Opportunities for Women #32
Compiled by Zulu Uwolloh, Mosopefoluwa Amao, and Nkem Adigwe
Hi sis! Yes. We know how challenging things can be. We know how lonely the journey could get. However, we also know that victory can be attained when you find the right opportunities in the midst of tough times. This is one of the reasons why we have curated another Opportunities and Resources for you. Hope you find it worthwhile!
JOBS, APPRENTICESHIPS AND INTERNSHIPS
Programme Associate at She Leads Africa
Link: https://she011.snaphunt.com/job/WUCLP3BSRQ?source=linkedin
The Role:
- Managing the logistical planning of SLA’s offline/online programs including networking events, Accelerator programs, brand activations and more
- Managing client relations to ensure the seamless execution of campaigns, events and projects
- Adopting different communication styles to suit different stakeholders
- Executing client projects to allow for project extension/renewal and to secure new businesses from existing clients
- Researching and compiling pre-event data such as competitive events, venues, topics, and speakers
- Communicating and coordinating event targets with the Marketing Team and Sales & Partnerships Team
- Securing event partnerships that involve research, conference calls, proposals and in-person meetings
- Conducting customer development research to identify the skills and trainings our community is looking for and integrate that into our programs
- Engaging relevant content partners, setting up meetings, and driving short and long-term goals
- Serving as a spokesperson for official events and programs
- Hustling to identify new prospects and sell them on SLA
Deadline: Not Stated.
Youth Entrepreneurship Platform Community Manager at Nestle
Link: https://jobdetails.nestle.com/job/Vevey/804370201/?utm_source=linkedin
The Role:
The Nestlé Youth Entrepreneurship Platform (YEP) Community Manager is the guardian of the Global Nestlé Youth Entrepreneurship Platform. As part of Nestlé R&D, this role is to ensure that the Nestlé YEP is reaching and activating as many young entrepreneurs as possible. In addition, the Nestlé YEP Community Manager will work closely with the internal and external innovation ecosystems to grow and enhance Nestlé’s innovation initiatives. The successful candidate will also oversee all platform content updates, advertising, and SEO.
Deadline: Not Stated.
Associate Managing Consultant, Advisors, at Mastercard
The Role:
As an Associate Managing Consultant, you will have the opportunity to lead key client engagements across a range of industries and types of projects, such as consulting services, Test & Learn, digital marketing, or data and analytics. Working with technology and data, you will generate key hypotheses and independently structure work streams covering client problems. Overseeing the day-to-day work of the project Client Services team, you will identify creative and useful analyses to address client problems, synthesize analyses into clear, sound recommendations, and create effective, impactful storylines and slides. Responsibilities within project management will include building strong relationships with mid-level client management and independently assessing client agenda, internal culture and change readiness.
Deadline: Not Stated.
Service Assurance Lead at Airtel Nigeria
Link: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3112916589
The Role:
The role ensures support on the end-to-end management of KYC data base by ensuring strict adherence to regulatory requirements on new customer acquisition. It also seeks to ensure time-to-time review and seeking ways of enhancing complete registration of Airtel customer base.
The role ensures continuous optimization and improvement of business processes towards achieving excellent customer experience. It identifies, highlights and addresses customer pain through CSD processes improvement, Voice of the customer initiatives and Knowledge portal management. It, also, ensures maintenance and tracking of Quality of Service KPIs records and performance to guarantee regulatory compliance. Owns the VOC process of the organization.
It ensures complete cycle of service assurance in all the regions in Nigeria while ensuring costs and time savings for the organization.
Deadline: Not Stated.
Business Development Manager at Schneider Electric
The Role:
Schneider Electric Africa seeks a Business Development Manager Access to Energy who will drive Schneider Electric’s Access to Energy (A2E) business growth through the implementation of various business models, the establishment of strategic A2E partnerships, promotion, understanding and marketing of the A2E offer and hunting new business opportunities to achieve exceptional sales growth in Anglophone West Africa.
Deadline: Not Stated.
2022 Summer Cohort Internship at VAZI Legal
Link: https://airtable.com/shrerW80pIgJeyf5n?s=09
The Role:
Applications for final year law students, law school students and recent graduates looking to gain insight into the work of our amazing clients. Graduates with less than 2 years’ experience can also apply.’
Deadline: 11 June, 2022, 11:59 PM WAT.
Content Buyer, Yoruba & Igbo at Multichoice Group
Link: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3107732643
The Role:
The Role includes content acquisition, administration of content deals, and the planning and administration of content inventory budgets.
Deadline: Not Stated.
SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS
2022/2023 Harvesters Africa Empowerment Foundation Scholarship Application Form
Key Information:
The Harvesters Scholarship Fund is an initiative of the Harvesters Africa Empowerment Foundation. It is aimed at providing financial support for undergraduates across universities in Africa. The 2022/2023 scholarship fund of N15million will go to 100 undergraduates, who meet the stipulated criteria as specified in the advert/communication materials.
Deadline: Not Specified
African Union Civic Tech Fund (AUCTF) Fellowships 2022 for civic tech professionals
Key Information:
The AUCTF is offering fellowships for 5 civic tech professionals for a period of minimum 3 months to technically support and to advise beneficiaries awarded the grants for the development of their civic tech initiatives in 7 African countries — Mali, Nigeria, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Kenya, and Morocco.
Deadline: 15 June, 2022
NNPC/NAOC/OANDOJV Tertiary Scholarship Scheme 2022 for young Nigerian Undergraduate students
Link: https://candidate.scholastica.ng/schemes/naocscholarship2022
Key Information:
The NNPC/NAOC/OANDO Joint Venture in pursuance of its Corporate Social Responsibility invites suitably qualified applicants for its 2022 Tertiary Scholarship Scheme, effective June 03, to July 08, 2022. The examination date will be communicated to shortlisted candidates only.
