Youth Entrepreneurship Volunteer

VSO is the world’s leading development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty. We are unique in the way we bring people together to share their skills and experience, generate insights and ideas and, most of all, take action against poverty and exclusion. It’s a highly effective approach that works, and today is helping millions of people in some of the world’s poorest communities lift themselves out of poverty.

Role Overview

Through one of VSO Zambia’s core programme area “Empowered Youth for Employment and Employability” VSO is implementing a one year programme engaging young VOLUNTEER entrepreneurs aged between 22-27 years from across Zambia who will work on a 4 months volunteering experience to deepen their volunteering, leadership, entrepreneurship knowledge and foster active youth participation in development. This will be done through skills and training workshops, networking opportunities, and business plan competitions to motivate and educate young entrepreneurs in Nyimba, Samfya and Serenje. The aim is to enhance youth employability with a strong strand on youth entrepreneurship.

We are looking for young people to join the next cohort of volunteers starting placement in August through to November 2018.

Ideal Candidate

• Basic understanding of entrepreneurship, practical knowledge is an added advantage
• Have leadership ability demonstrated through participation in community initiatives
• Have the ability to communicate clearly in English
• Have a passion for volunteering

Should demonstrate active citizenship and or express innovate ideas in one or more of the following areas:

1. Poverty eradication, inequality and exclusion in their communities
2. Addressing youth unemployment through social enterprise development and entrepreneurship within their communities
3. Research
   • Ability to work as part of a team in an organized and flexible approach
   • Good communication, ICT skills and ability to manage organization resources

Successful candidates must be willing to be placed in any of the three locations as well fully commit to the placement duration.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates are invited to visit Interested candidates are invited to visit http://vso.force.com/jobopportunities to read more details about the job and to download the job description. To submit your application, click on ‘Apply now’, and complete all relevant fields on the online application form. Applications close on 30th June 2018. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited for interviews, at which time the full supporting documents will be required. The successful candidate will be offered local terms and conditions

Please ensure that you mention www.gozambiajobs.com as the source of this job advertisement.

VSO is an equal opportunity employer, women are encouraged to apply. VSO values inclusion and seeks to have a diverse workforce and therefore welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.