Embedded Entrepreneur – Climate Action Labs

Going to School is seeking Sector-Based Consultants for a 3-month project in Mumbai to lead workshops for women entrepreneurs focused on building green businesses. Responsibilities include facilitating business school sessions, creating sustainable business plans, and conducting community research. Candidates should have backgrounds in business, finance, or engineering, and be comfortable with on-site work. The role emphasizes empowering women and addressing climate change through entrepreneurship.
Embedded Entrepreneur – Climate Action Labs

Location: Mumbai

Duration: 3 months

Commitment Type: Project-Based / Consultant

Start Date: Immediate to June 2025

Compensation: Competitive; based on experience and scope

About the Initiative

Going to School is pioneering 10-day Business Schools across Mumbai designed to empower women entrepreneurs to build green businesses that address climate change. Our mission is to enable the creation of viable, financially sound enterprises that solve environmental problems while elevating women’s incomes.

Role Summary

We are seeking Sector-Based Consultants with backgrounds in business, entrepreneurship, engineering, or finance, to lead our business school sessions and co-create green business plans with women entrepreneurs. These consultants will be hands-on, operating on the ground, conducting research in real communities, and building data-driven, financially robust business plans aligned with green sector opportunities.

Key Responsibilities
• Business School Facilitation. Lead 10-day workshops on enterprise building, finance, and climate innovation.
• Work with teams of entrepreneurs who have graduated from the business school to research, onsite, outside, end to end new sustainable enterprises and/or green verticals for their current businesses.
• Build comprehensive business plans with participants, including cash flow forecasts. Identify appropriate funding avenues including self-funding, micro-loans, government schemes, and private capital.
• Write and deliver business plans, cash-flows, pitch decks for the entrepreneurs you are working with.

Reporting & Documentation
• Share business plans, cashflows, one page slides for businesses you have worked on.
• Ensure all data, visuals, and financials are ready for internal and partner reporting by key deadlines (e.g., June 10th & June 30th).

Qualifications

Essential
• Degree or experience in Business, Finance, Engineering, or Entrepreneurship.
• Proven ability to design, research, write business plans.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills.
• Excellent communication and writing skills (English; local language proficiency a must).
• Comfortable working on-site, outdoors, and in community settings.

Preferred
• Experience working with women entrepreneurs or community-based programs.
• Prior involvement in climate-related or green innovation sectors.
• Familiarity with MSME and microfinance ecosystems in India.

Who Should Apply?

We welcome professionals of all ages and backgrounds who bring:

A passion for fieldwork and women-led enterprise.

Real-world insight from running businesses or sector-specific roles.

A commitment to driving climate solutions through entrepreneurship.

Timeline & Deliverables
• By June 10: Co-develop 6 full business plans per city with entrepreneurs.
• * By June 30: Work with the team to complete 80 green business plans and cash flow models with women in Mumbai & Bengaluru.

To Apply

Please send your resume, a short cover letter, and two examples of relevant work (e.g., a business plan, research summary, financial model, etc.) to mail@goingtoschool.com with the subject: Embedded Entrepreneur – Climate Action Labs.