Emerging Markets Impact Investing and Social Enterprise Fellowship
The Frontier Market Scouts (FMS) is a social enterprise management and impact investment certificate training and fellowship program founded in 2011 that has trained more than 300 professionals since its inception. FMS (fmscouts.org) received a 2013 Cordes Innovation Award from AshokaU and has now become the flagship program of the newly launched Center for Social Impact Learning (CSIL) at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.
The Professional Certificate in Impact Investing and Social Enterprise Management:
The FMS training provides participants with the knowledge and tools required to work effectively on the ground in the field of impact investment and social enterprise management. FMS instructors are active practitioners in the impact space and work with leading organizations including Omidyar Network, Accion Venture Lab, Village Capital, Invested Development, and Colorado Capital. Through the combination of lectures and actionable co-creative projects, participants gain a comprehensive understanding of the ecosystem and frame-work for market-based solutions.
Training curriculum topics include:
- Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing
- Designing Innovative Business Models
- Scaling up Social Enterprises
- Seed-stage Due Diligence for Impact Investors
- Managing Impact Investing Portfolios
- Profiling Ventures for Impact Investing
Winter 2016 Training Dates:
- Monterey, California (January 11-22nd, 2016)
- Washington, DC (February 15-26th, 2016)
Application Deadline: OCTOBER 2ND, 2015
Fellowship and Selection Criteria (completion of certificate training is required):
The goal of the FMS fellowship is to help existing social enterprises or impact-driven investment funds. A fellowship typically looks like a full or part-time position aimed scaling or improving existing processes or addresses pressing business development or sales needs. Since 2011 FMS fellows have worked to grow and improve processes for over 100 social enterprises around the world during field assignments based in such countries as Brazil, India, The Netherlands, Ecuador, Colombia, Vietnam, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, and Lebanon.
After completing the intensive, two-week training, FMS participants have the opportunity to become candidates for fellowship positions with social ventures, accelerator programs, or impact funds in positions such as operations management and financial modeling for periods of up to one year.
Successful candidates will have:
- The ability to clearly communicate practical skills alignment and genuine passion for market-based solutions to poverty alleviation
- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills
- Flexibility and openness to learning quickly without direct supervision
- Past experience living and working in an emerging market or capital weak region
- Expertise in at least one of the following areas is desirable: financial modeling, branding and communications, logistics and supply chain management.
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