Intern - Microfinance & Small Business Development

Opportunity Type: Internship
NGOabroad
Uganda, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Kenya

About the Organization: 
NGOabroad is a service that helps candidates enter or advance in international humanitarian work & provides frugal, customized international volunteering.

About the Job: 
NGOabroad is offering internships which provide important experience to later get a job in microfinance or international development. Apart from the injection of microfinance loan the work sites in Africa need help with launching & running small business and need help with marketing to generate income & improve livelihoods.

Tasks and Responsibilities: 

• Project management:
  • Help initiate this new direction & keep it running smoothly.
• Business savvy:
  • Help identify products or services that are well suited to villagers;
  • Help identify markets, whether local or international.
• Training of trainers - mentor villagers in microloan groups regarding:
  • How to maintain & manage their projects over time;
  • What snags to anticipate & how to overcome & advance
  • How to gauge the needs of their markets & shift strategies or revise their products or services;
  • How to access or grow funds for further growth;
  • How to manage their collective needs & organizational changes;
  • Basic accounting - how to keep track of money;
  • Size up the community’s resources, talents and needs and develop ways that the people can generate income.

Qualifications: 

• Practical (vs theoretical) experience with microfinance and business development;
• Ability to mentor & transfer skills is very important;
• Project management & leadership skills;
• Entrepreneurial skills.

Closing Date: 10 Oct 2013

How to Apply:
Please read NGOabroad website and briefly answer the questionnaire. Embed answered questionnaire and resume in an email to:
info@NGOabroad.com