Opportunities For Women #4
Compiled by Mosopefoluwa Amao and Titilope Adedokun
This week, say No to fear, imposter syndrome and mediocrity. Instead, say Yes to building and living the life of your dreams. It’s like peak, it’s in you! (Terrible pun, we know, lol) We’ve created this list of amazing opportunities to help you dream and achieve it. It begins with saying Yes to the opportunities and resources that pique your interest. It’s in you!
Jobs, Apprenticeships and Internships
Cabin Crew and Airport Services, Emirates
Emirates is recruiting 3,000 cabin crew and 500 airport services employees to join our Dubai hub. Both roles offer exciting opportunities for friendly, energetic, and service-oriented people to meet and interact with the world as Emirates’ brand ambassadors.
Deadline: Varies
Intern, She Leads Africa (Remote)
Interning with She Leads Africa will give you the opportunity to challenge yourself in a high-intensity, fast-growing and globally recognized start-up, and learn vital professional skills under experienced managers. The SLA Internship Programme is a 3-month program, and interns will be given an opportunity to be retained after graduation (based on need).
Deadline: Not stated
Legal and Compliance Officer — Nigeria, BASF
The incumbent will be responsible to provide immediate legal troubleshooting and drive the local compliance culture across the BASF Group Companies in West Africa. 5 years of experience required.
Deadline: September 28, 2021
Content Marketing Associate, She Leads Africa (Remote)
The Content Marketing Associate will be responsible for making sure that we rapidly grow our community by identifying fresh ideas and forward-thinking strategies that will be used in gathering sign-ups on all social media platforms.
Deadline: Not stated
Intern, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, Olam International
This internship will support the initiatives of the Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability (CR&S) Global Function related primarily to livelihoods, nutrition and well-being of people in Olam’s workplaces (e.g. factories, farms) and supply chains (e.g. farming communities). The intern will be responsible for supporting project implementation, including collaborating with business units in Asia, Africa and South America.
Deadline: Not stated.
Internships+ in Software Engineering, UX, Product Management, Sales, Marketing, People, and more.
Deadline: Varies
HR Generalist, She Leads Africa (Remote)
The HR Generalist will be responsible for ensuring smooth and efficient business operations. This role involves planning and facilitating important functions, such as hiring and onboarding, training and development, compensation and benefits performance review, as well as assist with other HR-related tasks.
Deadline: Not stated
Operations and Project Associate, The Better Org (Remote)
The Associate will undertake research, create content, manage projects, among other tasks. You will work between 16 and 24 hours (2/3 days) per week. The salary for this role is 28,000 pounds.
Deadline: October 14, 2021
Marketing Associate, She Leads Africa
The Marketing Associate will manage the marketing functions for She Leads Africa events and training programs. The ideal candidates will have an interest in building, growing and scaling communities. You don’t have to have official work experience doing this kind of work, but we want someone who is passionate about digital content and can learn quickly.
Deadline: Not stated.
Ndani TV is looking for talented male and female actors, aged 20–40 for roles in a web series.
Deadline: Not stated
Specialist, Business Development, Child Fund International
Responsible for the implementation of a country business plan to raise funds from in-country individual, institutional and corporate donors according to the CSP objectives, market study, global strategies and guidelines. Responsible for the account management of a donor portfolio and the tracking of income targets and measures.
Deadline: Not stated.
Scholarships, Fellowships and Awards
Monash Humanitarian Scholarship
Are you an asylum seeker on a bridging visa? If you are a high-achieving student with the ambition to change your future, you may be eligible for the Monash Humanitarian Scholarship. You will receive 100% international student funding for the Monash undergraduate degree of your choice plus a yearly allowance of $6000.
Deadline: November 26, 2021
Seyi Bickersteth Scholarship Programme (SBSP)
Beneficiaries will receive a scholarship grant worth Four Hundred Thousand Naira (N400,000) annually. Beneficiaries will also receive summer internship opportunities, mentorship opportunities, exposure and eligibility to work at any of the three firms (KPMG, Leadway Assurance or Andersen).
Deadline: September 28, 2021
Each year the Swiss Confederation awards Government Excellence Scholarships to promote international exchange and research cooperation between Switzerland and over 180 other countries.
Deadline: Varies
Alan R. and Barbara D. Finberg Fellowship — Human Rights Watch
Open to candidates who hold an advanced (graduate) degree or have a degree granted by June 2022 in the fields of law, journalism, international relations, area studies, or other relevant disciplines from universities worldwide. Candidates with LL.B. degrees or advanced degrees in other relevant disciplines may also be considered. Fellows typically work full-time for one year in Human Rights Watch’s New York or Washington, D.C. office.
Deadline: October 8, 2021
KPMG Nigeria University Scholarship Programme 2021
In line with KPMG Nigeria’s commitment to improving communities by enabling access to education, the KPMG Undergraduate Scholarship will sponsor selected indigenous students through their tertiary education.
Deadline: October 8, 2021
Funded Commonwealth PhD Scholarships for 2022
Commonwealth PhD Scholarships are for candidates from least developed countries and fragile States in the Commonwealth, for full-time doctoral study at a UK university.
Deadline: November 1, 2021
The HQ team is making a call for applications for Amplify HQ, a paid two-month creative Fellowship program for African storytellers and creators, with a lens focused on Africa’s narratives and stories coming from the pandemic. Each Fellow will receive a $500 stipend each month.
