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Youth to Work ProgrammeThank you for your interest in participating in the Standard Chartered Youth to Work programme. Please ensure to read the programme information before proceeding to fill in the enterprise application form. If you have any questions after, please send Joseph Zulu an email at [email protected] OR visit the website https://thechallengesgroup.com/youthtowork/ for more information.
Programme Overview Youth to Work is the flagship employability programme within Futuremakers by Standard Chartered Foundation, the Bank’s global initiative to tackle inequality and promote greater economic inclusion for young people in local communities. Futuremakers programmes focus on three key areas: Education (imparting basic life skills), Employability and Entrepreneurship.
The objective of the Youth to Work programme is to position and equip young people with skills and opportunities to create economic and employment changes across the economy for sustainable and measurable impact. In this sense, the young people become implementers of change, rather than standalone programme beneficiaries.
How will Youth to Work Benefit My Enterprise? Enterprises partner and receive on-site business development, growth and
resilience support co-created and delivered by the Junior Associates over 4 months using tools tried and tested with over 1,000 enterprises.
Junior Associates are supported through this process by receiving accredited business management training from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), enabling them to apply this knowledge to support your enterprise.
Enterprises are supported as they grow their peer-networks and in strengthening their ecosystem
Enhancing the skills of enterprise staff. Access to senior mentors from Zambia and the UK to provide expert input. Support to enterprise leaders to enable them to identify personal barriers and
strengths to growing their company and maintain momentum and motivation to improve.
What will the Junior Associate do in the enterprise?Conduct enterprise analysis – Junior Associates will use an enterprise workbook with internal and external environment analysis tools. These will be to evaluate key enterprise areas such as resilience in the context of Covid-19, leadership, the organisation and staff, the product/service, sales and marketing, legal and IT, financial management, organisation risk profile and investment readiness. This will be done with an aim of understanding the business overall performance within its operating environment.
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Make recommendations – Basing on the results from the analysis, the Junior Associates will make recommendations to the enterprise to capitalise on its strengths and curb the identified weaknesses in with an aim to optimise performance and support business growth.
Implement recommendations – the Junior Associates co-create and implement the short-term recommendations in collaboration with the key staff within the enterprise.
What value will the Junior Associates add?By the end of the program, each participating company will have:
clear digital records of their financial and operational performance and their progress in organisational development
strategic plan for ongoing improvements and business development, which also has a focus on resilience in a post-Covid environment
a comprehensive data room better connectivity between up and down stream relationships within the enterprise.
This will mean that participating enterprises will have clear strategies to reduce the impact of Covid-19 as well as a clear pathway to achieving long-term growth and success.
How do I know that I am eligible? You need to have been operating actively as a business for at least three years You must have a minimum annual turnover in the past financial year of ZMW1million You must be supportive of young people’s development and be willing and open to
hiring young people to your company. You must be able to evidence financial records. You must have at least 3 full time employees. Be based, or at least have a presence, in Lusaka You must be willing to commit to a 4-month placement programme.
Confidentiality All information provided by your enterprise to Challenges Worldwide will be treated as confidential and will be used solely for the purpose of offering support to your enterprise unless you agree otherwise in writing. All information is treated according to UK Data Protection Law. This information may be used to offer further support options through Challenges Group.
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Enterprise Application Form Please answer all the questions provided to the best of your knowledge and send the application as an attachment to Joseph Zulu at [email protected]. Or call +260968787456
Contact Information
Enterprise name
Enterprise address/location (if possible, provide a link to an online mapping service)
Contact person’s name and role within the company
Email address
Main telephone number(s)
Website Address (if any)
Links to any social media
Enterprise Information
How many years has your company been in operation?
In which sector does the company operate in?
How many employees does your company have?
Male Female Total
Full-time
Part-time
What is the legal structure of your enterprise? Please select the most relevant option
☐ Private company limited by shares
☐ Private company limited by guarantee
☐ PBO ☐ NGO
☐ Non-profit ☐ PLC
☐ Government agency
Other: (Specify)
Please provide your turnover for the last three years? If you have been in operation for less than 3 years, please provide information for the years you were in business.
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Year 2019 2018 2017
Turnover (in ZMW)
Turnover (in USD)
Briefly describe your company and what it does. (150 words)
What key products and/or services do you offer? What volume/units did you sell in 2019?
What impact (positive or negative) has Covid-19 had on your business? (150 words)
Has your organisation participated in any initiatives similar to Youth to Work? If yes, please explain. For example: acceleration programmes, incubation programmes, investment readiness support, internship programmes etc.
Why you want to take part in the Youth to Work Programme? (150 words)
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Please list available facilities if any, including offices, desks, computers, internet, etc. Whilst we have no set requirements with regards to facilities available, it is useful for us to understand what support you might be able to offer the Junior Associates
What measures have you put in place to keep your staff/customers safe from Covid-19? Please mention any relevant policies/procedures, office set-up, working from home etc.
Key support needed
What are the key areas your business needs assistance with? (150 words)Please outline the support you require, including any general or specific deliverables which you think are feasible in the 4-months timeframe. The support will be jointly agreed before programme start. If you are uncertain about what kind of business support you require, please indicate so. The Junior Associates perform an analysis of all business areas.
Future PlansPlease provide an outline of your future business plans, including a short justification for them
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Short term (within 6 months)
Medium term (6-18 months)
Long term (3-5 years)
Other information
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