Women in Leadership - Project Managers
General
- Certificate
- 120 hours per learner
- Dates set by projects
- Learners apply to projects
Preferred companies
- 3/10 project matches
- Canada
- Payment by employer C$2,000.00
- Startup, Social enterprise, Non profit, Large enterprise, Small to medium enterprise
- Any, Hospitality, Science, Telecommunications, Education, Banking & finance, Academic association, Business & management, Human resources & recruitment
Categories
Skills
Overview
- Details
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We're offering your organization an exciting opportunity to support a newcomer woman in launching her career in Canada!
Bring on students from our Sister2Sister Advanced Leadership program who are ready to break into the workforce as interns in a project-based experience. Students will work on one or more projects of your choosing over the internship period.
Our students are immigrant and refugee women who bring a plethora of knowledge and skills in their areas of expertise. Over 90% of our students have a minimum of a Bachelor degree, with many having a Masters degree or more, and at least three years of experience in their field.
Students in this program are poised to succeed in the integrated work areas of: Project Management, Leadership, EDI & more!
Students are required to complete 120 hours of placement between July - September. We are looking for paid internship opportunities. Some funding is available to assist with payment on a case by case basis.
- Learner skills
- Leadership, Teamwork, Problem solving, Project planning, Communication
- Deliverables
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Deliverables will vary depending on the internship. These deliverables must be discussed and agreed upon prior to the start of the internship.
How your company/organization will benefit:
- Position your organization at the forefront of innovative social impact, and apply Corporate Social Responsibility and EDI principles into your organization.
- Support immigrant and refugee women’s economic resilience, and help remove employment barriers for this segment.
- Engage YOUR employees as mentors for internship oversight.
- Have a potential new employee.
- Receive a program-end evaluation that measures impact.
- Get an invitation to our program-end Gala.
- Receive recognition alongside our other prestigious partners. Your organization name and logo will be featured in the final impact report and other program materials.
- An opportunity to win “an employer of the year” award given to ONE employer partner who is committed to hiring immigrant women and supporting their economic integration and advancement.
Project Examples
Students can complete a substantial project for your organization over the placement period. Providing a central project creates structure for the internship, and gives the student (and company) a tangible goal.
Project activities that students can complete may include, but are not limited to:
- Project Management outlines
- Completing and planning stages that are part of a larger project
- Create budgets and timelines for projects
- Identify and analyze project risks and ideate potential solutions
- Close a project, gather lessons learned and implement best practices
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Your organization has the capacity to accept and supervise an intern for three months on a part-time basis for a total of 120 hours.
You are able to engage in three check-points with the Project Manager to ensure that participants are doing well and supported during the internship.
You are willing to participate in an end-of-program evaluation which will be a short survey about the internship and your satisfaction with the intern.
You can offer the student the opportunity to lead a project from design to implementation and closing.