Deadline: 8, July, 2022
Hurford Youth Fellows Program 2023 for Youth Leaders (Fully Funded to Washington D.C. USA)
Link: https://www.movedemocracy.org/strengthening-democratic-leadership/hurford-youth-fellowship
Key Information:
The Hurford Youth Fellowship Program seeks to build the leadership skills and harness the potential of young democracy activists from around the world. Through the Program, young activists spend three months at the World Movement’s Secretariat, during which they expand their global connections, share experiences with other activists from democracy movements around the world, and contribute to the development of the World Movement for Democracy.
Deadline: 31 July, 2022
TED Fellowship Program 2023 for young Innovators worldwide (Fully Funded to TED Conference)
Link: https://www.ted.com/participate/ted-fellows-program/apply-to-be-a-ted-fellow
Key Information:
Every year the TED Fellows program selects a new group of extraordinary, multidisciplinary individuals by open application. TED looks for innovators on the rise in their respective fields who are doing bold, original work. All applicants are notified whether or not they have been selected to join the TED Fellows program.
Deadline: 30 June, 2022 11:59PM UTC
The ASCU Cambridge University African Students Mentorship Programme (CAMP) for Africans
Link: https://www.africansocietycambridge.org/ascu-camp
Key Information:
The structured programme will be run from August 2022 to December 2022 and will include one-to-one mentorship support with a matched member of the university. Further support will be provided for mentees with successful Cambridge applications.
Deadline: 1 July, 2022
The SOAS University of London Leventis Fellowship 2022
Link: https://www.soas.ac.uk/cas/sponsorship/leventis/
Key Information:
The Centre of African Studies of the University of London invites applications from Nigerian academics to take part in a scheme of collaborative research funded by the Leventis Foundation. To be considered for the fellowship, applicants should apply using the online form including other documents.
Deadline: 31 March, 2023
Entrepreneurship World Cup Pitch Competition 2022 for Entrepreneurs worldwide ($1million prize)
Link: https://www.genglobal.org/ewc/
Key Information:
The Entrepreneurship World Cup is one of the biggest and most diverse startup pitch competitions and support programs of its kind, featuring more than 370,000 entrepreneurs from over 200 countries and offering winners life-changing prizes.
Deadline: Varies
She Code Africa Laptop Scholarship Fund
Link: https://forms.gle/hjB2mgchnEY1FW948
Key Information:
Apply to benefit from the She Code Africa Laptop scholarship initiative; Every quarter for 2022 She Code Africa plan to give out brand new laptops to ladies in tech within the She Code Africa community, who cannot afford to own one.
Deadline: 18 June, 2022
PROGRAMS, CONFERENCES, AND WORKSHOPS
Embedded Safety and Security Summit (ESSS) 2022- Virtual Conference & Expo
Link: https://www.linkedin.com/events/6863445000253001728/
Date: 15 June, 2022, 7:00 AM — 1:00 PM WAT
Canada International Conference on Education Virtual Conference
Link: https://ciceducation.org/paper-submission/
Date: 21–23 June, 2022
Latest Tips & Tricks in Microsoft Excel-Create & Format Stunning Workbooks
Date: 16 June, 2022, 5:00 PM — 7:00 PM WAT
SummerSaaS 2022| Leading European online conference for SaaS investments
Link: https://hopin.com/events/summersaas-2022
Date: 9 June, 2022, 9:45 AM — 5:30 PM WAT
Tech Live London
Link: https://www.linkedin.com/events/6912437710406250497/
Date: 23 June, 2022, 10:00 AM, 24 June, 2022, 6:00 PM
2022 Strategic HR Management Workshop
Link: http://cornerstone-intsa.net/
Date: 8–12 August, 2022, 9:00 AM WAT
Design Thinking & Innovation Week 2022 by Future London Academy
Link: https://bit.ly/38hG08Z
Date: 9–12 August, 2022, 8:00 PM WAT
RESOURCES
Nestle YOUth e-Fest
Link: https://nestleconnect-nestgen.vfairs.com/?utm_source=emailer&utm_medium=email
Join us for 2 fun-filled days dedicated to empowering YOUth today to be future work ready, featuring over 18 master classes from industry experts & brand influencers!
Remote Impact Jobs Group on Linkedin
The Writers
Mosopefoluwa Amao
Mosopefoluwa is a Lawyer and a Cybersecurity Analyst with an interest in Cloud Security. She likes to share knowledge, hence, her role as an Opportunities and Resources Writer. In her free time, you would find her restaurant hopping, trying out recipes or seeing a movie. Connect with Mosopefoluwa on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter.
Chizulu Uwulloh
Zulu, named after Zulu Shofola, is a writer, avid movie watcher, and self-proclaimed bibliophile. She is proud to call herself a feminist and when she’s not editing for Sisterly HQ and watching travel vlogs on YouTube, she’s trying to save the world in her own little way. Connect with Zulu on Instagram and LinkedIn.
Edited by Nkem Adigwe
Nkem is a final year law student. On the side, she is a research writer, content writer, legal research analyst and social media manager. She combines all of these roles effortlessly and looks forward to becoming an amazing lawyer. Connect with her on Instagram and LinkedIn.
Published by Yetunde Onafuye
Yetunde is a storyteller, podcaster, and a graduate student with interest in the social and political history of post-independence Africa. She’s also the co-lead editor at Sisterly HQ. In her free time, she reads and reviews books, engages in social volunteering, and watches tons of dramas and TV shows. Connect with Yetunde on LinkedIn and Instagram.
