SOCIAL ENTERPRISE OFFICER
BUY WISELY & GREENBOOST4SMES.
FREE-LANCE CONTRACT POSITION – **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE** DAYS OVER
**APPLY ON THE WEBSITE** MONTHS.
THE ORGANISATION
Social Enterprise in Ireland has a home. We are here to help social
enterprises, social entrepreneurs and social innovators in getting
their idea off the ground and providing the supports to grow. We are
here to build a network that will change and impact their social
mission as well as foster an entrepreneurial sphere of passionate and
ground-breaking models of social change. We are here to support an
open and inclusive network for social enterprises, social
entrepreneurs and social innovators.
There are three pillars to the work of the Irish Social Enterprise
Network -
NETWORK - We run events and networking opportunities throughout the
year. We aim to bridge the gap between social enterprises across
Ireland.
INFORMATION - We aim to point you in the right direction to get your
idea off the ground or take your organisation to the next level.
ADVOCACY - We aim for an Ireland where social enterprises are
recognised as being a valuable and necessary part of the economy and
society.
We are currently seeking a dynamic and experienced Social Enterprise
Officer, primarily focusing on Project Management, to lead and oversee
the successful implementation and coordination of our key projects:
'Buy WISEly' and 'GreenBoost4WISEs'. The successful candidate will be
responsible for organising events and trade fairs, coordinating study
visits, and developing training sessions, coaching, mentoring, focus
groups, and providing essential administrative and financial support
for the projects.
THE PROJECTS
The Irish Social Enterprise Network is running two European Projects
called ‘Buy WISEly’ and ‘GreenBoost4WISEs’ over the coming
* months. These two projects require the
development and implementation of events, surveys, study visits,
administration and coordination with our European partners. We are now
recruiting a Social Enterprise Officer as a core part of our team.
This post-holder will report to the CEO of ISEN. Both projects are
outlined below.
_BUY WISELY PROJECT_
Buy WISEly is a project co-financed by the EU Single Market Programme.
The concept has been developed due to the following critical issues
and needs:
* There is a lack of research on the relationship between Work
Integration Social Enterprises (WISEs) and Mainstream Businesses (MBs)
(this includes lack of knowledge of the share of resources,
partnership organisations, generated value etc.);
* This project will monitor, report and evaluate the outcomes of
partnerships;
* Address existing fragmented Business to Business (B2B) policies
(supporting measures for social enterprises when it comes to the
cooperation with MBs) across Europe.
The main general objective is to enable WISEs and mainstream
businesses to design, foster and implement transactional partnerships
including trade relationships for sustainable buy social B2B market.
As for the specific objectives, they are:
* Raise awareness WISEs and their products and services and how
mainstream businesses can purchase from them
* Encourage the involvement of mainstream businesses to support
up/re-skilling pathways of disadvantaged groups to facilitate their
access into the ordinary labour market;
* Strengthen the operational and financial capacity of WISEs to
cooperate with mainstream businesses, the so called “trade
readiness”;
* Develop transactional partnerships through concrete actions
between WISEs and mainstream businesses.
_GREENBOOST4WISES PROJECT_
GreenBoost4WISEs overall aims at making business and processes of
WISEs more sustainable and to raise awareness on through capacity
building, knowledge transfer and transnational cooperation.
The specific objectives are:
* Supporting transnational and cross-sectorial cooperation and
exchange of good practices to enable sustainable growth of WISEs to
face the green transition;
* Upskilling and training towards staff and management of WISEs to
green their operations;
* Encouraging the uptake and adoption of sustainable measures and
innovative solutions;
* Fostering cooperation between WISEs and other relevant
stakeholders (e.g., other social economy entities, mainstream
businesses, academia and public authorities).
Numerous activities are foreseen consisting of capacity-building and
awareness raising through study visits, focus groups, trainings and
events. Specific activities are also tailored in order to stimulate
and to develop green strategies in internal organisation processes and
businesses such as coaching and mentoring activities at national and
EU levels and financial support to WISEs through trainings addressing
sustainability in key sectors and advisory and consultancy services in
implementation countries are: Austria, Italy, and Ireland. The
consortium is composed of WISEs networks and circular economy
representative.
Two specific target groups have been identified in the framework of
this project. On the one hand, the main direct target groups of
GreenBoost4WISEs are WISEs managers and their representatives, other
types of social economy enterprises (cooperatives, foundations,
networks, etc.) and public authorities. On the other hand, indirect
target groups and beneficiaries are disadvantaged groups working in
WISEs and mainstream businesses.
THE ROLE
The Social Enterprise Officer will deliver these projects. This holder
of this post will be one of the key public faces of the Irish Social
Enterprise Network. As this is a small team the role includes
supporting the delivery of member events and services.
PLEASE SEE FULL JOB DESCRIPTION & PERSON SPECIFICATION ATTACHED BELOW.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested candidates are invited to submit a cover letter and resume
outlining their experience and qualifications to **APPLY ON THE
WEBSITE** by _5pm on Monday *th October **Apply
on the website**_. Please include “Social Enterprise Officer” in
the subject line of your email.
Irish Social Enterprise Network is an equal opportunity organisation.
We encourage applications from candidates of all abilities,
backgrounds, and experiences.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Closing Date 5pm GMT Monday *th October **Apply
on the website**.
INTERVIEWS
We expect to have interviews on the *rd or
*th of October *. Please
hold these dates in your diary.
A probation period of six months will apply.
We will encourage and provide training and support for personal
development.
We need : English (Good)
Type: Permanent
Payment:
Category: Others
