly with the organisation’s staff, to
combine your business sense and their local knowledge. After the “game
plan” has been defined collaboratively, you will help to implement it and
to put steps in place to enable staff to take it forward once you have left.

Training – You will be prepared for
your two weeks in Uganda by a Project Leader from The Great Generation who is a
former ground consultant, knows the Ugandan reality well and is a senior
business leader. You might be required to attend preparatory sessions and to
make an input to plans prior to the project. Please note that remote attendance
is an option.

Learning – One of the most important
aspects of the project will be giving local people the inspiration and
knowledge to add to what is already a high level of motivation; through
workshops and training sessions the project will aim to create a shared
learning experience, information exchange and skills training.

On-the-Ground – After an initial briefing
about culture and life in Uganda participants will head into the communities
they will be working with. To kick things of there will be a three day forum
with all participating local organizations to meet, learn, identify recurrent
issues and define capacity priorities. The next few days will give opportunity
to observe and engage with the work the organisations do, meet patients and
members of the communities and thus the ultimate beneficiaries of the project.
You are free to explore, visit or travel at the weekend.

Monday of the second
week will see the group working directly with the community-based organisations
and the individuals they support, collaborating as a multi-skilled team to
implement the capacity needed for each business to move forward: a week of
learning, renewed motivation, new tools and skills, and equipped to build
thriving livelihoods.

WHAT WE CAN
OFFER YOU

The Great Generation
is a social enterprise committed to solving the issues of communities living in
tough economic and social conditions, and at the same time offering
professionals the opportunity to develop themselves through the donation of
their time and skills. You will have a chance to:

Work
alongside and network with professionals from different countries and
backgrounds
Employ
your skills in an unexpected context and outside your comfort zone
Acquire
new ones by practicing and interacting with the local staff:
communication, flexibility and others
Get
to know a emerging economy reality, and understand why large corporations
are ever more interested in investing
Enjoy
an intense personal development period

Future success –
Uganda needs more more skilled and prepared professionals to grow it’s economy.
Be part of that growth.

LOGISTICS

Your contribution
before the ground project can be done remotely, and will amount to 5-8 days
distributed along a period of 4 months. You will be asked to fundraise for your
project participation and to pay for your flights.

Accommodation:
basic, clean, safe

Meals: provided

On-the-Ground
Transport: provided