A social business is a new kind of organization that combines the strengths of both civil society and the business world. Social businesses have a social or environmental mission – like NGOs – but are financially self-sustainable – like businesses. Social business is a combination of social action with entrepreneurship and market discipline.
We, YSB, are the international consulting and project implementation company for Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus, and our mission is to help create social businesses worldwide. Reporting directly to Prof. Yunus, we are currently a team of 30 people worldwide, 7 in Haiti, with backgrounds in strategy consulting, entrepreneurship, accounting and international development. Our central office is in Frankfurt, Germany, with our local office for Haiti based in Port-au-Prince. We are part of the Grameen network of over 40 social businesses and more than 50,000 employees. Grameen/Yunus projects, in microfinance and in social business, have been implemented in more than 50 countries around the world.
The Yunus Social Business Initiative Haiti helps to create and develop employment generating social businesses, and finances these businesses through a social venture capital fund. Haiti has been selected by Prof. Yunus as one of the priority countries for social business promotion. The YSB Initiative Haiti will focus on the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable members of Haitian society. It generated a first wave of social business entrepreneurs and social business projects, and is financing the best ones through the YSB Fund Haiti.
Fonctions
The Social Business Consultant for Haiti Forest will be responsible for:
• Identify, select and coach potential entrepreneurs, in the Haiti Forest ecosystem
• Help them develop their business model, deliver key analysis where required to back it up
• Coach them in the preparation of their business plan and their financial modelling
• Interface with local project stakeholders in Saint-Michel de l’Attalaye.
• Develop and implement local communication plan with the relevant partners, support local partners to organise community meetings, prepare communication supports
• Prepare project deliverables, track milestone, prepare status updates and reporting to key partners,
• Report to Head of Investments Haiti on all topics described above
• Other duties and responsibilities, as required, to help ensure that the Haiti Forest Initiative is a success.
Qualifications Requises
Candidates should have the following qualities, skills and experience:
• Fluency in French, Creole and English
• Numeracy, analytical skills, critical thinking, evidence-based analysis, efficiency and thoroughness, demonstrated by excellent academic qualifications;
• Minimum 4-5 years experience in at least one, or preferably several of the following:
o Strategy or management consulting
o Project management in the private sector
o Entrepreneurship development programs in the civil society (NGOs) and/or International development agencies
• Extensive experience of Haiti business environment, ability to understand local dynamics and challenges for Haitian entrepreneurs.
• Extensive experience of Haiti community development: ability to navigate at a community level in Haiti, interact with all stakeholders of the project (farmers associations, local cooperatives, local authorities, partner NGOs...), and communicate clearly.
• Experience in the agroforestry sector is a plus
• A high level of passion, entrepreneurial energy, personal initiative and responsibility;
• Demonstrated organizational skills; experience of working in challenging environments;
• An excellent understanding of “social business” and how this is related to other concepts, e.g. social innovation, social entrepreneurship, inclusive business, impact investing…;
• A demonstrated commitment to serving society’s needs and a high level of personal integrity;
• Diplomacy, negotiating skills and team-working skills;
• Willingness to travel outside of Port-au-Prince, including to rural areas of Haiti
