Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship

In support of the Inclusive Innovation collaboration between the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business and the University of Toronto

Internship Outline 2016

Introduction

The University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business and the University of Toronto are involved in an exciting collaboration to build a network of student leaders trained in inclusive innovation to work together to address the challenges of low-income communities, and how to promote innovative and workable solutions.

As part of this collaboration, we have a selection of students from the Munk School of Global Affairs in Toronto coming out to South Africa this year to conduct an 12-16 week internship with host organisations.

Overview of Internship Opportunity

Organisation: Innovate the Cape

Innovate South Africa provides a platform to ignite creative thinking, to nurture invention and encourage entrepreneurship among young people. Innovate South Africa is inspiring and empowering a cohort of young problem solvers that address challenges they truly understand.

Outline of Internship Project

Innovate the Cape is a high school social innovation challenge asking learners to solve local challenges. Within this program we are looking for an innovation consultant for our finalist group who can evaluate and give suggestions to groups. They would also do Curriculum development for the prototyping phase and M&E for the program.

How does the completion of the internship assist the organization?

This project would help the development of the Innovate the Cape program to add greater value to our participants in terms of the educational assistance we provide. We would be able to get higher quality project outputs and give the young innovators the best chance at setting up formal social enterprises. The program would also have better reporting on its impact which will position it well for becoming financially sustainable.

What skills might the intern learn on the project?

They would learn about design thinking pedagogy, have a greater understanding of pertinent social issues in Cape Town, and would learn about social impact program design including theory of change, M&E procedures and reporting.

What skills would the intern need to have, in order to undertake the project?

• Strong interpersonal skills, creativity and ability to mix with other people, particularly in an emerging market setting

• Resilience• Tolerance for ambiguity and change • Deep passion for inclusive innovation • High energy levels with a bias for action• Numerate and literate• Good analytical thinking ability• Innovative, conceptual problem solver• Dynamic, open minded and flexible• Design thinking, business development, curriculum development and good writing

skills• Graphic designs skills would be beneficial

Duration of placement

The project is ideally 12-16 weeks duration, across May 2nd – September 2nd 2016.

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