GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY:
The Social Enterprise Business Advisor (SEBA) will support Mercy Corps social innovations projects by working with field teams to develop and execute business plans to improve the lives of the poor through self-sustainable and highly scalable social enterprises. The SEBA will partner with key stakeholders, including field leadership, the social innovations team, technical teams, and external partners in helping to identify, formulate, design, validate, and implement innovative solutions to improve the lives of the poor. Enterprises may be in the areas of financial services, education, health, agriculture, employment, clean energy, water/sanitation, or other needs in developing countries. The goal will be not only to launch successful enterprises, but also to demonstrate a compelling alternative to traditional development aid. Read more
Mercy Corps - Social Enterprise Business Advisor
Job Title: Business Development Manager, B Analytics and GIIRS
Job Description:
Overview:
B Lab (www.bcorporation.net) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to serve a global movement of entrepreneurs that use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. B Lab has recently launched B Analytics, the world’s largest database of private company social and environmental impact metrics. This customizable platform allows investors to collect, analyze, benchmark, and report portfolio impact metrics. Beyond investors, this flexible measurement and evaluation platform has been used by business associations, corporate supply chains, and municipalities (among others) to capture and benchmark company social and environmental performance and report to stakeholders. Read more
Senior Manager, Corporate Partnerships & Development, Net Impact
About the Company
Net Impact is a community of more than 40,000 impact-makers using our careers to tackle the world’s toughest problems. A San Francisco-based nonprofit with more than 300 chapters worldwide, we provide support, connections, and practical advice to help people in all sectors and job functions create a more just and sustainable future. Read more
Director of Development, Echoing Green
About the Organization
Echoing Green is a nonprofit social venture fund that identifies, invests in, and supports some of the world’s best emerging social entrepreneurs—society’s change agents. Because we believe human capital is the most important asset class, and understand the difficulties faced by social innovators who challenge the status quo with bold ideas for a better world, Echoing Green invests deeply in these next generation change agents as well as works to create an ecosystem around them that supports and celebrates social innovation as a high-impact strategy for social change. Read more
Managing Director, Social Finance
About the Organization
Social Finance is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to mobilizing investment capital to drive
social progress. We believe that increasing the flow of sustainable capital to effective programs will
help solve society’s most intractable social challenges. Our goal is to develop innovative financing Read more
Director of Individual Giving, The Nature Conservancy
About the Organization
The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. Since our founding in 1951, The Nature Conservancy has protected more than 117 million acres of land and 5,000 miles of rivers worldwide — and we operate more than 100 marine conservation projects globally. We have more than 1 million members and dedicated staff working in all 50 United States and more than 30 countries around the world — we are everywhere you want to be! About the Position Read more
Director, Business Development and Partnerships, Intellectual Ventures
About the Organization
Intellectual Ventures ("IV") is a privately-held, invention investment company based in Bellevue, Washington. Intellectual Ventures is the leader in the business of invention. Driven by the belief that invention sparks progress, Intellectual Ventures is committed to creating and sustaining a market for invention and being the leading invention partner for the world's most innovative companies and individuals. The company creates new inventions, invests in existing inventions and partners with individuals, universities and research labs worldwide to develop inventions. Intellectual Ventures provides companies access to these inventions through a variety of licensing and partnering programs About the Position Read more
Director of Development, Embrace Global
About the Organization
Embrace’s mission is to advance maternal and child health by delivering innovative solutions to the world’s most vulnerable populations. We do this by catalyzing the creation of new products with strong potential to improve health outcomes in developing countries, and then working to get those products directly to the people who need them most. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that every woman and child has an equal chance for a healthy life. About the Position Read more
Business Development of Bamboo Based Animal Feed Summer Fellow, EcoPlanet Bamboo
About the Organization
EcoPlanet Bamboo owns and manages more than 4,500 acres of certified bamboo plantations in the Rama region of Nicaraguan’s Atlantic Coast. These plantations produce vast quantities of both leafy material and young stems and branches that are currently considered waste. Read more
Food & Farm Fellow, Wholesome Wave
About the Organization
Wholesome Wave is a laboratory for innovative programs that build a healthier food system. We are a national 501(c)3 organization working to promote affordable access to fresh, healthy foods in a way that supports small-midsize farms and reaches low-income consumers. We work with a network of field partners, farm-to-retail venues, policymakers, community leaders, healthcare providers and aligned nonprofits to implement innovative programs that change behavior in low-income shoppers and grow regional farm enterprises.Read more
Delta Ventures Innovation Fellowship, Delta Institute
Description
Delta Institute is launching the Delta Ventures Innovation Fellowship designed to give MBA students a unique opportunity to use their business skills to advance social enterprise and sustainability innovation.
Delta’s fellowship program is a seasonal internship, working within Delta’s Ventures Innovation group. Fellows are hired on a rolling basis, based upon the human capital needs of Delta. Read more