# Organizational Development Specialist, Business Mapping (E-Volunteer) **Company:** [Cuso International](https://jobs.workable.com/companies/97b9brwchY83onUJLjjMzA.md) **Location:** Remote **Workplace:** remote [Apply for this job](https://jobs.workable.com/view/53a2b1c1-124b-4362-b045-e3decdbbe3ee) ## Description **Online placement (E-Volunteer)** **Partner Location:** Jamaica **Start Date:** November 2026 **Placement Length:** 6 Months (we ask that volunteers commit a minimum of 7 hours per week) **Language Requirements:** English [Level 4-Advanced](https://cusointl.org/Language-Requirements) **Eligibility:** Open to Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents of Canada only ### The E-Volunteer’s Role Use your expertise to help our partner, the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ), strengthen how it measures impact, improves governance and delivers effective programs and services. In this virtual placement, your contributions will help PSOJ build practical systems that support stronger decision-making, accountability and long-term organizational growth. Working collaboratively with PSOJ, you will develop monitoring and evaluation (M&E) tools that capture and communicate results to internal and external stakeholders. These may include impact mapping, beneficiary mapping and outcome harvesting tools. You will also help advance good-governance frameworks that streamline operations, strengthen reporting and embed effective practices across the organization. **As an e-volunteer, you will support the organization through the following activities:** - **Build an institutional mapping matrix:** Identify Canadian organizations, including chambers of commerce, provincial boards of trade and industry associations, whose private-sector development programs align with PSOJ’s priorities. - **Analyze best practices and revenue models:** Benchmark approaches used by Canadian counterparts, such as fee-for-service digital advisory programs, sponsored SME upskilling cohorts and corporate membership tiers. - **Create a collaboration and partnership roadmap:** Develop an outreach strategy and partnership framework for joint initiatives, cross-border trade-readiness programs and donor- or grant-funded bilateral projects between PSOJ and Canadian institutions. **Essential Requirements:** - Bachelor’s degree in organizational management, business management or a related field **Essential Background:** - **Strategic and operational planning:** Extensive experience in strategic planning, organizational planning, business planning and management, with knowledge of policy development. - **Communication and relationship building:** Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a strong ability to build relationships and collaborate effectively with teams. - **Analysis and judgment:** Strong problem-solving skills, sound independent judgment and excellent attention to detail. - **Training experience:** Experience designing or delivering training. - **Initiative:** A proactive, self-motivated approach and a high level of initiative. ### About E-Volunteering Make a global impact right from your home! With Cuso International's e-volunteering program, you can collaborate with diverse partners and local volunteers, contribute to meaningful projects, and enhance your professional skills, all while maintaining a flexible schedule. E-volunteers should have basic home office equipment, a reliable internet connection, and moderate computer skills. If you're volunteering with partners in remote areas where internet access is limited, it's important to demonstrate flexibility and patience. Broaden your horizons and make a difference by joining Cuso International's e-volunteering program today! ### About Us, the Project and the Partner **Cuso International** (Cuso) is an international cooperation and development organization based in Canada that works to create social and economic opportunities for equity-deserving groups. Building on over sixty years of impactful work, we address global challenges by tackling the root causes of inequality. Working alongside our partners, we are focused on efforts to improve economic resilience, advance equity and inclusion for all, and deliver progress on climate action. We believe that by sharing skills, we can build better futures. Guided by our values of courage, inclusion, sustainability and accountability, Cuso combines innovative strategies and enduring partnerships to create lasting, meaningful change in communities across Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada. **Project:**  [**Sharing Canadian Expertise for Inclusive Development and Gender Equality (SHARE)**](https://cusointernational.org/sharing-canadian-expertise-for-inclusive-development-and-gender-equality/) **Partner:** [**Private Sector of Jamaica Foundation**](https://www.psoj.org/) ## Requirements **Selection and Screening** If you are shortlisted, you will need to:  - Provide two professional references and one personal reference  - Complete a language assessment during the initial phone interview  - Agree to uphold the [Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA)](https://cusointernational.org/wp-content/uploads/PSEA-Code-of-Conduct-EN-1.pdf) policy and [Code of Conduct](https://cuso365.sharepoint.com/sites/Cuso/Governance/Forms/AllItems.aspx?viewid=70830f24%2Dc147%2D49e1%2Daf63%2Dfa95f55aa371&as=json&FolderCTID=0x012000652C805666B3C34E95204EEF76997661&id=%2Fsites%2FCuso%2FGovernance%2F04%20%2D%20Policies%2F02%20%2D%20Conduct%2FCode%20of%20Conduct%20APPROVED%20Sept%2018%2C%202025%2Epdf&parent=%2Fsites%2FCuso%2FGovernance%2F04%20%2D%20Policies%2F02%20%2D%20Conduct)  **Inclusion and Accessibility:** Cuso International welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds and equity-deserving groups. We provide reasonable accommodations throughout recruitment and placement. If you have accessibility needs, please contact us for support.