There are nearly 1.3 billion young people (aged 15-24) in the world. 1 billion of them want an extra job. Until now, no other company has made this problem their own. Our app, Yepstr is now Sweden's largest platform for simple and safe teenage-jobs like babysitting, tutoring and dog-minding. We now need your help in applying for important grants and competitions to put the last pieces into place before we shift focus from Sweden to the World.

Yepstr is now looking for someone who can work closely with our CEO and take lead on ensuring that we find and apply to the most relevant competitions and grants. For example grants targeting social innovation, social entrepreneurship, digital innovation, funds for growth, assistance to young people etc.

You will join Yepstr at a super exciting growth-phase, early enough to really make your mark. Through your work you will help young people to get their first job and at the same time make the everyday life better for families. 

As our Business Development Intern you are an important part of the team, working closely with the CEO to ensure we're on top of all important funding opportunities. The main parts of your role will be to identify and apply to the grants and awards that you believe we have a good chance in winning.

To be great at this we expect that you will need to have an academic background and that you like to write and create great applications.

Responsibilities

• Identifying grants and awards that Yepstr should be applying to

• Creating the material required to apply and submitting!

We are looking for someone who ...

• Has previous experience in writing academic texts or reports

• Has a background in business

• Likes people and likes having fun along the way!

Big plus if you have any of these...

• Previous experience in writing applications to grants or subsidies

• Previous startup experience

About Yepstr

We have five core values that drives our work at Yepstr. Ownership, Humbleness, Curiosity, Pride and Perseverance. These words permeate our daily work and we would love to hear what these words mean to you!

We are a team of seven enthusiasts and we are all responsible for our own unique fields of work. We actively work for a flat organization where everybody can contribute and make their voice heard steering the ship for our common goal – to give all youth a fun, easy, safe and motivating way in to the labour market.

Our offer

If you join us this early in our journey and commit to invest your time, passion and energy to make us succeed then you will not only receive a salary from us, but you can also expect to become a shareholder through options. We envision a part of this role's salary compensation to be success-based.

Curious about how Yepstr makes a difference?

Listen to our CEO Jacob talk about it on this silly 1 min elevator pitch (where he is on a conveyor belt!!!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLQNYEPGqY4&ab_channel=stingsthlm

Want to know more? Here's a podcast interview: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vzfmczz0hxv5l90/Whatsinthewater.mp3?dl=0

And here's our Facebook page where you can meet some of our users: https://www.facebook.com/yepstr

We look forward to seeing your application!

/Jacob and Team Yepstr