Request for Applications: Work Placement/Apprenticeship Program for Women Entreprises under the GROW Project (Uganda)

The project’s purpose is to increase access to entrepreneurial services that will enable female entrepreneurs to grow their businesses in targeted locations, including host and refugee districts.

As part of this initiative, the project will implement the Women’s Entrepreneurship Work Placement/Apprenticeship Program aimed at enabling women entrepreneurs to acquire the skills and networks required to operate in male-dominated high-profit trades/occupations; and to facilitate women entrepreneurs and employees to transition into profitable sectors or trades.

Objectives

• This Program has been developed to expand women entrepreneurs’ access to work placement opportunities in high-demand careers across a range of industries, including fields traditionally underrepresented by women. It will be implemented using the governance structures provided for under the Uganda National Apprenticeship Framework 2018, namely, the National Apprenticeship Steering Committee and the Sectoral Apprenticeship Committees. The national steering committee is in place and will make recommendations to the GROW steering committee for final approval. Young women entrepreneurs and employees (ages 16–35) will be supported through the national apprenticeship scheme to work while learning better business and operational practices.

Trades/Occupations

• The trades/occupations to apply for include;
  • Tourism and hospitality (hotels, lodges, restaurants, cafes, catering, tour operators, travel agencies, and arts and crafts).
  • Food and agro-processing (beverage production, bakery and confectionery, dairy processing, and snack food production)
  • Commercial farming (dairy, bull fattening, piggery, poultry, rabbits and apiary among others).
  • Cosmetology (hair salons and beauty parlours).
  • Tailoring and textiles (tailoring, sewing and embroidery, fashion design).
  • Welding and metal fabrication.
  • Electrical and electronics (renewable energy, electric distribution, electronics repair services, electronics retailers).
  • Manufacturing.
  • Construction (carpentry and joinery, plumbing, masonry, painting, interior designing, and landscaping among others)
  • Automobile maintenance and repairs.
  • ICT and digital media.
  • Creative arts.
  • Leather and tanning.

Eligibility Criteria 

• This opportunity is for:
  • Women entrepreneurs.
  • Male business partners in enterprises where women hold at least 51% ownership.
  • Employees of women-owned enterprises.
  • Refugee women entrepreneurs.
  • This program targets micro and small businesses with annual revenue of between 5m – 100m.

For more information, visit GROW.