Sustainability (income generation) volunteer position

Title: Sustainability (income generation) volunteer position

Duration: min. 3 months

Location: Colombo or Seenigama office, Sri Lanka

Overview of position: To oversee and drive forward the sustainability projects of the Foundation of Goodness

What: The Foundation of Goodness is a charity in Sri Lanka working to help rural disadvantaged villagers gain skills and find employment. The Foundation of Goodness has run successful programs for 15 years, however, in order to reduce reliance on unpredictable donor contributions  and to ensure its good work can continue for the years ahead, the Foundation of Goodness’s is looking for ways to create  stable sources of income.

The Foundation of Goodness is currently developing several projects to generate income and make the organisation sustainable. These initiatives include, but not limited to, the opening of a Foundation of Goodness shop(s) where products from the women’s enterprise centre and other areas can be sold; utilising the skills of students from the IT training department to develop IT Business Process Outsource (BPO); developing the Diving and Training Centre to cater to tourists; and developing Community Aid Tourism.

The Foundation of Goodness is looking for a volunteer (unpaid) to help oversee and drive these initiatives forward as well as scope other potential income generation options for the Foundation.

Responsibilities:

• Reports to the Founder/Trustee
• Coordinate, steer and task-manage the income generation initiatives
• Liaise with staff to scope new ideas to gain sustainable income
• Develop business plans in consultation with other staff for possible generation of sustainable income for the organisation
• Design a roadmap with deadlines

Skills:

• Business development skills
• Project management skills
• Understanding of marketing and communication strategies and methods
• Knowledge of financial aspects of an organisation including understanding of costs
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Driven and proactive approach to work
• Good persuasion and negotiating skills, with the ability to motivate others