Volunteer, Business Advisory at EmpowerLocals

Empowerlocals provide everyone the opportunity to lend, fund, and train underserved people in local businesses.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Volunteer, Business Advisory

Job Code: Vlt002
Location: Lagos, Nigeria.
Time Commitment: Flexible
Duration: September 21 – November 6, 2020 (with the possibility of extension)
Slot: 10

Job Duties

• This is a position for 10 (Ten) passionate volunteers that are interested in supporting local business owners in Lagos for TWO (2) Months.
• Volunteers will collaborate with the current team to teach market vendors; branding, marketing and digital marketing, bookkeeping, customer care, personnel management and, other courses that are beneficial to their businesses.
• Due to COVID-19, safety materials will be provided, and further off-site market interactions with vendors will be highly encouraged.

Knowledge / Skills / Experience Desired

• If you are interested in supporting small businesses, working intimately with researchers conducting groundbreaking research,  getting familiar with research tools for education,  and touching people’s lives during this process – this is for you.

Benefits

• Opportunities to learn business insights from entrepreneurs in Lagos
• Increased knowledge of experimental research, teamwork and nonprofit work in Lagos
• Certificate of participation
• More importantly, enrolled with the army of change agents seeking to make a difference in Nigeria.
• No salary will be paid. There will be stipends for transportation and lunch only.
• Free Invitation to training on research methods using statistical packages like R and Python
• Biweekly team picnic with network of change agents
• Potential business collaborations with vendors
• Access to G-suite services
• Access to e-books on local communities
• Valuable skills and experience in local business will be gained

Deadline: 13th September, 2020.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online