Summer 2017 Deep-Dive Associates (Summer Internship Program) - Team Member Positions (Round 2)
The Opportunity
The Ashoka SFS team has embarked on a collaborative effort to understand and share with others what we believe is a new way of thinking about and designing how our markets work.
In Summer 2016, we launched the inaugural Ashoka SFS Summer associate internship program and welcomed the first cohort of “Deep-Dive Masters” associates. With this team of 6 outstanding associates, we investigated over 180 Ashoka Fellows to identify innovations that are changing the architecture of our markets. This work resulted in case studies that dive deep into 18 market-based innovations to show how they each create social impact in different areas of need – such as education, efficient energy markets, affordable housing, and financial inclusion. We are expanding this rigorous program to strengthen and maximize our team-of-teams at Ashoka SFS and reach higher levels of impact.
We are currently looking for innovative and dynamic entrepreneurial individuals to join our team as the next class of “Deep-Dive Masters” Associates for 10 weeks in Summer 2017 (June 12 – August 18).
Key activities will involve:
● Investigating cutting-edge structural innovations and social entrepreneurs;
● Identifying patterns to inform working hypotheses on trends and innovations driving social impact; and
● Independent and team-oriented reflection on broader implications of research for improving the quality and character of people’s lives by changing how our markets work.
All our team members are critical to our summer effort, and alongside team leads, other team members will act as our investigation experts, pattern-spotting gurus, knowledge-management strategists and conceptual entrepreneurs, and more.
Why Ashoka Social Financial Services?
● Great opportunity to work with a dynamic team that is incredibly passionate about unleashing the potential of markets to solve social problems
● Contribute to building an exciting new initiative for a leading organization in supporting social entrepreneurs
● Help support world-renowned social entrepreneurs all over the world
● Gain concrete experience researching new and innovative ways to improve the quality and character of people’s lives through the market