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Business Volunteer

Business Volunteer

Long term role · 4–6 hrs/Week · Starting from 15 Aug 2023
St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Young Enterprise
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Summary

Our amazing Business Volunteers inspire and support young people to set up and run a real business. This hands-on and highly impactful role involves mentoring a

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Why we want you

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.


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.)


What's in it for you

  • 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


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About Young Enterprise

We work directly with young people, teachers, parents, businesses and influencers to help build a successful and sustainable future for all young people and society at large.

Through our hands-on employability, enterprise and financial education programmes, resources and teacher training, we aim to reduce youth unemployment, help young people realise their potential beyond education and empower a generation to learn, to work and to live.