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MBA Summer Fellow

About the Role:
The Design Fellow will take charge of a project examining EarthEnable’s people-processes
from recruitment, to onboarding, to professional development within the organization. We
have an amazingly passionate team and a great familial culture, and want to leverage those
building blocks to make EarthEnable the most meaningful work experience anyone could
imagine, from a junior mason to a senior director at the company. This fellowship will include
building empathy with our team and potential teammates through shadowing and interviews
and working directly with the CEO and Uganda Managing Director to develop recommendations and systems/processes for executing on these recommendations, all from a human-centered perspective. Please note that the fellow will be expected to make bus trips between our Rwandan and Ugandan office and to ride on motorcycle taxis for trips to the field.

The responsibilities of this role will include, but certainly not be limited to:

Identify Key Needs within EarthEnable’s Current People-Processes
  • Meet with employees and analyze other sources of feedback and data to identify current failures and components or attributes of our processes that need improvement
  • Shadow and interview team members to better understand their experiences and needs (note that since much of our team are masons/sales reps from rural Rwanda/Uganda, this will likely involve field work)
  • Work to identify and understand what drives our team's happiness and productivity
  • Identify strengths and weaknesses within our recruiting processes

Communicate Findings with the CEO and Uganda Managing Director
  • Report findings and recommendations directly to the CEO and Uganda Managing Director
  • Receive and incorporate feedback into recommendations when appropriate

Recommend and Establish New Processes and Protocols Based on Findings and Feedback
  • Work directly with the CEO and Uganda Managing Director to develop recommendations and systems/processes for executing on these recommendations, all from a human-centered perspective
  • Develop ways for candidates to have a fantastic experience applying, whether successful or not
  • Develop best recruiting practices to help convince stellar candidates to join our team
  • Create a professional development framework that is holistic, versus a series of trainings
  • Recommend alterations to our working environment and working experience to maximize our team’s happiness and productivity

Benefits:
  • Modest accommodation
  • Food stipend
  • All in-country work-related travel
  • Travel health insurance

Qualifications:
  • Pursuing a Master’s/graduate degree in business, human-centered-design, or a related field
  • Experience working on, or ideally leading, a similar design project for another organization
  • Ability to be creative, strategic, analytical, and think outside the box to solve problems
  • Excellent attention to detail, commitment to excellence, and outstanding work ethic
  • Flexible and adaptable to changing environments; thrives in a bootstrapped culture
  • Optimistic attitude, entrepreneurial spirit, curiosity to learn new things
  • Ability to work on a variety of tasks at the same time, and keep track of a variety of workstreams
  • Humble and patient team-player with a sense of humor
  • Creative human-centered-design thinker
  • Loves working with and learning about people

Thank you for you interest in EarthEnable and our mission. We are looking forward to reviewing your application.