Young Enterprise Business Volunteer

Young Enterprise Business Volunteer

Posted for Young Enterprise

Posted by Community Works

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Our amazing Business Volunteers inspire and support young people to set up and run a real business as part of our Company, Team and Startup programmes. This hands-on and highly impactful role involves mentoring and encouraging students to face the challenges of running a business, and the inevitable setbacks this entails, in a safe space to apply their learning to the real world.

What you will be doing:

• Coaching, mentoring, and positively challenging a group of young people running their own business
• Being a supportive and encouraging role model
• Attending regular company meetings within the school environment
• Keeping a group of students on track and supporting them with more complicated tasks ie. Opening a business bank account.

Benefits

• Satisfaction of supporting young people to grow in confidence, learn new skills and achieve their potential
• Develop your professional skills in mentoring, facilitation and communication
• Volunteering alongside a group of young people will challenge you to think differently and approach problems from a new perspective.

Practical Considerations

We have a few opportunities available at schools all around Brighton, exact location to be discussed upon application.  Student companies meet weekly during the school day, usually lunchtime or after school.  All Business Volunteers will be asked to complete an enhanced DBS check and complete safeguarding training, paid for by Young Enterprise.  We provide full training and support for the role.

What skills do I need?

The skills you need:

• Patient, encouraging and open-minded
• Comfortable in the presence of young people (but no specific experience is necessary)
• Able to commit to attending regular face to face student company meetings within a school
• Able to communicate appropriately with young people
• Open to learning new things, to challenge and in turn be challenged
• Comfortable in the use of basic IT as the role involves using our online platform for Company Programme

(Volunteers do not necessarily need experience of running a business in order to enjoy and make a big impact in this role.)