Building Thriving Communities: Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN) Venture in Management Program (ViMP) 2023 for Youth Corpers
Building Thriving Communities: Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN) Venture in Management Program (ViMP) 2023 for Youth Corpers
Venture in Management Program (ViMP) is an annual program of Junior Achievement Nigeria since 2000. ViMP is designed as a one-week intensive session to introduce selected members of the National Youth Service Corps to the different facets of managing a business, making crucial business decisions and developing skills for General Management. The goal of ViMP is to prepare NYSC members for the world of business as managers and entrepreneurs. This opportunity is designed to expose future business leaders to the responsibilities, opportunities, and demands of a career in management.
The weeklong program includes rigorous and stimulating classroom meetings (led by facilitators from the Lagos Business School), case studies, panel discussions, study groups, guest speakers and recreation, culminating in a strategy workshop, during which the participants present solutions to different business problems.
The learning environment mirrors that of the top business schools around the world with case studies focusing on Business Ethics, Accounting & Finance, Marketing, Strategy, Social Enterprise, General Management, Leadership and Entrepreneurship. Participants also engage in a community service project and teach JAN programs in nearby elementary schools.
Requirements:
- Applicant must be a serving Youth Corps Member, or recently finished
- Must be 27 years or younger
- Must have excellent academic records (Minimum 2:1)
- Possess proven interest in general management
- Have a track record of leadership
- Participation in previous JAN program will be an added advantage
Application Procedure
- Completed application form online
- A Curriculum Vitae (Must be saved with your full name)
- Proof of service (NYSC ID Card OR Call-Up Letter)
All supporting documents should be sent to vimp@ja-nigeria.org
Application Deadline: Tuesday, July 18, 2023
About Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN)
We are part of the world’s largest network of organisations dedicated to empowering students on financial literacy, work readiness, entrepreneurship, and digital literacy through experiential, hands-on programs. Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN) is part of Junior Achievement Worldwide, the world’s oldest and largest non-profit economic education organization operating in 120 countries.
JA Inspires and Prepares Young People to Succeed in a Global Economy. Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN) delivers practical, experiential hands-on programs under the four pillars of financial literacy, work readiness, entrepreneurship and digital literacy to young people between the ages of 5 and 35. In addition to its own original, home-grown programs designed to meet the unique needs of Nigerian youth, JAN also has access to hundreds of JA programs and initiatives tried and tested in several countries around the world facing the same issues of developing youth that can compete globally in the 21st Century and beyond.
Application Deadline: 18 July 2023
Apply Here: https://ja-nigeria.org/venture-in-management-program/
