Nigeria
VOLUNTEER VALUE CHAIN EXPERT
Industry:
Other
Career level:
Mid-level
Employment type:
Full time
Job location:
abuja, Abuja
Salary offered
Negotiable
Requirements
Education:
Bachelor's Degree
Experience:
0-2 years
Languages:
English
Driving license:
No
Job role
This is an opportunity to work with an Ashoka Fellow
Ashoka Fellows are leading social entrepreneurs that have been taken through a rigorous selection process, testing the quality of their ideas and character, to become part of the Ashoka Fellowship and Network. Ashoka Fellows take on the challenges of building innovative system change ideas to make and spread social impact in a world wrought with challenges. They refuse to let the ‘impossible’ stand in their way to creating a better world.
This is an unpaid, volunteer opportunity
About The Affiliated Organization
“The textile industry involves all of society from local to global - from consumers to producers, artisans, businesses, designers, communicators, among others. It builds dreams and profits, but is also responsible for modern slavery and the second most polluting industry in the world. For this reason, it’s one of the most impactful spaces to work within to transform the contemporary world” Adriana Marina, Ashoka Fellow and founder of Hecho por Nosotros (Made By Us), and social enterprise animaná Hecho porNosotros is an NGO with consultative status in the United Nations and World Trade Organization.
We work to promote sustainability in the world of fashion, with a strong focus on research and education projects to understand the industry and its problems better, and to find comprehensive solutions for creating the new paradigm of sustainable fashion industry. We are advocating, promoting, educating, and committed to influence decision makers at national, regional and at the highest international level – to bring the controversies of the fashion industry into the spotlight and to eventually work together for a sustainable future. Over the years we have worked more than 80 organisations, including Fabric of Change, UNESCO, Ashoka, BID Network, European Union, as well as local governments from Argentina, Peru, Bolivia and Mexico, and international organisations advocating for sustainable and ethical fashion, such as Ecotece (Brazil), Universal Love (France), Ethical Fashion Forum and Common Objective (UK), as well as with a network of professionals of design and sustainability around the world. We are a platform that provides tools and opportunities encouraging: companies to look into the principles of sustainability; consumers to be more conscious; and students to look to their future as agents of change. Our work includes:
Portraying the fashion industry as a platform to advance sustainable development
Education and promotion of concepts of sustainable fashion and development, analysing themes related to sustainable and ethical fashion
Creating bridges between ethical fashion from Latin America and international markets
Creating and promoting networks and collaboration to advance this new paradigm and sustainable fashion
We have been working for years at the construction of a network of resources about principles of sustainability, ethical production and commercialisation in Latin America and beyond: Hecho por Nosotros wants to serve as a reference and as a link between different actors (entrepreneurs, academics, craftsmen, students, citizens, NGOs, INGOs, States, United Nations, etc.). We aim to join together all stakeholders, with each contributing information and analysis of the fashion industry from different perspectives. In this way, we can begin to shift the paradigm of the fashion industry and work together for a more sustainable world. The NGO Hecho por Nosotros works promoting sustainability in the world of fashion and encourages different actors to undertake sustainable and ethical practices. With a strong regional focus, we work with local agents in the development of a sustainable value chains and promote the local natural fibers and communities. This is crucial in order to collaborate and co-create with local agents as companies, governments, and other NGOs. Here's your chance to work with Animana & Hecho por nosotros!
For more information, please visit www.hechoxnosotros.org www.animanaoneline.com.ar
Job Description
At Hecho por Nosotros we are searching for collaborators with experience working in business inclusive value chain development of MSMEs and surrounding fields. We are launching programs for integrating bottom of the value chain to professionals and institutions for making circular models a reality.
Especially, we are looking for economists and tech experts, but other professions are very welcome. Collaborators will be working in multi-disciplinary global teams and thus, must be adaptable, strong problem solvers as well as being solution oriented and full of initiative. The work we are doing is fluid and so we are wanting team players who can pull together to achieve our goals.
Volunteer Logistics
Estimated hours required per week: 20 minimum
The estimated duration of the project is: 3-6 months
This position is Virtual
Language Requirements
English
Desired Skills And Experience
PHD, or master grade and 5 years experience in international organizations as ITc, Fair trade, etc.
Economists
Techno experts
Blockchain experts
Value Chain experts
Spanish and English
Linkedin for Good Volunteering
Benefits
Meals