Deadline: October 11, 2021
The Open Notebook/Burroughs Wellcome Fund Fellowship For Early-Career Science Writers
This ten-month fellowship is remote and part-time. Fellows will report and write five articles for publication at The Open Notebook — a mix of “story behind the story” interviews and reported features — with the guidance of a mentor who will help shape story ideas, provide reporting and writing guidance, edit final copy, and offer career-development mentoring. Each fellow will receive a stipend of $4,000.
Deadline: October 21, 2021
Peace Scholar Fellowship Program
USIP’s Peace Scholar Fellowship program awards non-residential fellowships to students enrolled in U.S. universities who are writing doctoral dissertations on topics broadly related to conflict management, peacebuilding and relevant security studies.
Deadline: October 15, 2021
The Wits-TUB-UNILAG Urban Lab Programme
The programme enables scholars from across the sub-continent to partake in the Master of Urban Studies in the field of Urban Management at Wits as well as PhD studies at both Wits and UNILAG.
Deadline: Varies
Contests, Grants and Campaigns
Do you have an incredible story to tell? Submit your short film to My RØDE Reel for a chance to win $250,000 in cash and launch your filmmaking career. Unbox your ideas.
Deadline: October 20, 2021
Graduate School Application Fee Grant, GetIn Edu
Apply for the N50,000 Graduate School Application Fee Grant to reduce the financial burden of grad school applications.
Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFgleoSa030kZxT2l1DubzCCGxChYY_gNyP8ZUtMnazBUpjw/viewform
Deadline: October 10, 2021
Afritondo Shortlist Story Prize 2022
The winner will receive a cash prize of $1000. Four other shortlisted writers will get $100 each. The longlist will be published in an anthology.
Deadline: December 15, 2021
Sony World of Film Competition
This competition aims to encourage filmmakers at all levels, from aspiring filmmaking students to passionate amateurs and industry veterans, to showcase their exceptional talents and abilities using the Sony system to capture their stories. The local winners will receive digital equipment. The grand prize for the regional winner will be $15,000 cash for the Open Category and $8,000 for the Student Category.
Deadline: December 31, 2021
VI International Flash Fiction Competition
Writers from anywhere in the world may participate, over 14 years old. Overall first prize of 20,000 dollars will be awarded for the best story in any of the languages authorized in the contest. Three prizes of $ 2,000 each will be awarded for the best stories in each of the other remaining languages admitted in the contest, that are not winners of the main prize.
Deadline: September 30, 2021
UBA National Essay Competition 2021
The first prize for the UBA National Essay Competition is a N3 million educational grant, while the second and third prizes are N2.5 million and N2 million in educational grants to any African University of their choice.
Deadline: October 29, 2021
Can you design a new business or NGO that delivers a proven poverty intervention at scale? Submit your idea to build a new organization and solve one of our Distribution Challenges below. We will award the most promising teams with up to $20,000 USD to launch wherever extreme poverty exists.
Deadline: November 7, 2021
The Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge
Link: https://longevity.stanford.edu/design-challenge/
The Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge offers cash prizes and free entrepreneur mentorship in a competition open to all university students around the world who want to design products and services which optimize long life for us all. $17,000 in cash prizes will be awarded, and finalists will receive paid travel to Stanford, where they will present their designs to renowned industry, academic, and government leaders.
Deadline: December 2, 2021
Hack Media and Information Literacy for Better Futures, UNESCO
Global Media and Information Literacy Youth Hackathon is an occasion for youth and youth organizations around the world to engage in the creation of innovative media and information literacy learning in meaningful ways. Winning teams will gain an opportunity to present their projects globally during an online press conference at the Global MIL Week 2021 Youth Agenda Forum, an invitation to UNESCO’s Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2022 Feature Events, and more.
Deadline: October 3, 2021
Berkeley Undergraduate Prize for Design Excellence
An essay contest in three stages open to all current full-time registered students in an undergraduate architecture degree program, undergraduates majoring in architecture, or diploma students in accredited schools of architecture worldwide. 25,000 USD prize.
Deadline: November 1, 2021
Learn to create better videos, get more subscribers and take your channel to the next level with the YouTube NextUp contest. Winners get access to a virtual Creator Camp, production equipment and other awesome prizes.
Deadline: October 8, 2021
2021 DealHQ Partners Undergraduate Essay Competition
Win up to 350,000 Naira. The Competition is open to 300–500 level law undergraduates across all Nigerian Universities. For enquiries: essays@dealhqpartners.com
Deadline: October 6, 2021
Programs, Workshops and Conferences
Gender Data 101 Course by TechChange and Facebook
Designed for gender advisors, data specialists, and other development professionals, this course unpacks complex and practical considerations to understand, use, and share gender data with the ultimate goal of impact.
Deadline: October 1, 2021
Timeline: 5 weeks
Open days, White & Case LLP London
If you’re curious about working as a City lawyer, our London office open days are a great place to find out more. You’ll learn more about White & Case, and meet our current trainees, associates and partners.
Deadline: November 1, 2021
African Leaders on the Move, McKinsey
We welcome applicants from various academic or professional backgrounds interested in pursuing an exciting career in consulting and passionate about working in Africa. Undergraduates, postgraduates, and professionals with up to 4 years of experience are invited to apply.
Deadline: November 12, 2021.
Date: November 25 — 26, 2021
Resources
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