PwC Sabbatical Opportunities
GENERAL / ALL SKILLS OPPORTUNITIES
HELP CREATE THE WORLD’S FIRST CONSERVATION INVESTMENT VEHICLE
The World Trust for Nature is a conservation startup looking to establish the world’s first impact investing vehicle that will allow individuals and institutions to invest and own units in private nature reserves across Asia and South America.
They are looking for an individual who is interested in and/or wants to learn more about the future of the planet, willing to act as a sounding board to provide challenge to their existing business plan which has been developed alongside the Judge Business School Social Incubator (part of the University of Cambridge).
IMPACT INVESTING, SUSTAINABILITY, INNOVATIVE PRODUCT
BE PART OF THE ROLE SHARING REVOLUTION
Roleshare is a smart matching site helping people connect and combine their collective skills, strengths and experiences to share exciting and fulfilling roles.
They are on the hunt for an individual to work with them to quantify the benefits of shared roles (or as they call them, micro-teams!) and help prove the hypothesis that full-time balance in work and in life is possible because successful shared roles drive higher productivity gains for companies than the same roles performed by a single individual.
FUTURE OF WORK, DISRUPTIVE TECH, STARTUP
CHANGE THE NARRATIVE AROUND MENTAL HEALTH
The Hub of Hope is the UK's biggest mental health database, making help simply a click away. The multi-award winning website and app is used by organisations such as the Samaritans, Mind, NHS Trusts, Emergency Services, Prison Services, schools and universities.
They are looking for a volunteer who is passionate about changing the narrative around mental health to help them think critically about a variety of work streams and how they might scale their offering.
MENTAL HEALTH, TECH FOR GOOD, INNOVATIVE PRODUCT
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN HOW THE BRITISH RED CROSS RESPOND TO CRISIS
The Global Surge Team is made up of a number of highly trained professionals ready to be deployed anywhere in the world at short notice in support of the British Red Cross to help in the immediate aftermath of an emergency, and often throughout the whole disaster management cycle.
They are looking for an individual to observe their ways of working and help review and evaluate what their processes and problem solving approaches look like with the aim of achieving operational excellence and properly maximising their capacity.
HUMANITARIAN, FRONTLINE EXPERIENCE, HIGH IMPACT
MAKE LIKE A SUPERHERO AND HELP ROUTE AWARE PREVENT CRIME
Route Aware is an app that finds the safest route for you to travel on foot, by bike or by car using an innovative approach to crime mapping, community reporting and location services.
They are looking for an individual to provide commercial insight and help them shape their business plan and route to market over the next 12 months.
CRIME PREVENTION, HIGH IMPACT, DISRUPTIVE TECH, STARTUP
SKILL SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITIES
BRING TOGETHER DONORS TO HELP CHILDREN IN THE WORLD’S TOUGHEST PLACES GET ACCESS TO EDUCATION
Street Child was set up in 2008 to help children in some of the most remote and toughest areas of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Congo off the streets and back into education.
They have recently merged with a number of other charities and are keen to get some guidance from an individual familiar with Salesforce on how to use the Salesforce system in the most efficient way to manage donors.
HUMANITARIAN, HIGH IMPACT, SALESFORCE EXPERIENCE
BRING TO LIFE THE FIRST EVER SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH LANGUAGE DISORDERS IN LONDON
More than 1.4 million children and young people in the UK have speech, language and communication needs, with over 100,000 children in the London area with a long term speech and language impairment. However, there are only around 3,000 school places specifically for these children in both private and state provision.
Eagle Oak Impact is raising funds to open the first school for children with language disorders in London. They are looking for an individual to help advise on establishing the capital structure as part of the fundraising and support with purchasing a property and contracts for construction and development.