Help create a network of fair trade garment workers
Skills Needed
Language Proficiencies
You must be able to speak Spanish.
Additionally, speaking English, German would be helpful.
When Can You Start?
You can start as soon as possible and stay for 2¼ months to 5¾ months
Benefits
Meals
Accommodation
In Partnership With
You'll Be Experteering With:
Guillaume Vaslin / Jason Grullon / Patrizia Vogl / Maik Schm
We Make an Impact By:
Empowering women led ateliers to be able to receive orders
You'll be working on:
Small ateliers or production sites
You'll be doing:
You will work by:
Mainly in production sites around your house in Hato Mayor
Countryside near fabulous beaches
On the Map
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Project Details
Description and Impact
We are setting up the first national network of fair trade textile producers in Dominican Republic and are looking for an Experteer with industry experience within the garment and textile space. Ideally, you'll know how to evaluate and optimize small scale production to make it more efficient.
At the end of your Experteer project, we expect a blue print of a system which allows small production sites to crowdproduce large orders and a minimum of 5 working pilots.
Deliverables
By the successful set up of 5 working pilots and the establishment of a replicable model or blue print of the process
We are targeting 5 production sites ran by CoOps in a town called Hato Mayor, one hour from Santo Domingo and Punta Cana.
We Provide These Local Benefits
Benefits Overview
- Accommodations
- Learning Opportunity
- Meal Stipend
- Good For Groups
- Good For Families
Accommodation
The Experteer will receive housing and a food stipend for the duration of your Experteering time with us. We will discuss the details during the call.
Learning Opportunity
How to work with an international team
How to work with Startups and the Startup culture
Improve Spanish
How to work with low income communities
How to balance social impact with a for profit model
Food Stipend
A food stipend will be provided. We will discuss the details during the call.
Additional Benefits
- A wonderful workplace: An inspiring working environment in the vibrant heart of Dominican Republic.
- A passionate team: An international team with flat hierarchies and a great passion for social responsibility, fashion and sustainability.
- Creative freedom: Challenging tasks with space for your own ideas and a high amount of responsibility.
- An exciting environment: An international network & the possibility to travel with the team in within the US, Latin America and Europe.
- Desirable location, near to a beautiful town with virgin beaches.
Virtual
This project accepts applications for virtual experteers.