http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/01/31/bop-job-announcements-ii-acumen-fund-and-gfusa Comments for "BOP Job Announcements II – Acumen Fund and GFUSA" en http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/01/31/bop-job-announcements-ii-acumen-fund-and-gfusa Following up on my job announcements <a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/01/27/bop-job-announcements-solae-and-gfusa-are-hiring" title="Solae and GFUSA Are Hiring">post</a> the other day, I hear through <a href="http://wetware.blogspot.com/2006/01/job-opening-microfinance-open-source.html" title="JOB OPENING: Microfinance Open Source (MIFOS) at Grameen">Zoo Station</a> and <a href="http://www.new-ventures.org/" title="New Ventures: Linking Environmental Entrepreneurs With Investors">New Ventures</a> that there are some other promising opportunities opening up in the BOP realm. Acumen Fund is looking for 10 post-graduate fellows to learn about and help manage their portfolio’s wide range of social investments. The <a href="http://www.acumenfund.org/About/documents/AcumenFundFellows2006.pdf" target="_blank" title="Acumen Fund Fellows (PDF)">fellowships</a> last for 12 months; an excerpt from the <a href="http://www.acumenfund.org/About/documents/AcumenFundFellowsOverview.pdf" target="_blank" title="Acumen Fund Fellows Program">job description</a> (PDF) notes that<br /><br /><i>Fellows will spend one year working with our team and with local entrepreneurs, gaining intensive experience in price performance, logistics, distribution systems, scaling and innovative technology. Fellows will learn and apply these skills while enjoying an unusual level of responsibility both at Acumen Fund and within our portfolio organizations.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.gfusa.org/technology_center/microfinance_automation/mifos/" title="MIcroFinance Open Source (MIFOS)">GFUSA</a>, meanwhile, expands on its <a href="http://www.gfusa.org/technology_center/village_phone/" title="Village Phone">Village Phone</a> job opportunity and is advertising for a Software Development Manager for a new open-source microfinance platform currently in development. <a href="http://wetware.blogspot.com/2006/01/job-opening-microfinance-open-source.html" title="JOB OPENING: Microfinance Open Source (MIFOS) at Grameen">Zoo Station</a> reports that <br /><br /><br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/01/31/bop-job-announcements-ii-acumen-fund-and-gfusa">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/01/31/bop-job-announcements-ii-acumen-fund-and-gfusa#comment Miscellaneous Tue, 31 Jan 2006 08:14:27 -0500 Rob Katz 2212 at http://www.nextbillion.net