TRAINING OPPORTUNITY FOR

REFUGEES WITH ANENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT

SALES TRAINING | SUMMER JOB |

ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING

Ben and Jerry werent exactly your archetypal business types when they
met in 7th grade gym class! But over the years the two founders built Ben
& Jerrys up to be a global ice cream company with a focus on making the
chunkiest Fairtrade ice cream, as well as standing up for social justice,
fairness, and equality. We call this our linked prosperity business model,
through which everyone connected to our business should benefit. As an
aspiring activist company, we hope we can use our business to provide a
platform for others to begin their own journey in the world of business. The
Ben & Jerrys I.C.E. ACADEMY aims to do exactly that for
entrepreneurial refugees in the UK.

We know that many refugees in the UK think of entrepreneurship as a path

to success. That is why Ben & Jerrys has teamed up with The
Entrepreneurial Refugee Network (TERN www.wearetern.org) to develop
I.C.E. ACADEMY a personal development programme with a difference. The
Ben & Jerrys Ice Academy is for you if you are a refugee and you are
exploring whether starting a small business in the UK is the right thing for
you.APPLY HERE: tern.typeform.com/to/E2FdoZ
I.C.E. ACADEMY runs from late May to Early September and has
two, parallel parts:
CLOSING ON: 15.05.2017, 3pm

PART 2: ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMER

PART 1: BEN & JERRYS SUMMER SELLERS
SCHOOL

For this Summer become a Ben & Jerrys In parallel to working with Ben & Jerrys, you will
ice cream seller. take part in the TERN Summer School to:
Be part of a great team and work with a - Develop and refine your business skills
successful, global brand.
- Develop your own unique business idea
Receive training to become an
excellent salesperson. - Get assistance in making career choices

Gain practical experience of operating a - Either decide to create a business and join
TERNs full startup support programme
small business selling Ben & Jerrys products.
(starting in September) or progress into other
Observe customer behavior first hand. forms of employment
-Learn and get inspired from how Ben &
Jerrys operates as a value-led business

ABOUT YOU (ENTRY REQUIREMENT):

You are above 18 years old

You have refugee status in the UK & the
right to work and can provide
documentation
You speak a good level of English
(B1 Level equivalent)
you live within 50 miles of central
London
You are available to work at least 16
hours per week, including weekends,
from May 22nd till the last week of
August 2017
Available to join at least four 2-day
training sessions in central London
Available for regular communication with
the trainers running the programme
On workdays, you are willing to travel to
a workplace outside London via train
We strongly encourage women to participate.
I.C.E. Academy is ideal for you if you are currently
exploring starting your own small or medium sized
food, catering or retail business in the UK
The work experience and the business training are
useful to anyone interested in exploring
entrepreneurship, but particularly relevant if you
are interested in starting a street food business
The programme will be particularly useful for you if
you like the idea of interacting with people from
different backgrounds, and if you like the idea of
interacting regularly and directly with customers.
Participants will be employed through McCurrachs,
Unilevers field sales partner in the UK and will be
paid at London Living Wage.
Finalists will have to do a DBS check
(https://www.gov
.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check/overview)
as the work experience as an ice cream vendor
involves interactions with minors.